Volume Sixteen: Dana Walters

Volume Sixteen: Dana Walters

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.


My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Dana Walters
Dana Walters has been working with individuals and groups exploring the path of Yoga and other embodied practices since 2008. Her work has deepened from her early days as a student of Psychology and Religion in the mid-1990s, later as a Yoga student and practitioner; and most recently, as an educator, and as a woman in recovery. 

She is a Leadership Trainer and Spaceholder for the Yoga of 12 Step Recovery, a community organizing and trauma-informed education platform dedicated to the healing of all addictions. 

Dana is the creator of Yoga, Writing, and Recovery, a community-based modality that fuses embodied and conceptual modes of knowing and relating to foster empathy, wisdom, and joy. 

She believes that each of us can learn to navigate a challenging and changing world with integrity, balance, and whole-heartedness. 
Find Dana here:
DanaWaltersYoga.com
Instagram: @Dana_Walters

In this episode, we talk about
recovery as a path to wholeness,
how we create a split when we shun a part of ourselves and exalt another part,
how we need a bit of structure to grow,
and what to do with our cleverness (it's not what you think).

resources:
rolfgates.com
y12sr.com

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Volume Fifteen A: Keep Swimming

Volume Fifteen A: Keep Swimming

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.
In this case, a complement to Volume Fifteen with co-conspirator Erica Dixon

This "A" volume contains reflections about

how difficult it is to keep going,

the Dip (Seth Godin),

Austin Kleon’s book, Keep Going

and

Taking care of yourself.

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Volume Fifteen: Erica Dixon

Volume Fifteen: Erica Dixon

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Erica Dixon
Erica Jasmin Dixon (she/her) is a writer, screenwriter, poet, and artist. Erica formerly served as Fiction Editor of QU Literary Magazine, Copy Editor for Brave Voices Magazine, and Co-Chair of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA Professional Development Weekend. She currently serves as Art Director for Southern Review of Books and Staff Writer of an upcoming animated comedy web series. Additionally, she is presently serving as Guest Editor for Genre: Urban Arts' Prose and Script Anthology.
 
Erica holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Queens University of Char
 
She is originally from the rural South (Raeford, NC) and is an avid adventurer, having lived in Italy and traveled extensively throughout much of Europe, Asia, the United States, and South America. She is also a devoted fan of Star Wars, DC comics, and anime. Prior to writing, Erica worked as a preschool teacher and a Registered Behavioral Technician. In addition to writing, Erica also works as an actress and is an ardent lover of improv. Her work often reflects on her life experiences as a Black woman from the South, a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, a social observer/activist, and her knowledge of the psychological.

In this episode, we discuss:
walking for flow,
patience,
meditation,
and
going for it!

You can find Erica  on
Twitter: @TheEricaJasmin
Instagram: @TheEricaJasmin


Website: https://www.ericajasmin.com

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Volume Fourteen A: Don't Stop

Volume Fourteen A: Don't Stop

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.
In this case, a complement to Volume Fourteen with co-conspirator Hope Whitby.

This "A" volume contains reflections about

power,

influence,

intention,

and

encouragement.

Don’t Stop!

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Volume Fourteen: Hope Whitby

Volume Fourteen: Hope Whitby

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

Today, my Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Hope Whitby
Hope is a poet, fiction writer, and haiku aficionado.
She is the creator of Art in the Shop and Books in the Bay book club supporting the local Richmond art scene since 2012.
Hope has received awards for her poetry from the Virginia Poetry Society and Richmond magazine.
She is the author of Traveling the River
She lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her Chihuahua, Princess.

We share
stories,
how to practice empowerment,
the Hope Whitby Show,
the power of assumptions,
and how the words
"Don't Stop" helped change a life.

You can find Hope at
Instagram: @hopewhitby
Website: https://www.hopewhitby.com/

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Volume Thirteen A: You Can Only Walk From Where you Are Standing

Volume Thirteen A: You Can Only Walk From Where you Are Standing

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.
In this case, a complement to Volume Thirteen with co-conspirator Elizabeth Ferris.

This "A" volume contains reflections about
making a path,
the mind,
social media comparison run amok,
where you are
and
now what?


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Volume Thirteen: Elizabeth Ferris

Volume Thirteen: Elizabeth Ferris

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

Today, my Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Elizabeth Ferris

Elizabeth is a writer and writing teacher living in Richmond, Virginia. In 2018, she helped found Life in 10 Minutes Press, a small, Richmond-based press celebrating stories that are brave & true, She served for two years as the press’s Executive Editor where she developed and published Unspoken: Writers on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Stillbirth along with co-editor Whitney Roberts Hill. She is a graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte and currently teaches writers of fiction and nonfiction at the Studio School at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and at the Life in 10 Minutes writing center.

She’s edited for multiple presses and magazines and is a former contributing writer for Richmond magazine and instructor for Richmond Young Writers. She’s been a hotel maid in Northern Spain, a nanny in Darwin, Australia, and a tomato picker on a farm in South Australia.

She recently completed her first novel, about a group of girls in a home for unwed mothers in the summer of 1968, titled, for now, We Were Girls.

We talk about:
being magnanimous
why we keep things in cages
jealousy
how you know when a season is over
and
revising/re-seeing.

You can find Elizabeth at

Facebook: @elizabethferriswriter
Instagram: @eliza_be_than
Website: elizabethferris.com 
Information on the Unspoken anthology: lifein10minutes.com/unspoken-anthology

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Special Volume: Sixteen Months and Counting

Special Volume: Sixteen Months and Counting

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is a Special volume. The first of its kind.

All of these conversations are personal, but this one is more so.

If you follow Dropping Keys (Thank you so much. Keep listening and sharing!), you know there has been a gap between episodes which I am closing with this episode and what follows in 2022.

I'm looking forward to the co-conspirator conversations and the Keys being dropped. If you have suggestions for those who ought to join me, please send them my way.

This Special Volume is titled "Sixteen Months and Counting…."

In this podcast, I will share a story about how golf and a chance pairing led me to stop drinking and how easy and unexpectedly difficult it has been.

Enjoy.

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Volume Twelve: Dr. Jon Bibbs

Volume Twelve: Dr. Jon Bibbs

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Dr. Jon Bibbs.
He is a singer, songwriter and educator from Richmond, VA. 
He is lead administrator at Richmond Prep: a unique independent Christian school for children in grades Pre-K - 5th. 
Aside from his work at Richmond Prep, Jon is a well known singer and musician who has developed deep roots in our city and state through his music.

We talk about:
containers of our own creation,
being "me",
meta-feelings,
code switching,
translating,
creating our own bogeyman,
and
not letting the fear of people defining you define you.

You can find Jon at
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @jonbibbs
Internet: www.jonbibbs.online

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Volume Eleven A: Breathe

Volume Eleven A: Breathe

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume.

This "A" volume contains reflections about
breathing,
breath,
connection,
cages
and
keys.

Enjoy.

This "A" volume contains reflections about breathing,breath,connection,cagesandkeys. Enjoy.

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Volume Eleven: Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye

Volume Eleven: Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

My co-conspirator is Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye

Dr Sabrina is a Therapist ~ Storyteller ~ Peacebuilder
She began her career as a Social Worker in the New York City foster care system, where she served as a therapist in a residential treatment/educational facility. 
Sabrina received her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where she studied the use of complementary and alternative interventions for physical, emotional, and spiritual growth.  Since completing her doctorate, she has developed curriculum and served as adjunct faculty for the Maryland University of Integrative Health and Saybrook University.
She is an integrative psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore, Maryland. There, she lovingly serves women, couples, other healers, and small groups. Her approach to healing is a blend of wisdom, science, and ancient spiritual practices.
She is a senior faculty member of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, where she teaches the art of self-care to healthcare professionals around the globe.
She mentors mental health professionals across the country, serving them in their desire to make a living while serving humanity.
 As Center faculty, she has responded to community trauma in Las Vegas, Houston, the Pine Ridge Reservation, New York City, and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
She is currently completing her first book, The Laugh of Love, based on her maternal grandmother’s ability to transcend multiple traumas and chronic illness.
Dr. Sabrina is a devoted wife, mother, daughter, and life-long learner, who remains humbled by the healing power of compassion, love, and forgiveness.
Sabrina has committed her life to continuing the sacred Sufi teachings of peace, love, justice, mercy, and freedom.

We talk about:
being burnt sienna,
lifting the veil,
restoring dignity,
shame

You can find Dr. Sabrina at
Facebook: Live Forgiveness Daily, Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye
Instagram: @DrSabrinaNDiaye
Internet:  www.drsabrinandiaye.com, www.cmbm.org

My co-conspirator is Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye Dr Sabrina is a Therapist ~ Storyteller ~ PeacebuilderShe began her career as a Social Worker in the New York City foster care system, where she served as a therapist in a residential treatment/educational ...

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Volume Ten: Heather Plett

Volume Ten: Heather Plett

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

My co-conspirator is Heather Plett.
Heather is an international speaker, facilitator, and writer who teaches and practices the art of holding space.

She's the author of The Art of Holding Space: A Practice of Love, Liberation, and Leadership

We talk:
liberation,
a caged life,
beautiful trauma,
liminal space,
brave space
and
conflict transformation.

You can find Heather at
HeatherPlett.com
centreforholdingspace.com

My co-conspirator is Heather Plett.Heather is an international speaker, facilitator, and writer who teaches and practices the art of holding space. She's the author of The Art of Holding Space: A Practice of Love, Liberation, and LeadershipYou can find Heather atHeatherPlett.comcentreforholdings...

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Volume Nine A: This Is The Way Things Are Right Now

Volume Nine A: This Is The Way Things Are Right Now

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deep dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. 

In this case, a complement to Volume Nine with co-conspirator Jay Smack.

In this episode:
THIS,
acceptance,
allowing,
and
Tara Brach.

Enjoy!

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deep dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. In this case, a complement to Volume Nine with co-conspirator Jay Smack.In this episode:TH...

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Volume Nine: Jay Smack

Volume Nine: Jay Smack

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

This week my co-conspirator is Jay Smack.

He is a voice actor, post-production mixer, podcaster, producer, videographer,
listener/storyteller.

In this episode we go DEEP:
revelation or inspiration,
passion,
path,
practice,
inner work,
"p" jokes
and
commentary about Dune by Frank Herbert.


Enjoy.

You can find Jay on LinkedIN @JaySmack
His podcast is goodeyepodcast
jaysmackvo.com voice over
jaysmack.com
redampaudio.com

This week my co-conspirator is Jay Smack.He is a voice actor, post-production mixer, podcaster, producer, videographer,listener/storyteller.In this episode we go DEEP:revelation or inspiration,passion,path,practice,innerwork,"p" jokesandcommentary on Dune by Frank Herbert.Enjoy. You can find Jay on LinkedIN @JaySmack His podcast is goodeyepodcastjaysmackvo.com voice overjaysmack.comredampaudio.com

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Volume Eight A: Space To Be Human

Volume Eight A: Space To Be Human

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deep dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. 

IIn this case, a complement to Volume Eight with co-conspirator Alana Sheeren

In this episode:
space,
place,
physical, intellectual, soul show up,
Parker Palmer,
Dr. Marc Brackett
and
(ugh)
feelings.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. In this case, a complement to Volume Eight with co-conspirator Alana SheerenIn this epis...

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Volume Eight: Alana Sheeren

Volume Eight: Alana Sheeren

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

This week my co-conspirator is Alana Sheeren.

A true renaissance woman.
Whether from the TEDx stage, as host of the Create Your Magical Life podcast or in her work with clients, she combines her training as a therapist and her intuitive abilities to help people change their lives.
Currently, she is directing and producing her first documentary film, Listen Closely, which examines the way deep listening affects the quality of your life.
The film features thought leaders such as Ram Dass, Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, and Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks.

We touch on:
the daily-ness of grief,
space to be human,
perfectionism,
the limits of the law of attraction,
asking for what we need,
and
having a place to set things down.

Enjoy


Learn more at
ListenCloselyFilm.com
AlanaSheeren.com or
Facebook (personal & film)
Instagram: @alanasheeren

This week my co-conspirator is Alana Sheeren.A true renaissance woman.Whether from the TEDx stage, as host of the Create Your Magical Life podcast or in her work with clients, she combines her training as a therapist and her intuitive abilities to...

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Volume Seven A: You Don’t Have to be Good at Everything

Volume Seven A: You Don’t Have to be Good at Everything

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deep dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. 

In this case, a complement to Volume Seven with Sarah Elkins. 

This episode touches on
plumbing,
sump pumps,
electrical,
the lie of the self-made person
and
seeing others' magic. 

Enjoy.  


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Volume Seven: Sarah Elkins

Volume Seven: Sarah Elkins

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

Sarah Elkins delights in guiding individuals and teams to improve communication, using storytelling as the foundation of her work.
She is a Gallup certified Strengths coach and uses that tool to coach her clients to improve their communication in all relationships, and to find more satisfaction at work and at home.

We talk about 

  • finding people who "see your magic"

  • doing things for spite

  • finding the right "key" as a vocalist

  • and how you don't have to be good at everything

Her book and audiobook, Your Stories Don't Define You, How You Tell Them Will
is available on bookshop.org (supporting independent booksellers), and on Amazon. 

You can also find her here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahlynnelkins/ (@sarahlynnelkins)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesmileisfree/

Website: http://elkinsconsulting.com

Sarah Elkins delights in guiding individuals and teams to improve communication, using storytelling as the foundation of her work. She is a Gallup certified Strengths coach and uses that tool to coach her clients to improve their communication in ...

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Volume Six A: You Don't Have to be Original

Volume Six A: You Don’t Have to be Original

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deep dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. In this case, a complement to Volume Six with Ashley Diaz-Meijas.

This episode touches on
originality,
art,
fashion,
lemmings,
DNA,
Austin Kleon,
and
stealing. 

Enjoy.  

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deep dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. In this case, a complement to Volume Six with Ashley Diaz-Meijas.This episode touches on o...

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Volume Six: Ashley Diaz Mejias

Volume Six: Ashley Diaz Mejias

Dropping Keys is a podcast conversation with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

Ashley is an author, pastor, mother, wife, and so much more.

 
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Ashley began challenging systemic bias while working as the educational director for a small nonprofit after college graduation.  

She co-pastors Voices of Jubilee, a worshiping community in the Bon Air juvenile detention center in Richmond, VA.  This community includes 24 incarcerated youth, correctional officers, returning citizens, former corrections officers, and those longing for the liberating Word of the Gospel.  

She also works on the team growing the Richmond Community Bail Fund, which received over $1M in donations in a 6 week period in mid-2020.

Ashley shares her grief and hope for the "beautiful. rowdy. prisoners."
She talks about not being original or being a superstar. 

https://www.voicesofjubilee.org

https://rvabailfund.org

Ashley is an author, pastor, mother, wife, and so much more. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Ashley began challenging systemic bias while working as the educational director for a small nonprofit after college graduation. She co-pastors Voices of Jubilee, a worshipping community in the Bon ...

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