Episode 11: Growing your Community with Monica Cadena

On today’s episode, Tristan (they/them) and Lauren (she/her) speak with Monica Cadena (she/her), a digital strategist, death doula, and overall inspiring human.

Monica has worked for internationally recognized healing and wellness organizations centered around wellness and social justice, and she is dedicated to bringing communities together through collective healing.

Tune in to hear Monica share about:

• How she got started creating viral content to reach Black and Brown communities

• What it was like to collaborate with Yoga Journal as their first Black ambassador

• Thoughts on social justice and the participation of white folks

• The fact that we are all problematic

• Why Digital Allyship, her online offering, has become such a focus in her work

…and more.

Here’s where you can view a transcript of this episode of ALL THE F*CK IN.

Learn more about Monica’s work and the resources and teachers she mentions:

• Monica’s Instagram @sacred.alchemist

• Digital Allyship Community Consultations

• Michelle Cassandra Johnson

• Hala Khouri

• Cal Newport’s book, Digital Minimalism

• Wear Your Voice Magazine

• Yoga Journal Magazine

• Off the Mat, Into the World

• Black Healers Connect

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Thanks to Son of Nun and DJ Mentos for the music. You can find their work at sonofnun.bandcamp.com and djmentos.com. You can also support a mutual aid fund they’re involved with, Tubman House Coronavirus Support, at this link and specify Tubman House Coronavirus Support in the "special instructions to seller" field.

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