I have shared with you how my upbringing was stranger than fiction. I have shared with you purity culture. I have even shared with you the feminist perspectives on power. However, I have never shared with you WHY I began this podcast. In this final episode, I would like to do just that!

Firstly, if you are a woman of color and you are wondering if you should make that podcast, I just want to tell you: YES! YOU SHOULD! Secondly, how I came to create this podcast can actually be answered by me telling you a joke: Two bros are talking about Buddhism. And they are elitists. 🤣🤣🤣 Oh. you aren't laughing. That's because it's not funny. It is infuriating. It is annoying. It is sad. But not funny. I didn't think it was funny either when I heard their podcast.

Spirituality taught me acceptance and brotherhood. It taught me at a young age that I am my sister's keeper. It taught me about belonging. Things those bros had no desire to talk about or learn. So with my podcast, my intention was to counter their crap by giving a giant middle finger to all of the institutions and podcasts that suppress people and create harm and trauma. And...I think I did that! What do you think?

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This podcast is presented by Spiritual Provocation. Katie B., PhD went from foster kid to Bay Area resident. She is unboxable (as in, good luck trying to fit her into these tightly constrained categories) and has zero interest in the status quo and how things "have always been done" that are really just fear and scarcity with a pretty bow on top.

Having faced and overcome significant challenges early on in life, Katie dwells in possibilities, not limitations, and is dedicated to doing her part to help improve the human condition. Ready to work with Katie B.? Contact her here or on her website: spiritualprovocation.com!!

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Song Credit: Waking Up the Street MNDLSS

This is a Crackers In Soup production.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode speaks of gun violence. If you choose to listen to this, please pay attention to your body. If you need to pause or stop listening to this episode, please honor that.

This episode was recorded on Memorial Day. A few days before, there was a shooting in Buffalo, New York at a grocery store. The "alleged" shooter was Payton Gendron, an 18-year old motivated by hate. Then, there was the Uvalde, Texas massacre.

Since the time of this recording, there was at least 14 mass shootings over Memorial Day weekend. While our nation is under siege, Senator Mitch McConnell received more than one million dollars from the NRA because his worry is "Bringing home the bacon".

What do these politicians have to do to get voted out of office? They are spewing pro-life when children who have been born are murdered in a school. Let's discuss the hypocrisy in this country.

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This podcast is presented by Spiritual Provocation. Katie B., PhD went from foster kid to Bay Area resident. She is unboxable (as in, good luck trying to fit her into these tightly constrained categories) and has zero interest in the status quo and how things "have always been done" that are really just fear and scarcity with a pretty bow on top.

Having faced and overcome significant challenges early on in life, Katie dwells in possibilities, not limitations, and is dedicated to doing her part to help improve the human condition. Ready to work with Katie B.? Contact her here or on her website: spiritualprovocation.com!!

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Love what you are hearing in Spiritual Provocation?  Leave a Review and a five-star rating! 

Want me to learn more about Katie B and/or her guests?  Follow her on Instagram!

Song Credit: Waking Up the Street MNDLSS

This is a Crackers In Soup production.

May is mental health awareness month. Collectively, our mental health has taken a huge nose dive, especially among young people. Between scrolling through social media and happiness being the default expected emotion, our mental health is exhausted.

Mental health crisis is running rampant in our world. The United State's health care is problematic. Join me as I take you on a journey and speak about superficial feelings, social norms and conditioning so we can all appear "happy".

Honorable Mentions

Meet the parents who refuse to give their kids smartphones

Over half of Americans have less than 3 months worth of emergency savings

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This podcast is presented by Spiritual Provocation. Katie B., PhD went from foster kid to Bay Area resident. She is unboxable (as in, good luck trying to fit her into these tightly constrained categories) and has zero interest in the status quo and how things "have always been done" that are really just fear and scarcity with a pretty bow on top.

Having faced and overcome significant challenges early on in life, Katie dwells in possibilities, not limitations, and is dedicated to doing her part to help improve the human condition. Ready to work with Katie B.? Contact her here or on her website: spiritualprovocation.com!!

⛪🕌🕍⛩️🕋📿

Love what you are hearing in Spiritual Provocation?  Leave a Review and a five-star rating! 

Want me to learn more about Katie B and/or her guests?  Follow her on Instagram!

Song Credit: Waking Up the Street MNDLSS

This is a Crackers In Soup production.