Best Nat Vikitsreth Podcasts (2024)

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How Elisa Sets Boundaries with Her Mom in front of her Teenagers 1:04:21

10d ago1:04:21

1:04:21

Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you will hear the conversation that I had with Elisa about boundary setting, intergenerational family healing, inner child re-parenting, and parenting teenagers. At the end, you’ll have one reflection question and invitation to integrate this discussion into your own bou…

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Are You Regulating or Coping? 31:28

22d ago31:28

31:28

In this episode, you and I are going to explore how our inner child wounds can complicate our ability to practice regulation. Then, we’ll discuss one action we can do to slowly cultivate regulation and safety, going beyond coping and surviving. So that you can offer regulation to your child and meet their needs where they’re at, most of the time. A…

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Pep Talk: Listen When You Have a “Bad” Parenting Day 7:12

2M ago7:12

7:12

Let’s take a quick breather from our inner child re-parenting series to re-center ourselves. It’s been a lot to process, hasn’t it? In this mini episode, you and I are going to explore three measures of parenting success that aren’t shame based but are more aligned with liberation and informed by child development science. If that sounds generative…

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[BONUS] Using Household Chores to Ground Yourself & Demand a Gaza Ceasefire 4:54

2M ago4:54

4:54

In this quick bonus episode, we’ll explore three body-based self-regulation exercises you can experiment with while doing household chores to get out of the freeze response and get back into direct action. --------------------------- Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comeba…

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Two Overlooked Actions to Soothe Your Parenting Triggers 24:27

2M ago24:27

24:27

Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I are going to unpack what happens when we’re triggered both in parenting and social justice advocacy using our react-revert-reduce cycle. Then, we’ll close out the episode with two actions you can experiment with. --------------------------- Get full s…

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How to Raise Change Agents: Lessons from Gaza Solidarity Encampments 39:40

2M ago39:40

39:40

Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I are going to connect the dots between re-parenting our inner child and raising our children to take social justice action that’s aligned with their values, just like the university students who are a part of the anti-war movement now. You’ll explore t…

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Why Intentions Don’t Matter When You’re Triggered (in Parenting & Activism) 23:05

3M ago23:05

23:05

Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I will zoom in on our nervous system and see what’s going on in there when we’re triggered both in parenting and community organizing. Between this episode and the next one you’ll learn about three concrete tools to replace automatically reacting when y…

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Why Inner Child Healing Boosts Your Child's Development 23:20

3M ago23:20

23:20

Ep 50: Welcome to our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58). In this episode, you and I will explore these themes: why Inner child healing boosts your child's development and what inner child wounds are. Then, we’ll wrap up the episode with one action you can play with to care for your inner child wounds. --------------------------- Get fu…

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[BONUS] How Aireen’s Breaking Generational Cycles & Transforming Parenting Triggers with Her Daughter 57:46

5M ago57:46

57:46

In this episode, you’ll hear about Aireen’s healing journey and how she puts the social justice parenting and inner child re-parenting ideas that we discuss in our podcast into action…most of the time. In our conversation, you’ll hear us talk about how Aireen was working with her parenting triggers to get unstuck from yelling at her little one. You…

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[BONUS] Why I Love Working with Parents & Young Children 38:42

5M ago38:42

38:42

In this episode, you’ll hear about how I started social justice organizing back in 2007, how I’ve learned to love and trust myself in the world that simply hates that I exist and look fabulous, and what made me fall in love with serving young children, parents, and families aka you. ** This episode is originally published as an interview from the B…

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[BONUS] How to Practice Social Justice Parenting Today 16:57

6M ago16:57

16:57

In this episode, you and I are going to explore what social justice parenting means and what it actually looks like in practice using a framework I’ve been using with families for 15 years. You’ll see how the two components of the framework fit together so that you can begin applying it to your daily parenting at your own pace. --------------------…

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Integrating Lessons from Season 4 19:35

7M ago19:35

19:35

In this season finale episode, you and I will explore what parenting agility or the hokey pokey of parenting means to our liberatory practices. Together we explore how do we stay in the struggle for liberation and shape the liberated future for our children to grow up in amid climate catastrophe and systemic oppression? How do we keep going without…

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Find Your Roles in Liberation: An Antidote to Cynicism & Despair 29:00

7M ago29:00

29:00

In this episode, you and I are going to explore the roles that you play in liberation both in your home as a decolonized parent and in your community as a social justice advocate. You’ll hear examples of small-yet-significant parenting moments that you’re already doing. My hope is for these mundane and messy moments to be a concrete receipt that te…

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Protect Your Peace this Holiday with this Political Messaging Strategy 29:45

8M ago29:45

29:45

In this episode, you and I will explore a framework for strategic communications that a political messaging expert and campaign advisor, Anat Shenker-Osorio, teaches. Then, you’ll adapt and apply this three-part framework to craft your own statement that you can use to set boundaries and protect your peace with those who judge or critique your pare…

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How to Keep Fighting for a Ceasefire when You Can’t Go Marching: Wisdom from Disability Justice 29:07

8M ago29:07

29:07

In this episode, you and I are going to unpack this question: how do we keep fighting for liberation in Gaza, Sudan, Congo, and Ukraine in between school drop off, pick up, and grocery runs? How do we fight against antisemitism and Islamophobia in between our work shifts, Zoom meetings, and the kids’ homework? How do we grieve the lives that have b…

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[BONUS] Somatic Warm-Ups Before You Demand a Gaza Ceasefire 12:37

9M ago12:37

12:37

Special note: I’m taking a break for real now and I’ll be back on Nov 21st. --------------------------- In this episode, I’ll walk with you through a few somatic or body-based exercises. So that you can take a moment to take care of your nervous system and fill your cup. And then with fuller cups you and I can take action and demand a ceasefire…fro…

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Politicizing Abandonment Wounds & Practicing Interdependence in Parenting 36:01

9M ago36:01

36:01

A quick note: I’m taking a brief break and returning the first week of November. --------------------------- In this episode, you and I are going to unpack the concept of “organized abandonment” together. A term that’s enlivened by professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore, a prison abolitionist and scholar. Then, we’ll explore one antidote to abandonment and …

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Healing Abandonment Wound & Shifting from Codependence to Interdependence 33:18

10M ago33:18

33:18

In this episode, you and I are going to explore an aspect of attachment theories that can help us make sense of our fear of rejection and abandonment. As per usual, we’ll also layer a political analysis on top. Then, you’ll unpack one invitation you can experiment with to heal your wound of abandonment and shift from codependence to interdependence…

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Attachment Basics to Know Before Re-Parenting Your Inner Child 27:04

10M ago27:04

27:04

In this episode, you and I are going to explore a question that one listener emailed me about attachment theories: what inner child wounds are and how to re-parent our inner child. So we’ll start by going right to the heart of attachment to explore why we need to shift from saying “attachment styles” to “attachment strategies.” Then, we’ll continue…

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How Sylvia Shifts from Triggered to Centered, Most of the Time 52:42

11M ago52:42

52:42

In this episode, Sylvia shares her decolonized parenting practices as she’s raising her bi-cultural and bilingual 8- and 10-year-old mixed race children. You’ll hear how Sylvia re-parents her inner child to move through her parenting triggers. I’ll offer reflective questions for you throughout the episode as invitations to reflect on and enrich you…

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Where do I start “meeting my child where they’re at”? 34:04

11M ago34:04

34:04

In this episode, you and I are going to explore two needs that children across cultures and abilities need from their caregivers to thrive. Then, you’ll unpack three things- action, awareness, and agility- that you can play with to meet those needs in your child...most of the time. Together, we’ll find ways to put 60 years of attachment research in…

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Three Ways to Power-With and Meet Your Child Where They’re At While Keeping Them Safe 31:02

12M ago31:02

31:02

In this episode, you and I are going to unpack parenting worries and fears that drive us to unintentionally center coercion, control, compliance, and domination in parenting. Then, we’ll explore a three-part process of powering-with so you can design your own way to balance power-over and power-with in your parenting. You’ll also look at how power-…

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Four Ways Your Child Can Help You Unlearn People Pleasing 29:13

1y ago29:13

29:13

The pressure to teach and prepare your child to survive systems of oppression can easily take over your parenting driver’s seat and put your social justice values in the back seat, especially when you’re exhausted. To relieve this pressure and slow down the urgency to teach people pleasing to your child 100% of the time, let’s step back and notice …

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Breaking Cycles of People Pleasing: Attachment Theory Meets Power Analysis 37:47

1y ago37:47

37:47

In this episode, you and I are going to unpack people pleasing or appeasement. We’ll unpack what’s going on in our body and nervous system when we people please. Then, we’ll zoom out and look at people pleasing in our social, cultural, and political contexts. And we’ll close out by discussing ways to address people pleasing in parenting. I hope we …

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One Way to Celebrate Pride as a Decolonized Family 26:47

1y ago26:47

26:47

In this episode, you and I are going to explore lessons from research on queer and trans resiliency. And perhaps, when it’s safe-ish to do so, we can apply them in our lives so we can be all of who we are instead of contorting our bodies to fit into the tiny gender binary boxes defined by white, colonial, capitalist patriarchy. Next, we’ll explore …

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How to Work with Parenting Guilt and Self-Judgment Pt. II 21:42

1y ago21:42

21:42

In this episode, you and I will explore a practice that can lower the volume of your inner critics and strengthen your nervous system at the same time too. I’ll share why this practice can be really nourishing, drawing on lessons from neuroscience, western psychology, and social justice action. If that sounds generative to you, let’s get started. -…

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How to Work with Parenting Guilt and Self-Judgment: The 4 D’s Framework 31:15

1y ago31:15

31:15

In this episode, I invite you to explore your parenting guilt and self-judgment through a new perspective, specifically through the lenses of both western psychotherapy and social justice action. You’ll walk you through reflective questions in a framework I call the 4 D’s to transform your parenting guilt and inner critics into actions that align w…

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33. The Power in Paid Sex and recognizing Emotional Abuse (w/ Raquel Savage) 1:09:17

1y ago1:09:17

1:09:17

Ari sits down with Therapist and Sex Worker Raquel Savage. Raquel talks about her fantasies, being autistic and on the Ace Spectrum, and educates us about sex work from a labor framework. We also discuss recognizing the signs of abuse, gaslighting, trauma bonding and how to heal from abuse using community and harm reduction. TW: Mentions of Abuse a…

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Integrating Lessons from Season 3 27:17

1+ y ago27:17

27:17

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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How to Support Trans Rights, Reproductive Justice & Disability Justice As A Decolonized Parent 23:31

1+ y ago23:31

23:31

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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What Parents Can Learn About Boundary Setting From Black and Asian Solidarity 30:25

1+ y ago30:25

30:25

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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32. Abortion Myth-Busting with Irma (Dirty South Sex Ed) 1:01:05

1+ y ago1:01:05

1:01:05

Abortion Rights worker and Sex Educator Irma, CSE (she/her) of Dirty South Sex Ed stops by to talk about all things pleasure and liberation — specifically for Black, Brown, & Indigenous communities and youth. But not before she busts some shocking myths about abortion restrictions since the fall of Roe v. Wade in Summer 2022. Burning Questions answ…

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Why Your Child’s Resilience Needs Your Parenting Mistakes 29:14

1+ y ago29:14

29:14

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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31. Reparenting Ourselves and Healing Inner Child Wounds w/ Nat Vikitsreth (Crocodile Lightning) 1:12:46

1+ y ago1:12:46

1:12:46

Ari chats with Therapist, Somatic practitioner, and Burlesque Performer Nat Vikitsreth, LCSW (aka Crocodile Lightning). Nat shares tools for parents and non-parents to embody social-justice practices in our daily lives. Nat also tells us her story as an Immigrant, Trans Woman, and Academic, fighting the oppressor “from the inside” and how she came …

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Answering Your Questions About Decolonized Parenting & Inner Child Re-Parenting 33:16

1+ y ago33:16

33:16

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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Bridging the Gap between Intention & Action for Your 2023 Parenting Goals 32:24

1+ y ago32:24

32:24

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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30. Sapphic Lore Era (w/ Regina aka Pottie Pocket) 1:19:42

1+ y ago1:19:42

1:19:42

“Rapping and being vulnerable, as a result of releasing music and performing, has encouraged me to step into my truth and step into my power.” In episode 30, Ari sits down with Massage Therapist and Rap Artist, Regina Palmer aka Pottie Pocket. They chat about Regina’s experience as a transracial adoptee, unlearning from being Black and Queer in a w…

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A Love Letter to Parents 10:56

1+ y ago10:56

10:56

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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Three Social Justice Actions to Build Your Parenting Support System 33:29

1+ y ago33:29

33:29

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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29. Check your Main Character Energy (w/ Tia @Slipp3ryWhenWet) 1:38:32

1+ y ago1:38:32

1:38:32

“We all cause harm … but there’s a difference between acknowledging/repairing that harm and ignoring it.” Ari chats with Reproductive Justice Activist and Social Media Expert, Tia, of @Slipp3ryWhenWet. Tia discusses how to set digital boundaries with work as an organizer and Sex Educator in the Southern US, wild online interactions with trolls (and…

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How My Parents & I Are Breaking Our Family Cycles Together 25:25

1+ y ago25:25

25:25

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty and Oppression Without Toxic Positivity 37:09

1+ y ago37:09

37:09

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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Sensual Revisit: The STI in stigma (with Laureen HD) 1:05:36

1+ y ago1:05:36

1:05:36

Ari interviews YouTuber, Sex Educator, and STI Awareness Advocate, Laureen HD • (she/her). Laureen shares how she went from keeping her genital herpes diagnosis a secret to becoming an advocate for living a sex-positive lifestyle with incurable STIs on YouTube. Editor's Note: this is a sensual revisit from episode 19 in honor of our ~Sexual Health …

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28. If you’re using a hole, it can catch an STI (w/ Evan the RN) 1:33:39

1+ y ago1:33:39

1:33:39

Ari chats with infectious disease nurse & HIV specialist, Evan. Evan & Ari discuss terrible experiences with STI clinics, what a day in the life of HIV panel management looks like for Evan, and the social aspects of care that keep people from seeking the sexual healthcare they deserve. Burning Questions answered in this episode: Why PrEP & PEP is f…

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27. Part 2: Herpes and Hooking Up: Advice for safer sex and STI disclosure (w/ Courtney Brame of Something Positive for Positive People) 1:04:31

2y ago1:04:31

1:04:31

Ari interviews Herpes Awareness Advocate & Activist, Courtney Brame. Courtney and Ari chat about how a sex-averse society makes it easier for STI transmission, and Courtney gives advice on how to have casual, safer, communicative sex while being an STI-positive person. Burning Questions answered in this episode: Should you put your herpes status on…

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27. Part 1: What sex and intimacy look like with Herpes w/ Courtney Brame (Something Positive for Positive People) 1:00:31

2y ago1:00:31

1:00:31

Ari interviews Sex Educator and STI testing & minimization activist, Courtney Brame (he/him). Courtney advocates for sex-positive, identity-affirming, stigma-reducing Sex Ed on his platform/podcast, “Something Positive for Positive People”. Courtney shares how he remained sex-positive and empowered after testing positive for Herpes in 2013. Courtne…

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26. Feeling valid in your Queer Experience with Playmate Shimmy LaRoux (Ms. Burlesque World) 1:19:45

2y ago1:19:45

1:19:45

Ari interviews Burlesque performer, model, instructor, and Playboy Playmate Shimmy LaRoux. Shimmy and Ari chat about how religion and Black Southern culture deeply oppressed their sexuality growing up, and what feeling valid as a Bi/Queer person looks like for them now. Shimmy tells us about her day job in DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), th…

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25. Part 2: Being Solo Poly, Asexual, and Kinky with Sky (FemmMeow) 58:50

2y ago58:50

58:50

In Part 2 of an interview with LGBTQ content creator Sky (she/her) of @Femmmeow, Sky and Ari talk about how polyamory works when you aren’t centering sex, the similarities for them between platonic and romantic relationships as a Monogamist (Ari) and a Solo Polyamorous Relationship Anarchist (Sky), and how to thrive sensually — in the absence of se…

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Recapping & Reviewing Season 2 22:10

2y ago22:10

22:10

Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast For more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram! Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational famil…

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25. Part 1: Being Groomed to be Groomed with Sky (Femmmeow) 47:42

2y ago47:42

47:42

Ari interviews content creator and social activist Sky • (she/her), aka @Femmmeow. In Part 1 of this double-header interview, Sky discusses things that led her to become a polyamorous relationship anarchist and LGBTQ creative; including Complex PTSD from childhood, a sensuality course from @Che.Che.Luna that completely changed her life, and breakin…

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