Relatively Nobody
Conversations in service of representing the underrepresented. Hosted by chosen sisters, activists, artists, and anti-racists Zulaikha and Gia, Relatively Nobody gives voice to people, ideas, and art that have been erroneously dismissed. The conversations center around the experience of universal human emotions, hard truths, paradoxes, and a call to remain open to new understandings. Music credit: Eliot Johnson
Episodes
11 episodes
Unfiltered: Bad Bitches and Boundaries with Nico and Je$$
On this weeks episode we are so happy and excited to have Nico Nelson and Je$$ica Escobedo talk to us about boundaries. Nico and Je$$ run a boundaries workshop for femme identified humans. In this episode you will get a taste of their extraordi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:24:29
Unfiltered: Hush Hush Topics in the South Asian Diaspora with Kainath Merchant
zulaikha and gia chat with Kainath Merchant about taboo topics, especially in South Asian culture. Kainath has been growing a platform on tiktok, approaching many topics nobody wants to talk about within the Desi culture, including the first ge...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:21:20
i am you feat. gia
i am you is a narrative series where we interview guests and each other in the spirit of radical openness and building community. By connecting to our heart spaces, we can practice vulnerability deeply with one another in service of shared huma...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:21:09
Unfiltered: White Saviorism with Kimberly Bolden
Zulaikha and Gia have a necessary and enriching conversation with educator and activist Kimberly Bolden, discussing the ways in which white savior complex shows up in our communities. From toxic kindness to exploiting trauma, white saviorism pe...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:08:54
i am you feat. zulaikha
i am you is a narrative series where we interview guests and each other in the spirit of radical openness and building community. By connecting to our heart spaces, we can practice vulnerability deeply with one another in service of shared huma...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:07:32
Meet DeRon Brown: A Conversation About Meditation
Zulaikha and Gia have a joyful and real chat with Zulaikha's friend and coworker DeRon Brown. In this episode they talk with DeRon about his entry into the practice of mindfulness, his first silent meditation retreat, and how he thought he coul...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:11:40
Bonus: Mudita (Joy)
Zulaikha and Gia talk about mudita, or sympathetic joy, in the context of how we are socialized into an individualistic culture. Mudita, which is delighting in the happiness of others, is one of the four immeasurables (or limitless qualities) i...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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19:23
Resources: Compassion Meditation
Gia guides a metta (lovingkindness/compassion) meditation as a tool to cultivate self-compassion. This helps with trauma healing, resilience, and can assist with secondary trauma or compassion fatigue.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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15:56
Trauma, Agency, and Creating Rhythms
Gia and Zulaikha sit down to discuss trauma in the context of agency. Using their background in trauma-informed mindfulness, they open up another topic which begins to investigate the many layers of trauma, as well as the cost of racism to both...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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34:32