In this episode, I speak with my colleague Dr. Chelsea Williams, a psychotherapist who specializes in using nature in therapeutic settings to work with her patients. Chelsea works with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, relationships and workplace issues. Her specialization areas include intergenerational trauma, attachment, social justice, and somatics. Passionate about providing trauma informed care within our larger social context, Chelsea welcomes clients who ...

In this episode of Practice Dirty, I talk with Abriana Johnson, the Chief Growth Officer at Teaching Horse, and the founder of Cowgirl Camryn and Black Unicorn Creative. We discuss: Building a business at the intersection of your interests;Building a network to do the work you dream of;How leadership development serves as a bridge to having hard conversations;Becoming a conduit to translate animal behavior into human language;How horses expose a company’s biggest challenges and bring dysfunct...

In the great awakening of my soul, I committed myself to learning a lot about psychospirituality (which to me, the intersection of the mind and the soul come together). When I first started exploring this concept, I discovered narrative therapy, which is how to use stories to help heal your mind. At the time, I was looking to understand my own stories, I discovered Dr. Mehl-Madrona. Dr. Mehl-Madrona has an extensive body of work, but it’s not widely popularized (nor all of it wide...

In this episode of the Practice Dirty podcast, host I talk to co-facilitator and friend Sonia Jorgensen, a nurse and healthcare leader who owns and runs Spirit2Spirit, an equine-facilitated leadership development program. We discuss the challenges that companies face in terms HR, managing employee turnover and retention, and how to fix toxic work environments. In this conversation, Sonia and I explore the benefits of fostering a positive company culture and the importance of...

In this episode of the Practice Dirty podcast, I interview Tiffany Hardin, CEO of Gild Creative Group and Represent, an influencer marketing agency and talent management group that represents BIPOC creators. She’s also the founder of Conscious Hustler. Tiffany and I talk about her personal journey and how mindfulness and self-care intersect with her everyday life. We discuss the importance of setting boundaries, being bold, and living inside out. Tiffany shares her experiences in the mu...

As you get older, food sensitivities you’ve had since you were younger can start to build, making your body more reactionary to something that it’s had a hard time processing. By 40, you can actually become partially intolerant of certain things you could eat when you were younger. Before you believe you’re allergic to something, I think you should understand what a food allergy actually is. According to the Mayo Clinic, a food allergy is a reaction that occurs in your immune system aft...

There is a time and place for supplements, but you probably don’t need to take as many as you currently do. There are vitamins and minerals found in the food you eat every day. So if you’ve been wanting to rethink your supplement routine and/or stop taking them altogether. This episode and the full text below is what you need. Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Vitamins: Vitamins are organic compounds required by humans in small amounts from the diet. Vitamins are made by living organi...

Love Food, Love Yourself is a series on nutrition and mindful eating designed to help women of color, over the age of 40, understand how their bodies process food, and the nutrients it needs to function best. It’s aimed at debunking food myths, wellness trends and fad diets. It’s a no bullshit approach to making better, more mindful decisions about the food you eat. If you're a woman of color, over 40, who works in a mental health or wellness role, I invite you to subscribe to my...

Somewhere in our mid-30s, our bodies begin to go through a big set of changes; your hormones change and our metabolism shifts. These changes are subtle at first; we begin to experience weight gain, loss of lean muscle mass, bone density can decrease, we might sleep less, and strange things begin happening in our menstrual cycles. The list goes on. Then, around 40 our bodies start to enter perimenopause, and while this usually begins in your forties, it can begin as early as your m...

It’s 2023, and we, as women, we’re taking our health into our own hands. We’re trying to make more informed decisions; we’re ditching healthcare for self-care, we’re trading in prescription drugs for CBD. When it comes to our food we’re eating better, for the most part. Yeah, we’re eating more vegetables and we know wholesome food is good for us, but many of us are still eating too many processed foods due to time and cost constraints. And despite an increased focus on our h...

Welcome to Love Food, Love Yourself, an written and audio series for Practice Dirty, designed to help women over 40+ develop better understand of nutrition and a create a more mindful relationship with food.This series will help you better understand the foods that you put in our bodies, and also learn how those foods connect to our mental, physical and spiritual health. In our last piece, I talked about how our relationship with food became so fragmented and broken, especially ...

Welcome to Love Food, Love Yourself. I’m your host, Macala Wright. This podcast is designed to help women over 40+ develop better relationships with food. My goal is to help you fall in love with food and even more with yourself. In this episode, I share my journey to health and how I learned to love food and take charge of my health through a mindful, no bullshit-approach my diet and nutrition. To read the full article, subscribe to my newsletter on Substack: https://prac...

In the latest episode of Practice Dirty, I speak with the original nervous system healing coach and YouTube influencer, Sukie Baxter. In this episode, we discuss: How you know if you actually need to work on regulating your nervous system. How you are holding tension in your body directly correlates to how you hold it in your mind. What your nervous system reveals about your health and medical issues.Learning to listen to the physical signs your body is sending you. Whether it’...

Interview with Sara Silverstein, a breathwork facilitator and certified somatic sex coach. In this episode, we discuss: Why women are so disconnected from our bodies.We disconnect from ourselves due at a young age due to cultural conditioning and sexual objectification. Your body belongs to you, no one else. Using somatic experiencing to explore your body through the four realms of sexuality. When you give someone the opportunity to speak up in a safe space, they flourish...

In this episode of Practice Dirty, I speak with Kecia Lee, a transformation life coach and Brainspotting practitioner. She helps people who are at a crossroads in their lives, explore their inner world when life simply isn’t working, and help them use their inner knowing to figure out what to do next. In this episode, we discuss: How all women face Imposter Syndrome, self-doubt and self sabotage.How decades of cultural conditioning have created our challenges in mindset and affect how w...

In this episode, I speak with Amrit Sadhana-Boyd, a nervous system regulation coach, and founder of The Untamed Herbalist, about the role our nervous systems play in our mental and physical health. We discuss the very hot topic of nervous system regulation, trauma, and what may be missing from the conversation when it comes to being a black or woman of color. We discuss: How to teach women to feel safe in their bodies.That the antidote to anxiety isn’t calm, it’s safety.When we le...

In this episode of Practice Dirty, Nikki Silvestri of Soil & Shadow and I discuss: What it’s like to be a black woman who’s fully committed to embodying a life defined on our own terms. What it was like growing up in dangerous, violent communities in the 80s in Los Angeles. The impact of childhood trauma and its role in shadow work.What shadow work is and how women must work through their shadows in order to resolve trauma and grief. Being burnt out, letting the pieces crum...

In the first episode of Practice Dirty, I sit down and talk with Hatty Lee, one of the co-creators of The Indwell Guide. In this episode, Hatty and I discuss: Women of color have a right to take care of themselves. Self-care is necessary when it comes to your mental health. How her book, Indwell, was created in response to #BlackLivesMatter and #StopAsianHate.Starting a self-guided journey inward and exploring mindfulness. The impact of violence on BIPOC communities.Desti...

Here's a short overview of why I created this podcast, what it's about, and how you can use it. Find out more about my work at https://macalarose.com.