It Takes Courage To Tell The Truth

Teeka Rohana is a transpersonal counsellor, student of Indigenous Knowledge, frontline activist and artist. Infusing themes of social injustice and ancestral connection into her theatre, music and poetry. Teeka’s work accentuates the need for pleasure and ritual as embodied forms of dismantling systems of oppression. She is inspired and informed by her matriarchal Indonesian roots as well as the works of Adrienne Maree Brown, The Nap Ministry and Bayo Akomolafe. Teeka currently resides on Bundjalung country working in mental health and disability support work. Teeka recently came back from the Adani coal Mine site after being arrested and abused by the police force while she was chained up to the welding machinery they were using to extract the minerals and resources from our beloved earth. Teeka tells her story of frontline activism, how we can support and why we need more bodies on the frontline.

Alice Forrest is a marine biologist, wildlife guide & scientific communicator currently based in Byron Bay. She spends her days eye-gazing with humpback whales, hanging out with penguins on the Antarctic ice, or freediving with turtles in the east coast sea. Alice joins us from her tiny home in the northern river, the audio is one of an off grid home. Please be aware that wifi is not as strong but the knowledge and stories shared in this conversation are incredibly rich and inspiring. In this conversation we talk about showing up for the planet, getting rid of guilt, how to be a change maker, the reality of plastic pollution and climate change, and the inspiring life that Alice is living in order to inspire and create positive change.

Carla joins us on the show today to discuss her story from 2020. When Carla lost her job from COVID 19, she decided to move to slow down and start real healing with time and space on her side. She tells of her long journey with Topical Steroid Cream, how the western medical system failed her, how she found treatment and healing in community and how she invited in a slowing way of healing to really get to the root cause of her dis-ease. Carla comes on the show today to share her truths, to connect with other who may be experiencing this and to help create a community outside of the western medical system which denies that TSW is a side affect of the prescribed cream they give to people with skin conditions. A important and intimate story to be shared, about grief, healing and perseverance. Instagram @leskec