Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls

Dominique Howse (NeoSoulGod) is a Black queer TTRPG creator, educator, storyteller, and game designer. He teaches D&D, creates Afrocentric tabletop content, and is the creator of D&D HBCU, a program dedicated to helping Black people discover and engage with tabletop roleplaying. Through his work as a professional Game Master, actual-play performer, and creator, Neo uses fantasy and storytelling to center Black characters, cultures, and experiences in spaces where they have historically been underrepresented. Links: https://linktr.ee/neosoulgod Your host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

Ca'ren is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina who focuses on helping individuals and couples explore the most authentic & connected versions of themselves through various modalities blending my intuitive gifts, spiritual technologies and clinical expertise. She works from a soul-centered approach in which she focuses on cultivating an open space for metamorphosis and transformation to occur. Her approach is holistic and integrative, encouraging clients to get to know themselves in new ways, which allows them to fully embody all the parts that make us whole.Discovering Human Design in 2021 shed light on Ca'ren's unique energy as a Manifestor, guiding her towards self-awareness and understanding on a deeper level. Exploring her Human Design and Astrology charts in late 2022 was transformative, providing insight into her natural gifts and calling as an alchemist. By embracing her design, she unlocked innate abilities in clairsentience, clairvoyance, and claircognizance, and honed skills in various healing modalities.With consent, her sessions may integrate spiritual technologies and ancestral techniques like incorporating and discussing ancestral veneration, using oracle or tarot in sessions, or using human design or astrology to help clients better understand the patterns of their lives and relationships. Her passion for blending the realms of spirituality, psychology, and sexuality led her to her role as Secretary of the Intuitive Clinicians Council, a non-profit with a mission of legitimizing and restoring the use of Intuition and spiritual practices in mental health and clinical care.  For therapy appointments, head to committed-action.com/caren-hudson-lmft and for Human Design Download sessions and more, check out floweringheartwellness.comYour host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

Ry is a queer, non-binary, folk Catholic mystic and spiritual practitioner and therapist. They are a devotee of La Santa Muerte and La Virgen de Guadalupe. They draw upon their mixed ancestry as a half-Filipino, and half White + Mexican to influence the various magickal practices that they take part in. They are currently based in the California Bay Area. Social Media Links: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/themestizomysticSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iBuU4BZ390BiSrfTna58n?si=2c8e4ebed1284881Your host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

Art Was A Way We Remember?- Story, Faith, & A Hindi Lutheran Pastor Reverend Tuhina Verma Rasche (she/her) is a second-generation South Asian American raised in a devout Hindu household. She currently serves as one of the digital pastors of the Anam Cara Community, a digital first mission of the North Carolina Synod. She's served in multiple capacities within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), including parish pastor, community organizing trainer, grassroots organizer, and in pastoral partnership with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Tuhina has also been involved in multifaith work with Arts, Religion, Culture: A Society for Theopoetics as a young adult coordinator, as well as a senior research associate with The Aspen Institute's Religion & Society Program. In her spare time, Tuhina enjoys reading, woodworking, time with her family, and finding the hole-y in donuts. Social Media Links: Anam Cara Community: Website - https://www.anamcaracommunity.org/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/Anam-Cara-Community/100074796609442/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/AnamcaracommunityApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hashcast/id1599532492Personal:Website - https://www.tuhinavrasche.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tvrasche/Your host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

In this What If conversation, we explore what peacebuilding can look like in everyday life — through the stories and experiences of Uzbek women within Muslim communities.In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, this episode highlights perspectives from Central Asia, offering a deeper understanding of how faith, culture, and community shape the ways women contribute to healing, connection, and peace. Through lived experiences, we reflect on how acts of care, compassion, and presence can become powerful forms of peacebuilding.This conversation invites us to listen to the quiet, meaningful ways peace is practiced in daily life.This episode is part of our AAPI Heritage Month series and is sponsored by Asian Theological Institute whose support makes these conversations possible.Your host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

 In this What If conversation, we explore Filipino psychology — also known as Sikolohiyang Pilipino — and how it offers a different way of understanding the self, relationships, and healing.Together, we talk about key concepts within Filipino psychology and how they contrast with more individualistic, Western frameworks. This conversation opens up questions around identity, culture, and the ways our understanding of the self is shaped by the worlds we come from.Rather than seeing healing as something purely internal, Filipino psychology invites a more relational and culturally rooted perspective — one that considers community, shared experience, and connection.Whether you’re familiar with these ideas or hearing them for the first time, this episode offers space to reflect on how culture shapes the way we make sense of ourselves — and what it might mean to see the self differently.Jezreel Cornel graduated from San Diego State University's MS in Marriage and Family Therapy program with a focus on Narrative Therapy and received clinical training in the San Diego Unified Outpatient Program as a school-based therapist. Alongside his formal education, Jez studied Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino Psychology) through conversation with established Filipino/a/x mental health professionals and reviewing existing literature. Jez is a community organizer through San Diego Kababayan, and supports Kasamahan’s Board of Directors with social media and resources. You can find more information about him at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jezreel-mejia-cornel-san-diego-ca/1721755https://www.solpathwellness.com/solpathteamhttps://www.kasamahan.org/about-usYour host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

In this episode I speak to Hui Ting, a licensed mental health counselor based in New York, originally from Malaysia.As a Malaysian Chinese therapist, Hui Ting work centers on supporting Asian American clients navigating family dynamics, intergenerational trauma, relationships, and work-related stress. She integrates parts work and Internal Family Systems (IFS) into her practice, helping clients better understand their inner world and build healthier emotional connections.Growing up in Malaysia, Hui Ting’s experienced a cultural environment where mental health was often stigmatized and emotional expression was discouraged. As the oldest child in her family, she carried significant responsibility from a young age, shaping how she related to emotions, expectations, and identity. These lived experiences now inform her compassionate and culturally aware approach to therapy.Hui Ting’s work emphasizes the importance of understanding how culture, family roles, and early messages about emotions impact healing. She is passionate about creating space for individuals to explore difficult emotions, unlearn limiting beliefs, and develop more supportive ways of relating to themselves and others.Your host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

In this edition of Shelf Talk, I sit with a voice actor whose understanding of voice extends far beyond performance. Together, we explore what it means to treat voice as something sacred — shaped by love, culture, and the stories we inherit.He reflects on how the values passed down by his mother shaped the way he helped care for his father, who lived with schizophrenia, and how Filipino belief systems informed what it meant to show up with presence and compassion.We also talk about his work as an artist and his deep appreciation for stories created by diverse voices — and why honoring those voices feels both personal and necessary.We discuss how love is taught, how care becomes a practice, and how the voices we carry continue to shape who we become.For more information about Art visit this link https://www.artbautista.comYour host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

Michi Marks (she/they) is a Hmong American Marriage and Family Therapist–in-training, integration and implementation coach, and spiritual practitioner whose work bridges Western psychotherapy with ancestral animist traditions. Their approach draws from liberation psychology, experiential therapies, and systems thinking, with a focus on relational, embodied, and contextual healing. Michi identifies as neurodivergent, queer, genderfluid, and bicultural — identities that inform their commitment to liberatory and culturally rooted approaches to wellness. Michi is currently completing their MFT training and hopes to eventually apprentice formally within the Hmong shamanic tradition. Their work centers the belief that healing is not only individual but ancestral, communal, and relational.To learn more or stay connected, you can read Michi’s Substack, where they write about lineage, identity, and books that have shaped their thinking. If you’re interested in working with Michi clinically, you can reach out through Edges Wellness or Psychology Today. They are currently only accepting couples and families at this time. Their substack: Figuring it Out with MichiEdges info: [email protected], https://edgeswellness.com Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/michi-marks-menomonie-wi/1578532Other Resources to Check out to learn more about shamanism: https://whyshamanismnow.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@SoulandSelfCollectivehttps://www.youtube.com/@ShamanMemoirs/videoshttps://pengher.wixsite.com/pengher - where they learned how to do qi gong that focused more on spirituality and energy renewal. Your host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop

In this episode of Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls, I sit down with an acupuncturist to explore the question: What If We Remembered the Roots of Chinese Medicine?Together, we talk about honoring lineage, cultural context, and the spiritual foundations of Chinese medicine — and how these roots can become obscured when the practice is removed from its history and community. This conversation invites listeners to reflect on healing not just as a technique, but as cultural memory, responsibility, and relationship.Whether you’re a practitioner, a patient, or simply curious about holistic healing, this episode offers space to consider how medicine can be practiced with respect, intention, and connection to its origins.Li-Lan Hsiang Weiss has been a practicing acupuncturist in Durham, NC since 2005. She was one of the first acupuncturists in her area to hold a community acupuncture clinic for the Spanish speaking community for over 10 years.  She is the founder of Armonia Health LLC, an acupuncture, massage, and shamanic healing wellness center in Durham with Spanish and English-speaking practitioners.Li-Lan's current interest, from 20 years of clinical practice, includes reflecting and sharing on the Five Path/Element model for systems where it is not traditionally applied, such as in running a heart-centered business, in inner resiliency trainings for non-profits involved in climate and social justice, in collaboration with the creative arts, and in healing trends pertinent to her community in the American South. She is interested in exploring through conversations how the worldview of Chinese medicine can be applicable in other areas.  Medum article referencing this podcast and more information: https://medium.com/@lilanhuichun/decolonizing-chinese-medicine-3dbc69d1170cTo find more about her work:Https://armoniahealth.com FB , IG, Youtube Armonia Health LLCFive Paths and Music on Youtube @tonesforyourbones1464Li-Lan's IG @earthheavenlunasolYour host is Jaclyn Tyson. For more information about Sacred Tea and Nourished Souls, visit www.soubirdcenter.com. To help keep the podcast going, please consider donating. https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/donateIf interested in learning about continuing education classes for therapists, please visit: https://www.soulbirdcenter.com/shop