The Fire in my Belly

Hello Beloveds!

I am so honored to introduce Yana on my podcast.

Yana Fay Dzedze is an interdisciplinary artist, forever eager to marry the contradictions of life through her work. Her first book, "The Fire in my Belly", journeys a quest to belong in a world of cultural differences. Yana draws on her own life stories to bring a sense of poetic intimacy to those who engage with her. Her words decorate feelings as she thinks out loud through her art and taps into the essence of what it is to journey through life. Deep thinking and enchanted by obscurity, she champions the wholeness of humans and seeks to give others permission to live honestly expressed, curious and full lives. Living in South Africa, Yana lives her life immersed in cultural and racial conversations. She offers a gentle articulation and facilitation of these themes and stands firmly for subtle revolution, made of many small acts of commitment to a better world that amount over time.

I have followed Yana for years and taken some of her courses on relationships and writing, which always left me at peace and full. Being that a large part of her book addresses culture, our conversation naturally flowed into discussing western culture and helping white people journey to the uncomfortable places of whiteness into one of heart felt engaged conversations.

We also address her experience of writing her first book, honesty vs. truth, how movement is essential for healing (especially with race), the beauty in creating slowly and intentionally, and her time she spent in a dentition center in South Africa for 7 days.

As I say in my podcast, I couldn't stop listening to her audiobook and I highly recommend it, as well as the physical book coming out the fall.

To purchase her book head to: https://yanafaydzedze.com/the-fire-in-my-belly-audiobook-sales

To connect with her on socials and web:

Instagram > https://www.instagram.com/yanafaydzedze/
Facebook > https://www.facebook.com/YanaFayDzedze
Website > https://yanafaydzedze.com/

The music in this podcast is supplied by Bensound.com track "Tenderness"

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