Welcome to Healers wear Hoodies. We are a podcast dedicated to raising the visibility of Healing and Healers, in our modern society. Join us Anisha Desai and Leslie Avant-Brown monthly, as we interview everyday people, who are supporting others to heal through traditional and non-traditional healing methods.

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About the Host:

Leslie Avant-Brown

Leslie Avant-Brown is an innovator, facilitator, coach and thought leader within movement work. Her relentless desire to fuel systems change in support of BIPOC communities has changed the fabric of this work. With her down to earth demeanor, she brings a unique mix of laughter, curiosity, healing, creativity and strategy to support Changemakers – those who are designing innovative strategies that benefit future generations. She believes that moving beyond traditional leadership approaches will revolutionize the way that people work and thrive. "I have dedicated my life to supporting Changemakers to grow and heal as they design strategies and systems that support liberation. I do this because I know, what we plant today will bloom tomorrow."

Leslie serves as CEO at her firm Blooming Willow Coaching, a culturally relevant Healing Centered Coaching practice that allows her to partner with individuals, organizations, foundations and businesses. Her specialization areas include "all things" coaching including: one-on-one and group coaching, training, and designing sustainable systems that imbed a coaching approach. Through her firm, she also runs the Conductors Community Coaching Certification Program an International Coaching Federation Accredited Certification Program geared towards BIPOC Changemakers and White Changemakers committed to serving BIPOC communities with Healing Centered Coaching. In her free time, Leslie
enjoys finding new adventures, spending time with her wife, belly
laughing, eating delicious food and of course creating!

Learn More About Blooming Willow Coaching:
www.bloomingwillow.com

Anisha Desai
Anisha has worked in organizations dedicated to movement support, educational equity and leadership development for two decades. She is a Facilitator, Strategist, Coach, and Worker-Owner at AORTA (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance). Prior to AORTA, she served as Director of the New Leaders Initiative and Brower Youth Awards at Earth Island Institute in Berkeley, where she identified, honored and coached emerging youth environmental movement leaders. She shaped a long-standing program into one that was relevant, accessible and responsive to a new generation of activists committed to advancing creative and inclusive organizational models. She now serves as the Program Director at Blooming Willow Coaching.

Anisha approaches her work with a tenderness that comes from experiencing the often-rough edges of hierarchical nonprofit leadership structures and knows the gifts of pain, insight and metamorphosis that come with failing fabulously. She brings to AORTA a passion for supporting organizations to create cultures that value democratic participation, mentorship, healing, equity and justice.

Anisha is also a Life-Cycle Celebrant and founder of Radical Ceremony, crafting and officiating end of life ceremonies, weddings and other rites of passage. In her free time Anisha enjoys performing with her soul-line dancing team and is an occasional writer of stories on family, culture, and nostalgia.

Learn More About AORTA Coop:
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