Names We're Given at Birth, Faith & Prayer with Wanjîkū Kîarîe

Conversations With Your Chinese Auntie

In this episode, we talk about Wanjîkū's tribe, the tribe's arrival story, the meaning of her name and her clan's name. We talk about lands that feel like "home" to us. For Wanjîkū, it's Santa Fe, New Mexico, and for me, it's Spain. We also share our little adventure at Atlanta's airport. I ask Wanjîkū how she looks after herself. Spoiler alert: she naps!

Listen to the end of this episode as she shares a beautiful prayer.

In this episode, you will often hear us say SE or SEP. That stands for Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. When Wanjîkū mentions Dada Efu, she refers to our SE teacher, Efu Nyaki, who taught the first BIPOC-only Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner training cohort.

As always, advice from your Chinese auntie is at the end of each episode.

Wanjîkū is a Trauma-Informed Teacher, Spiritual Director and Integrated Healer. She is the Founder and Lead at Integrated Living.
Wanjîkū has offered integrated well-being services to individuals, groups and organizations since 2008. Wanjîkū works with children, youth and adults in their quest for emotional, mental, spiritual, social and physical wholeness. She combines Trauma-Informed Somatic Experiencing, Spiritual Companionship, Ancestral Healing, Art and Nature Healing modalities in her work.

She has over 15 years of experience working with children, youth and adults in their quest for Integrated Emotional, Spiritual, Physical, Social and Mental Well-being.

Wanjîkū Patreon account for liturgy, meditations and poems: https://www.patreon.com/HisCreation

Wanjîkū Website: https://integratedliving.co.ke/
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