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Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice Within is an exploration of the inner authentic voice. Each week, host Whitney Ann Jenkins, joins guests in conversation about how they‘ve followed this voice throughout their lives, and the challenges and the rewards that have come from staying true to themselves in the current climate of the world. Whitney Ann Jenkins is multi-passionate creative and artist: actress of stage, film, and voice over, singer-songwriter, and playwright. She is also a certified Energy Healer and Reiki Master, Integrative Wellness Coach, Master of Psychology, and currently pursuing her PhD in Humanistic Psychology. Her research focuses specifically on the boundaries and mental wellness of performing artists alongside the intersection of creativity and sexuality. www.whitneyannjenkins.com www.wildinnerchild.com
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Rue Snider is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, New York. As a musician, he’s toured the US extensively, and is known for his raw and honest interpretations of his experiences. He’s open about his struggle with alcohol and his journey to sobriety, and has a deep passion for social justice, and horror movies.
In this episode we discuss:
- What it’s been like living in New York during a pandemic.
- Rue’s approach to songwriting
- How rejecting Christianity transformed his creative output
- How becoming sober allowed him to have a wider range of material to work and resonate with
- Why Rue loves New York
- Rue’s views on Capitalism and how it’s shaped us
- Rue’s message for the world
- Why he has such a love for horror movies
You can find Rue and his work at:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4qKAGufpwgM3q12PZg5aLi?si=ZL9B6LG9QAiwICoJKTVlog
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Lester Malizia is a theatre director who has worked extensively all over the world, including New York, Europe, and Russia. He was the Artistic Director for Seaside Music Theatre for 25 years and a producer for Million Dollar Quartet.
In this episode we discuss:
- Lester’s growing up and first discovering storytelling and theatre in New Castle, Pennsylvania
- Lester’s experience at a conservative college studying the Arts
- Lester’s experience in Europe and how that transformed him as an artist.
- The trials of growing up in NY, traveling as a director, and the loss of his long time partner Ned to AIDS
- Where Lester’s inspiration for directing comes from and how his voice flows
- Finding the breath of the playwright
- Passion in performing and what that means
- Our experience working together in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Lester's complex health issues and the shutting down of Seaside Music Theatre
- What it was like to teach theatre at the college where he had difficulties attending as a student
- The challenges of arts and academia
- Lester’s experience in Russia
- What Lester’s voice wants to say to the world
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Sona Stamboltsyan is an Armenian-American filmmaker and her sister Inga Stamboltsyan is an Armenian-American actress and educator based in Los Angeles. This is an in-depth conversation of their experience of being Armenian-American, with personal insight into what is really happening in Armenia right now, in which the mainstream media is not accurately reporting or portraying.
In this episode we discuss:
- Sona and Inga’s family allowing them and not allowing them to explore their artistry
- Sona’s discovery of her film passion
- Sona and Inga’s journey from Armenia to America and their Armenian-American experience
- The Armenian Diaspora
- What is really happening in Armenia right now
- What the mainstream media and news is not reporting about the ceasefire
- Those who try to share what is really happening on Social Media are targeted by organized bots and harassment
- What Americans can do to help, contacting news and Amnesty International hold companies and news sources accountable.
- Where are tax dollars and money going?
- Information warfare
- Sona and Inga’s struggle with grasping that their entire culture is under threat of being wiped out.
- The Armenia Diaspora larger than the actual population in Armenia
- Sona’s experience connection to the physical soil in the indigenous regions of Armenia.
- Nationless threat
- What it means to be Armenian
- Working on 10E and in the Armenian theatre and film market
- The Immigrants TV Series
- Cultural Appropriation- Lady Gaga’s 911 Music Video
- What Inga and Sona want to say to the world
- How to Research independent News Sources
- The Armenian Goodbye
News Source: www.Civilnet.com
Reddit Mega Thread— Armenia - https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/
Documentarian YouTube Vagabondings - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbUyPXS1sVQtKjDv9fMjdg
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Melissa Hite is the founder of Higher Sex Education, where she does one on one coaching, teaches classes, and provides a support group. She's a Sexual-Spiritual Advisor with a wealth of wisdom, life experience, and academic study.
In this episode, we talk about:
- The breath and it’s importance to being present in the body
- Melissa’s background, growing up in Utah, non-religious
- The connection of the breath to the body and it’s role in sexuality
- Sexuality as a part of our whole person
- How Melissa came into the role of a sex educator
- Sexuality as a a part of everything in life
- Repression of sexuality and Melissa’s work with religious recovery
- Pleasure in sex education
- Sexuality and the correlation to our voice
- Inner voice and truth and finding that in the body
- Connecting to our inner knowing to access sexuality
- Sexual Distortion and body awareness
- Boundaries and self trust
- Accessing the inner voice at different levels of awareness
- The disconnection of our awareness of sexual power
- Being Reactive vs. Responsible
- Exploring sexuality during isolated COVID times
- Melissa’s hope for sex education
- Self-Love and Love as a verb.
- The still small voice
- Technology Information overload
- What it means to be present and tuned in
- Doing the work and what to expect
- Moving through trauma and grief
- Compartmentalizing
- Melissa’s mantras
You can find her here:
www.instagram.com/highersexeducation
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
On this episode, I'm joined by guest Alisa Gurova, Ukrainian International Award Winning Tribal Fusion Dancer and artist.
In Episode Two we discuss the following:
- Introduction to Alisa
- Alisa's recovery from COVID and what she learned from being isolated
- Childhood and discovery of self and voice
- Battling Depression
- Discovering Dance
- The battle of losing the voice, and finding it again
- Passion vs. Discipline
- The voice of the current collective
You can find Alisa's work on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/AlisaGurova
Instagram www.instagram.com/gurovaalisa
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
An in-depth look into the authentic voices and lives of Andy Hasenpflug, a composer and percussionist, and Robin Hasenpflug, cellist
- Introduction to Andy and Robin
- Andy and Robin as children— when they first discovered their own voice
- When music became their passion in life
- The “It” Factor
- Audience relevance / Entertainment
- Art and Academia
- Artistry vs Technique
- Andy’s definition of creativity
- Traveling and it’s affect on the artist’s voice
- Robin’s shift in career from pure classical into more commercial genres
- Improvisational music for dance accompaniment
- Individuality in an ensemble
- Parenting as artists
- The message of their inner voice
You can find Andy Hasenpflug at www.andyhasenpflug.com
and
Robin Hasenpflug at www.robinhasen.com
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Introduction to the brand new series Unconditioning: Discovering the Voice Within with host Whitney Ann Jenkins.
This intro episode explains what you can expect from tuning in, and the importance of staying tuned in to yourself. Especially, now.
A deep dive into the exploration of the inner authentic voice, Whitney Ann Jenkins brings on guests to discuss their experiences, challenges, and rewards from following their true selves.
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