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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 Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Langer is an Acupuncturist and Chiropractor. While she was studying for her Doctor of Chiropractic at New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, NY, she was simultaneously completing her Master of Science in Acupuncture at the Fingerlakes School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Because of this intense integration, Dr. Langer is able to combine the most effective elements of both western and Eastern medicine. She currently practices in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, where I met her.
In this episode we discuss:
- Saxonburg comparisons to Stars Hollow in Gilmore Girls
- Dr. Langer’s own voice
- How she discovered her passion for TCM
- Elevator pitch for TCM
- Her first experience with Acupuncture
- My Reiki Experience
- Transforming perspectives through Acupuncture
- How Acupuncture works
- Food and body constitution
- Fake meat vs. real meat
- Energy transfer from food
- Compassion when people aren’t ready
- Universal energy
- Practicing TCM in a conservative area
- Dr. Langer's advice to the world
https://youtube.com/channel/UC21TcyUUVYELuXdJzFeU7EA
https://saxonburgacupunctureandchiro.com/page/about/
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Sue Ann Pien is an actress, filmmaker, space enthusiast (Mars One candidate), lover of life, and a Series Regular in Jason Katim's On the Spectrum which will be premiering on Amazon, where she plays a woman living with Autism. On the Autism spectrum herself, Sue Ann openly shares her challenges and unique abilities as she's navigated through the entertainment industry and life.
In this episode we discuss:
- Sue Ann’s pandemic experience
- Sue Ann’s earliest memories in Taiwan
- Her Near Death Experience
- Sue Ann’s Dad having an influence on her spirituality
- How acting became a way of expressing her self after her NDE
- Her connection to Taiwan now
- Why Space is so appealing to her
- How sobriety changed her ability to embrace herself
- Sue Ann's message to the world
https://twitter.com/SueAnnPien
https://monolidproductions.com/
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Cynthia Catania is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. She was part of the band Saucy Monky that had great acclaim in Ireland, along with multiple TV placements in the US. She's part of the band, The Secret Things, and is paving the way for her solo career, with her latest release Suitcase, produced by Monolid Productions and premiered by Hot Press Magazine. Her newest single Last Beer will be released on February 4th.
In this episode we discuss:
- The pandemic and her creative process
- Cynthia’s special gift to the world
- How sobriety helped her access transcendence
- How sobriety has influenced her writing
- Her release of the single Suitcase
- Saucy Monky in Ireland
- Cynthia’s journey from NY to LA
- Cynthia’s process of sculpting music
- Cynthia’s Mentors
- Cynthia as a mentor
https://www.facebook.com/cynthiacataniamusic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saucy_Monky
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Matteo Troncone is a filmmaker and photographer who made a documentary film, Arrangiarsi (pizza …and the art of living). He lived in his camper van and a tent in Naples, Italy for 5 years as he created this film exploring the intricacies of pizza making with its very specific magical ingredients, Italian culture including vibrant street artists, all while finding a way to arrange himself and his life during the process understanding that the obstacle is the path.
- My introduction to Matteo and his film
- Matteo’s explanation of his inner guidance system and how he navigates that
- How Matteo’s inner self informed the making of his film
- What happened when Matteo tasted his first bite of pizza in Naples
- When the film on pizza turned into something greater
- The ingredients
- The history of pizza in the US
- Matteo reveals everything you would ever want to know about Olive Oil
- San Marzano Tomatoes
- How the soil and land in Italy lends to the voice
- Matteo’s Message to the world
- What happened when Matteo followed a voice that he initially wanted to ignore
- Advice on building up the muscle of listening to your voice and honoring what’s in resonance
Website : Watch Film
Olive Oil Video: The TRUTH about most olive oil
For frequent doses of Beauty: Instagram
Teacher, Healer and Channel: Catherine Linard
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