Our Health is Our Wealth with Monica Simpson

"Because of them, I know I can do the impossible. Because of me, I know that liberation is possible in my lifetime." – Monica Simpson In this episode, Monica Simpson — artist, activist, and leader in the reproductive justice movement — joins Gabrielle for a moving reflection on what it means to center our health and healing in our lives, leadership, and legacies.

Monica shares her journey of laying down her armor and reimagining worthiness as the foundation of freedom. She reflects on the power of community care, the necessity of a “healing ethic” for Black women leaders, and how creativity sustains her and her vision.

This is an episode about creating space for softness, imagining new possibilities, and remembering that we are worthy of the world we desire. This is a public episode.

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