The Heart Speaks with Chloé Valdary

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The Mystery of Being with Kylie Unell Jun 29, 2022

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Welcome to a special segment called "The Heart Speaks Culture and Society". I've been releasing a series of segments where I dive deeper into the things that make us all tick - Love, Culture, Politics and Music.

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In this episode I share my thoughts on identity, on how I grew up in a hyper intellectual environment, patriarchy, the different cultures of the East and West, the mystery of being and much more.

I speak with Kylie Unell, a Doctoral fellow at NYU studying Jewish philosophy and African-American dialectics, a podcaster, writer, public speaker and friend.

My new episode "The Mystery of Being with Kylie Unell" is out now so let's dive in!

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What is Freedom? Jun 22, 2022

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Welcome to a special segment called "The Heart Speaks Politics". In the coming weeks I'll be releasing a series of segments where I dive deeper into the things that make us all tick - Love, Culture, Politics and Music.

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In this episode I share my thoughts on freedom, what it means and what it entails, the defense of nationalism and much more. I speak with Winston Marshall, a British musician and podcaster best known as a lead guitarist of the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons.

My new episode "What is Freedom?" is out now so let's dive in!

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What Does Patriarchy Really Mean? Jun 16, 2022

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Welcome to a special segment called “The Heart Speaks Love”. In the upcoming weeks I’ll be releasing a series of segments where I dive deeper into the things that make us all tick - Love, Culture, Politics and Music.

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In this episode I speak with Kylie Unell, a Doctoral fellow at NYU studying Jewish philosophy, a writer and public speaker.

I share my thoughts on patriarchy, power and relationships, what it really means to me, what we can learn from it and how we can advance in life and in our surroundings and also relationships.

My new episode “What Does Patriarchy Really Mean?” is out now so let's dive right in!

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The Heart 5 & Kendrick Lamar Jun 08, 2022

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Welcome to a special segment called “The Heart Speaks Music” In the upcoming weeks I’ll be releasing a series of segments where I dive deeper into the things that make us all tick - Love, Culture, Politics and Music I hope ya’ll are ready, I know I am.

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Kendrick released, “The Heart pt 5” a few weeks earlier as a precursor to his new album, it was an uncovering of deep seated wounds that both Kendrick and his community — in Compton, as well as the larger African-American community — have been bearing for a long time.

Those wounds, caused by poverty, domestic abuse and gang violence, often manifest in unbearable feelings of worthlessness and shame when when caught in a cyclical relationship with “the culture.” In this special segment of what I like to call "The Heart Speaks Music" I explore how Kendrick illustrates his growth as an artist and as a Black man, while lamenting about the racial bias and complex social issues in a video featuring only a single shot held on Lamar.

My new episode “The Heart 5 & Kendrick Lamar” is out now so let's dive right in!

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Evolve, Move, Play with Rafe Kelley (E4) Mar 30, 2022

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Welcome back to another episode of The Heart Speaks Podcast.

In this episode, I speak with Rafe Kelly, founder of Evolve, Move, Play, an organization that's dedicated to getting people off the couch and moving their bodies out in nature and the outdoors.

Now, why is this important? Because as human beings, our bodies were designed to move, and in fact, we cannot actually have a sense of meaning without movement.

In this episode, we discuss why that is, and we dive into other juicy topics, like why some movement practices are worth pursuing more than others, why roughhousing is essential to developing empathy, and how you cannot be truly non-violent unless you are capable of being violent and consciously choose not to use violence.

Enjoy the episode!

Chloe's Thoughts #3 (Special Episode) Mar 22, 2022

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Welcome to another special episode of "Chloe's Thoughts"

"Chloe's Thoughts" is a special segmentwhere I basically riff about something that's been on my mind lately.

This could be about anything really. It could be about politics, art, philosophy, religion, mindfulness, and I plan on doing these regularly.

This will all be part of The Heart Speaks Podcast.

So let's dive right in!

Dark Night of the Soul with Curt Jaimungal (E3) Mar 08, 2022

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Welcome to another episode of The Heart Speaks.

The term dark night of the soul comes from a 16th-century poem written by a Spanish mystic. It is a term that describes the spiritual crisis that emerges in a person on his way to a mystical union with the Divine. It is a difficult time marked by temporary feelings of desolation, melancholy, and hopelessness, and act as guideposts on a trip back to one's authentic self. I have experienced this in my own life many times. And my sense is that my next guest is experiencing it as well.

Curt Jaimungal is the host of the podcast Theories of Everything. In this episode, our conversation meandered into so many different twists and turns. I sometimes didn't know where we were but I thought it was important to stay in that lost liminal space so that I can learn something from it. One of the themes Curt and I touched upon is a central question we face in modernity. Are we over-intellectualized? Have we become hyper cerebral Cartesian robots? Have we become afraid to drop into the body, into feelings, emotions, those parts of ourselves that make us human that we have devalued for so long?

I personally think we have become afraid to do that. But the goal in this episode was not to convince Curt but to stay with the questions themselves, in the hopes that being with them would allow something new and worthwhile to emerge. I wasn't always comfortable in this episode, but I think that's okay. I hope this episode pushes you to stay in discomfort when it arises in your own life, rather than immediately trying to flee from it. I believe discomfort can teach you something about human suffering, but also about beauty and joy. It has already taught me so much.

Enjoy the episode!

Chloe's Thoughts #2 (Special Episode) Mar 01, 2022

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Welcome to another special episode of "Chloe's Thoughts"

"Chloe's Thoughts" is a special segmentwhere I basically riff about something that's been on my mind lately.

This could be about anything really. It could be about politics, art, philosophy, religion, mindfulness, and I plan on doing these regularly.

This will all be part of The Heart Speaks Podcast.

So let's dive right in!

Life, I Swear with Chloe Louvouezo (E2) Feb 22, 2022

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Welcome to another episode of The Heart Speaks.

In today's episode I speak with an awesome author and curator and an all around great person Chloe Louvouezo who wrote an incredible book called "Life, I swear".

This book is a collection and curation of essays, from black women all over the diaspora. In this book, they speak about their lives, their experiences with hardship and heartbreak and trauma, but also resiliency, self-actualization, individualization, and all the things that bring us closer to ourselves and to others. In this episode, we talk about the art of relationship as a practice, as a skill set, as something that has to be developed so that we can enrich our lives and actually be stronger with ourselves and with one another.

Enjoy the episode!

Black Intellectual Roundtable (Bonus Episode) Feb 08, 2022

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Hi Everyone!

Welcome to a Special Episode of The Heart Speaks.

Joining me today for a special roundtable conversation we have fellow distinguished intellectuals; Coleman Hughes, Kmele Foster, and Brittany King.

I wanted to speak to these awesome individuals to get their take on the topic of race, post-2020. But this was not the typical conversation about Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, or even woke ways of being.

This was a conversation rooted in human psychology.

We explore what it means to be in relationship with another human being, what it means to get to know another human being on an intimate level, their idiosyncrasies, their complexity, their uniqueness, and really the importance of practicing the art of relationship. We also explore the question of whether we've become less and less capable of doing that with each other. And if so, how does that impact our conversations on race? How does that make us more likely to caricature each other and stereotype each other?

So let's dive right in!

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