Waking Up Alone — Кассета

Dr. Nicole Wordlaw is a clinical psychologist, longtime Buddhist meditation practitioner, and author of Waking Up Alone: Navigating the Narrow Passage Through Master-Slave Narratives. Part memoir and part map, the book explores how inherited narratives of race, gender, power, and spiritual authority shape our inner lives, intimate relationships, and spiritual communities—and what it takes to reclaim the wisdom we have been taught to seek outside ourselves. Drawing on her clinical background, Buddhist practice, and lived experience as a Black woman of biracial heritage, Nicole brings a personal and psychologically informed perspective to conversations about women’s self-erasure, intergenerational trauma, spiritual bypassing, teacher accountability, and awakening on one’s own terms. Nicole graduated from Stanford University with honors and distinction in psychology before earning her master’s degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from UC Berkeley. Her book has been endorsed by respected voices including Resmaa Menakem, Tara Brach, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Robin DiAngelo, and Loch Kelly. Based on your show’s focus, here are three possible conversation directions I think could fit well: Awakening Without Arrival: Why Spiritual Freedom Is an Ongoing Practice Becoming a Lamp Unto Yourself: Buddhist Practice and Spiritual Discernment Reclaiming Inner Authority: Finding the Wisdom We Were Taught to Seek Outside Ourselves Quick links: Nicole’s website: https://www.nicolewordlaw.com Substack: https://nicolewordlaw.substack.com/ Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waking-Up-Alone/Nicole-Wordlaw/9781591813736 Enlightened Empowered Evolved Website - https://333empower.com/ Enlightened Empowered Evolved Podcast Also On These Streaming Services - Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/enlightened-empowered-evolved-podcast/PC:1001064361 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1064361 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6SzKAvHbtZWiGHdLyg6a0z Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/998b4abd-a302-4a3c-922b-4b679ef2311b Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enlightened-empowered-evolved-podcast/id1680828987