Soft Edges Podcast

Soft Edges Podcast

Where voices are raw, and discussions are thorough. Where complexity becomes a nest for vulnerability. Where we, Mayis Rukel and Lucie Gérard, seek to make sense of our messy human experience, while filling our bellies with laughter and our minds with nourishing conversations. Wide open. Curious. Accepting. Such is the space we strive to create. Welcome to the Soft Edges Podcast. Find us on instagram @softedgespodcast

  1. Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 11: Liberated Relationships

    04/18/2021

    Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 11: Liberated Relationships

    This one is all about building liberated relationships: with ourselves as we age, with children in our care, with/as parents, with lovers, comrades and with being second to someone. Idelisse Malave and Alta Starr offer aging as a pleasurable ripening, while Autumn Brown, Janine de Novais and Zahra Alta come in as wonderful examples of brilliant intentional parenting, raising sexually liberated kids well equipped to go through life with direct embodiment of their wholeness. Under adrienne maree brown’s guidance we ponder on nonmonogamy and confront our own conditioning, jealousy and territorial feelings; at times it gets difficult, but we’re lucky to have brown right here expanding our vision for endless possibilities of liberated love. The Soft Edges Podcast is a project created and produced by yours truly, Mayis Rukel and Lucie Gérard. We release a whole new episode every Sunday at 12 PM CET (Central European Time). Our enchanting music is by the amazing Patrick Walinga and our beautiful graphic design is by the wonderful Yuri Sato. You can find us on Instagram at @softedgespodcast as well as on YouTube on the Soft Edges Podcast channel. Feel free to follow us on there for the latest updates and share our podcast with your friends, your family, your neighbours, your colleagues or even your plants (why not?) if you think they could benefit from it/enjoy it! Thank you so much for listening! We appreciate you endlessly. Your devoted hosts, Mayis & Lucie

    1h 41m
  2. Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 9: Wholeness in Movements

    04/04/2021

    Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 9: Wholeness in Movements

    In this episode we got to talk about the legendary BEYONCÉ! And how claiming our love for such a brilliant pop star so publicly can be one way of accessing our wholeness, as it was for adrienne maree brown. As the Rocca family had an intimate conversation with the enigmatic character that is Zizi on the uses of fear, curiosity and Zizi’s strong opinions on shame, we engaged with it in both agreement and at times disagreement. Dallas Goldtooth brought in the crucial reminder of the importance of humor and joy in the political movements. All in all, the chapters in this episode give many affirmations and specifically one: we deserve to follow and display our joys in our wholeness and still be taken seriously in whichever spaces we exist. The Soft Edges Podcast is a project created and produced by yours truly, Mayis Rukel and Lucie Gérard. We release a whole new episode every Sunday at 12 PM CET (Central European Time). Our enchanting music is by the amazing Patrick Walinga and our beautiful graphic design is by the wonderful Yuri Sato. You can find us on Instagram at @softedgespodcast as well as on YouTube on the Soft Edges Podcast channel. Feel free to follow us on there for the latest updates and share our podcast with your friends, your family, your neighbours, your colleagues or even your plants (why not?) if you think they could benefit from it/enjoy it! Thank you so much for listening! We appreciate you endlessly. Your devoted hosts, Mayis & Lucie

    1h 23m
  3. Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 8: To Unfurl Without Permission or Fear

    03/28/2021

    Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 8: To Unfurl Without Permission or Fear

    This week, we invite you to join us in holding space for one another as we let ourselves float on the often unpredictable tides of self-love; where Junauda Petrus prompts us to discuss our own relationship with Nature, from its stress-absorbing powers all the way to conversing with the wind, while Dr. Micha Cardenas leads us along the intimate journey to reconnecting to herself and (re)defining her worth. Later, the inspiring Amita Swadhin reaches into our hearts by allowing us into her road to survival recovery and pleasure reclamation. Finally, we witness the beautiful Alana Devich Cyril’s nearly unshakable commitment to pleasure, while Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha reminds us of the importance of joy at the intersection of disability justice, care and pleasure. And, all the way through, we love and hold each other between the bursts of laughter and the waves of raw emotions.  Trigger warning: As usual, we invite you to enjoy the ride but most importantly to be kind to yourself; feel free to opt out of this one if need be as some of the topics discussed could be triggering. With love always.  Your devoted hosts,  Mayis & Lucie  Referenced in this episode:  ·  Marina Abramovich’s video series titled “Balkan Erotic Epic Series” ·  Alana Devich Cyril “My Life Interrupted” available on Vimeo ·  Text by Maisha Kai on theglowup.theroot.com ·  Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha “Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice” + “A Modest Proposal For a Fair Trade Emotional Labor Economy Centered By Disabled Femme of Color Working Class/Poor Genius” (bitchmedia.org) ✨ You can find us on Instagram @softedgespodcast ✨ ✨ Our beautiful music is by the amazing Patrick Walinga and our gorgeous graphic design is by the wonderful Yuri Sato. ✨

    1h 58m
  4. Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 5: F**k You, Pay Me

    03/07/2021

    Soft Edges Podcast, Episode 5: F**k You, Pay Me

    We can’t contain our excitement for this one. Our fifth episode is hilarious and it shines like the sun with priceless career encouragement from Nenna Joiner, who built the wonderful Feelmore Adult Gallery from ground up. We were still in awe when Sami Schalk picked us up and took us on a ride through disability justice, BDSM and polyamory. Filled with emerging dreams of different forms of intimacy, we felt the white-cis-men-built ground beneath us shake with Chanelle Gallant’s legendary essay, F**k You, Pay Me. Seriously tho, that entire essay was the ULTIMATE delivery of TRUTH. As hoes empowered by Gallant, we dove into #MeToo and #WeConsent while we shared how we flirt in the sensual seas. The Soft Edges Podcast is a project created and produced by yours truly, Mayis Rukel and Lucie Gérard. We release a whole new episode every Sunday at 12 PM CET (Central European Time). Our enchanting music is by the amazing Patrick Walinga and our beautiful graphic design is by the wonderful Yuri Sato. You can find us on Instagram at @softedgespodcast as well as on YouTube on the Soft Edges Podcast channel. Feel free to follow us on there for the latest updates and share our podcast with your friends, your family, your neighbours, your colleagues or even your plants (why not?) if you think they could benefit from it/enjoy it! Thank you so much for listening! We appreciate you endlessly. Your devoted hosts, Mayis & Lucie

    1h 52m

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Where voices are raw, and discussions are thorough. Where complexity becomes a nest for vulnerability. Where we, Mayis Rukel and Lucie Gérard, seek to make sense of our messy human experience, while filling our bellies with laughter and our minds with nourishing conversations. Wide open. Curious. Accepting. Such is the space we strive to create. Welcome to the Soft Edges Podcast. Find us on instagram @softedgespodcast