DAWTA The Podcast Dionne Draper

 
DAWTA The Podcast Season 2 Episode 2 - Pat Tru Fitness  ‘When Women Lift’
Main Intro
Hello, my name is Dionne Draper and I am the writer, actor and producer of DAWTA a semi-autobiographical one woman musical, the roots of this podcast series, and I live with the complex transracial adoptee experience. 
Self regulation, or put simply the ability to manage our emotions and impulses is a particular challenge for transracial adoptee and fostered adults. So, Season 2 is full of interviews with members of the community about wellbeing activities that support our self-regulation. From Djing to climbing to weightlifting (that’s me), and more. Join me for this wellbeing series as we share our struggles,and super powers alike.
I hope this podcast offers you comfort, knowledge and support, however, it is not meant to serve as a substitute for a relationship with a trained counselor or therapist.
Pat Tru Fitness Bio
Pat Tru Fitness is a personal trainer and coach resident in Bristol, UK where she hosts women’s weightlifting small groups, and one to one coaching in person and online. In this episode we talk about women, strength, confidence in the gym, the weights area and making sure we take up our space. We talk about how Pat got into fitness, my fitness journey, lashes, nails and much more. 
References:
British Menopause Society, Paper - Menopause in Ethnic Minority Women 2023 Distinctive characteristics of the major UK ethnic minority groups Women of Afro-Caribbean origin
 • The mean age of natural menopause is 49.6 years.
 • Women experience a longer duration of menopause transition. 
• These women have the highest prevalence and longest duration of vasomotor symptoms, and they are also more severe. 
• They are more likely to experience shorter sleep duration, more frequent awakenings and less efficient sleep. 
• Weight gain and mental health issues may be prominent. 
• They display a smaller decline in sexual function and report a greater importance of sex
Social prescribing - https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/
Grounding - 30 Grounding Techniques to Quiet Distressing Thoughts, 2024 https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding-techniques#mental-techniques
Pat info:
Pat Tru Fitness Socials https://www.instagram.com/pattrufitness/?hl=en
Pat Tru Fitness website https://www.trufitnessbristol.co.uk/
Email: patvan11@yahoo.co.uk
This year DAWTA has partnered with Black led mental health charity Nilaari https://nilaari.co.uk/
funded by Quartet donors  the Celtic Connection Fund. With this funding DAWTA is delivering activities and workshops for transracial adoptee and fostered adults (in-person and online). For more information about how you can get involved email me at dionne@singwithsoul.com or message me on insta at soullife05. 
Website: www.dionnedraper.com
Finally, I have one small ask…if you enjoyed this episode please rate it with 5 stars, wherever you get your podcasts, and even a comment too - I love reading them! Ratings are essential to raise the profile of the podcast, get it heard, and recognised.
 
Thanks for listening, be well, and see you soon!
 

Hello, my name is Dionne Draper and I am the writer, actor and producer of DAWTA a semi-autobiographical one woman musical, the roots of this podcast series, and I live with the complex transracial adoptee experience. 
Self regulation, or put simply the ability to manage our emotions and impulses is a particular challenge for transracial adoptee and fostered adults. So, Season 2 is full of interviews with members of the community about wellbeing activities that support our self-regulation. From Djing to climbing to weightlifting (that’s me), and more. Join me for this wellbeing series as we share our struggles,and super powers alike.
I hope this podcast offers you comfort, knowledge and support, however, it is not meant to serve as a substitute for a relationship with a trained counselor or therapist.
Liz Mytton Bio
Liz Mytton is many things including a dear friend of mine, a fellow CIC director of DAWTA, and a Black adoptive parent. In this episode I sit down and talk to Liz about how she’s doing, what it’s like being 50 and her wellbeing. Liz speaks bravely and generously about being an adoptive parent of her dual heritage son, her husband’s whiteness (and tallness!) and their love for their son,  storytelling for all, and the importance of play.
Theatre in Flow 
https://theatreinflow.com/
Book: The Nap Ministry / Rest is resistance
https://www.bookhausbristol.com/product/rest-is-resistance/
This year DAWTA has partnered with Black led mental health charity Nilaari https://nilaari.co.uk/
funded by Quartet donors  the Celtic Connection Fund. With this funding DAWTA is delivering activities and workshops for transracial adoptee and fostered adults (in-person and online). For more information about how you can get involved email me at dionne@singwithsoul.com or message me on insta at soullife05. 
Website: www.dionnedraper.com
Finally, I have one small ask…if you enjoyed this episode please rate it with 5 stars, wherever you get your podcasts, and even a comment too - I love reading them! Ratings are essential to raise the profile of the podcast, get it heard, and recognised.
Thanks for listening, be well, and see you soon!
Dionne x

Hello
It's been a while but DAWTA The Podcast is back with Season 2, following a fantastic Season 1 with Lisa Marie-Simmons. Thanks Lisa. For Season 2 I will be riding solo, but certainly not alone.
So join me, Dionne Draper for more knowledge from the experts and lived expertise from the guests.
DAWTA The TRA Podcast - Telling Real Accounts.
Info: dionne@singwithsoul.com
www.dionnedraper.com
IG: soullife05
 

Part 2
Welcome to Episode 6 of DAWTA The Podcast LIVE!! ( Part 2) Whoop, whoop! This live episode was recorded on Tuesday 3rd October at the beautiful and atmospheric crypt of The Mount Without in Bristol. Shout out to Lottie, Tom and Mira.
Joined by my fabulous co-host Lisa Marie Simmons, (in the house!!) and the warmest and most insightful audience in Bristol, we dive into our enormous theme, ‘Black Identity’. In Part 2 we invite DAWTA The Podcast therapists Lana Lynn Moreno, Celena Lewis and health practitioner Michael Earle to the DAWTA sofa, to delve further into the theme of Black Identity and give their ‘Therapists View’.
Lynn Lana Moreno (Therapist) Journey to Wellness at www.bs2therapyrooms.co.uk
Celena Lewis (Therapist) Celena Lewis Bristol Counselling (counsellinginbristol.org)
Michael Earle (Health Practitioner) website www.alwaystakeyourlunchbreak.com 
Nilaari www.nilaari.co.uk Dedicated to providing mental health assistance, particularly to adults from Black, Asian, and Minoritized Communities. Based in Bristol, UK.
Michael Earle email:mikeearle66@icloud.com
Lisa Marie Simmons: https://lisamariesimmons.com/
Dionne Draper: https://www.dionnedraper.com/
Your episode hosts are Dionne Draper and li@lisamariesimmons.com and this live episode was produced by Dionne Draper and Kate and Adam Daggett. Thanks to both you did a great job!
Please remember to SHARE, comment, and if you like please give 5 stars. 5 star ratings are essential to raise the profile of the podcast, get it heard and recognised. 🙏🏾
DISCLAIMER: We hope this episode offers you knowledge, comfort and support, however it is not meant to serve as a substitute for a relationship with a trained and licensed counselor or therapist.
Thank you - Arts Council England, Mount With Out and DAWTA The Podcast Live audience.
 

 
Welcome to Episode 6 of DAWTA The Podcast LIVE!! ( Part 1) Whoop, whoop. This live episode was recorded on Tuesday 3rd October at the beautiful and atmospheric crypt of #TheMountWithout in Bristol. Shout out to Lottie, Tom and Mira.
Joined by my fabulous co-host Lisa Marie Simmons, (in the house!!), the wonderful DAWTA guests and the warmest and most insightful audience in Bristol, we dive into our enormous theme, ‘Black Identity’.
Research: 'Loving Blackness as Political Resistance', Bell Hooks
Love this! The VW Beastie boys started- it- all quest continued. Was it unequivocally Mike D then? Here's a clue…. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/beastie-boys-strange-crime-wave/
Guests bio / socials
Louise Ndibwirende (@louise_gw (IG and twitter) 
Christelle Pelleceur (https://www.christellepellecuer.com/) , 
Retreats - https://www.christellepellecuer.com/retreat
Lisa Marie-Simmons 'Sparkler' , Notespeak 12 album link https://tr.ee/2CjFcPichl
Rob Lewtas - With thanks
Lisa Marie Simmons: https://lisamariesimmons.com/
Dionne Draper: https://www.dionnedraper.com/
Your episode hosts are Dionne Draper and li@lisamariesimmons.com and this live episode was produced by Dionne Draper and Kate and Adam Daggett. Filming on the night by Phoebe Curry. DJ on the night DJ Mistri. Welcome by Michelle Betsy. Thanks all you did a great job!
and....Love this! The VW Beastie boys started it all (quest continued). Was it unequivocally Mike D then? Here's a clue…. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/beastie-boys-strange-crime-wave/
Please remember to SHARE, comment, and if you like please give 5 stars. 5 star ratings are essential to raise the profile of the podcast, get it heard and recognised. 🙏🏾
DISCLAIMER: We hope this episode offers you knowledge, comfort and support, however it is not meant to serve as a substitute for a relationship with a trained and licensed counselor or therapist.
Thank you - Arts Council England, Mount With Out and the fantastic DAWTA The Podcast Live audience!!
 

We love feedback. Please contact dionne@singwithsoul.com with any questions you would like to ask Lisa or myself for our upcoming DAWTA The Podcast Q and A zoom special. All welcome, but priority given to TRA voices.
 
In thia special Episode 5 edition of DAWTA The Podcast 'TRA's and Birth Fathers' we centre Lisa Marie Simmons and her search for her birth father.

 
Join us as we explore birth fathers in transracial adoption (TRA) and the complexity of the pervasive, negative image of black fatherhood. Where does it come from, and how does that obstruct the search for our black birth fathers? I also enjoy a moment contemplating the 'daddy's girl' fantasy in our 'Therapists View with Lynn Mareno. Interesting!

 
In this our episode our ‘Therapist View’ comes from Lana Lynn Mareno who has been working as a therapist since 1987. She is a National Counseling Society accredited counsellor and a registered member of the British Complementary Medicine Association 

Lana Lynn opened Bristol’s BS2 Therapy Rooms in 2019 where she practices a variety of one on one Talking Therapies including Transpersonal Development, Holistic Life Coaching, Integral Core Therapy and she also provides Group facilitation and workshops.
Articles/Books
- The Case Against Adoption: Research and Alternatives for Concerned Citizens: by Jessica DelBalzo
- ‘ The Primal Wound, In Search Of the Missing Piece’, by Nancy Verrier, 2009
Follow the links to find out more about:
Lisa Marie Simmons: https://lisamariesimmons.com/
Harvard Law blog: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/05/10/institutional-racism-and-the-rights-of-black-fathers/
https://youtu.be/jPr8KOp2aMc Lisa and Isell a Story About Adoption and The ghost Kingdom
Dionne Draper: https://www.dionnedraper.com/
Lynn Moreno at info@bs2therapyrooms.co.uk
Please remember to SHARE, comment, like and give 5 stars. 5 star ratings are essential to raise the profile of the podcast, get it heard and recognised. 🙏🏾
Your episode hosts are Dionne Draper and li@lisamariesimmons.com and produced by Dionne Draper and Kate Daggett. Thanks Kate, you did a great job!