THE WERK Season 4 Episode 04: "My Daughters are Rising" - The Healing Power of Storytelling with Anita Kopacz

Anita Kopacz is the author of the Simon & Schuster fiction novel, Shallow Waters. It is the second title that Charlemagne tha God released on his imprint, Black Privilege Publishing. Anita is the former Editor-in-Chief of Heart & Soul Magazine and Managing Editor of BeautyCents Magazine. She is an award-winning writer, a Spiritual Psychologist, and a certified Tantra coach with a passion to see people thrive. Anita also created the nonprofit, Zero F's Given to raise awareness and help victimized and disenfranchised populations heal from sexual trauma, find their voice, and reclaim their power. She has helped thousands of victims through her work with Zero F’s Given and being on the board for the Center for Safety and Change. Through leading retreats around the world with The Goddess Wisdom Council, working with private clients and storytelling, Anita fulfills her intention to awaken the divine simplicity, pleasure and joy in her life and others. In This Episode:

• Anita discusses how Shallow Waters came to be.
• The importance of inclusion of Black people in fantasy and myth and the effects therein.
• Anita on the possibility of Shallow Waters added to school curriculums as American history and the often excluded African cultural studies.
• On the importance of learning from different pantheons and mythologies beyond just Greco-Roman. 
• Anita talks about the history Black and Afro peoples have with water; and the ways novels like this can inspire healing.
• Anita's creative process and what she does to get ready to channel. 

Full Show Notes:

• Anita Kopacz Instagram
• Goddess Wisdom Council
• Shallow Waters Book
• Brittany Simone Anderson's Instagram
• Laura Chung Instagram
• The Werk Podcast Instagram
• The Werk Podcast Website
• YouTube Channel

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