Postcolonial Jitters

About this episode

The episode explores the challenges of letting go of previously desired dreams in favor of more authentic and resonant pursuits, framed within a postcolonial context.

What happens when you no longer want the dream you worked for (capitalism anyone, lol)? When the worked-so-hard-for-thing stops singing back? And can we make the trade for something riskier and more honest—prioritizing resonance over metrics and presence over pace? In this ep, we dare to embrace changes not as failures, but as craft, maturity, and a detangling (rebellion as practice!) from our cultural, colonial conditioning. We also get a surprise visit multi-dimensional house-call from a b...

People in this episode

Host: Dana Balicki

Guest: b

Topics covered

• postcolonialism
• capitalism
• personal growth
• cultural conditioning
• resonance
• maturity

Keywords

• postcolonial
• capitalism
• resonance
• cultural conditioning
• personal growth
• maturity
• rebellion

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