Helping Others Feels Good / Simone Gordon aka Black Fairy Godmother - a podcast by Mary Grace Allerdice
from 2020-03-26T05:00
Simone Gordon is as community organizer who supports minority women. She connects them with resources, food, safe places, finances and has earned her nickname "The Black Fairy Godmother." Simone has a true and beautiful heart and is being a bridge that helps so many people. She especially uplifts people with special needs children or folks who themselves have disabilities. In this episode, Simone shares with us about her personal story and how she got her nickname; she shares about the people she serves and the need to evolve how we view folks who need help.
In this episode
- Some exploration prompts for this moment
- Tarot card for the week 8 of Cups reversed
- Astro for this week
- Taking space to honor what is difficult right now
- The uninterrupted life that’s happening all around us
- Simone’s work and how she became known as the Black Fairy Godmother
- Assisting women in domestic violence situations
- Shifting our focus from the negative
- The difficulty in dealing with the government systems + larger nonprofits when you need help
- Mothering a special needs child
- Her studies and dreams to become a nurse
- What she wishes the wider community knew about the work that she does and the people she serves
- The dreams she hears from people who are asking for help
- Her challenge for all of us
SHOW NOTES
Prompts for Permission + Presence
Get your heart practices
Maya Angelou reading “A Brave + Startling Truth”
Find the PURPOSE workshop. Use the code GUIDE to get 15% off.
Mary Grace’s IG
Mary Grace's website
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Simone's IG
Simone website
Simone's email --> theblackfairygodmother@yahoo.com
Jennifer Pastiloff
Further episodes of home—body podcast
Further podcasts by Mary Grace Allerdice
Website of Mary Grace Allerdice