{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Yes, And Otherwise: Feminist Conversations on Work, Rest & Power","title":"Practicing Mutual Aid in Real Time: Discomfort, Power, and Community Care","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2458,"description":"👉 Capacity for Conflict workshop on March 11, 2026: https://feministfounders.co/workshop/\nWhat does it actually look like to live your values — not in theory, but in the middle of a messy, real-life situation?\nIn this conversation, Becky and Faith unpack a recent experience that brought questions of mutual aid, identity, power, and discomfort to the surface. After an unexpected financial crisis, their community rallied to offer support — and what followed was a deeply honest exploration of what it means to ask for help, receive care, and navigate the complicated feelings that come with both.\n\nTogether, they reflect on the emotional and relational layers that surfaced: fears about perception, internalized narratives around self-sufficiency, the tension between gratitude and vulnerability, and the ways discomfort can be a doorway to growth rather than something to avoid.\n\nThey also introduce a framework for understanding conflict and discomfort through three key relationships — with ourselves, with others and power, and with the problem itself — offering listeners practical ways to approach hard moments with more curiosity and compassion.\nIf you’ve ever struggled to ask for support, worried about how you’re perceived, or wondered how to live your values when things get complicated, this episode offers both resonance and reflection.\n\nIn this episode, we explore:\nWhy discomfort isn’t a problem to solve — it’s information\nThe emotional realities of mutual aid and community support\nHow identity and stereotype threat can shape our responses to crisis\nWhat it means to receive help without shame\nNavigating fears of judgment, performativity, or “getting it wrong”\nThe difference between charity and collective care\nHow power dynamics show up in everyday situations\nPracticing liberatory values in imperfect, real-time ways\nA framework for working with conflict through relationship awareness\nMoving from judgment to curiosity when discomfort arises\n🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/GBHLYfR1d8vTP6gl28L07YDfK_AQkV3CJwsWm3AU-rM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNDE0/MTQ4YzMwYzNlM2Ix/YjIwMzY3NTZlMWIz/OWQ3ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}