{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 284: Pricing On A Sliding Scale With Corpus Ritual Founder Jennifer Patterson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2771,"description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn This Episode:\n\n\n\n* Why grief & trauma worker Jennifer Patterson prices a significant portion of her work using a sliding scale* How a sliding scale system increases accessibility to valuable healing work for people from disadvantaged and marginalized communities* Why Jennifer priorities clear & direct communication when it comes to how people find the right amount to pay* What she thinks about “charging what you’re worth” (hint: she’s not a fan)\n\n\n\nPeople with power have used it violently against others throughout history.\n\n\n\nWe are being reminded of this right here, right now.\n\n\n\nBefore I get into today’s episode, I want to make sure that my position—and the position of my company—is clear. We condemn police brutality and state-sponsored violence. We believe Black lives matter. People took the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others unjustly.\n\n\n\nTo our Black listeners, I want to acknowledge your cumulative pain and thank you for the superhuman ways that you continue to show up.\n\n\n\nTo all of the indigenous people and people of color who listen, I want to acknowledge your cumulative pain as well. Thank you for continuing the work.\n\n\n\nThis show is all about learning about what’s working to run and grow a small business.\n\n\n\nHowever, the question that feels most urgent right now is: \n\n\n\nWhat works to end this violence, to end our systems of oppression, to end the continual trauma perpetrated against Black people and people of color?\n\n\n\nThe answer is… I don’t know. I’m listening to the people are working toward these ends though, so that I can do better work myself.\n\n\n\nBut I do know that just as power can be used for harm and violence, it can be used to make new culture. It can be used to set new standards. It can be used to create new systems that take the sanctity of all lives and the dignity of all work into account.\n\n\n\nAnd I know that business owners have power.\n\n\n\nWe have the power to do things differently. We have the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}