The Maker: me, my ancestry, first-generation life, cultural identity, appropriation, Day in the Life, what it means to have a culture

Ashburn Eatloco Northern Virginia Today 🌿

I'm at the Ashbrook (formerly One Loudoun) farmer's market today! September 12th

Sep 12 • Miriam Raquel Sands

2:18

Season 3 EP 6 Appropriation, Ethics, and the Cacao Lineage: What It Means to Tend to Something With Integrity

We’re living in a time of deep division, deep denial, and deep anger.

Aug 3 • Miriam Raquel Sands

49:54

Season 3 episode 5: What Culture Actually Means — And Why It Changes Everything

Cacao goes beyond time, culture, and divinity

Jul 6 • Miriam Raquel Sands

35:26

Ep 19 of A Day in the Life: Cacao, Ancestors, and the New Meaning of Income Sovereignty

I’ve been a professional job-offer-hopper since, officially, 2008....

May 5 • Miriam Raquel Sands

30:41

When "I Love This Culture" Becomes a Business Model

On cacao, ceremony, and the line between appreciation and appropriation

Apr 20 • Miriam Raquel Sands

The Yoga Teacher Who Taught Me I Don’t Have to Earn My Life

A love letter to Kathryn Budig — and to the practice that gave me back my body, my breath, and eventually, my work.

Mar 26 • Miriam Raquel Sands

🌿 A Day in the Life: Chaos, Clarity, and the Year of the Horse (ep 17)

Jan 28 • Miriam Raquel Sands

22:09

EP 16🌻A Day in the Life: The Endings We Don’t See Coming

End-of-year clarity: Learn how revisiting your past reveals signs it’s time for a career change and how to plan your next step with purpose and…

Dec 4, 2025 • Miriam Raquel Sands

33:27

🌻A Day in the Life EP 15: Full Circle —turbulence, trust, and The Clarity Studio

While the leaves are doing their wild spiral thing outside my window...

Nov 5, 2025 • Miriam Raquel Sands

🌻A Day in the Life: Return Episode 14

Re-entry: The Cliff, The Leap, and the Calm Between

Oct 16, 2025 • Miriam Raquel Sands

11:29

🌻Why A Day in the Life Is On Pause (For Now)

👉 I’m running an experiment.

Aug 23, 2025 • Miriam Raquel Sands

🌻A Day in the Life EP 13: Seasons, Shifts, and Sponsorships

This is a presence podcast.

Aug 21, 2025 • Miriam Raquel Sands and Tad Hargrave

12:16

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