Among Strangers with Susan Raffo

Capitalism Harm Reduction Origin Story

Reflection on capitalism, care, and what a body can hold What does it mean to survive systems that were never built for your wellbeing? In this episode of SIGNS of breana, I reflect on Capitalism Harm Reduction a practice shaped by lived experience from moving through different class realities to following the path I was told would lead somewhere school debt job and finding that the ground on the other side was not stable in the search for stability I found myself in systems that asked for care without always offering care back until my body said no and the question shifted not how much can I give but what is enough what is sustainable Capitalism Harm Reduction is about relationship to labor to money to time to community and learning to move with less shame and more discernment because we are not broken the systems are What is enough for you?

Integrity Can Be Built

Reflection on integrity, grief, and the traces we leave on each other What does it mean to move through the world with care for how we affect others? In this episode of signs of breana, I reflect on the “campsite rule” leaving people better than you found them and the slow practice of integrity not as perfection but as a muscle built over time through honesty through dignity through choosing to live in alignment I have not always lived this way and I am learning again and again how to be human how to notice what I carry grief trauma the residue of what has hurt how it lives on the body and how it touches others Sometimes it feels like we are coated in it leaving pieces behind everywhere we go So what does it mean to tend to that? to cleanse to soften to be held to let what is heavy move and still to stay committed to showing up with care What are you carrying right now? And how is it shaping the way you meet others? #IntegrityPractice #SignsOfBreana #GriefWork #RelationalCare #QueerHealing #BeHuman

Friendship is a Frequency

Reflection on friendship, holding, and the spaces in between What does it mean to be in relationship without gripping so tightly that we leave marks? In this episode of SIGNS of breana, I reflect on how friendship has shifted from urgency to discernment from “this is my person” to understanding layers of connection acquaintance comrade friend and the truth that friendship, for me, lives on the other side of rupture through repair through choosing each other again Some relationships burn bright and then burn through and the grief of that can shake you and still we are never without connection What if friendship is not something we hold but something we practice? Where are you holding tightly? And where are you being invited to soften? #FriendshipAsPractice #SignsOfBreana #QueerCare #RelationalHealing #CommunityCare

I Almost Didn't Apply for Chemistry: A T4T Dating Show

Reflection on visibility, transness, and the body What does it mean to be seen when your body is changing in real time? In this episode of SIGNS of breana, I reflect on applying for Chemistry, a T4T dating show, while navigating acne flare-ups, hormonal shifts, aging, and the ongoing process of becoming – in a trans body. I almost didn’t apply. Because transitioning isn’t comfortable - it is radical and earth shaking. This is a reflection on transness, aging, and the complexity of living in a body that is both deeply yours and constantly evolving. On gratitude. On discomfort. On being witnessed anyway. What are the conditions you place on your own visibility? And what might happen if you softened them? If this resonates, share your experience in the comments and subscribe for more reflections on becoming, care, and liberation. #TransExperience #SignsOfBrianna #QueerReflection #BodyTransformation #TransJoy #GenderJourney #SelfExpression

Among Strangers with Susan Raffo

This episode of SIGNS of breana was recorded live at Chispas Farm in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Susan Raffo as our special guest. Listen to Susan Raffo and breana in AMONG STRANGERS discuss: Their love of strangers Contending with the fear of our beloveds Listening to our guides Releasing the colonial binary of friend/enemy What change is possible when you aren’t known Gratitude to Jordan Alvarenga for audio/tech support for this magical event!