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HOLISTIC WELLNESS
featuring Dalia Kinsey, RD, LD
Holistic wellness is often co-opted by profit-driven industries rooted in white supremacy, failing to serve the unique needs of queer, trans, and BIPOC individuals. In an impactful conversation with Standpoint Consulting’s Kym Alexander, Dalia Kinsey, RD, LD shares significant lived and professional experience as a holistic dietitian, offering strategies for resisting toxic wellness culture, reclaiming body autonomy, and centering self-affirmation and pleasure. The conversation explores decolonizing health practices, creating environments for authentic thriving, and recognizing systemic barriers that impact marginalized communities’ paths to wellness.
In this episode, Kym refers to the concept of Targeted Universalism. john a. powell, the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, offers this approach as a way of focusing on the specific needs of subgroups in pursuit of positive social outcomes.
About Our Guest
Dalia Kinsey is an expert dietitian on a mission to eliminate the “one size fits all” approach to health, diet and wellness. As founder of Kinsey Wellness & Communications, Dalia Kinsey’s mission is to spread joy, reduce suffering, and eliminate health disparities in her QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community. Passionate about empowering people to use nutrition as a self-care, Dalia supplies people with personalized tools to reclaim their own wellbeing.
Dalia Kinsey is a Registered Dietitian, host of the Body Liberation for All podcast, and author of Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation. Dalia speaks, leads workshops and provides tailored group and individual coaching.
Previous Episodes
- HEALTHCARE EQUITY
- BETTER TOGETHER
- POWERFUL COLLABORATION
- SOUTHERN JOY
- BE WELL
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- PEOPLE FIRST
- STILL EQUITABLE
- MENTAL HEALTH
- BABIES
- PUBLISHING
HEALTHCARE EQUITY
featuring Maryal Concepcion, MD FAAFP
Direct Primary Care is presented as a transformative model for healthcare, re-centering the doctor-patient relationship and bypassing insurance-driven restrictions, bureaucracy, and inequity. Dr. Maryal Concepcion shares her personal journey from corporate medicine burnout to founding her own rural practice, advocating for a more affordable, accessible, and human-centric approach. The conversation highlights both the systemic obstacles and the opportunities that arise when healthcare is driven by small business principles tied to empathy, equity, and direct community impact.
Note: Our guest refers to the infant isolation experiment attributed to Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire. The story is widely considered apocryphal, but such forbidden experiments have been conducted with highly detrimental effects. The fact of the human need for connection is regularly affirmed in ethical research.
Dr. Concepcion is a board-certified rural family physician dedicated to serving patients in Northern California since 2012 and Calaveras County since 2015. Passionate about community-focused medicine, she provides comprehensive care for patients of all ages, from infants and expectant mothers to children and adults, including in-office procedures. After years as an employed physician, Dr. Concepcion chose to reclaim medical decision-making—prioritizing direct doctor-patient relationships over the constraints of insurance-driven care. Since 2020, she has been a vocal advocate for Direct Primary Care (DPC), hosting My DPC Story, a podcast that highlights physicians practicing under the DPC model. A national advocate for independent physician practice, Dr. Concepcion actively engages in healthcare policy discussions, speaking on Capitol Hill and at national conferences. She is also deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of medical professionals, guiding pre-med students, medical students, residents, and fellow physicians on their journeys in medicine.
BETTER TOGETHER
featuring Natalie McKinney
About Our Guest
Natalie McKinney is the executive director of Whole Child Strategies, Inc. She previously served as the Director of Policy for both Shelby County Schools and legacy Memphis City Schools, which included policy development and legislative planning. As part of the largest school district merger in the history of public education in America, Ms. McKinney led the effort to revise and develop a school district policy manual to accommodate the resulting amalgamation of rural, suburban, and urban schools.
Prior to arriving in Memphis, Ms. McKinney founded and served as the inaugural director of the Juvenile Law Clinic at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law, providing a holistic approach to representing youth accused of delinquent behavior and expelled from school. Ms. McKinney has also served as an adjunct professor and coordinator of the pro bono program for NCCU School of Law; a juvenile law research associate at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and a practicing lawyer in Durham, NC and Atlanta, GA.
Ms. McKinney holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, a Master of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Spelman College.
POWERFUL COLLABORATION
featuring Aerial Ozuzu and Tenikki Sesley
About Our Guest
Landon Bryant is a dynamic force in the world of social media, rapidly gaining fame as an influential Southern storyteller. You likely know Landon from his often hilarious, sometimes controversial (when it comes to sugar or salt on grits), and always insightful “let’s discuss…” monologues on Southern culture. His journey, however, roots back to his days as an acclaimed Art teacher whose passion for education continues but now with a much wider audience. Known for his captivating speaking engagements and Southern flair, Landon leaves audiences deeply satisfied with his influential and authentic voice from the South.
SOUTHERN JOY
featuring Landon Bryant
The complex beauty and contradictions of Southern identity, community, and language is explored through heartfelt conversation with Landon Bryant, social influencer, comedian, and author of “Bless Your Heart, A Field Guide to All Things Southern.” Kym Alexander (Chief Strategy and Operations Officer) joins Adriane and Landon to discuss how joy, community, and equity are interwoven with Southern traditions, language, and changing notions of identity, while also reflecting on the importance of preserving culture amidst evolving social values. They also reflect on the need for honest conversations about privilege, inclusion, and the different ways Southerners build connection and resilience.
About Our Guest
Jackie O! has impacted thousands of lives as a sacred space holder who nurtures healing and harmony in body, mind and spirit. She advocates for efforts that seek to amplify the urgency of Black health and is a trusted resource for approaches that integrate trauma-informed, culturally responsive, healing practices into urban neighborhoods.
BE WELL
featuring Jacqueline 'Jackie O' Oselen
Joy is explored as a vital, non-negotiable aspect of human well-being and a critical component in the pursuit of equity. Jacqueline Oselen (a.k.a. “Jackie O.”) shares personal stories, community experiences, and practical wisdom on accessing joy, especially during challenging times of grief and conflict. The conversation reframes joy not just as an emotion but as a form of agency and resilience, necessary to sustain individuals and communities engaged in equity work.
About Our Guest
Jena Martin is a law professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, and a leading scholar in business and human rights. With a deep commitment to centering human dignity in legal practice, she prepares future attorneys to bridge legal frameworks with real-world impact. Her work challenges corporations and institutions to listen and act on human rights principles, and she brings both scholarly insight and lived experience to every classroom and conversation.
HUMAN RIGHTS
featuring Jena Martin
“Equity is personal. We know when we’re being treated inequitably. What we struggle with is how to help others learn to identify it systematically or how to address it.”
Jena Martin, law professor at St. Mary’s University and scholar in business and human rights, shares how she helps future attorneys connect legal frameworks with the lived experiences of real people. She reflects on her journey through academia — from Howard to West Virginia University to St. Mary’s — and the importance of teaching students to center human dignity in their work. Martin speaks candidly about the complexity of advocating for equity, the challenges of being the only voice in certain rooms, and what it means to listen and act inside corporate environments. This episode explores how equity shows up through access and voice, and why teaching the “why” behind legal systems matters as much as the law itself.
About Our Guest
Naseera Mays is a passionate People Partner, Consultant, and Coach with deep expertise across the full spectrum of the People Experience and HR. She specializes in talent strategy, leadership development, succession planning, and holistic wellness—centering people in every decision. Known for creating inclusive, high-performing workplace cultures, Naseera helps organizations grow by aligning business goals with human needs. Her people-first approach ensures that legal compliance, talent acquisition, and employee well-being work together to foster environments where individuals and organizations thrive.
PEOPLE FIRST
featuring Naseera Mays
with guest host Kym Alexander
“It’s not profits first. It’s people first – to create profits.”
Still EquitAble
with Dr. Adriane Johnson-Williams
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Special Episode: Minority Mental Health Month 2024
July is National Minority Mental Health Month. In this episode, we revisit past episodes to hear from our guests about mental health and why it is an equity issue. Episodes include:
- Mind with Dr. David Goode-Cross
- Self-Reflection with Dorian Spears
- Somatics with Dr. Mary Jo Greil
- Wellness with Jacqueline Oselen
These episodes can be found at the Standpoint Consulting website. You’ll also get to meet Kym Alexander, Managing Director of Standpoint Consulting as our guest host.
BABIES
with Kandace Thomas
PUBLISHING
with Kelis Rowe
About Our Guest
Kelis Rowe is a young adult novelist based in suburban Austin, Texas. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, her writing is deeply influenced by her own experiences of young Black love, which she felt was underrepresented in YA literature. Her debut novel, Finding Jupiter, explores themes of grief and first love through the lives of two Memphis teens. Kelis’s work highlights strong, resilient Black characters, offering a fresh perspective on romance and growth in young adult fiction. She lives with her husband and two children, continually inspired by her own love story and committed to enriching the genre with authentic representations of Black youth.
