Candis - The Sovereign Alchemist
Coach I Facilitator I Speaker I Consultant I Visionary I Trickster I Nerd
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Location: Puyallup Tribal land - Tacoma, WA
Alchemist - Defiance Exchange Co-founder
Coach - Facilitator - Speaker - Consultant
Visionary - Trickster - Nerd
Positional Strengths & Identity
Queer (+Nonbinary), disabled, Irish/Welsh/Dutch-American (white), Tsalagi, neurodivergent, polyamorous, married, middle income (very poor until age 30), current age: mid-30's, college educated with Master's degree, family in American south and PNW, spiritual/pagan, US citizen, American dynamics of power, money, and relationships.
Demographic Weaknesses & Less Experience
Immigration needs, Middle-Eastern Politics, Cult Mindsets, Cyrillic/Eastern European cultures, African nation dynamics, Latin American dynamics
Sovereign
I was conditioned to believe I wasn't valuable because of who I am and what I was born with or without.
By relating to difference I saw my love & humanity in others
By taking responsibility for myself I found my power
By honoring my sovereignty I found my way
By honoring my being I found belonging
I am shiny & sovereign AF y'all.
And I want you to Shine With Me
That's why I started Defiance Exchange!
SOVEREIGNTY
The sacred relationship & expression of & between the self & the whole
Being Sovereign
Self-worth
Self-awareness
Responsibility
Congruence
Personal alignments & decision-making
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Having Sovereignty
Relationship to Money
Relationship to Power
Relationship to Intimacy
Relationship to Systems
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Acting Sovereignly
Impact Awareness
Repair
Communal Creation
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Skills & Practices
By connecting with me, you'll get tailored support & exploration from my vast goodie-bag of Skills & Practices
VALUES
Sovereignty over Disempowerment & Victimhood
Responsibility over Blame, Shame, or Guilt
Collective Synarchy over Hierarchy
Regeneration over Extraction
Trust over Hopelessness
Relating over Assuming
Joy over Fear
Laughing
Personal & Relational Experience
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Equity Consciousness
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Neurodiversity & Neurodivergence Consciousness
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Queer / LGBTQIA Consciousness
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Financial Poverty & Comfort
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Autism Spectrum (secondary experience)
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Right Relationship & 4 skills of relating to difference
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Transforming being "unwanted" to "unconditionally valued"
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Brain Injury survivorship and strategies
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Navigating US disability systems
- 13+ years of US Educator Experience
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Systems Artistry
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Activism: queerness, anti-racism, financially undervalued, socially undervalued, homelessness, migrant workers, defunding police, feeding and homing people.
Emotional Skills
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Witnessing the way you want to be witnessed
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Sovereign Alignments
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Relating to Difference without Judgment
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Trauma Informed Spaces/Practices
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Somatic Emotional Reprogramming
Physical Skills
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Somatic Presence & Choice-Making
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Trauma Informed Somatic Practices
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Somatic Trauma Release
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Primal Reflex Integration
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Neurophysical Timing & Integration
Cognitive Skills
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Attention/Focus Training
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Memory Improvement
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Improving Processing Speed
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Vestibular System Alignment
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Neurophysical Connection/Timing
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Compensatory Strategies for Neurodivergence
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Neuroplasticity & Re-routing of synaptic connection
Spiritual Skills
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Energy movement work (like reiki)
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Individuation
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Ancestral healing
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Mediation strategies
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Soul retrieval
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Journey/quest
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Divine relationship(s) exploration
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Pruning reactive ego
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Building/accepting spiritual ego (that which is aligned with most benevolent outcome and unique only to you)
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World mythology/religion knowledge
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Irish/pagan specific knowledge/practice background
Financial Skills
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Aligning Spirit and Money
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Humane Business Consulting
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Equitable Systems Creation
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Owner/Operator/Co-founder of 2 businesses
Degrees & Certifications
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Community Support - i.e. people support and trust me
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B.A. English and French
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M.A.E. Secondary English
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Specialist for Teens with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Reiki Master Certified
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I no longer uphold or participate in formalized academia paths as they preserve unnecessary and harmful hierarchies & extractive practices
