Collected Item: “Alesha Van Buren Oral History, 2023/04/14”
Title
Alesha Van Buren
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Alesha Van Buren
Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.
kheintzman@gmail.com
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#ageism, #aging, #author, #Black, #Blackfoot, #capitalism, #Capricorn, #coach, #COVID+, #death, #diviner, #doula, #economy, #empathy, #energy, #environment, #fear, #forgiveness, #grief, #hair, #healer, #Indigenous, #love, #Lymedisease, #motherhood, #occult, #spirituality, #trauma, #vaccination, #whipping, #witch, #woman
What is the format of your recording?
Video
In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.
USA, NY, Brooklyn
What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*
Woman/DivineFeminine/She
What is the age of the interviewee?
45 to 54
How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*
African descendant, born and living in the USA
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed include:
Motherhood and breaking generational curses.
Lineage in Ghana, plantation farmers in the Carolinas.
Being raised Baptist, spiritual experiences as a young child.
Being a first generation college student.
Watching adult children come into their own spiritual awakening.
Mainstreaming of spirituality; a mass spiritual awakening.
Connecting with enlightened energy while sick with COVID; receiving healing energy.
Surviving COVID twice, long-COVID, holistic healing.
COVID as a cleansing.
Preparing to die; purpose in suffering.
People’s fears about the word “death”; working as a death doula.
Feminine power and making life, the importance of the womb.
Having worked in healthcare, family of nurses and healers and witch doctors.
Vibrational energy.
Connecting to the land, environmental destruction.
Scarcity and abundance mindsets; generosity; giving.
Taking one’s power back.
Balance: women/men; good/evil; fans/haters.
Bodies changing with age; intersections of sexism and ageism.
Listening to the body.
Losing work and workaholism.
COVID’s impact on the economy; adult children moving home.
Homeschooling.
Spiritual healers and stigma.
Social media.
Working with a client with Lyme disease.
Surrendering, letting go of control.
That “It’s okay to not be okay”.
See also:
https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/divinityhouse333
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJourny+Divine&s=relevancerank&text=Journy+Divine&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AAlesha++Van+Buren&s=relevancerank&text=Alesha++Van+Buren&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_2
Motherhood and breaking generational curses.
Lineage in Ghana, plantation farmers in the Carolinas.
Being raised Baptist, spiritual experiences as a young child.
Being a first generation college student.
Watching adult children come into their own spiritual awakening.
Mainstreaming of spirituality; a mass spiritual awakening.
Connecting with enlightened energy while sick with COVID; receiving healing energy.
Surviving COVID twice, long-COVID, holistic healing.
COVID as a cleansing.
Preparing to die; purpose in suffering.
People’s fears about the word “death”; working as a death doula.
Feminine power and making life, the importance of the womb.
Having worked in healthcare, family of nurses and healers and witch doctors.
Vibrational energy.
Connecting to the land, environmental destruction.
Scarcity and abundance mindsets; generosity; giving.
Taking one’s power back.
Balance: women/men; good/evil; fans/haters.
Bodies changing with age; intersections of sexism and ageism.
Listening to the body.
Losing work and workaholism.
COVID’s impact on the economy; adult children moving home.
Homeschooling.
Spiritual healers and stigma.
Social media.
Working with a client with Lyme disease.
Surrendering, letting go of control.
That “It’s okay to not be okay”.
See also:
https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/divinityhouse333
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJourny+Divine&s=relevancerank&text=Journy+Divine&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AAlesha++Van+Buren&s=relevancerank&text=Alesha++Van+Buren&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_2
On what date did you record this oral history?
2023-04-14