We know that rest is an important rhythm to allow our bodies, our minds, and our hearts to recover, to dream and to play.

Here at the Allender Center podcast, we are practicing what we teach to give our team a bit of a break.

During the month of July, we're bringing back three of our most popular conversations from the last year,

featuring some incredible guests.

Whether you've heard them before or not, we invite you to listen, reflect, and perhaps share them with a friend.

If you want even more summer listening,

maybe for your evening walk or a long road trip ahead, we've curated three new

playlist on our Spotify account, each themed around these topics. Look out for a fresh

playlist every week for the next three weeks in our show notes, or find us on Spotify at Allender Center.

The second episode in our summer replay series happens to be one of my favorite conversations

from last year. I was honored to co-host this episode with Linda Royster, my friend and one of the

lead instructors here at the Allender Center Center as we talked with the amazing Marcy

Elvis Walker. You may know Marcy's work from her popular Instagram feed, Black Coffee with

White Friends, or her Black-Eyed Bible stories on Substack. Our conversation here focuses on

her memoir, Everybody Come Alive, where she reflects on the imprint of God, race, and gender

growing up in the 70s and 80s.

Again, if you need a summer reading suggestion, this is another top pick.

Without further ado, here is our conversation with Marcy Alvis Walker. Well, good people with good bodies, today I'm delighted to be joined by a beloved guest co-host, my colleague and friend Linda Royster, who in case you need a reminder is a core leader here at the Allender Center, a gifted teacher, facilitator, advisor, writer, and entrepreneur, and is deeply

committed to making sure healing from trauma, especially at our work at the Allender Center,

is available, accessible, and relevant to black people and other racially marginalized folks

who bear the brunt of racial trauma. She's also a gardener, an aunt to two beloved

nephews, among many other things. Linda, thanks so much for joining me. Thank you, Rachel. It's a

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