You Become What You Practice: What It Takes to Heal Individually and Collectively with Prentis Hemphill

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In this episode, Prentis Hemphill discusses how you become what you practice and what it takes to heal individually and collectively. Prentis explains how healing as an ongoing practice, the importance of embodiment, and the intersection of personal transformation and activism. Prentis also shares insights from their work in healing justice and the Black Lives Matter movement, emphasizing the power of community, somatic practices, and love as a force for change. This conversation highlights how cultivating awareness and relational skills can foster both individual and systemic healing, offering hope for more connected and compassionate futures. Exciting News!!!Coming in March 2026, my new book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life is now available for pre-orders!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Key Takeaways: Healing as an ongoing practice rather than a fixed destination. The significance of embodiment practices in personal transformation. The relationship between internal healing and external activism. The impact of cultural practices and ancestral rituals on healing and community connection. The interplay between self-acceptance and self-improvement. The role of somatic awareness in understanding oneself and others. The influence of aikido principles on personal and relational dynamics. The importance of community and mutual aid in the healing process. The challenges of navigating trauma within systemic contexts. The transformative power of love and connection in fostering change. For full show notes,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠ Connect with the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheOneYouFeedPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed, and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you! This episode is sponsored by: Aura Frames: For a limited time, save on the perfect gift by visiting AuraFrames.com /FEED to get $35 off Aura’s best-selling Carver Mat frames – named #1 by Wirecutter – by using promo code FEED at checkout. This deal is exclusive to listeners, and frames sell out fast, so order yours now to get it in time for the holidays! Uncommon Goods has something for everyone – you’ll find thousands of new gift ideas that you won’t find anywhere else, and you’ll be supporting artists and small, independent businesses. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/FEED ⁠LinkedIn⁠: Post your job for free at ⁠linkedin.com/oneyoufeed⁠. Terms and conditions apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you live inside of any culture that is different than yours, or if you look at your own culture more closely, you'll see that there are these little like trails, like the little crumbs that have been left along the way of like, this is actually what we did to process big emotion, to realign as a community.
0:16.3	Embodiment practices, I think, are one of our first languages as a species, actually.
0:29.1	Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance
0:34.2	of the thoughts we have, quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think,
0:40.3	ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward
0:46.4	negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think
0:53.7	things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:56.7	But it's not just about thinking.
0:58.8	Our actions matter.
1:00.3	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:05.1	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
1:09.5	how they feed their good wolf.
1:14.2	When Prentice Hempel says you become what you practice, it sounds simple until you realize
1:20.1	how quietly that truth shapes everything. Who we are isn't just what we believe, it's what we repeat.
1:28.0	The ways we tense up under pressure, the words we choose when we're scared, the things we reach for when we're hurt, those are our real practices.
1:37.7	Prentice, who's the author of what it takes to heal, says healing isn't a finish line but an orientation, something we live inside, not
1:46.9	something we achieve. And that shift away from fixing ourselves and towards practicing who we are
1:53.0	meant to be as at the heart of this conversation. We talk about embodiment, activism, and the
1:59.5	love that lives beneath both.
2:01.8	I'm Eric Zimmer and this is the one you feed.
2:06.1	Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?
2:10.6	So we started the business two years ago.
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