The Queer Ritual Podcast
This is the Queer Ritual Podcast, a place for healing; whether that is physical healing, psychological healing, spiritual healing, or societal healing. Part self-help, part spirituality, 100% healing!
Reiki Master Riki B Malone (he/they) shares their unique perspectives as a queer Asian American to offer insights that can lead to healing one's self and healing society. All are welcome here, regardless of faith, religion, spiritual or ethnic background, sexual orientation or gender identity. New episodes every Monday with bonus episodes on select Fridays!
Episodes
52 episodes
Why is there no "Straight Pride"?
I'm sure many of us in the LGBTQ community have been asked this one. Why is there no STRAIGHT Pride?I will always answer that pride is a response to shame. So people who have been taught to be ashamed of who they are inside (whether tha...
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Episode 31
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On being neurodivergent and queer
Happy Pride Month!In this episode, I reflect on my experiences of being "different" growing up as queer and neurodivergent (ADHD-PI), including how that difference affected me even after coming out. I conclude the episode with how I hav...
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Episode 30
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Top 5 Perks of being in a same-sex relationship
Happy Pride Month! I know the rhetoric has gotten very negative this year for Pride, so today I want to counterbalance the negative with the positive. This episode contains my top 5 perks of being in a same-sex relationship. Rick and I have bee...
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Episode 29
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The spiritual life of Tina Turner (RIP)
Due to her recent passing, I want to take some time to honor the musical AND spiritual icon, Tina Turner. I explain her encounters with both Christianity and Buddhism, her personal chanting practice (Nam myoho renge kyo), and her efforts to pro...
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Episode 28
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The dark side of filial piety
Continuing the theme of healing for Asian Diaspora content during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, today's episode is on the dark side of filial piety.What is filial piety? Where does the concept come from? Is it a good thing? I...
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Episode 27
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16:47
On Microaggressions: Death by a thousand mosquito bites
Continuing my Asian Pacific American Heritage Month content, today I'm talking about microaggressions. What are they? Why do they hurt? How do we heal from them?This episode also introduces the concept of radical acceptance.
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Episode 26
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17:50
Repost: Asian American Impostor Syndrome
Continuing with the theme of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APIA Heritage Month), I am reposting a previous episode on Asian American Impostor Syndrome. Enjoy!
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Episode 25
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14:26
Ep 24 Cultural Appropriation in the Spiritual Space
Is it okay for a white person to practice Eastern or indigenous spirituality? (Short answer: yes, BUT with more work!)When does it count as cultural appropriation?This is a complicated topic, and by no means is this episode of the p...
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Episode 24
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15:48
Ep 23 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Perpetual Foreigner Experience
It's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Also known as APIA Heritage Month.After a month long break from producing this podcast, this episode represents the first "pivot" in this content toward healing: whether that is psychological ...
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Episode 23
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19:10
Ep 22 Everything is borrowed
Back to the podcast roots with this one! Focusing on the Buddhist philosophical concept of how everything is borrowed.
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18:50
Story time: That time I was tricked into a Baptist church (by beefy guys breaking bricks!)
An amusing story about the time Team Impact tricked my family into going to a Baptist Church!
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Ep 21.5 Queer Respectability Politics cont.
In light of the recent shooting in Nashville, this episode continues more thoughts on queer respectability politics. I wanted to speak on gender biases within the queer community, and how the fight for equality isn't over after achieving marria...
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Ep 21 Queer Respectability Politics
What are queer or LGBT respectability politics? In this episode, I go over the concept of respectability politics with examples in other communities. Then, I offer some insights on the deeper meaning behind why the LGBT community polices its ow...
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Episode 21
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Different candle, same flame
When you use one candle to light another: is it one flame, or two flames? This is also how fundamental truth works.
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Minisode: The Spring Equinox
Just a quick mini episode welcoming the Spring equinox! I will be on vacation for the next few days, so content might be shorter while I take a break from the hustle and bustle of life. I will see you all soon when I return! Much metta.
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Ep 20 Healing from past trauma
This episode is a general overview on how to heal from past trauma. This episode does not replace the help of a licensed mental health professional!In this episode, I go over what is trauma in the broadest sense of the word, as well as ...
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Episode 20
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21:15
Story time: The Snake and the Rope
In this mini episode, I share the parable of the snake and the rope that comes from the Advaita Vedanta school of Hinduism.
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Ep 19 The state of LGBTQ rights in America today
I generally try to steer away from politics in this podcast because I want to be as inclusive as possible, but I feel the call to action after the recent rise in anti-trans and anti-drag bills being proposed in state legislatures across the Uni...
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Episode 19
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Minisode: The Mind Body Complex and Somatic Therapy
Quick little introduction here to newer concepts in Western psychology about Mind Body complex, or the idea that emotions live within certain parts of the body. I think this is a fascinating example where Eastern wisdom is finding growing...
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Ep 18: Fear of abandonment
Warning: This episode contains discussions of emotional abuse, including child abuse, spousal abuse, and spiritual abuse. If these topics are too triggering for you right now, skip this episode or return to it at a later date.**This epi...
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Episode 18
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20:45
Minisode: On skepticism
There is a difference between healthy skepticism and unhealthy skepticism, and that difference is ego. If your skepticism is only to reinforce your preexisting worldview, then that isn't skepticism. That's ego. Continue this line of thought, an...
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Ep 17 The gay male "glass ceiling" and prejudice against feminine men
I read an article recently referencing a study on whether men would promote a masculine or feminine presenting gay man for a spokesperson position.The article can be found here:https://www.them.us/story/glass-ceiling-gay-men-study
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Episode 17
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