Desireé B Stephens
@desireebstephens.substack.com
🌍 Founder, Make Shi(f)t Happen (B Corp)
💡 Liberation through decolonization, healing, & intentional communities
🖋 Writer, Liberation Education on Substack
✊ Educator | Counselor | Community Builder
✨ Dismantling systems of oppression
💡 Liberation through decolonization, healing, & intentional communities
🖋 Writer, Liberation Education on Substack
✊ Educator | Counselor | Community Builder
✨ Dismantling systems of oppression
Dormant is not dead... it’s preparation. December is the Season of Self, the month where you stop performing and finally meet the truth inside you. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
DECEMBER EDITORIAL CALENDAR
Season of Self: Rewriting the Story of You
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December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Dormant is not dead... it’s preparation. December is the Season of Self, the month where you stop performing and finally meet the truth inside you. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
The holidays are mirrors.
And your body knows the truth before you do. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
And your body knows the truth before you do. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
The Holidays Are Mirrors: What This Season Shows Us
Who's at your table?
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November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The holidays are mirrors.
And your body knows the truth before you do. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
And your body knows the truth before you do. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
Before supremacy culture became a system, it was a survival strategy you never consented to. Today, we name each pillar as a somatic survival pattern. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
The 15 Pillars of Supremacy Culture as Nervous System Patterning
Liberation Lessons: Actionable Advice for Radical Change A Weekly Paid Subscriber Bonus
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November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Before supremacy culture became a system, it was a survival strategy you never consented to. Today, we name each pillar as a somatic survival pattern. open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
There is a version of you that has been on guard your entire life — waiting for the tone to change, for the withdrawal, for the moment the ground shifts under your feet. desireebstephens.substack.com/p/come-insid...
Come Inside. You’re Safe to Sit Down Here.
Season of Descent: We slow down to listen
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November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
There is a version of you that has been on guard your entire life — waiting for the tone to change, for the withdrawal, for the moment the ground shifts under your feet. desireebstephens.substack.com/p/come-insid...
So proud of my kiddo
Hai.. first post kinda nervous... #furry #furryartworks #furryartists #art #sona #Fursona #shark #oc #originalcharacter #originalcharacterart #originalcharacters #Reference #sheet #refsheet #furryart
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So proud of my kiddo
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Did you know that the patriarchy harms men first and white supremacy hurts white people first?? 🤯
Read or watch my conversation with @desireebstephens.substack.com to find out how! amyhoggart.substack.com/p/the-person...
Read or watch my conversation with @desireebstephens.substack.com to find out how! amyhoggart.substack.com/p/the-person...
The personal politics of Desireé B Stephens, educator and counsellor
White supremacy harms white-bodied people because there is no privilege in having no community
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October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did you know that the patriarchy harms men first and white supremacy hurts white people first?? 🤯
Read or watch my conversation with @desireebstephens.substack.com to find out how! amyhoggart.substack.com/p/the-person...
Read or watch my conversation with @desireebstephens.substack.com to find out how! amyhoggart.substack.com/p/the-person...
We’ve been taught to fear the fall.
To mistake slowing down for failure.
But liberation lives in the descent — in the moment we stop performing control and start practicing trust.
✨ New Lesson: Learning to Trust the Fall
Read + Reflect ↓ open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
To mistake slowing down for failure.
But liberation lives in the descent — in the moment we stop performing control and start practicing trust.
✨ New Lesson: Learning to Trust the Fall
Read + Reflect ↓ open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
Descent as Devotion: Reclaiming Endings as Sacred
Liberation Lessons: Actionable Advice for Radical Change A Weekly Paid Subscriber Bonus
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October 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We’ve been taught to fear the fall.
To mistake slowing down for failure.
But liberation lives in the descent — in the moment we stop performing control and start practicing trust.
✨ New Lesson: Learning to Trust the Fall
Read + Reflect ↓ open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
To mistake slowing down for failure.
But liberation lives in the descent — in the moment we stop performing control and start practicing trust.
✨ New Lesson: Learning to Trust the Fall
Read + Reflect ↓ open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
Reposted by Desireé B Stephens
@desireebstephens.substack.com writes about Joy. As an Irish-German American, that sh!t doesn't come natural to me. Moroseness is my default. But Joy . . . that's the sweet spot – and not often in evidence on social media, so consider this a PSA.
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Joy as Rebellion: Cultivating Radical Celebration
How joy becomes a political, spiritual, and communal act of resistance
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May 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@desireebstephens.substack.com writes about Joy. As an Irish-German American, that sh!t doesn't come natural to me. Moroseness is my default. But Joy . . . that's the sweet spot – and not often in evidence on social media, so consider this a PSA.
desireebstephens.substack.com/p/joy-as-reb...
desireebstephens.substack.com/p/joy-as-reb...
What is community? substack.com/@desireebste...
Desireé B Stephens (@desireebstephens)
Yes, I’m still on holiday however this question was posed in the Make Shi(f)t Happen FB group and I thought it would be helpful
“I need help with the idea of community. I think of community as somet...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What is community? substack.com/@desireebste...
May = Season of Blooming: Rooted in Resistance
This month in Liberation Education:
– Boundaries as bloom work
– Grief & joy as sacred acts
– The R.O.O.T.S. Method™
A playlist & podcast return May 19
✨ Subscribe & bloom with us open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
#MakeShiftHappen
This month in Liberation Education:
– Boundaries as bloom work
– Grief & joy as sacred acts
– The R.O.O.T.S. Method™
A playlist & podcast return May 19
✨ Subscribe & bloom with us open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
#MakeShiftHappen
Welcome to May: Season of Blooming — Rooted in Resistance
Our liberation does not rush. It roots. It resists. It reaches.
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May 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
May = Season of Blooming: Rooted in Resistance
This month in Liberation Education:
– Boundaries as bloom work
– Grief & joy as sacred acts
– The R.O.O.T.S. Method™
A playlist & podcast return May 19
✨ Subscribe & bloom with us open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
#MakeShiftHappen
This month in Liberation Education:
– Boundaries as bloom work
– Grief & joy as sacred acts
– The R.O.O.T.S. Method™
A playlist & podcast return May 19
✨ Subscribe & bloom with us open.substack.com/pub/desireeb...
#MakeShiftHappen