Welcome to the Mix'd Movement Podcast. We are biracial siblings here to make a positive impact on the world. We discuss all topics about being of mixed ethnicities. From how to navigate unique situations revolving around our genetic makeup, what it's like raising biracial children, to how empowering it can be to be to a life of dual cultures, and everything in between.

The Mix’d Movement came about as siblings talking together about the experience of growing up as people of mixed race and what we wish everyone knew about us.

We’re here to build a community where people of mixed race don’t have to feel alone, and to give others insight and information about how to live in a multicultural society.

We want to share stories, laugh, cry, and heal together.

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production

All 3 of us share the same dad, but we didn’t all grow up together. Chris and Nate grew up together with their parents and Rachael grew up with her mom and her stepdad, with no relationship with her biological dad.

In this episode we’ll visit about childhood and what it meant to be mixed race with a white mom where we grew up. We’ll reminisce about what we remember about our parents and our first memories of realizing that we were different.

We want to share stories, laugh, cry, and heal together.

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production

As people of mixed race, we’ve all had to deal with being asked, either overtly or not, to choose a “side.” At school we had to pick a place to sit at lunch, or act a certain way (or not), and even as adults had to explain to other adults where we stand on the BLM movement.

We each had different responses to these situations at different points in our lives. Now that we’re grown, we see the opportunities to change minds just by being ourselves.

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production

Listen in while Rachael visits with Sabrina Johnson, small business owner and founder of the “Unapologetically Biracial” group on Facebook. Sabrina is originally from Buffalo NY and has lived in a small town in upstate New York since she was young. There are very few people of color there, and even fewer biracial people for her to relate to.

Sabrina started her FB group back in 2020 as a way for other biracial people to connect and lift each other up in a world where she always felt she had to apologize for what she was - never black enough or white enough for her experiences to be taken seriously.

Join Sabrina’s group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/648476789282632

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production

Today’s guest is Malynda Hale, a mom raising a biracial daughter with her white husband. Malynda grew up in a predominantly white city, but her parents were very big on activities and culture and made sure that Malynda and her sister were exposed to plenty of people like them.

Malynda’s goals with raising her daughter include:

• Making sure she experiences plenty of diverse areas
• Breaking down assumptions about people of color always being in some sort of service role
• Having these conversations so people are educated, not afraid to talk, and not afraid to ask questions.

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production

Today’s guest is Sofia Samara, photographer and videographer native to Los Angeles. Sofia’s father is Palestinian and her mother is Italian. Sofia was one of very few Arab kids in her school and as a young child, she had to deal with the racist fallout after the 9/11 attacks.

Sofia has a bright outlook and she loves the food aspect of being mixed race. She feels extremely lucky to know Italian and Palestinian cuisine and cultures and loves to mix them together to make something uniquely hers.

We’ll chat about hair, food, and all the things our parents did for us growing up.

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production

Today, Chris will have a chat with her friend Vanessa about raising a biracial son. When Vanessa told her parents she was pregnant at 18, her parents were surprisingly accepting of the situation. She was married to the father for several years and stayed friends for about 10 years after they divorced. Even though they’re not on great terms now, Vanessa’s son Brandon has been encouraged to have his own relationship with his father regardless of what had gone on before.

Vanessa finds herself often going to bat for those around her, particularly when people are being rude, insensitive, or racist.

We want to hear every story! Tag us @polished.velvet or email us directly at mixdmovement@gmail.com and tell us your stories!

Rachael wants to empower people to love all parts of themselves in order to attain the life of their dreams. Send her a message at coachrachaelgo@gmail.com or find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/polished.velvet/

Stay up to date with news and more at https://www.mixdmovement.com/

Music credit: Chill and Dream by Pink Marble

A Subito Media production