Oct 21, 20261h 1mS3
In this episode, I speak with Sonora Jha about the ways we tell the stories about conflict, power, and marginalization, drawing from her diverse work as a novelist, memoirist, and journalism professor. She explores how...
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Stay
Hosted by Jaya Ramesh, LMHC · society · EN
About this Podcast:
Are you tired of polarized narratives and want to practice holding difference without losing yourself? Stay is a podcast for those who want models of relational integrity—not perfection, not righteousness, but something real and who believe that stories can soften us, shift us, sharpen us . Join me, Jaya Ramesh, mental health therapist, author, and facilitator as I try to understand how to do conflict better with those we are in relationship with. Expect to hear real stories from everyday change makers and find inspiration to move through the conflicts in your life.
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What is Stay about?
Are you tired of polarized narratives and want to practice holding difference without losing yourself? Stay is a podcast for those who want models of relational integrity, not perfection, not righteousness, but something real and who believe that stories can soften us, shift us, sharpen us.
Who hosts Stay?
Stay is hosted by Jaya Ramesh, LMHC. The show has published 24 episodes to date.
What has Stay covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Telling the Story of a Conflict with Sonora Jha" (21 October 2026, 61 minutes), "The Person in Front of Us: Love, Conflict, and the Buddhist Practice of Seeing Clearly with devon and nico hase" (29 September 2026, 70 minutes), and "Widening the Aperture: What groups reveal about conflict with Dr. Kavita Avula" (21 September 2026, 48 minutes).
How often does Stay publish?
Stay publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 24 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Stay?
Booking probability for Stay is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Stay requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Stay's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Stay?
The strongest fits for Stay are Family & Social Services. Stay has a society audience.
About the host
Jaya Ramesh, LMHC hosts Stay, a society podcast with 24 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Sep 29, 20261h 10mS3
In this episode, Devin and Nico Hayes explore the intersection of Buddhist practice and messy love, sharing insights on conflict, impermanence, and love as a spiritual path. Their stories and teachings offer practical...
- Sep 21, 202648 minS3
What happens when we look at conflict through a group lens? In this conversation, Dr. Kavita Avula and I explore the roles we take on in groups, the histories and identities we bring into the room, and the ways power...
- Sep 11, 20261h 18mS3
Rage is often treated as a problem to solve: regulate it, soften it, understand the trigger, and return to calm. But what if rage is also information? What if it carries knowledge about what has been violated, what we...
Episode #1
Season 3: Intro
Sep 3, 20261 minS3Welcome to Season 3. This season asks the question: Who do we become when we learn how to stay with it. Stay doesn't have to mean staying in the relationship, not to stay silent, not to stay in systems that cause harm...
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- Jul 10, 202610 minS2
The first of a series of small episodes where I integrate the learnings from Season 2 and offer small practices. This first episode looks back on the Dean Spade episode and invites to see how conflict is a mirror into...
- Jun 15, 20261h 7mS2
What does it mean to stay connected, to ourselves, to each other, and to our deepest values, when conflict, shame, and polarization threaten to pull us apart? In this conversation, I sit down with Wendy Elisheva...
- Jun 1, 20261h 18mS2
In this deep and wide-ranging conversation, I speak with Susan Raffo, writer, community organizer . She invites us to reimagine conflict as a natural part of being in relationship rather than something to be feared or...
Episode #7
Conflict and Somatic Liberation: Rethinking Power, Trauma, and Resistance with Dr. Resmaa Menakem
May 22, 20261h 1mS2In this episode of Stay , I am joined by renowned trauma specialist, writer, and somatic abolitionist Dr. Resmaa Menakem for a deeply expansive conversation on conflict, embodiment, and liberation in a time of...
- May 15, 202652 minS2
I sit down with Dr. Anu Taranath, author of the book Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World and explore the complex ethics, emotions, and systemic issues of travel. We delve into how travel shapes...
- Mar 31, 202658 minS2
From Midwestern conflict-avoidance to speaking up in a high-stakes creative industry, this episode follows one voice actor’s journey of finding her voice, while questioning what happens when voices can be replicated...
Episode #4
Beyond the Fields of Right and Wrong: Rethinking Conflict in a Polarized World with Bayo Akomolafe
Mar 23, 202646 minS2In this episode of Stay , I sit down with philosopher Bayo Akomolafé to rethink how we understand conflict in a deeply polarized world. Rather than seeing conflict as something to fix or avoid, Bayo invites us to see it...
- Mar 13, 202650 minS2
In this episode I sit with Oren Slozberg, executive director of Commonweal and we discuss conflict, polarization, and cultural approaches to complex societal challenges. Oren reflected on how cultural backgrounds shape...
- Mar 2, 20261h 2mS2
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dean Spade, legal scholar, community organizer, author of Mutual Aid and Love in a F*cked Up World, and I unpack how conflict operates in both our personal relationships and political...
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Season 2 Intro
Feb 25, 20263 minS2Welcome back to Season 2! I share where we are headed this season.
- Nov 17, 202556 min
In this episode, I sit down with Dr Leticia Nieto . We have a tender conversation about how we inherit conflict, carry silence, and slowly remake ourselves through relationship. We talk about listening as a sacred act...
- Nov 6, 202541 min
What if conflict could be an act of love? Join me as I chat with James Boutin, facilitator, educator and coach, as we explore a radical reframe of conflict, thinking of it not as something to avoid, or to win but as an...
- Aug 15, 202550 minS1
Join me in conversation with Dr. Ben Danielson, pediatrician and founder of ASHAY, a non-profit organization focused on reducing youth incarceration. Dr. Ben talks about how the geographies of his life shaped his...
- Aug 4, 202549 min
In this episode I talk with visionary systems thinker Lindsey T.H. Jackson. She reflects on the messages she received as a Black woman about conflict, including suppressing anger. She shares the powerful experience of...
- Jul 31, 202532 minS1
I sit with my cousin, Dilip Ramachandran, former drummer for Parikrama to explore how early experiences of being othered shaped his relationship to conflict and how not knowing how to navigate that tension led him to...
Recent guests
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Sonora Jha
Faculty at Seattle University
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Dr. Jennifer Mullan
author of Decolonizing Therapy, The Center for Decolonizing Therapy®
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Dean Spade
Author of Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together, Mutual Aid and Love in a Fucked Up World
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Resmaa Menakem
Embodied provocateur, multiple-levels thinker, and structural paradigm shifter, Justice Leadership Solutions
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