Autism doesn’t come with a handbook — it comes with questions, fear, love… and a whole lot of learning on the job.

In this powerful episode of the Basia TV Podcast, Basia is joined by Emily Kafle, Principal of Autism Collier Charter School in Naples, Florida — a seasoned educator with over two decades of experience in special education, school leadership, and program development.

Basia speaks as both a mother raising a son on the spectrum and a woman who understands the late-night spirals: “Am I doing enough?” “Did I miss a sign?” “What does the future look like?” And together, Basia and Emily Kafle talk about what autism looks like in real life: the early signs, the school experience, the emotional weight on families, and the hope that comes when support meets understanding.

In this episode, some of the topics that Basia and Ms. Kafle cover include:

🔹Why autism diagnoses are being recognized more — and what the numbers actually tell us

🔹Early signs that can appear as young as 18–24 months, and why early identification can change outcomes

🔹What “early intervention” really means (beyond the buzzwords) and where parents can start without feeling overwhelmed

🔹Why autism can present differently in girls, and why so many girls are diagnosed later or misdiagnosed

🔹The truth about communication: why non-verbal does not mean non-communicative, and how families can learn to “listen” in new ways … and much more! This conversation is for the parent who’s been up at 2 a.m. searching for answers, the caregiver who’s felt unheard, and anyone who wants to understand autism beyond the labels and statistics — because autism isn’t a limitation… it’s a different way of experiencing the world, and understanding changes everything. If this episode resonates, please share it with a parent, educator, or caregiver who needs the reminder: you are not alone, you are doing your best, and your child’s journey is worthy of support! 💬 Question: What’s one thing you wish someone told you at the beginning of your autism journey — or one thing you want the world to understand better about autism?

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🎙️ Episode Title: “HEALING IS NOT LOUD!” (The Silent Season Series)

Healing isn’t loud… it’s quiet. 🤍

Sometimes healing is so silent… you might mistake it for loneliness—especially if you’ve spent years surrounded by noise, people, distractions, and survival mode.

In this episode, Basia reflects on how her silent seasons BUILT her as she learned that healing won’t begin until you admit the hard truth:

🔹You don’t need more success.

🔹You don’t need more achievements.

🔹You need healing‼️

Because trauma doesn’t disappear just because you ignore it. It grows, then eventually shows up in relationships, decisions, and emotional reactions. And that’s why healing requires stillness… because silence isn’t emptiness… it’s a mirror!

So if life feels quiet right now… know this:

You’re not being punished.

You’re being prepared.

This is not your lonely season… this is your healing season. 🌿

💬 Let’s talk: Have you ever mistaken your healing season for loneliness?

Executive Producer: Basia Powell

Just Basia Producer: Alicia Bazen

AI Design Specialist: RJ Powell

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🎙️ Episode Title: “NEXT LEVEL... LESS PEOPLE!” (The Silent Season Series)

Here's something that might make you uncomfortable… but it might also set you free: Your next level will not come with a crowd… No applause… No cheer section… And definitely not with everyone you started with.

In this episode, Basia breaks down the truth about circles—and why leveling up this year (emotionally, spiritually, financially, mentally) may require you to cleanse your circle without guilt and without explanation.

Basia unpacks the 3 types of people around you:

✨ Enablers

🔥 Blockers

🤍 Real Lifers

And gives you a simple 4-step circle cleanse… Because a rocket has to shed weight to take off… and so do you. 🚀

This episode is for anyone who’s tired of needing permission, tired of explaining, and ready to let the results introduce them.

💬 Discussion time: What’s harder for you—cutting off a blocker or creating distance from an enabler?

Executive Producer: Basia Powell

Just Basia Producer: Alicia Bazen

AI Design Specialist: RJ Powell

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🎙️ Episode Title: “THE VERSION OF ME THAT HAD TO GO” (The Silent Season Series)

The “Yes Girl" had to go... not because she was bad... but because she was exhausted!! In this episode, Basia breaks down some of the things that so many of us struggle to name:

✨ The addiction to being needed.

✨ The habit of “performing” for love.

✨ And what happens when you finally stop being everybody’s rescuer… Because the people who benefitted most from the version of you that had to go are usually the angriest when she’s gone!

Boundaries reveal everything... when you stop:

✅ answering draining calls…

✅ paying for debts you didn't create…

✅ showing up out of guilt… that's when their “love" expires because it was never love... it was access.

So in your Silent Season, if you’ve been feeling like your circle is smaller… your phone is quieter… and your spirit feels different, but lighter?

You’re not lonely…

You’re healing!

The new version of you deserves peace.

Executive Producer ~ Basia Powell

JUST BASIA Producer ~ Alicia Bazen

AI Design Specialist ~ RJ Powell

🎙️ Episode Title: “WHEN GOD GOES QUIET, THAT’S WHEN HE’S WORKING!” (The Silent Season Series)

When you pray… and all you hear back is silence… it can feel like heaven hit “ignore.” 😔

In this episode, Basia gives this reminder… God’s silence is not absence — it’s activity.

Sometimes there’s no sign, no sound, no instant breakthrough… and that’s exactly when doubt tries to move in. You start asking: Did God hear me? Did He forget me?

But the truth is—God doesn’t work in noise. He works in silence. Sometimes the delay is protection.

Sometimes it’s growth. Sometimes… it’s God saving you from “Tyrone.” 😅 (You know the one.)

So if you’re in your Silent Season, don’t assume God is gone. Assume He’s building. Aligning. Correcting. Preparing.

Pray with quiet confidence. Wait with a smile. Because His silence might be the loudest proof your breakthrough is under construction. 🙏🏽

Executive Producer ~ Basia Powell

JUST BASIA Producer ~ Alicia Bazen

AI Design Specialist ~ RJ Powell

It started in the Caribbean and is a story of leaving her home in the twin isles of Trinidad and Tobago, building identity in a new country, and refusing to shrink in rooms where she was never expected to lead.

In this episode, Basia sits down with Dr. Rhonda McEwen, a woman who embodies excellence, resilience, and representation at the highest level, and who is one of the very few Black women — besides being one of the very few women of color—to serve as a university president in all of North America. She is a trailblazer in STEM, a champion of equity, and a storyteller who helped shape Julia, Sesame Street’s first autistic Muppet. But what makes her story hit even deeper? She’s built this legacy while navigating the beautiful, real-world responsibilities of motherhood to two children, including a child on the autism spectrum—showing us what holistic leadership truly looks like.

We’re talking:

🎓 Leadership + legacy

🌍 Cultural pride + immigrant identity

🧠 Neurodiversity + integrating special needs into institutions

🔥 Breaking barriers in academia—without losing yourself

If you’re a woman of color, Caribbean, immigrant, a parent in the neurodiverse community, or you simply believe inclusive leadership matters—this conversation is for you.

Executive Producer ~ Basia Powell

Producers- Delicia Winnall & Alicia Bazen

AI Design Specialist ~ RJ Powell

🎙️ BASIA TV PODCAST WITH JUST BASIA PRESENTS OUR "SILENT SEASON" SERIES

What if I told you… failure has never been your problem?

What if the thing you’ve been fighting, avoiding, praying away… was never failure at all— but fear? Fear, dressed up as logic… disguised as patience… pretending to be wisdom.

✨ We’re starting the year continuing our series: the “Silent Season”— the series we kicked off in our last podcast episode in December. And we’re opening this year with a message we all need:

🎙️ Episode Title: “THE PROBLEM IS NOT FAILURE. IT IS FEAR.”

Basia shares that in this Silent Season, she learned something uncomfortable… and freeing: Most people aren’t afraid of failure. They’re afraid of what success will require of them. Because failure means you tried. Fear means you didn’t even give yourself the chance.

So here’s your quiet question for this new year: What do you want to do… but you’re afraid of? Not what’s safe. Not what makes sense. But what’s calling you… and scaring you.

Don’t overthink it.

Don’t over-explain it.

Just move!

In this episode, Basia shares why she has stepped into her Silent Season—a season of peace, clarity, and intentional growth; and as she has evolved personally and professionally, she’s learned that silence isn’t emptiness… it is strength… it is wisdom… it is alignment!

The loudest person in the room isn’t always the smartest. In life, the real power is in listening, observing, and protecting the thoughts that shape your next level.

✨ Silence is where vision appears.

✨ Silence is where clarity grows.

✨ Silence is where transformation begins.

Basia also explores why oversharing slows you down, why not everyone deserves access to your mind, and why the greatest breakthroughs happen quietly—long before anyone claps for you.

If you are in your Silent Season right now—this episode will meet you right where you are.

Honor it. Protect it. Grow through it.

Because your silence is not empty…

It is full of answers.

Executive Producer ~ Basia Powell

JUST BASIA Producers ~ Alicia Bazen & Delicia Winnall

AI Design Specialist ~ RJ Powell

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Shaka Hislop is a World Cup football legend, ESPN analyst, and global sports icon. On December 3rd, he revealed to the world that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

Years ago, Shaka appeared on The Basia Show to support host Basia Powell during her own breast cancer journey. Today, the roles are reversed in this powerful, emotional, and deeply human conversation.

In this Basia TV Podcast Exclusive, Shaka opens up about: His diagnosis. Mental health and masculinity. Faith and family

The moment he collapsed live on air. Why he chose to tell his story publicly and the message he has for Caribbean men. This is not just football. This is life.

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Men don’t choose a wife because she’s the most beautiful, the most fun, or the one who fell in love with him the fastest. They marry the woman who meets them at the level of their identity, maturity, and future. In this deeply honest and grown-woman episode of the Basia TV Podcast, Basia breaks down the 5 things that make a man look at a woman and say, “That’s my wife.” Not fairytales… not social media fantasies. But truth — emotional truth, and real-life wisdom. If you’ve ever wondered:

✨ Why am I always the girlfriend but never the wife?

✨ Why does he love me but won’t commit?

✨ Why do I give so much and still get chosen last?

Then you need to watch this episode! We’re talking about the qualities that truly matter… why self-esteem matters more than the “Ciara Prayer.” And why becoming the woman you’re meant to be is the real secret to being chosen with certainty — not desperation. Because the day you stop settling, shrinking, begging, or proving your worth…

That’s the day everything changes.