Today we welcome Elaine Lin Hering to the podcast. In her new book, UNLEARNING SILENCE: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully,  Elaine takes our culture of silence to task. Each of us has a unique gift to offer our community: our voice. But despite our distinct and valuable perspectives, many of us choose to stay silent. Family norms, workplace hierarchies, and biased cultures can make us think twice about expressing ourselves, sharing new ideas, and even speaking out when we know something is wrong.  Elaine Lin Hering has worked with mental health professionals, political officials, religious communities, and leaders at companies including American Express, Google, Nike, Pixar, and the Red Cross to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. In her work, she’s seen the pervasive influence of silence in many forms. Elaine has developed strategies to recognize and unlearn unconscious patterns so we can make intentional choices about how we want to show up at home and at work. 

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This episode contains talk of depression and suicidal ideation. Please listen responsibly. Today on the podcast we have world-renowned speaker Kristina Kuzmic. Kristina went from being a single mom living on food stamps to supporting her child through severe depression.  She has been lucky enough to thrive on social media, juggling all of life’s challenges and encouraging her audience to prioritize their mental health. She has quickly become a viral sensation with 2.9 million Facebook followers and well over 600,000 Instagram followers. . Even as the platforms evolve, her message continues to resonate with parents who need to hear that it's okay to be less than perfect. In her new book, I CAN FIX THIS, And Other Lies I Told Myself While Parenting My Struggling Child, Kristina shares what she learned the year her son's life seemed to unravel. These revelations helped her not only bear witness to his journey to healing but transformed the way she talks and thinks about parenting and showed her the unhealed wounds  in herself that must be addressed. We have a powerful conversation today on Kristina’s journey, her experience dealing with her son’s depression, how she navigated the experience, and ended up writing a book with the support of her son – on the other side of some of the most turbulent years. Watch the video of Kristina and her son Luca, that we reference in the episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAiUpIvuY4o

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Today we welcome the founder of ParkMagic, Robyn Jonson, to the show. Robyn is a mom of a child with Celiac and another child with food sensory issues. ParkMagic helps people enjoy the tips and tricks of Disney Pros and helps take some of the stress, overwhelm, and FOMO out of planning a Disneyland vacation —it also helps parents safely travel to Disneyland with food allergies. 

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Dr. Amani Ballour, a distinguished Syrian pediatrician, activist, and author, joins us on the podcast today. Dr. Ballour's profound experiences were captured in the Oscar-nominated documentary The Cave and her upcoming memoir, THE CAVE: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria [National Geographic Books | March 5, 2024] written with Rania Abouzeid. She is recognized internationally for her advocacy for women's and children's rights, especially under the harrowing conditions of the Syrian civil war.

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Today we sit down with Sahaj Kohli, a practicing therapist, writer, and speaker on a mission to make mental health care more diverse, equitable,accessible, and inclusive. As the first in her family to do a lot of things — be born in the West, go to therapy, and marry outside of her religion/race/culture — Sahaj has a unique understanding regarding the struggles of children of immigrants and uses her personal experiences to create original resources and content for this underserved population.

She is the founder of Brown Girl Therapy, the first and largest mental health and wellness community organization for children of immigrants. Sahaj takes her role as a community advocate seriously, and through her career development, she has taken on additional roles as speaker, consultant, and educator.

With a background in journalism, Sahaj continues to write as a freelancer in the weekly advice column with The Washington Post.  Her new book  But What Will People Say? is out now, which she beautifully discusses with us in today’s episode. You can follow along with her @browngirltherapy and find her book wherever books are sold.

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Today Aly and Erica do a solo episode and discuss the family illnesses and grief they have both dealt with in the past four years. They dive into what helped, what didn’t and what they did  in difficult times, when self-care went out the window. They also explore how important their community has been during difficult times and where somatic practices have played a part in processing emotions.

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Today we have a conversation with Mark Malinsky, the founder of Sprout Living. If you’ve listened to the podcast for a while, then you know we love Sprout Living plant-based protein powders and snack on their probiotic protein almonds, daily.  Sprout Living products are made from unique whole superfoods with multiple functions in mind. Even more important than the ingredients they do use, are the ingredients they don't.  These include gums, thickeners, fake flavoring and other additives that provide no nutritional value and can wreak havoc on the microbiome.

We have a great conversation with Mark on his journey to create Sprout Living, the ethos behind the brand, and how they create one of the cleanest plant-based proteins on the market. If you want to try Sprout Living you can save 20% with code: courageous while shopping at https://sproutliving.com/ 

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Today, we sit down with Austin-based professional artist, educator and entrepreneur, Jodie King. Jodie shares valuable insights with us, on how the use of art can have a positive impact on our lives by reducing stress, expressing emotions that are difficult to share verbally, allowing ourselves to become more present, and help lead to self-exploration. In this episode, we discuss how the power of creativity can have a positive impact on one’s life, how to foster inspiration in your daily life, re-discovering passions at any age, personal transformation, and art’s positive impact on overall wellness.

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