Curiosity Over Fear

Have you ever wondered how to talk to kids about sex? Sex is one of the uncomfortable conversations we aren’t always are comfortable having, and it’s even harder when educating your own kids. But it shouldn’t be. With Valentines Day coming up, it’s the perfect teaching opportunity to talk to kids about sex. But where do you even start? How do you even bring it up?

Kathleen Hema is a sexual health educator and has recently brought her career onto youtube. She has lectured at universities, presented at conferences, and facilitated workshops and seminars for the past 13 years but taking her career to Youtube was her scariest moment in sexual health education and public speaking thus far.

She started her Youtube channel, ‘It's Time for the Sex Talk for Parents’, knowing that the internet can be an unforgiving place but also a brilliant way to reach a large audience. Kathleen believes that parents want to talk to their kids about sex but:

they feel afraid of saying the wrong thing,

they don't know how to get the 'sex talk' started,

they think that their child is too young for 'the talk', and/or they think that their child doesn't want to talk to them about sex.

Making Youtube videos is like having a full-time job but she doesn’t make an income from her videos as she does it in her spare time and in between her other commitments.

She could've gone back to work and continued to be a sex educator in the traditional sense, but she was curious to see if she could fill in some of the gaps that she had seen around sex education in the home.

She stated, “As a parent, I found lots of parenting resources to help me raise resilient and confident children, but nothing specifically focused on how parents can be their child's primary sexual health educator.

I wondered if I could address some of these social inequalities and reach other parents like myself via Youtube so they can have medically-accurate, age-appropriate, and honest conversations about sex, sexual health, and sexuality with their child. No parent or caregiver has to pay for childcare in order to watch one of my videos or take time off work in order to attend a workshop on how to have the sex talk in the home. My videos are available for free, on Youtube, and can be watched multiple times at the parent's convenience.

I took a leap and started a #Youtube channel; still waiting to see how I will land!”

Check out Kathleen Hema’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/KathleenHema

On this episode with Mo Cisse, we cover topics on how to turn your passion into a business, how important it is to keep your values in check, how important it is to pursue your dreams to prevent from having regret and how important it is to surround yourself with the right people. 

Mo Cisse is originally from Guinea, West Africa and has been in the U.S for over 20 years. Mo Cisse has made a clear commitment to his purpose of elevating people’s lives in everything he does. He is a proud Alumni of University of San Diego. As someone that has an unwavering commitment to betterment of our communities and wellness of humanity, he was recently invited to be a founding member of a global effort to make San Diego the Conscious hub of the world through the Global Coalition of Conscious Contributors (GC3). His biggest passion came to fruition a few years ago as the Founder and CEO of MERAKI ALLURE, a high-end environmentally conscious clothing line that also offers a wide range of Image Consulting services and made to wear suits and gowns. Additionally as a multilingual immigrant, he strives consistently to encourage diversity and collaboration amongst like minded individuals for a greater cause. His newest mission was recently launched to provide multiple personal development products through his new company The AMERICAN ALLURE which now houses Holistic Lifestyles Coaching through his MCLifestyles brand. Whether he is dressing men and women for success or coaching them to live out their passions, Mo will always continue to shine a light in this world while ensuring generations after him can benefit from the work we do today. Check out his website merakiallure.com or Instagram @merakiallure.

On this episode, I have a conversation with Renee Ritchie on the importance of being aware of our self-talk, how to build confidence and learn to trust ourselves.

Renee is an Australian born artist that made her way into the industry in the US.

Renee has worked with artists in Australia such as Kylie Minogue, Reedfo, Kelly Clarkson and more; and has performed on TV shows like X-Factor, Dance Academy, and Australiaʼs Next Top Model, just to name a few. Renee’s dedication and perseverance, along with applying her skills and talents have successfully led her to work for international artists such as J-LO, Paula Abdul, Major Lazer, J-Balvin, Nicky Jam, and more. Renee has been also featured working on The Ellen Show, James Corden, Latin Grammyʼs and Peoples Choice Awards.

Renee’s professional performance career also stems from being a renowned choreographer! Having choreographed on seasons 4 So You Think You Can Dance Australia, Music Video for Australiaʼs pop star artist Dami Im “Fighting For Love”, Paula Abdul’s 2018 “Straight Up” Tour and LA pride performance. Renee has also been an assistant choreographer on J-LO “All I Have” and Britney Spears “Domination” Las Vegas show.

“Being a dancer is beyond the movement, being a dancer you are the artist. Embody your true-self and watch the magic in your career live a life” ~ Renee Ritchie

Today’s guest on Curiosity Over Fear, is Wasim Hajjiri, who is a Forbes Executive Coach and author of, “Wasim The Dream, The Relentless Pursuit of Turning Dreams Into Reality.” Wasim Hajjiri is the definition of relentless. Defying the odds, he journeyed from Jordan with an electrical engineering degree to graduate with an MBA from the prestigious UCSD Rady School of Management.

With his heart set on joining the team at Qualcomm, he finally met victory after going through 55 recruiters, 20 receptionists and 25 interviews!

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Welcome to the Curiosity Over Fear podcast and Happy New Year! 

If there’s one thing that 2020 taught me, is that life is uncertain. Time is a limited resource. To never take anything or anyone for granted. As quickly as we may have gotten an opportunity, it can be taken away from us. So, I invite you to join me in this journey to choosing hope & courage over fear.