Today we are speaking with Youth Advocate, Donovan Taylor Hall. Donovan Taylor Hall is a youth advocate and educator that teaches kids how to build positive self-identity. He has been featured on the Today Show, NowThis and several podcasts to talk about the importance of positive youth development. Donovan teaches his self skills curriculum through youth coaching, speeches, and online content. He is currently working on creating an educational entertainment show to help reach an even bigger audience of kids.  In this episode we discuss: 1) The power of the process of learning to trust ourselves, to listen to what we need and to choose to be the hero of our own stories.  These lessons at this time in our world are so important for kids to find and create that inner safety within themselves. 

2) How much of a gift vulnerability is and what we can experience when we learn to put the armour down, even when it is scary, and learning how to put the armour down with the people that we trust and the people who have earned the right to hear our stories. 

3) The difference between being in our stories and in our stories and learning how to let go of shame, stories that don’t serve us, being connected to our why’s and the power of allowing ourselves to simply be in this present moment. 

Connect with Donovan

Website: https://donovantaylorhall.com/
Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdMjNrbb/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donofriend/
Email: [email protected]

Work with Donovan: He offers individual coaching for kids on building a positive relationship with themselves, as well as speaking events and workshops for kids and adults. 

https://calendly.com/donovantaylorhall/youthservices

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker, and Life Coach

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation. Through her programs, coaching, and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support, and impact others.