By Odell Cooper, Ca
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The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.
Tonya Johnson, Body Builder in the past struggled with her weight. As many did during covid, she gained weight and her health self-esteem began to suffer.
When it was time, Tonya began to change her outlook and found a coach she connected with. Soon after, her coached lost his life. Struggling with the loss of her friend and coach, Tonya found Fulton Fitness. There she took on her new journey of balanced meals and body building.
Hear this amazing story how Tonya began her new journey.
Jodi Hill-Lilly shares an amazing journey of life and struggles from an unexpected and unimaginable interruption in her life.
Hear what happens when life is going in the right direction, until it's not. Listen as Jodi share the strength and faith it takes, to continue a journey you never expected you would be part of.
It’s a story of family, of love, or health, and wellness. Interruptions do not have to be Jodi Hill-Lilly shares an amazing journey of life and struggles from an unexpected and unimaginable interruption in her life permanent.
Raphael Ramos of Bregamos Theater
In this Episode, we discuss the impact of Covid on Millennials and how our guests have had to work toward reinventing themselves or their lives during and as a result of the Pandemic, both professionally and personally.
Our guests are:
Malakhi RL Eason II (Dr. Kreative): The Director of Programming and Community Impact at International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, CT.
and
Duanecia Evans Clark: Director of People Operations at FaithActs for Education. A Connecticut-based non-profit organization working to ensure that every child receives the opportunity to graduate from college, take care of their families, and fulfill their God-given potential.
This episode we focus on the change in direction of some churches to now take on the issues of Mental Health and Emotional Wellness in their congregations.
We also discuss why there are so few churches willing to have these types of dialogues and challenges faced by those who attempt to introduce these types of services within the church.
Parking Lot Series focuses on topics raised during the Community Trainings that warrant attention outside the in person training.
Rev. Garland Davis Higgins is an author of Teen Girls, My Soul Speaks, as well as the Executive Pastor/Director of Christian Education at Antioch AME Church in Stone Mountain, GA.
Dr. Scott Thumma is a Professor of Sociology of Religion and Director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford International University.
Scott L. Thumma-Online Articles and Writings
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/about/thumma_writings.htm
Rev. Garland Higgins
https://www.linkedin.com/in/garland-higgins-a748a116b/
Health inequities continue to prevail in the African American communities. Despite economic or social status, people of color are too often treated differently among medical institutions and professionals.
The impact of that treatment can have devastating impacts among those treated unfairly. While women are more vocal about this treatment, we tend to forget to listen and encourage the voice of men when they bare witness to a loved one being on the receiving end of treatment, and feeling the sense of helplessness addressing their care.
Hear the story of one young man whose sense of fear, anger, and doubt left him with a sense of not wanting any more children after he watched his wife suffer insurmountable pain during the birth experience of their child.
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 44 children in the United States today.
In this Episode we speak to Tracey Foskey, CEO and Creator of The TJAY Foundation. Tracey is also the mother of a child diagnosed with Autism. Tracey share with us why she created the foundation, and she issues she had doing so. She also opens up to the audience how her life was changed as she began to understand the diagnosis of autism for her child.
April is Autism Awareness Month.
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 44 children in the United States today.
In this podcast "Welcome to Holland" we will interview to mothers whose children have been diagnosed with Autism. They will talk about the challenges and triumphs of raising a child and adult with autism.
"Welcome to Holland" is in reference to a poem written by a parent of a child with a disability and she tries to comfort other parents struggling to accept their own special needs situations.
Interruptions Red Carpet is a 3-part series where we meet some of characters from the book that shaped the lives of the Cooper family and were with them during this Interruption. In each episode, Coach Cathy and Rev. O dare to invite the stories from characters themselves. You will hear stories that are tearful, heartfelt and often hilarious.
In this finale of the Red Carpet interviews we welcome cousin Darsweil Rogers -- the insightful HBCU alumni who enforces Odell to change. Cousin Darseil and Howard University Alumni mandates that Odell experience the HBCU experience to enrich her learning and exposure to a cultural college experience. Listen to his reasons and Odell’s challenges to adjust as a transfer student from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY to Washington D.C.
Talk about an Interruption - This is It!
If you haven't read the book, purchase and come meet the real characters. You can also listen to the audio version of the podcast on your favorite podcast player.
https://www.baobabtreestories.com/show/interruptions-disrupting-the-silence/
Interruptions - the book - has launched and we are rolling out the Red Carpet!
Interruptions Red Carpe is a 3-part series where we meet some of characters from the book that shaped the lives of the Cooper family and were with them during this Interruption. In each episode, Coach Cathy and Rev. O dare to invite the stories from characters themselves. You will hear stories that are tearful, heartfelt and often hilarious.
In part 2 of the series, we hear the response from The Daughter - Jackie - a millennial, Black woman and single mother shares her journey of losing her brother and her mother’s sudden brain aneurysm. Jackie shares the journey of grieving and healing when the
bridge that kept them together is gone. The challenges of cultural and gender stigmas and how myths played a dominant hurdle in healing.
If you haven't read the book, purchase and come meet the real characters.
https://www.baobabtreestories.com/show/interruptions-disrupting-the-silence/
The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.