Let's Chat with Leah & Deveter

Leah and Deveter are back for season 3 of Let's Chat! What better way to get the conversation started than with a discussion on Stress and Anxiety!

According to American Psychological Association -
There’s a fine line between stress and anxiety. Both are emotional responses, but stress is typically caused by an external trigger. The trigger can be short-term, such as a work deadline or a fight with a loved one or long-term, such as being unable to work, discrimination, or chronic illness. People under stress experience mental and physical symptoms, such as irritability, anger, fatigue, muscle pain, digestive troubles, and difficulty sleeping.

Anxiety, on the other hand, is defined by persistent, excessive worries that don’t go away even in the absence of a stressor. Anxiety leads to a nearly identical set of symptoms as stress: insomnia, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, muscle tension, and irritability. 

Take a listen to see how they handle both.

Leah and Deveter chat with Leah's Dad artist and producer Stix Bones! This conversation is all about parenting this generation and his hopes for Leah and her brothers.

Follow Let's Chat with Leah & Deveter on Instagram @letschat_podcast and YouTube! 

Leah's book of the week is The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Join Deveter as she chats with her youngest son and Leah's twin Myles!
They are talking about gaming and the impact it has on his life! Tune in to hear this insightful conversation between mother and son!

Myles' book selection (yes we are a reading family) The Rose That Grew from The Concrete.  Selected Poems by Tupac Amar Shakur

Like and Subscribe! 

Do you post subs on social media? Leah and Deveter discuss confrontation in the 21st Century! It's very different.

Follow us on IG @letschat_podcast

Leah's book of the week is 
More Than Just a Pretty Face
by Syed M. Masood 

Leah & Deveter chat about their love of reading! Fiction, Non-Fiction it doesn't matter there is just something about literature that makes these ladies happy. Have you read a good book lately?

Leah's Book of the week is "The Boy and His Green Sweater" by Deveter L. Brown buy your copy! https://tinyurl.com/akaetxax 

Leah and Deveter discuss fear. What they fear most and how they overcome them. 
00:00 Intro
00:34 Topic: Fear
01:40 What Can we do to prevent fear 
2:00 Leah fears the future
2:53 F.E.A.R. - False Evidence Appearing Real
3:15 Your present defines your future
3:49 Leah fears clowns, mascots, and people on stilts
6:00 Fear can be crippling
6:45 Fear of success
7:40 How to protect yourself from fear
10:40 Pushing fear to the side to achieve your goals
11:40 Outro 

Leah's book suggestion for the week is Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

Leah & Deveter chat about effective (and non-effective) communication! Take a listen and let us know in the comments the best way to communicate in your opinion.

Today's episode shout-out goes to Sayings by Butta Custom shirts, bags, hats, etc. DM or call (862) 227-2815. Payment before any design is started. No refunds/ exchanges on custom-made orders. https://www.facebook.com/SayingsByButta1/

Leah's book of the week is Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Black History Month 2022 is here and we are celebrating our Blackness! During this episode of Let's Chat, Leah and Deveter discuss the ways in which they celebrate Black History Month. Leah introduced her mom to The Harlem Hellfighters!
Take a listen you may learn something too!

Leah's book suggestion for this week is Blended by Sharon M. Draper

By Nick Garber
via the msn.com news web site
HARLEM, NY — The Harlem Hellfighters, a majority-Black World War I regiment whose soldiers won plaudits for their bravery, have come a step closer to getting long-delayed recognition from the federal government.

The U.S. Senate on Monday passed the Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act, a bill introduced by New York lawmakers that would award the medal to the Hellfighters. Having already passed the House in June, it now only needs President Joe Biden's signature to become official.

Descendants of the soldiers had gathered this spring at Harlems 369th Regiment Armory — constructed in the Hellfighters' honor — as U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi announced he was introducing a bill to honor the group.

"It is never too late to do the right thing," said Suozzi, a Long Island congressman who became interested in the Hellfighters after he was approached by neighbors whose ancestor, Sgt. Leander Willett, had been injured in France while serving with the regiment.

The Hellfighters, a segregated regiment composed mostly of Black and Puerto Rican troops, were deployed to France in 1917. They earned their nickname from their German foes, who were impressed by their enemies' bravery on the battlefield.

In 1918, the Hellfighters were assigned to serve with the French Army, rather than with their white countrymen who refused to serve with Black soldiers — a "decades-old injustice" that the Gold Medal would help correct, Suozzi said in April. 

Leah & Deveter have a post-Valentine's Day chat about Love. Come join the conversation.
Like, Follow, and Share on all social platforms!

Come watch the show on YouTube

Leah's book suggestion for this week is Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

2021 has been another year for the books! Leah and Deveter share their takeaways from this year and their optimism for 2022!