Mind Your Mind Speaks

In this episode, you will hear and interview between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Sharon Price Lightstone, MS, LPC, LLC. 

As a Licensed Professional Counselor with Power Ferry Psychological Associates, Sharon works collaboratively with clients, finding the next best step for them to take to handle challenges and roadblocks in life. She get great satisfaction watching her clients improve their life through short or long-term therapy. Sharon believes a positive therapeutic relationship along with CBT and mindfulness approaches can take a client to higher levels of satisfaction and comfort.

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In this episode, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, has a conversation with Nate Marsh of MUST Ministries in Marietta, GA. Irene and Nate talk about MUST's commitment to connecting people with meaningful employment and meeting people where they are in the employment process. Additionally, they discuss how being unemployed or underemployed can impact mental health.

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In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton and Dr. Gabriela González. 

Dr. González is a passionate licensed clinical psychologist at Power’s Ferry Psychological Associates. Her focus is in psychological assessment both in Spanish and English. Her aim lies in assisting people into living harmoniously and purposefully in spite of life’s many challenges.

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In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Andy Goldstrom. Andy is the founder of Parents Journey Coaching. 

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In this episode, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, has a conversation with Lisa King. Lisa is a school counselor as well as an author, mom, and national presenter for both faculty and parent groups across the country. She is passionate that we should be innovative in our educational practices so that we can help our students and families.

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In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Ana Murphy, Supervisor of School Social Workers for Cobb County School District. We encourage families to become familiar with their school social worker. Can be found on the website of your school or by calling the school. Programs are offered on a regular basis and many school social workers are bilingual. 

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In this episode, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton has a conversation with Gerald Moore who serves a Cobb County as an Assistant District Attorney representing the state in preliminary and bond hearings. 

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A motivational speaker of rare power and an inspiring life coach, Jennifer Andersen Smith is also the author of a compelling memoir entitled So That For Relationships. The book tells her story of childhood trauma, teen motherhood, and a loveless marriage, in order to inspire other women to overcome hurdles as she has.

Born in a Catholic family from rural Illinois, Jennifer grew up on a farm with many siblings. Rooted in her faith from a young age, Jennifer was a strong believer in saving herself for her husband. But one day, this deep-seated value was ripped away from her by a man who sexually abused her as a child. This traumatizing event had ramifications throughout her life.

As a teenager, Jennifer believed that, since she had been deprived of her virginity, she had no impetus to save herself for marriage, which led to her teenage pregnancy. The following year, she became pregnant again with her second child. And the year after that, she made the choice to marry the father of her children even though she didn’t love him, marking the beginning of a difficult twenty-three year marriage marked by emotional abuse.

Now divorced and remarried to a wonderful man, Jennifer was finally able to regain control of her life. After overcoming her trauma, she was able to manifest joy, love, and abundance, in spite of her struggles with depression. Now, she has become a life coach to help other women through their life challenges, and has started a community of women who support each other and themselves.

Living in Georgia, Jennifer and her husband Craig have a blended family of 9 children and 15 grandchildren, who Jennifer calls “her greatest legacy.”

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Laura Searcy, MSN, PPCNP-BC is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice with a focus on primary care, child and adolescent injury prevention, and government affairs. She is the Past President of the 8,700-member National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), where she formerly served as the Health Policy Chairperson, working closely with Association staff on advocacy at the state and national levels.

Ms. Searcy has held many leadership roles in her profession and within her community. She is a founding member of the Georgia Coalition of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and also serves as clinical faculty for nursing within the State University System. In addition, she has over 10 years of non-profit board experience, most recently as a charter member of the board of the Cobb County Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse. She is an experienced public speaker, and has presented on a variety of professional and leadership topics at the local, state and national levels. 

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