My Sister's Podcast

Let's talk boundaries with Cassandra Rowe, a black woman therapist in the dfw area! Cassandra Rowe is Licensed professional counselor supervisor as well as a counselor in the school district. In our episode we talk about boundaries and how boundaries or lack of boundaries affect our daily life and the relationships in our life.  She gives practical tips on how to set boundaries as well as the knowledge on how to communicate your boundary to loved ones. This episode you do NOT want to miss!

 

My name is Cassandra Rowe, but my clients have nicknamed me “The Boundaries Therapist”!  I’ve been blessed to be a helping professional my entire career! I’ve served a broad spectrum of individuals including students, children in the foster care, professional women, families in crisis and teens involved in juvenile justice system,  As a seasoned therapist with over 20 years experience, I’ve learned that most challenges can be attributed to a problem related to boundaries. I use an eclectic approach to therapy in order to meet clients right where they are. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Informed Therapy techniques, we will affirm your truth, stretch your perspective and inspire you to live your best life!

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of my faves. She has been a client turned friend of mine for about 4 years. Kamala Richmond is currently the director of Women's, infants and oncology at a local hospital here in Texas and has been a nurse for almost 20 years! In this episode Kam shares her insight for anyone wanting to explore the nursing arena and gives all the different areas of nursing that some don't even think to explore. She shares her journey of climbing up the corporate ladder as a black woman in leadership while providing some nuggets of support for those in the field or thinking of exploring nursing as a career.

Laneshia is a wife, mother, and teacher who has found her passion in education, and she’s committed herself to touching as many student-lives as possible. She is the 2019-20 beginning teacher of the year, a member of the rural leadership academy and a digital classroom model teacher for her district. Her title is teacher, but her passion proves she’s much more. 

In this episode we talk about what advocating for your child looks like in education, how to bridge the gap covid had on our child's education and a little inspiration on following your calling!

This topic was great and I had so much fun talking with Dr Joy about perimenopause, vaginal health, woman’s health and the best ways to keep everything working in your favor as you age and changes start to occur! This episode was so much fun with lots of laughter, so much great information and just like two sisters talking about REAL stuff and one just happens to be an OBGYN lol. Come hang out, catch some laughs, some great information and 47 minutes just for you and your sisters!

 

Dr. Joy’El Ballard is a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist  and Perimenopause Health Coach who encourages women to take a proactive approach to their health.  She is deeply passionate about educating and empowering women to initiate and maintain a healthy lifestyle especially while aging.  She is a best-selling author of Loving Me, Myself and “Her”: Through Perimenopause & Beyond, which is a self-affirming guide that enlightens, encourages and empowers women approaching the menopausal transition.  She is the host of the Midlife-ish:Slay Menopause through Mindful Living podcast.  Dr. Ballard is a Speaker who aims to provide a platform for women in the community to become educated and invigorated about facing different aspects of their health. 

She is married with three children.  She enjoys traveling and spending time with her family in addition to participating in school and community activities.

This episode was so great. I sat down with this beautiful, strong amazing woman Alisha and we talked about her sense of urgency to heal, facing her own challenges in friendship,  and becoming a new mother who struggled with an attachment to her son and went on a journey seeking that closeness.  

God took her on her own journey of self healing and so much was revealed.  Sit and listen as we have an intimate chat about some real life pains, triumphs and transparency on the not so pretty chapters of our life, all while God shines His grace on our imperfections and continues to seek bringing our spirits up to code!

Is blood the only thing that makes family? This episode tells the story of how sisters were formed out of survival and circumstance. I sit down with my sister Yoly that I met years ago and formed a life long friendship/sisterhood through what seemed like unfortunate circumstance. 

There is always two sides to the same story and it is always interesting to see how the same events took place in differnet ways for two differnt people. We share stories of pain, healing, laughter and truly listen to one another to show care and concern for where we are today. 

Get your journals out and use this episode as an opportunity to really examine your own stories and how they may affect who you are today.  Seeing that you can't always change your circumstances but you can choose your perspective, and that is what creates your life.

From trials to triumph with Kayla Jackson. A native Texan, Kayla Jackson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), board approved clinical social work supervisor, and continuing education provider with over 15 years of social work experience in the State of Texas. She graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Texas Woman’s University and later earned a Master of Social Work degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Her work in behavioral health, hospice care, skilled nursing, medical social work, and private practice contribute to her extensive knowledge base. Her experience gives her the ability to effectively empower clients and the community. 

In our episode we talk about the trials that life threw at Kayla and what she did with the blows she took to her heart and her health. This episode is a great reminder that there is life on the other side. Thank you for coming along the journey with us❤️

For the first time ever my mom and I sat down in front of a mic and talked about some things of the past and what that story looks like today. With Mother's Day comes so many emotions.

Some are celebrating mothers in heaven while some may be right here struggling to even speak to theirs. Some have the fortunate experience of having an amazing relationship with their moms and others are growing into it.

Take a listen to our conversation about the journey of our relationship and see where we are today. It has definitely been a journey.

When was the last time you took a good look at your tool box? I know you are probably guessing what tool box I am referring to. I'm referring to the items you pull from so your circumstances don't over take you.

Every one of us need tools to navigate the different aspects of our life, but what is in that tool box? In this episode I share some aspects of my past and share the seeds that were planted in me along the way that changed the trajectory of my life.

In this episode we go a little deeper into the story of the God Can I was given as a child that I still have today. This can was a seed of faith planted in me that turned into a tree that bore fruit for hundreds of other women years later just by hearing the story. Seeds are tiny, yet so big. 

The hope is for you to see something you can take away that you can apply to your own life and the lives of those around you. 

This episode is a perfect episode to bust out that journal and get to writing all of the things you want to drop and send to God. If I can't, God Can.

What exactly are you waiting for? How many times have you been led to do something or start something and you just didn’t do it? Or maybe you did start it, but you didn’t follow it through to the end or get back up after a mishap?

I break down the 3 major setbacks that keep us from starting that thing and give practical ways to break through that barrier and start living the life you know is yours.