Antoinette and company meet with fellow social worker and 30 something single lady, Angela. Together, they reminisce about their career development, discuss the state of dating, and Angela shares how she learned to love her process and not just hustle for the outcome.

Note: Parts of the audio, especially at the start of the episode, are distorted.  We have fixed the issue for future episodes.  

Antoinette and company are back!  Your hosts get in to mental health recovery, burnout, and reflecting on evolving relationship boundaries.  

Antoinette (LMSW) meets with good friend Jennifer (LPC) to discuss Boundaries!

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Antoinette meets with Author and guest Dewayne as he shares his wisdom and understanding of the concept, "Overcoming Yourself". 

Antoinette and company discuss the roles of race and privilege in the social work career ladder and how social work history is taught and conceptualized; namely, who is highlighted as having a key role in the foundations of the profession and who is excluded from history.  The article referenced in the discussion is titled, "The whitewashing of social work history: How dismantling racism in social work education begins with an equitable history of the profession," and was written by Kelechi C. Wright, Kortney Angela Carr, and Becci A. Akin and published in the Summer 2021 edition of Advances in Social Work.

Antoinette and company discuss the mechanics of getting to know someone and dating with intention.

In the words of Aretha Franklin, "Ain't no way for me to love you if you won't let me."  Antoinette and company process awareness, acceptance, and concrete healing strategies for the breakups and relationship patterns that get us stuck.

Antoinette and company discuss self-care strategies in the face of rising tensions in the news, our communites, and our daily lives.

Antoinette and company have a dialogue about what they learned from 2021 and their intentions for 2022.  A big Happy New Year and Thank You to you, Listener!  

Antoinette and company discuss ways they change the frame with things they love when vicarious trauma is in the picture.