Simply You

I’ve started implementing gentle parenting into our parenting style and it’s helps tremendously with our 5, now 6 year old. Yes, we still use time-outs because they, too, work for us. Sometimes she just needs a “timeout” to gather herself and calm down. We’ve tried it all, and adding this to our parenting tool belt has been a lifesaver.

I had the privilege to spend time chatting with a family friend about her experience teaching in a charter school and then a public school; creating educational content for the app, "Duck Duck Moose"; and what she feels is the biggest difference in our kids pre- vs post-Covid. Let's get into it!

I brought Kristen Burrus back to continue our talk about mental health, specifically Bipolar Disorder. The information Kristen shares is so eye-opening and will give you a better understanding of the diagnosis.

I am tired of us women making excuses for not being treated with respect, and allowing others (men) to disrespect us! It should not be "OUR job" to teach men (yes, we should raise our sons to know better) how to treat us in a respectful manner, however, they will continue to do it if we don't banned together and say, "no more! Enough is enough!" and STOP APOLOGIZING!

I am so excited to start my Simply You Mini's (Simply Mini's)! These will be shorter podcasts that focus on one specific topic of a larger subject matter. To kick us off, Kristen Burrus is back to discuss mental health on a broader spectrum to help explain some myths and diagnosis. In coming weeks/months, we will dive into specific mental health diagnosis and we'll talk about how they differ from one another and more specific information on how they are diagnosed.

Welcome to Simply You

I was given the opportunity to sit down with my cousin, David Kinerk, and discuss with him white privilege and his experiences being biracial, black, and white.  I hope this will help shed some light on what things those of color have to deal with and their struggles solely based on the color of their skin. People of color are not asking white people to apologize for what they have or what was done to blacks, but please acknowledge that "white privilege" exists, as does systemic racism; don't add to the problem by denying such things exist, be part of the solution to even out the playing field for all people.

Do you ever put off hard conversations because it's not the right time for the other person? Do you put other's feelings above your own? This conversation is for you!