The DaliTalks Podcast

We all want to be the best parents we can be for our children, but there is often conflicting advice on how to raise a kid who is confident, kind and successful.

Every aspect of being a parent has become more complicated and more fraught in this day and age with parents managing complex new assignments and anxious new decisions, all while handling the regular questions that come up in daily life with the children we love.

So, what is the right way to parent and how can parents work on improving their interactions with their children? In this episode I speak to Dr. Saul,a professor of pediatrics (emeritus) at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Upstate and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville, Greenville, SC.

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Society has come a long way since circus “freak shows” put little people on display. But little people still face a high level of stigma in society and most times a lack of reference to who they are and what they can or cannot do.

However little people are more than just their height or disabilities, just like other human beings they are filled with passion and enthusiasm to go above and beyond to achieve their dreams and Selene Luna is testament to this.

Selene is an established actress in Hollywood with multiple roles in movies and TV shows like Soledad on FX's Mayans M.C. and the voice of Tía Rosita in Disney-Pixar’s Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards' Winner Coco.

While acting is a strong passion of hers, so is advocating for disability rights which has taken her to the lengths of Washington, D.C. to meet with legislators like U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, at the 2019 Conference on Independent Living  and spoke at a rally on Capitol Hill alongside U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.

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After teaching for several years, Jennifer “Jen” Rafferty realized how much the job that she loved was exhausting her. Thing is, she lacked resources to support her do her job better. Having always been interested in neuroscience, she dove into the research about how we learn through the lens of cognitive neuroscience which led her to pursue her Ph.D. in Education Psychology.

Her insatiable curiosity has allowed her to create the Empowered Educator programs relevant and reflective of the most up-to-date research in mindset, leadership, and cognitive neuroscience. Jen has been featured in Authority Magazine, Medium, Thrive Global, Voyage MIA, and is a TedX speaker.

Topics in our conversation include:

Remember that the services that Jennifer offers are also great for self-improvement. You don’t have to be a teacher to register.

If you’d like to learn more about Jennifer, visit her

at her website

https://empowerededucator.com/links

On Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/jenrafferty_/

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@empowerededucator

TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@jenrafferty_?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

On Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/empowerededucatorfacultyroom

Cairo Eubanks was in college when a peer began stalking and harassing her online. She didn’t personally know the guy. After months of his attacks, she decided to speak up about it online, and much to her surprise other victims spoke out.

They all banded together and with a lot of work, they were able to put a stop to it. But it shouldn’t have taken over 30 women to stop one cyberstalker. That experience lead Cairo to do a lot more in the world. Cairo created Bringing The Globe (BTG), a virtual international student exchange program and a global village for students equipping them with the transferable skill sets and resources they need to thrive. BTG provides self-paced courses, live and virtual workshops, and online international conferences every year that leverage evidence-based and scientific research to help students find their purpose and passion.

Cairo’s work has extended into so many areas, that I had to invite her to the podcast to share her story with you. If you’re a parent who has a child looking for an opportunity to get involved in social activism, you will enjoy this conversation.

Tune in to learn about:

🗣 How Cairo put a stop to the cyberstalker

🗣 Her work with the United Nations to improve civil society

🗣 UN Sustainable development goals that youth can get sdgs.un.org

🗣 The importance of mentors for youth

🗣 The importance of black and brown girl representation

🗣 Her public service announcement Digital Citizens initiative

🗣 The Florida International Trade and Cultural Expo

To learn more about Cairo, click https://www.bringingtheglobe.com/

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word, “grief”?

I’m pretty sure that most people think of the loss of someone. But, there are many types of grief and there aren’t any rules on how long or how one should express their grief.

Some people might even feel like they’re not allowed to grieve, but they want to. Teresa Phelps is a grief recovery method specialist who has been helping people with different types of grief.

During our discussion she talks about:

>> The different types of grief

>> Her journey to becoming a grief recovery method specialist

>> Her coaching strategy

>> She dispels a few myths about grief

To learn more about Teresa, visit her at therestorationshoppe.com.

You can contact her at 951-523-7959 or via email at [email protected].

Teaching kids about bullying awareness can be tough, but this author does it in a very entertaining way that will get kids to read more about it!

Let’s be honest, in order to teach kids about topics that can seem boring, we have to do it in an entertaining way.

It’s exhausting for parents like me who don’t have the creativity to make dull topics fun. However, we have people like Antonio Lumley, an author who has taken the topic of bullying and made it a fun thing to talk about through his action-packed books, “Undercover Ninja” and “Rise of the Anaconda King”.

That’s why I had to invite Antonio. During this conversation we discuss…

👉🏽👉🏽 His reason for writing these books

👉🏽👉🏽 The lack of values and morals being taught in entertainment

👉🏽👉🏽 Diversity in book characters

👉🏽👉🏽 What’s next for Antonio and his anti-bullying book series

You can learn more and support Antonio here:

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xtatic4books/

Website https://xtaticbooks.com/

In this episode, I am joined by Anna Scoby, an award-winning speaker, communication coach, and the founder of Project Be You, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth. Anna explains how communication is a science and can be used as an expression for different emotions as well as an empowerment tool.

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With a number of teens experiencing more and more anxiety and depression, life coaching for kids and teens helps build emotional resilience, build self-esteem and increase confidence.

And this is a subject Nella Castro is well acquainted in, as a life coach and counselor for teen girls and young women. With over 13 years of experience as a School Counselor and mentor,  helping teens and young adults find their passion & purpose, cultivate a success mindset, and achieve goals.

She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from San Francisco State University and a Master's degree in Counseling Education from San Jose State University.

Her strength lies in working with teen girls, young women, and their families to navigate the crucial stage of adolescence and young adulthood years so they can live up to their maximum potential.

In this episode, Nella highlights:

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It can be scary to send your child across the country by themselves on a plane, but eventually, your kids will have to travel all by themselves. How would you prepare your child?

Rain is a 14-years-old who traveled from Maryland to California by herself. Rain and I want to share some tips on how we prepared her to travel alone and what you can expect when it comes to unaccompanied minors traveling on airlines.

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As a U.S. Navy veteran, wife to a retired Sailor, mother, and a teacher, April was exhausted from navigating all her roles. As she tried to find a way to end her exhaustion, she turned to journaling as an expression of her emotions.

She, later on, came to the realization that this was a form of self-care and this led her to inspire women to deepen a relationship with themselves through self-love. With her reflection, planners, and journals, she takes women on a personal journey of self-awareness to cope with times of transition, change, and growth.

In this episode, she shares:

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