The Second Half

Today on the show, I talk about moving past your self doubts and fears in order to take steps toward reaching your goals and living a more purposeful life.

Wendy Reed talks about tools we can use to build our mental fitness to deal with anxiety, stress and other mental health challenges. Wendy is a certified professional coach in the DC metro area. She coaches clients across the US and facilitates live and online workshops with a focus on helping parents who are trying to "do it all" build their mental and emotional fitness in order to meet their unique challenges and to consistently access the best parts of themselves for their goal...

Lucinda Robb talks about the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and the lessons modern movements can learn from one of the longest - and ultimately successful - civil rights movements in American history. Lucinda has been interested in the suffrage movement since her time at the Center for Legislative Archives, where she was director for an education project on the hundreds of thousands of petitions that women sent to Congress. Lucinda has a book co...

Dr. Cecily Havert talks about different coping tools to deal with the stress and anxiety many people are experiencing during the pandemic. Dr. Havert is a family doctor with special interests in women’s health and mental health. She’s been practicing for over 15 years. She also teaches medical students at Georgetown University. She’s gotten a number of awards including Washingtonian Magazine’s top doctor award numerous years including the last three years.

Today, instead of a guest, I talk about the challenges of having anxiety and an eating disorder during the quarantine and the tools I've used to help me get through these challenges.

Amanda Long talks about her struggles with and recovery from an eating disorder. After 20 years as a journalist, she became a massage therapist in 2011 and loves communicating through touch. She checked herself into inpatient treatment for an eating disorder in 2017, and is yearning to care for, love and accept her own body after 25 years of letting an eating disorder control it. She recently wrote about recovery in quarantine in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.co...

Ericka talks about her experience of being a black woman and a mother of a black son in America. We discuss systemic racism, faith and hope for the next generation. Ericka has been a Montessori teacher for the past 13 years. Prior to that, she was a social worker for 10 years in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia. Ericka, originally from North Carolina, has lived in the D.C. metropolitan area since 1997. She and her husband have been married for almost 19 year...

Louis, not his real name, talks about his experience of being a black man in America and his views on the national conversation we are having about race. We discuss systemic racism, faith, and hope for the future. Louis is a legal professional and an entrepreneur.

Dr. Cecily Havert discusses the physical, emotional and mental health issues faced by the LGBTQ community. Dr. Havert is a family doctor with special interests in women’s health and mental health. She’s been practicing for over 15 years. She also teaches medical students at Georgetown University. She’s gotten a number of awards including Washingtonian Magazine’s top doctor award numerous years including the last three years.

Pamela Lessard talks about losing her father to suicide and how that affected her, her family and her identity. Pamela was born in Tehran, Iran. Her family moved around the world from there because of her father’s job as a CIA agent, landing back in Washington DC in the early 1970s, then to Kabul, Afghanistan briefly, and back to Tehran for a few more years. As the Iranian Revolution started, her family was transferred to Islamabad, Pakistan and stayed there until November 1...