What The Parent?

We celebrate pride month with a conversation with Carolyn Wahlskog, LCSW (she/her), the Director of Operations and Programming at Youth Outlook, a nonprofit working to meet the ever-evolving needs of LGBTQ+ youth, families and communities.  We ask her how to support our LGBTQ+ kids, how we, as parents, can best handle conversations around LGBTQ+ issues, and how best to address the delicate moment when a teen or tween decides to come out.

Find out more about Youth Outlook and Carolyn Wahlskog:
https://youth-outlook.org/
https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/carolyn-wahlskog

And a few more resources discussed in the show:
https://www.lgbtqcenters.org/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/

https://pflagillinois.org/
http://www.pinwheels.us/

https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/

https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx

Reading:
The ABC's of LGBT+: (Gender Identity Book for Teens, Teen & Young Adult LGBT Issues) 

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Dr. Deb Mashek, PhD is an experienced business advisor, professor, higher education administrator, and national nonprofit executive. Her new book, Collabor(h)ate*: Everything you need to know to build healthy and productive collaborative relationships at work *(even if you'd rather work alone), is out now. 

Mashek  was named one of the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and has been featured in media outlets including MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report, Inside Higher Ed, Fortune, Reason, Business Week, University Business Insider, and The Hill. She writes regularly for Psychology Today.

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On the premiere episode of Season 3, we talk to Viorica Marian, a Psycholinguist, Cognitive Scientist, Psychologist, and author of the new book (out this week): The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds.

Marian, who's known for her research on language, bilingualism, and multilingualism, tells us how being multi-lingual might just be our super power and why it's never too late to learn another language.

Marian is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, and is the Principal Investigator of the Northwestern Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Laboratory.

You can follow her here:

Twitter: @VioricaMarian1

Instagram: vioricamarian1

Facebook: Viorica Marian

LinkedIn: Viorica Marian

TikTok: viorica.marian1 

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JJ Kramer, the only child of CREEM Magazine's late founder, Barry Kramer, inherited CREEM at age four when his father died.  CREEM, published from 1969 through 1989  in Detroit, was an early champion of various heavy metal, punk rock, new wave, and alternative bands, and left an indelible mark on the music industry.

JJ has made it his life's mission to revive CREEM and successfully did so in 2022. We talk to him about legacy, and what he's teaching his own kids about rock and roll!

The winter issue of CREEM will be released December 15. Get 25% off your subscription today and up to 50% off apparel for a special Black Friday sale.

https://www.creem.com/

Also, check out the CREEM documentary on Amazon Prime:
https://www.creem.com/documentary

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Lisa Varga is an award-winning actress, host, producer, and writer. She has over thirty years of experience in the entertainment industry, and has created a trusted brand name for herself in film and television, as well as in the health, beauty, and sports world. Ms. Varga has been successful in front of, and behind the camera, and is the CEO and owner of her own production company, Lisa Varga Entertainment.

Her most notable acting roles in film and television include: “Homeland” (Showtime), “Game Time: Tackling the Past”, (NBC), “Marley and me”, (20th Century Fox), Ms. Varga was also a recurring host on HSN (Home Shopping Network) and is a model and spokesperson for several high end brands.

Ms. Varga is currently involved in a feature film project called “Freedom” set to film in 2023.  She has the starring role in the film and is also a producer and she co-wrote the screenplay. She also has a new series in development called “Cowpunchers” about ranch life in America.

Ms. Varga has her own skincare line and is working with a top manufacturer for vitamins and supplements to add to her new venture called Lisa Varga Health & Beauty.

To give back, Lisa teaches acting classes and workshops to Hollywood hopefuls in small towns across America and Internationally. 

Website: LisaVarga.com
Social Media @TheLisaVarga

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Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Northern California. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs and other disruptors across various industries.

Check out her memoir, Undaunted, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.  Undaunted will inspire you to move past your fears and defy the doubters. It doesn’t matter whether you feel confident; it matters what you actually do.

Follow her on Twitter,  @karagoldin.
Follow her on Instagram, @Kara.Goldin.

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Board Member and Founder of Love Good Fats

Suzie Yorke is on a mission to bring healthy fats back.

A mom of 4 kids, eleven-time Ironman competitor and yoga enthusiast, Suzie spent years adhering to a low-fat diet only for her health to hit a wall in her mid-40s. After reading Nina Teicholz’s best seller, Big Fat Surprise, she immediately shifted to a high-fat, low-carb diet, and started to feel better within a few weeks. While she loved the benefits of her new lifestyle, Suzie found it challenging to find convenient, good-fat snacks. Seeing a gap in the marketplace and a huge opportunity to help others through food, Suzie developed Love Good Fats, a company that produces low-sugar foods loaded with good fats.

Starting in 2017, Suzie led the launch and expansion of Love Good Fats to exceed $100million in Gross Revenues in a little over 3 years with sales in the largest Retailers across Canada and the US. Love Good Fats quickly became one of the fastest-growing bar brands in North America. As a 25-year veteran of the CPG industry, Suzie has worked at brand building companies such as Proctor & Gamble, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Weight Watchers; also worked at two other hyper growth brands prior to creating her own rocket ship success story brand, at age 50. She is more so a unique, later blooming entrepreneur, who utilized
her accomplished marketing background, personal journey, and deep devotion and passion for health, to drive towards her Mission to spread the word that fat is back, and sugar is out!

Suzie has been recognized several times since launching Love Good Fats, including the:
- 2019 Mompreneur® Start Up Award
- 2019 WXN Top 100 BMO Entrepreneur Award
- 2020 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Ones to Watch Award
- Most recently, The Women of Inspiration 2021 Special Recognition Entrepreneur Award
- 2021 RevolutionHer Entrepreneur Role Model Award
- 2021 Globe & Mail Report on Business Top Growing Companies in Canada Award, placing in the coveted top #1 spot for 2017-2020 Revenues Growth

Love Good Fats

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You hungry? In need of inspiration? Want to know why Pride matters and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is important? Well, look no further because Ayeshah's got you covered! Going from a dream on paper to serving over 1 million meals per month (and growing), Ayeshah's refreshing, clear-eyed view on how to get things done is steeped in good ol' common sense...She talks the talk, and most definitely walks the walk. Strap in, have a listen, and enjoy! (And please spread the word while you are at it)

Website - Mason Dixie Foods

Instagram - @masondixiefoods

Facebook - Mason Dixie Foods

LinkedIn - Mason Dixie Foods

Ayeshah's LinkedIn - Ayeshah Abuelhiga

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Jerry Won is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and host who has worked with some of the world's most recognized brands in corporate and higher education. He speaks on a variety of topics including authentic storytelling, personal branding, creator economy, and the Asian American experience in the workplace.

He is the Founder & CEO of Just Like Media, an Asian American storytelling company whose award-winning podcast brands Dear Asian Americans, MBAsians, The Janchi Show and Asian Podcast Network have partnered with McDonald's, Focus Features and the US Census.

Prior, he was a Senior Strategy Consultant at Accenture and sales leader at start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Jerry has a BS from USC Marshall and an MBA from Michigan Ross, where he served as President of the Student Government Association. He currently serves on the Marshall Volunteer Leadership Council and the Michigan Ross Sanger Leadership Center Advisory Board. Along with his wife Kyung and his two children, Jerry lives in Southern California.

Jerry Won's Webpage
Dear Asian Americans Podcast

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Bill Harper is the Cofounder, CCO and CEO of wmHarper a full-service creative agency dedicated to helping companies dominate their categories by helping them outthink, not outspend their competitors. He is an expert at launching, developing and revitalizing brands and has created integrated campaigns for a wide range of clients in both B2C and B2B categories.

The tagline of his company is, "We Raise Brands Right". Bill shares with us his unique approaches to raising his children the same way he raises brands - By challenging them, making them think outside the box, and having their own ownership in the process. Truly a delightful chat and one we think you will truly enjoy!

Visit Bill at his website to learn more!

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