In this Episode you will learn about:

• Now Look! The newest book by Sydney Lea
• The scourge of addiction in small-town America
• The role of nature in shaping a life
• The role of friendship and community in saving a life
• Why a Liberal Arts education matters more than ever
• How to help kids embrace poetry
• Three poets all kids (and parents) should read

In this Episode you will learn about:

• Courageous girls and women speaking up about the issues of our time
• How we can help our daughters find and use their voices
• How we can reconnect with our own voices and use them to raise awareness, fight for justice or share hope
• How some of the world’s most popular brands show their commitment to girls and women

In this Episode you will learn about:

• Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) in the digital world
• The incredible harms of CSAM
• How Apple places user privacy above children protection
• The Heat Initiative’s efforts to push Apple to detect, report and remove CSAM
• How our kids can get exposed to or themselves appear in CSAM
• Sextortion
• Generative AI and CSAM
• Online enticements
• How to talk to your kids about online safety

• Neuropsychiatrist
• Founder of Amen Clinics
• Author of 12 NYT Bestsellers
• Creator of “Scan my Brain”
• Produced 17 national public television shows about the brain
• Education/Degrees

In this Episode you will learn about:

• How parents survive and thrive after the losing a child
• The power of ritual to sustain loved ones through and after pending death
• The importance of community
• The role of movement in navigating grief
• Tay-Sachs and how to screen for this disease
• The work of E-motion
• The work of Dr. Joanne Cacciatore
• The work of JScreen at Emory University

In this Episode you will learn about:

• How care shapes all our lives
• How suffragists and Black feminists made remarkable gains in care through the Social Housekeepers Movement
• Our addiction to independence and how it prevents us from prioritizing care
• Our “careselves” vs. our “workselves”
• America’s bootstrap myth and how it hurts our ability to care
• The ramifications of the blind spot toward care
• How you can join the fight for paid leave and other key facets of a care infrastructure for America

In this Episode you will learn:

Dr. Melita Stancil

• Founder/Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Melita Psychological Services
• Guest lecturer, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and York college.
• Former clinical psychologist, Child Mind Institute
• Former Lead Clinician, Ellen Horne
• Education/Degrees
• • MA and Ph.D In Clinical Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina