Podcasts about family network

In this episode of District 3, we're thrilled to sit down with René Manjarrez and Whitney Fantinel from The Family Network to dive into the impactful work they're doing in our community. We'll explore their innovative Fatherhood Fire program, designed to equip fathers with essential resources and support to excel in their parenting journey. Rene and Whitney will share insights on how this program is changing lives and strengthening families. But that's not all—The Family Network is also making a monumental impact through their Diaper Collective program. With over 1 million diapers distributed to families in need, their efforts are a lifeline for countless community members. Join us as we discuss the challenges and triumphs of running such impactful initiatives and learn how you can get involved. Whether you're a parent, a community advocate, or simply curious about how nonprofits are making a difference, this episode is a must-listen!

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Tressa first has a lovely conversation with The Chalking Dad (Erik Greenawalt) about how his toddler-aged daughters got him started on a career that now takes him all over the world. And then Tressa has a delighful and resonant chat with her older sister, Debbie Glover Jozwiak, who is the Chief Services Officer of the incredible Allegheny Family Network. AFN partners with families of children with behavioral health needs to improve their quality of life through peer-to-peer support, education, and advocacy. And Don stops by for a round of Name That Neighborhood. https://www.alleghenyfamilynetwork.org/ Allegheny Family Network Parent Support Line: 1-888-273-2361 The Chalking Dad: https://www.thechalkingdad.com/ https://www.yinzaregood.com/ Instagram: @yinzaregood Facebook: @YinzAreGood Have a story of GENEROSITY or KINDNESS to share with us? Email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com To request a KINDNESS CRATE drop off at your business or school, email us at yinzaregood@gmail.com

Teaching is one of the noblest professions, and the well-being of teachers is a critical component of student learning and overall community advancement. During this special podcast episode recorded at SXSW EDU 2024, hosts Dr. Stacey Ludwig Johnson and Abby Cox are joined by National University President & CEO Dr. Mark Milliron, and Rady Children’s Hospital Senior Director Domonique Hensler, to continue the conversation on the importance of teacher well-being. During this episode, the expert panel examines the key positive strategies to implement to sustain educator well-being in the context of teacher preparation programs and K-12 schools, and concrete actions that should occur to keep educators well, despite elements that can exist beyond their control. About Dr. Mark Milliron Dr. Mark Milliron is an award-winning leader, author, speaker, and consultant, who works with universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, foundations, corporations, associations, and government agencies across the country and around the world. He serves as President & CEO of National University (NU), one of the largest private, nonprofit universities in the United States. NU is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and has a 50-year history of innovating around the needs of military, working, and other nontraditional students. About Domonique Hensler Domonique Hensler is the Senior Director for Care Redesign Planning and Mental Health Integration for Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego and Rady Children’s Health Network. Her experience includes positions as a Fellow and Analyst at Sutter Health; a Network Manager for TRICARE Southwest at Health Net, formerly Foundation Health; and Executive Director of the Community and Family Network. Since joining Rady Children’s in 1998, Domonique has served in various leadership, strategic implementation, and project management roles in healthcare administration. Related links: WGU: https://www.wgu.edu/about/governance/education/educator-well-being-from-principles-to-practice-podcast.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlwjT_YKfmk

Welcome to Episode 161 of The Numbers Game. Today Marty shares his personal journey with homeschooling his son, Charlie. We dive into the pros and cons of homeschooling verses the mainstream school system, and talk about navigating schoolyard politics and what the future of schooling could look like.On this episode, we discuss:Impact of HomeschoolingRole of Parents in HomeschoolingBenefits of Self-Directed LearningImportance of Social Interaction in LearningFuture of HomeschoolingChallenging the Mainstream Education SystemImportance of Real-Life LearningCheck out the free resources from Inovayt here.Send us an email: hello@thenumbersgamepodcast.com.auThe Numbers Game is brought to you by Future Advisory & Inovayt.Hosts:Nick ReillyJason RobinsonMartin VidakovicThis podcast is produced by VIDPOD.

In our sixth and final episode of this season, Frances Hand is joined by Mr David Nix, the founder and lifetime president of the Donor Family Network, a charity which works to support donor families. We discuss some of the ways the Donor Family Network supports donor families, the legacy that donation can be for our loves ones and the value of creating a community of people who 'get it'.

PREVIEW: Speaking with Jerry Dunleavy about the connections between the Taliban and the Haqqani family network -- an arrangement that also links the Haqqanis to both Al Qaeda and ISIS.   All of these details start to explain the attack on the withdrawal that kiled thirteen Marines and untold dozens of Afghans. Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) 1841 Afghanistan

 My guest for this episode is Joanne Oppelt. Joanne is the principal of Joanne Oppelt Consulting and a seasoned rainmaker with a distinguished track record of success. During her twenty-five-plus years working in the nonprofit arena, she built successful fundraising departments at every stop, helping her organizations grow capacity and more effectively fulfill their missions. She has held positions from grant writer to executive director at several nonprofits, including Community Access Unlimited, Family to Family Network of New Jersey, March of Dimes Central, Prevent Child Abuse, and Maternal and Family Health Services. Her extensive background in a variety of work roles and organizations enables her to understand the realities and challenges nonprofit practitioners face–both internally and externally. Her success at every stop positions her to help any nonprofit, whether through her books or consulting practice, turn around its struggling fundraising operations.   Joanne is the author of four books and co-author of nine. She has taught at Kean University as an Adjunct Professor in its graduate program. She is also a sought-after speaker and presenter. Joanne holds a master's degree in health administration from Wilkes University, where she graduated with distinction. Here's what to expect during the episode: What is a development plan? How vital are major gifts to a nonprofit's overall fundraising strategy? Why is having a development plan important? What specific tasks might an executive director undertake to help create or implement a development plan? How can a nonprofit organization use wealth screening search results to identify potential major donors? Who should be involved in the development planning process? Connect with Joanne Oppelt! Website: https://www.joanneoppeltcourses.com/ Email:  joanne@joanneoppeltcourses.com Get your free guide: How to Engage Your Board in Fundraising. Get it here: https://hilandconsulting.org/boardfundraising.  Mary's book is available on Amazon or wherever books are sold: Love Your Board! The Executive Directors' Guide to Discovering the Sources of Nonprofit Board Troubles and What to Do About Them.  Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Let us know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that and follow us on  Facebook. Connect with Mary! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhiland Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/inspirednonprofitleadership Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hilandconsulting Website: https://www.hilandconsulting.org

Doug Fitzgerald fills in for CDR, and welcomes President of Autism Family Network, Cathy Martinez. She shares her story, the mission and work of Autism Family Network, and helps spread awareness.

Information Specialist Eric Stoker interviewed Joey Hanna the executive director of the Utah Parent Center and Mindy Rivera from Family to Family network to learn all about the Utah Parent Center and their Family to Family Network, what they do, and how they are including self-advocates at the parent center. To learn more about the Utah Parent Center check out their website at https://utahparentcenter.org/ If you are a self-advocate or a family member who wants to apply to serve on the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council please click on this link: https://utahddcouncil.org/latest-news/2023-membership-applications-open

We are excited to kick off this season of Mentor Chat with guest Misty Woody, Chief Development Officer at Allegheny Family Network. Allegheny Family Network delivers services through individual parent-to-parent support, support groups, parent education opportunities, the Parent Support Line, and social events. In this episode, Misty takes a deep dive into the services and resources that are available through the network, but, more importantly, shares an aspiring story of hope and recovery! This is a very informative episode for parents and guardians, especially those who have lived experience of raising a child with mental health or behavioral health concerns. We invite you to listen in and share with others!Additional Resources:Allegheny Family NetworkAllegheny Family Network Parent Support Line 1-888-273-2361PA Parent and Family Alliance Emotional Safety Plan for Parents

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Dan Seaborn, M.A., is the founder and president of Winning At Home, an organization that supports marriages and families. As an author, speaker, and leader of the Marriage and Family Network of AACC, Dan uses humor, practical illustrations, and real-life examples to teach others how to win at home. He has authored thirteen books and holds a master's degree in Christian ministries. His new book, Winning at Home, will be available nationwide on September 13, 2022.

Joe Kelly, BA, NCLC, is an author, educator, advocate, and a Family Coach for Within Health. He's spent more than a decade helping loved ones of people with eating disorders. A nationally certified life coach, Joe teaches tools and practices to resist the ways eating disorders hijack families. He also teaches treatment professionals how to engage clients' male loved ones as allies in treatment and recovery.Joe wrote six books about fathering / step-fathering and co-authored four books about eating disorders. He has served on the boards of the Eating Disorders Coalition, Minnesota Fathers and Family Network, and Fairplay for Children. Joe co-founded New Moon Girls magazine and the national nonprofit Dads & Daughters.Contact Joekelly3@gmail.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today we have fan favorite Dr. Randy Heller to discuss how to heal from infidelity. Betrayal often has a huge impact on the divorce process because it adds fuel to an already raging fire. We want to help you move through the anger so you can make good decisions during your divorce. This is a heavy issue but we promise, by the end of the episode, you will feel better. If you're new here, Dr. Randy Heller is a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental health counselor, certified Supreme Court family mediator, credentialed collaborative divorce family specialist and facilitator, parenting coordinator, certified hypnotherapist, and the founder and Clinical Director of The Family Network. Like, wow. Dr. Randy talks about the different types of infidelity. It's not just cheating. Infidelity can also be lying, stealing, and hiding money. Infidelity can be any type of betrayal. We talk about: Triggers after the betrayal How to trust your attorney after having your trust broken by your spouse How to deal with the pain of infidelity How to heal Because levity is important, we didn't skip our obsessed segment today. This week Morgan is obsessed with Meyers hand soap. Her fave scents are Rosemary, Rain, and Daisy (it doesn't smell like flowers). Post-pandemic Morgan is especially appreciative of how well it lathers and cleans. We're not affiliated with Meyers but if they want to slide into our dms, we won't be sad. You can find Dr. Randy Heller here: thefamilynetwk@aol.com 646-717-6718 mycollaborativeteam.com   No matter what you're going through, we're here for you. We love hearing from you so don't be shy. Slide into our dms: @hownottosuckatdivorce @theandrearappaport @divorceattorneychicago If you're liking our little show, it would mean the world to us if you rated and reviewed us right in your Apple podcast app or wherever you listen XO

This is the second half of my conversation with Dan Seaborn on how to parent a child who is identifying as a different gender or sexuality. Be sure to first listen to episode 298 What if Your Children Identify With a Different Gender or Sexuality?  In this half of the discussion, we talk the term “Super-Straight” as well as the peer pressure that labels traditional sexual ethics as toxic. Dan encourages parents away from humiliation and towards humility as we process our children's struggles. We discuss trusted resources for counseling if your child has more than a passing interest or questions. And finally Dan encourages us in how healing is not about turning our orientation towards heterosexuality, but in finding our orientation with who Christ made us to be. Be sure to share this episode with moms and dads you know are struggling with this topic!   Dan Seaborn, M.A., is the founder and president of Winning At Home, an organization that supports marriages and families. As an author, speaker, and leader of the Marriage and Family Network of AACC, Dan uses humor, practical illustrations, and real-life examples to teach others how to win at home. He has authored thirteen books and holds a master's degree in Christian ministries. His new book, Winning at Home, will be available nationwide on September 13, 2022.     Resources Mentioned: Episode 297 Equipping our children for conversations on sexuality and gender identity with Sean McDowell Episode 216 Talking to Your Children About Sexuality and Gender Identity: https://tinyurl.com/ycyb6a4d Sign up for my Things for Thursday Email: https://tinyurl.com/292kv68y Support Let's Parent on Purpose! https://letsparentonpurpose.com/support/

Culture continues to saturate our children with messages on gender and sexuality. Parents should expect their children to come to them with questions about these topics. At some point, there's a reasonable likelihood your child might approach you confused or identifying as a different gender or sexuality. What are you going to do?  In the first half of a two part conversation with author and counselor Dan Seaborn, we talk about how to react to that first revelation. Dan reminds us how to keep perspective rather than panic, and how we can even celebrate the fact that our kids are even willing to talk to us. We discuss the way God has redeemed our own sexual sins. He speaks encouragement (from personal experience) for parents who are grieving wayward children. Dan also addresses the realities of the different culture our children live in compared to our child.   Dan Seaborn, M.A., is the founder and president of Winning At Home, an organization that supports marriages and families. As an author, speaker, and leader of the Marriage and Family Network of AACC, Dan uses humor, practical illustrations, and real-life examples to teach others how to win at home. He has authored thirteen books and holds a master's degree in Christian ministries. His new book, Winning at Home, will be available nationwide on September 13, 2022.     Resources Mentioned: Episode 297 Equipping our children for conversations on sexuality and gender identity with Sean McDowell Episode 216 Talking to Your Children About Sexuality and Gender Identity: https://tinyurl.com/ycyb6a4d Sign up for my Things for Thursday Email: https://tinyurl.com/292kv68y Support Let's Parent on Purpose! https://letsparentonpurpose.com/support/

Ageing and Living Well with Sue RobertsonSue and Susan have known each other for over 20 years. During this time, Sue has been Susan's Citizen Advocate and has supported her to get the good things in life. One of these good things was a place to call home. Susan lived in a group home for many years, but it wasn't a place where she felt relaxed or in control. In this presentation, Sue will describe Susan's steps to move into a place of her own. In July 2021, just before Susan turned 67, she hosted a PATH plan that drew inspiration from the NZ Ageing Well Strategy. Susan is well on her way to living her best life. IntroductionThis session was introduced by Gus Reichelt Hi, my name is Gus. I am here to introduce Sue Robertson. Sue lives in New Zealand. She has worked with people with disability for over 30 years. Sue believes in inclusion and family leadership. Sue has been an advocate for Susan for more than 20 years. And today, she will tell Susan's story. It's called “Ageing and Living Well”. I hope you enjoy listening to Sue.  Meet Sue RobertsonSue Robertson has more than 30 years of experience in the disability sector. She has dedicated her career to pushing the boundaries of what's possible and is a fearless champion for families. Sue has spoken internationally on inclusion, family leadership and family governance. She is a facilitator of PATH plans and bespoke personal planning. Somewhere in this journey, Sue completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Diploma in Care Coordination to add to her teaching qualifications. She constantly learns from leaders and mentors with lived experiences of impairment, especially about the disabling impact of societal attitudes about disability. She is encouraged by stories from people who generously share their insights and wisdom. Currently, Sue is Change and Practice Manager with a large disability service provider in New Zealand. In this role, she co-designs and manages projects and initiatives that influence how current and future services are delivered. Sue is a trustee for the Disability Trustee Ltd and an Advisor for Family Network. For nearly 20 years, Sue has been a Citizen Advocate for her friend Susan. Sue has previously worked for Imagine Better as the Family Strategy Manager in New Zealand. She was involved in the development of the NZ Autism Guidelines. Sue lives in New Zealand with her husband Neil. They have three adult children. Katie, their middle child, has been in the first wave of social change since she was born in 1984. Katie lives a great life and has been a source of inspiration for every member of their family.  Resources mentioned in Sue's presentationAdvocacy and Human Rights https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/advocacy-and-human-rights/ (Resources about Advocacy on the Imagine More website) Citizen Advocacy  http://www.caauckland.org.nz/ (Citizen Advocacy Auckland)  https://citizenadvocacytrust.com.au/ (Citizen Advocacy Australia) A Place to Call Home https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/place-to-call-home/ (Resources about home on the Imagine More website) A Good Life https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/good-life/ (Resources about a good life on the Imagine More website)

When their daughter Katie was born 35 years ago, Sue and Neil began to make plans for the future. Katie has lived in a home of her own for the past 14 years. She is well known by her neighbours and has tasked herself with many neighbourhood roles. The impact of autism has made it difficult for Katie to be understood at times. This hasn't stopped the family from supporting Katie to live her best life in her home and make decisions for herself. Now, with retirement on their minds, Sue and Neil are planning to move to a new town in the heart of New Zealand. Katie will be moving to her new home in the same town at the same time. This move will be the culmination of a long design phase and some powerful planning. This is a story about a family with a strong vision, resilience, and creativity. It's about what they did when funding was available and when it wasn't. It's about how they respect Katie's ongoing independence and autonomy and how they recognise and help her make the most of her strengths. And it's about the evolution of Katie's support team over time, preparing for the time when Sue and Neil have “fallen off their perch.” IntroductionThis session was introduced by Gus Reichelt Hi, my name is Gus. I am here to introduce Sue Robert-son. Sue lives in New Zealand. She has worked with people with disability for over 30 years. Sue believes in inclusion and family leadership. Sue has a daughter named Katie. Today Sue will tell us how Katie got her own home. Her presentation is called “Preparing for when we fall off our perch”. I hope you enjoy listening to Sue.  Meet Sue RobertsonSue Robertson has more than 30 years of experience in the disability sector. She has dedicated her career to pushing the boundaries of what's possible and is a fearless champion for families. Sue has spoken internationally on inclusion, family leadership and family governance. She is a facilitator of PATH plans and bespoke personal planning. Somewhere in this journey, Sue completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Diploma in Care Coordination to add to her teaching qualifications. She learns constantly from leaders and mentors with lived experiences of impairment, especially about the disabling impact of societal attitudes about disability. She is encouraged by stories from people who generously share their insights and wisdom. Sue is currently is Change and Practice Manager with a large disability service provider in New Zealand. In this role, she co-designs and manages projects and initiatives that influence how current and future services are delivered. Sue is a trustee for the Disability Trustee Ltd and an Advisor for Family Network. For nearly 20 years, Sue has been a Citizen Advocate for her friend Susan. Sue has previously worked for Imagine Better as the Family Strategy Manager in New Zealand. She was involved in the development of the NZ Autism Guidelines. Sue lives in New Zealand with her husband Neil. They have three adult children. Katie, their middle child, has been in the first wave of social change since she was born in 1984. Katie lives a great life and has been a source of inspiration for all members of their family. Resources related to Sue's presentationInclusive Education - https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/inclusive-education/ (Resources about inclusive education on the Imagine More website) Vision - https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/your-vision/ (Resources about vision on the Imagine More website) http://www.inclusivelivingnetwork.ie/our-manifesto (Inclusive Living Network Manifesto) A Good Life - https://imaginemore.org.au/resources/good-life/ (Resources about the Good Life on the Imagine More website) 

Welcome to this episode of Physician's Weekly podcast. I am your host, Dr. Rachel Giles, from Medicom Medical Publishers, in collaboration with Physician's Weekly. Today's episode features 2 interviews. In our second interview, Physician's Weekly interviews our regular contributor, Dr. MedLaw, a certified radiologist and medicine malpractice lawyer. She talks about the “Captain-of-the-Ship Doctrine”, which is a principle that holds a surgeon liable for the actions of assistants who are under the surgeon's control but who are employees of the hospital, not the surgeon. The surgeon as "the captain of the ship," is directly responsible for an alleged error or act of alleged negligence because they control and direct the actions of those in assistance. But she gives some fascinating examples to explain this principle. But first, Physician's Weekly's Julia Ernst interviews Dr. Danielle Andrade (Professor of Neurology, University of Toronto, Canada).  Vaccination is a common seizure trigger in individuals with Dravet syndrome, which is a severe form of epilepsy characterized by frequent, prolonged seizures often triggered by hyperthermia, and often coupled with developmental delay, speech impairment, ataxia, hypotonia, sleep disturbances, and other health problems. Information surrounding COVID-19 vaccine side effects in patients with Dravet Syndrome would aid caregivers and providers in deciding on and managing COVID-19 vaccination. To that end, Dr. Andrade lead a recently published survey through the Dravet Syndrome Foundation's Family Network to find out whether patients or caregivers with Dravet Syndrome had significant problems if they had received a COVID-19 vaccination. Stay tuned to find out…Enjoy listening!Additional readingHood V, Berg AT, Knupp KG, Koh S, Laux L, Meskis MA, Zulfiqar-Ali Q, Perry MS, Scheffer IE, Sullivan J, Wirrell E, Andrade DM. COVID-19 vaccine in patients with Dravet syndrome: Observations and real-world experiences. Epilepsia. 2022 Jul;63(7):1778-1786. doi: 10.1111/epi.17250. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35383912; PMCID: PMC9111612.

Today's episode includes an interview with Marie Cassidy and Caroline Cohen about the Medford Family Network. For more information about the MFN you can visit https://www.themedfordfamilynetwork.org/ and for more information about Friends of the Medford Family Network you can visit https://friendsofthemfn.org/home. For more information about tickets to the Gala you can visit https://friendsofthemfn.org/gala and use promo code EARLYBIRD for 20% off until August 10. For information about sponsorship you can visit https://friendsofthemfn.org/galasupport. For more information about Prop 2 1/2 you can visit https://www.mass.gov/service-details/proposition-2-12-and-tax-rate-process. Thanks so much for listening today's episode and as always, if you have feedback about this episode or ideas for future episodes, you can email medfordpod@gmail.com. You can also subscribe, rate and review the podcast on spotify and apple podcasts. Thanks so much for listening.

Dan Seaborn, M.A., is the founder and president of Winning At Home, an organization that supports marriages and families. As an author, speaker, preacher, and leader of the Marriage and Family Network of AACC, Dan uses humor, practical illustrations, and real-life examples to teach others how to win at home. He has authored thirteen books and holds a master’s degree in Christian ministries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PPS Investments is taking investing to new heights. Through their Family Network investment option, they are making it easier to build generational wealth. To celebrate PPS Investments' Family Network, this week CapeTalk and PPS Investments are giving away R5000 daily. To stand to win, all you had to do was visit capetalk.co.za and nominate someone, in your family, who has inspired you, by keeping it together in these tough times. You and that inspiring family member could walk away with R2500 each. Let's find out who today's winners are. Nominator Details: Wendy Abrahams Nominee Details: Zia Abrahams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Randy Heller is a licensed therapist, mediator and divorce facilitator. She runs The Family Network, a collaborative counseling center for positive growth and change. Dr. Heller's practice aims to combat the stigma that divorce has to always be a war --but instead can be a way to peacefully transition to the next stage of your life.Contact Dr. Heller at: thefamilynetwk@aol.com and https://familynetworkflorida.com/Evan Schein is a partner with Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein LLP and leads the firm's litigation practice. More info at www.berkbot.comGet your own show! pod617.com can produce a podcast for you. Get in touch with us now at www.pod617.com/contact

Dr. Randy Heller is a marriage and family therapist, collaborative mental health professional, and Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University. She founded The Family Network, Inc., a comprehensive counseling center providing individual, couple, family, and group services to children, adolescents, and adults. In this episode, she talks with Stacy Francis about navigating the demands of life and starting the new year in balance and shares an action plan to make 2022 your best year. Thanksgiving to Christmas is typically a period of fear and uncertainty for families going through divorce. Many women experience fear of the unknown; they wonder if they will be alone forever and whether they can manage being on their own. You need to give yourself permission to be the best you can, rather than being perfect. If you allow yourself a day or two where you don't hold yourself to the ideal you, you can take that time to rest and recharge so you can resume meeting your personal expectations. When you find yourself in massive internal chaos, stop for a moment to just breathe. If you can breathe easily, then you can think about your next step. Like yoga, if you're not focused on what you're doing at the moment, you're going to fall. Worrying about all the ‘shoulds' will only prevent you from actually doing things. Instead, pay attention to the things you can manage today, and celebrate those accomplishments. The rest can be done tomorrow. Resources Dr. Randy Heller on LinkedIn FamilyNetworkFlorida.com Stacy Francis on LinkedIn | Twitter Email: stacy@francisfinancial.com FrancisFinancial.com Reach out to receive a complimentary consultation! Contact Francis Financial at +212-374-9008 or visit Francis Financial today!

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In this episode I talk with Mary Jane Williams, Executive Director of Family to Family Network.   Family to Family Network helps individuals with disabilities and their family members define and achieve success for themselves and their loved ones. As a mother of 2 young adults with disabilities, Mary Jane discusses first hand the positive impact connecting with other families had made for family.  She encourages parents to learn everything possible about their child's diagnosis by attending training events offered through school districts and local organizations.   Mary Jane firmly believes it is important for families to see possibilities in their kids with disabilities.  ALL children should be included and supported in our schools and community in order to ensure the future success of children with disabilities.  Connect with Family to Family Network:https://f2fn.org/Email Address:  info@familytofamilynetwork.orgPhone Number: 713-466-6304Texas Partners in Policy Making :https://txpartners.org/Partners in Policy Making Online Courses:https://partnersonlinecourses.com/Connect with Sandy:IG: https://www.instagram.com/sandydeppischEmbrace the Blessing Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/ETB4MEWebsite: http://www.embracetheblessing.com/https://uniquelyhuman.com/

Episode 14 has the host Lauren Broom interview Stacey Hoaglund on the topic of Special Needs Children & Water Safety so that aquatic professionals can better understand how to help the ASD group in regards to water safety to help with drowning prevention. Stacey Hoaglund is a mediator, disability consultant, advocate, and trainer. She is the coordinator of the Florida Partners in Policymaking program, advocate with Family Network on Disabilities and president of the Autism Society of Florida. But above all else, Stacey is the proud parent of a young man with autism.Podcast sponsor:  www.poolmarketing.com

Big episode this week! Starting out by highlighting the May 2021 job numbers just released this morning. Main take-away: The overall unemployment number decreased to 5.8% (yay!), but the recovery continues to take longer than expected and we have millions of jobs to go (not so yay!). Subscribe to the Engaged Pursuit newsletter to get Tom's latest (and deeper) analysis of these numbers (and what he's seeing in the market) next week! The second part of the podcast is all about the graduating senior getting ready to hit the "real world" - specifically how to think about your family (& other folks in your network) who are looking to help. How do you manage this important (& sometimes annoying!) community? Tom will highlight his foundational take-away as well as his tips-and-tricks to ensure you're feeling good as those close to you ask a bunch of questions. Next up - How to think about (and manage) the Employer community - those who you will be talking to and interviewing with as your job search intensifies over the summer. Engaged Pursuit is everywhere - check us out on Linked In and Twitter (@engagedpursuit). Want to talk to Tom? Check out calendly.com/engagedpursuit.com to sign-up for a complimentary 30m discussion. Engaged Pursuit: Your Story. Your Career.

Each May, Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM) provides an opportunity to raise awareness about communication disorders and the role so many play in providing life-altering treatment.  For 2021, the theme is "Building Connections."   Today, Oklahoma Family Network introduces one of their own, Renee Powell, through the podcast.  Renee shares her heart, her journey, and educates us on the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) goals and objectives, and how we can apply them throughout Oklahoma.   Renee shares her personal story and experience with her son Nolan, and their journey finding the right diagnosis surrounding hearing loss and finding the right resources for their family!   Resources Mentioned: List of Accommodations - Hands & Voices:  https://handsandvoices.org/pdf/IEP_Checklist.pdf Better Hearing and Speech Month:  https://www.asha.org/bhsm/     #EHDI #BetterHearingAndSpeechMonth #HearingLoss #EarlyHearingDetectionAndIntervention #Amplification #AmericanSignLanguage #SigningExactEnglish #ScreeningIsOutOfRange #IEPvs504

Jeff Wiemann, Executive Director for Angels Foster Family Network, discusses his organization's mission to provide high-quality homes for foster children ages 5 and younger. Wiemann dispels myths about foster care and underscores the important role resource parents play in a foster child's life. Wiemann discusses the state of foster care in San Diego.

As we continue to provide awareness and education around the topic of autism, we welcome Angela Donley, with Oklahoma Family Network, to the podcast.  Angela shares a few pieces of autism puzzle with us and her journey with her son Jackson surrounding their real-world-experiences around Jackson's diagnosis of autism.   One of Angela's favorite quotes is by Joseph Campbell, “We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us” and has actively applied these words to her life.   Oklahoma Family Network is thankful for the leadership and experience (personal and professional) Angela provides.  Angela and Steve are amazing parents to Jackson and love to share their wisdom with others, advocate, and create awareness around the topic of autism.   To learn more about some of the resources Angela mentions: SoonerStart:  https://sde.ok.gov/soonerstart Early Foundations:  https://www.autismcenterok.org/early-foundations/ Oklahoma Family Network Support Parent: http://oklahomafamilynetwork.org/what-we-do/talk-with-another-family/   #AutismAwarenessMonth #AutismAwareness #AutismSupport #SoonerStart #EarlyFoundations

Working class families across the US often fall through the gaps in government-based support; earning enough money to survive but without the funds to support their children through the education system. The Child and Family Network Centers provide low-income children with free access to bilingual preschool and family support.  Find out how you can welcome diversity and improve equity in the classroom and beyond.  Want to support CFNC? https://cfnc-online.org/  Find the episode on Great.com: https://great.com/great-talks-with/a-life-line-for-working-poor-families-in-virginia

Parents and Families are an integral part of the Trinity Western story. Supporting students as they adjust to university life will greatly contribute to their success. At TWU, we value parents and the role they play in their son or daughter’s life. The Parent & Family Network is here to serve and support parents on this journey.

Dylan gives an update on the Family Network's potential PBS kids takeover, talks about his favorite things and gives his take on the inauguration. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/family-network/message

The pilot episode of Dylan's journey to creating “The Family Network”. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/family-network/message

In this episode, Social Impact Advisors Partner Lynn Fergusson interviews representatives of the Toronto Child & Family Network.    Kelley Baldwin provides backbone support to the Toronto Child and Family Network, a network of about 100 organizations.  Tamara Augsten, who’s had a lead role in developing the Network’s Raising the Village initiative shares the value of this database. This initiative has pulled together data from various partners’ sources, such as EQAO standardized testing, Toronto District School Board, and the census, and made 120 indicators easily accessible to anyone, in a way that allows for insights into the current state of Toronto and enables people and organizations to move to action. We hear how this easily enables a snapshot or comparison of a neighbourhood, and also enables an easy way to apply an equity lens to a community by disaggregating the data. Tamara shares how we often hear averages for Toronto.  Great insights can be gained by segmenting the data by race, income or geography to identify and then move to address inequities.      COVID has highlighted many inequities in our community.  Here’s a tool to get a handle on them and mobilize action. This is particularly great information for organizations in Toronto serving children and families – principals, teachers, nonprofits, social workers, municipal councillors, parents and more - as you’ll hear how to easily access insights about your community. Outside of Toronto, we hope listeners take note of this model and begin to rally the partners and resources to ensure that insightful data is easily accessible in your community, as a first step to uncovering inequities and taking action.      Resources  Raising the Village: https://raisingthevillage.ca   Toronto Child and Family Network: https://www.toronto.ca/311/knowledgebase/kb/docs/articles/childrens-services/service-system-planning-and-policy/toronto-child-and-family-network-formerly-torontos-best-start-network.html   Tamara Augsten: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-augsten-1962b068   Kelley Baldwin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelley-baldwin-54ba1698   . Find out more about our work at Social Impact Advisors: https://socialimpactadvisors.ca . Thank you for listening to Impact Conversations with Lynn Fergusson & Sally Fazal.

We love when people in the community give back & help out those in need. That is exactly what Protectors of The Phoenix MM are doing with Stuff A Trailer! They will be collecting donations of unwrapped gifts for children, as well as other family supplies on Sunday December 13th from 10a-4pm in Natrona Heights for the Allegheny Family Network. Justin Fitz of Protectors joined the Y'd Awake Morning Show this morning to tell us how you can get involved.  You can find all the details on their event on their Facebook page.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welt-Premiere!!! Heute war Marco Zimmermann bei uns im HAUPTSTADTPODCAST-Studio und hat zum ersten Mal in der Öffentlichkeit über seine neue App gesprochen, die die Social Media Welt revolutionieren soll: "RememberMe – the family network". Er ist Gründer und gleichzeitig im Vorstand der RM remember.me AG Folge direkt herunterladen

Welt-Premiere!!! Heute war Marco Zimmermann bei uns im HAUPTSTADTPODCAST-Studio und hat zum ersten Mal in der Öffentlichkeit über seine neue App gesprochen, die die Social Media Welt revolutionieren soll: "RememberMe – the family network". Er ist Gründer und gleichzeitig im Vorstand der RM remember.me AG

Welt-Premiere!!! Heute war Marco Zimmermann bei uns im HAUPTSTADTPODCAST-Studio und hat zum ersten Mal in der Öffentlichkeit über seine neue App gesprochen, die die Social Media Welt revolutionieren soll: "RememberMe – the family network". Er ist Gründer und gleichzeitig im Vorstand der RM remember.me AG

In this episode, our host Andrea McCarren explores how parents can prepare for buying and packing in the event that their student will be living on campus this fall.  To help guide us through this process, we’ll speak with Whitney White, who is Director of Parent and Family Programs at the University of Cincinnati, and Janice Nikkel, who is the Director of Parent and Family Network at Trinity Western University. We’ll also hear a College Ready Money Moments segment with Jamie Gayton, Executive Vice President of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union and the author of Guide to Personal Financial Planning for the Armed Forces. College Ready 2020 is produced by Wise Action in collaboration with the Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals and with the support of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Executive Produced by Dan Solomon of the Wise Action Company Produced, Edited & Mixed by Brad Stratton for Audiation  

My guest for this episode is Joanne Oppelt. Joanne is the principal of Joanne Oppelt Consulting and a seasoned rainmaker with a distinguished track record of success. During her twenty-five-plus years working in the nonprofit arena, she built successful fundraising departments at every stop, helping her organizations grow capacity and more effectively fulfill their missions. She has held positions from grant writer to executive director at several nonprofits including Community Access Unlimited, Family to Family Network of New Jersey, March of Dimes Central, Prevent Child Abuse, and Maternal and Family Health Services. Her extensive background in a variety of work roles and organizations enables her to understand the realities and challenges nonprofit practitioners face–both internally and externally. Her success at every stop positions her to help any nonprofit, whether through her books or consulting practice, turn around its struggling fundraising operations. Joanne is the author of four books and co-author of nine. She has taught at Kean University as an Adjunct Professor in its graduate program. She is also a sought-after speaker and presenter. Joanne holds a master’s degree in health administration from Wilkes University, where she graduated with distinction. Joanne and I discuss what it's like for an executive director working with a development director and vice versa. Joanne has worn both hats and shares her perspectives from both. You can connect with Joanne at Joanne Oppelt Get your FREE Report! 6 Steps You Must Know to Unleash the Potential of Your Nonprofit Board Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Let me know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that, and follow us, on Facebook. To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to: Hiland Consulting Connect with Mary Hiland! To schedule a free consultation session with me go to: Talk With Mary.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhiland Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Podcast Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/inspirednonprofitleadership Website: https://www.hilandconsulting.org/ Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hilandconsulting

In this episode of the TWU Chapel podcast, Rev. James Ellis III grabs a chat with Janice Nikkel, Director of TWU's Parent and Family Network. Janice ('92 & 'MA '08) and her husband Peter ('92) met as history majors at Trinity Western and together have proudly raised four amazing kids - Tori, Lincoln, Virginia & Lewis. Trinity Western has played a significant role in Janice's family. As the youngest of four sisters who attended TWU from Ontario, she has established a vibrant and faithful legacy of her own here at Langley and abroad. Janice loves to connect with students and parents who are either exploring TWU or are already calling it "home" for the next few years. You can find her most often at the parent booth in the Reimer Student Centre, Parent Chapter events, Spartan games, TWU faculty events, or back on the farm doing life and venturing faith alongside her family. Take a listen.

Families to the Max is a Pennsylvania Statewide Family Network focused on offering parents of students with complex the needs knowledge, support, and collaboration. Email F2Max@pattan.net for more information. Tammi Morton is a graduate of Allegheny College. She has a M.A. in Education, where she focused on developing a curriculum for adults with intellectual disabilities. She began her career working with a variety of children as a therapeutic staff support (TSS) for Northwestern Human Services. Her experience prompted Tammi to write about Autism and intellectual disabilities. She is the author of two books about the Autism Spectrum and wrote with Dr. Mark Dombeck for MentalHealth.net. Tammi is a parent of a child who has a disability. Her work experience runs the gamut from Early Intervention to adult habilitation. Tammi places high value on listening to others, understanding their needs, and respecting their learning styles. She strives to make meaningful connections. As a Project MAX Coordinator at the PEAL Center, Tammi hopes to instill the belief that every student has the capacity to learn.   Nicole Gilchrist is a former CPA and university instructor in the fields of accounting, taxation, & financial planning. She is a graduate of Competence and Confidence: Partners in Policymaking (C2P2), served as the Parent Co-Chair of Bucks County Interagency Coordinating Council (BCICC) and the Parent Representative of the Bucks County Quality Child Care Coalition Inclusion Workgroup. She currently serves on the Board of the Council Rock Educational Foundation, as a Parent Partner to Families to the MAX, and is the Chair of the Equity and Inclusion Committee at her children’s school. She lives in Bucks County with her husband and 2 children.   

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In this first QRCA VIEWS podcast, Sharon Livingston, Ph.D. interviews world-class consultant, Judith Glaser. Judith Glaser is CEO of Benchmark Communications, Inc. Founded in 1980, her consulting firm works with CEOs and their teams helping them focus on competitive challenges in a world of moving targets with a direct line of site to the customer. Judith considers herself an Organizational Anthropologist, working with clients at the intersection of culture, leadership and brand Her two books Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking & Build a Healthy Thriving Organization and The DNA of Leadership, made Amazon Business Book Best Seller Lists in 2005 and 2006, and were also selected by both Forbes and Business Book Review as two of the top business books of 2005 and 2006. She has appeared on the NBC Today Show, ABC World News, Fox News Channel, News 12 Connecticut, NY 1, Martha Stewart Show and the Family Network talking about We-Centric Leadership, Bully Bosses and Culture Transformation. She has been quoted many times in the NY Times, WSJ, Crain’s, Newsday, Star Ledger, Harvard Management Review, AMA World and other print media talking about her Revolutionary Workplace Approaches. She is contributing Editor of Executive Excellence Magazine and is listed in the Excellence 100 Consultants.

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The NICU series will be spread out over several weeks featuring discussions that will help shed a light on a journey many women walk through as they spend the first several weeks of their baby's life in a neonatal intensive care unit. Tamra Crabtree, Family Support Partner with the Oklahoma Family Network, discusses her role as an advocate for families during their stay in the NICU. Tamra shares how important it is for families to get connected with other families that 'get it' and how the Oklahoma Family Network and Kids Joining Eternity work together to provide overall support. 

In episode 24 of The Secure Dad Podcast, we talk about the importance of family network security. I'll explain why this is important and how you can digitally protect your family even if you're not tech savvy. For more: www.thesecuredad.com/podcast

Through our partnership with the Coalition of Black Excellence founded by Angela J. we have the pleasure of sitting down with the founder and CEO of GIRL STEM STARS Kiwoba Allaire. Kiwoba sits down with us to discuss her exciting non-profit and its commitment to advancing young girls of color in STEM. We also promote CBE Week, an event designed to highlight excellence in the black community, connect black professionals across sectors, and provide opportunities for professional development and community engagement.Donate to GIRL STEM STARS today! http://www.girlstemstars.org/donate-todayFind out more about CBE/CBE Week! https://www.cbeweek.com/TRANSCRIPTZach: What's up, y'all? It's Zach, and listen, y'all. Living Corporate is partnering with the Coalition of Black Excellence, a non-profit organization based in California, in bringing a Special Speaker series to promote CBE Week, an annual week-long event designed to highlight excellence in the black community, connect black professionals across sectors, and provide opportunities for professional development and community engagement that will positively transform the black community. This is a special series where we will spotlight movers and shakers and leaders who will be speakers during CBE Week, and today, we have Kiwoba Allaire.Kiwoba: Hi, everyone.Zach: Kiwoba Allaire is the founder and CEO of GIRL STEM STARS and an executive business partner at Google. She is inspired and dedicated to helping young girls build successful futures in the tech industry. Kiwoba sits on local non-profit boards for the United Way, the Sheriff's Activities League, The Family Network, and Ronnie Lott's All Stars Helping Kids. Among her many accolades, Allaire was named one of the top 50 mufti-cultural leaders in technology by the Coalition Diversity Council, Women Worth Watching by Profiles in Diversity Journal, recipient of the Sistahs Rock Beyond the Limits Award, San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Woman, Forever Influential Woman, and Silicon Valley Business Times’ Most Influential Woman. Now, listen, y'all. We typically have air horns. We're gonna drop the air horns right here. She got all the badges. She's certified, y'all. She is here. Welcome to the show, Kiwoba. How are you doing?Kiwoba: Fantastic. Glad that the fires have subsided. God sent some rain, and we have blue skies. It's nice to be in California today, to say the least, you know?Zach: Absolutely. Well, no, definitely happy that you are--you and yours are safe and sound. So I know I gave our audience your profile in our intro, but do you have anything else you'd like for us to know about you?Kiwoba: I'm from San Francisco, born and raised, and I'm married. I have a wonderful husband named Patrick, and I have a little boy who's turning 5 next month, Christophe, and they are the love of my life. I have a, you know, great family. I'm blessed to be alive, you know? You'll know why when I say it--when I tell you later, but I am very grateful to be healthy and alive.Zach: Absolutely. You know, what do you--you know, we're gonna talk about Girl STEM Stars today and your background at Google and the work that you've done within your organization as well as your job and your career. What do you think are some of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to STEM?Kiwoba: I would say that there's no room for creativity in the STEM fields. There are creative STEM careers, such as working in virtual reality, Pixar, making movies, or music data journalists or NASA, Spotify, Electronic Arts. There are even fun activities that I like to do myself, which is, like, paragliding and scuba diving. When I'm flying in the air with my husband, there's a lot of STEM. Scuba diving? There's a lot of STEM on my back, keeping me alive under 100 feet of water, underwater, and I generally don't see people that look like myself doing any of these activities, you know? It's the same with, like, golf. I mean, look, there's only one--we have one really highlighted person of color, black man, playing golf, and there's a lot of STEM when it comes to golf when you think about it. You know, just--there's a lot of fun activities that I just don't see people that look like myself doing, and I like to highlight that to the girls at GIRL STEM STARS.Zach: No, that's so true, and I will say that for me, as someone who doesn't really have a STEM background, it is easy to think about STEM and say, "Okay, well, it's just Xs and Os, 1s and 0s." Very binary, right? Kiwoba: It's everything we do.Zach: Right.Kiwoba: Yeah, it's everything we do. Zach: Absolutely, and when you talk about it--even, you know, in just, like, makeup. Makeup. You need deodorant, and I'm just looking--and the reason I said makeup, I'm looking--I'm in my bedroom right now, and I'm looking at my wife's nightstand, and I see deodorant--and I see deodorant on my--you know, just cologne. You know, print design. Just all types of things that it's integral to. So what impact, to your point around not seeing a lot of us in the spaces that you engage for--that you engage recreationally, what impact do you believe you are making when black and brown girls see a black woman featured so prominently in STEM, in the STEM field?Kiwoba: Huge impact. You know, I've been on both sides of it. You know, when I worked at an AI--artificial intelligence--company, tech company, called Rocket Fuel, I was the director of global giving, so we wrote a lot of checks, but I--like, thinking, you know, we need to do more than just write checks to charities. We need to actually--me, as the only black woman at the company at the time, I need to be able to lift girls up, not just give hand-outs. So in the position that I was in there, you know, I was the only black female executive, and I had the opportunity to bring children to our campus. Gorgeous campus, you know? It had a big gym and Olympic swim pool, rock climbing wall, the whole nine yards, and a cafeteria. Great lawns. And the kids would come and they're like, "Wow. What do I have to learn to work in a place like this?" Or when I bring them to NASA. Because of, you know, my position in the community, I have people that reach out to me from NASA, from, you know, Google in the past, and Microsoft, Yahoo. They reach out to me and say, "Hey, we want your girls to come." We bring them--we've had a relationship with NASA for the last five years, and some of the parents and the mothers will come as chaperones, and they start to cry. They're like, "Oh, my God. I didn't know anything like this existed." So being able to be in a position to lift girls up into what it looks like to work at a STEM--at a tech company, it blows their minds. Literally. I could imagine--I remember when we took them to Yahoo, and I had a bus to pick them up. Took them out to--I wanted to kind of give them a cultural experience. I took them out to dim sum. They loved it. And, you know, keep in mind, these girls are coming from either homeless shelters or they're coming from deep, deep in the unrepresented communities where, you know, some of the girls are--they live in a flat, an apartment, with 10 other people, and one bathroom, one bedroom, you know? Some of the girls are from very violent neighborhoods, right? So for them--you know, some of the parents are incarcerated. I remember one of the girls who was on the bus got a call from her father, who was in jail, in prison. So just getting them out of their community, one, giving them a good meal, and then I've got them now, or--[inaudible] I've got their attention, and then, you know, to step foot onto, like, the Yahoo campus. They literally all went, "*gasps*". Like, "This must be what Disney Land must look like." I'm like, "Yeah. Yeah, it is," you know? And then they're like, "Ooh, look, there's some cute Asian boys over there." [inaudible]. And, you know, they come inside to the lobby and they see all the gadgets, and they're given gift bags and t-shirts, and they're like, "Okay, I'll make sure to give this t-shirt back at the end of the day." I'm like, "No, sweetie. That's for you." They're like, "*gasps* This new t-shirt is for me?" 'Cause some of these girls haven't had a new piece of anything all of their lives, right? And then when we get the ERGs, which is--Zach: Employee resource groups?Zach: Employee resource groups, exactly. When we get, like, the black networks and, you know, all the females--the female engineers coming, or I have--when we're at NASA, I have the black female rocket scientists come and speak to them. They're just like, "*gasps* Oh, my God." You know? When we're on the bus, I'll ask them "What do you want to be like when you grow up," you know? And they're like, "Ooh, I want to be like Beyonce," or I want to be, you know, "a dancer in a video," and at the end of the day they'll be like, "Ooh, I want to be like that pretty black rocket scientist. I want to be like her." I've had congresswoman Jackie Speier come, and I think that's actually one of your questions, so I'll go ahead and let you ask it.Zach: [laughs] Well, first of all, this is great, and we don't have to have--we can freestyle it too, but this is good. I'm curious, really kind of talking about the program a little bit more, can you give us the origin story? Like, what was the motivation behind it? And where in you building GIRL STEM STARS did you realize how big of an impact it was making?Kiwoba: Okay, so I'll start with the first question. And, you know, I'm Christian, so it's okay, right?Zach: Absolutely, yeah. Go ahead.Kiwoba: Okay, great. Okay. So I--GIRL STEM STARS was born very organically. So I had to have an emergency surgery, and after that surgery I was told everything was fine, and two weeks later everything was not. I wound up passed out on my floor in our home, and my husband had to rush me to the emergency room, and all I remember them telling me was that "Call your family," and I'm like, "Why?" And they said, "Call your family, because your white blood cell count is off the charts." I don't remember anything after that but my husband telling me, after it's all said and done, that I had three absesces in my abdomen, and they had to do an emergency surgery to get them out. Supposedly, I woke up after all the surgery. I was in a normal room for two weeks, and I was holding court. I had my computer on my food tray, and I was having people come in from work and working, right? And I guess I was late working. It was, like, 3 in the morning, I was told, and I was talking to a nurse, and the next thing you know, all of my major body functions crashed at the same time. My heart, my liver, my lungs, my kidneys, everything crashed and, you know, they sent the crash cart, and my husband said they called him at 3 o'clock in the morning and said, "We have induced your wife into a coma because she's dying," and I was in a coma for about three--a little more than three weeks, and they figured out finally what was wrong with me. I had--we had some help. God sent--at the last moment, God sent some--all of the chiefs of surgery, the chief of pulmonary, some guy from Stanford, and then they finally figured out what was going on, and I was septic, and they had, like--had me on, like 10 IVs, and I was all, you know, needles everywhere, hoses and wires. So when I came out of it, my aunt--I was in ICU for over a month. When I finally got home, I couldn't walk. I had lost 50 pounds of body mass, and I'm a thin woman, so I couldn't afford to lose it. So I couldn't walk. Everybody carried me up three flights of stairs in our home and put me into bed, and my aunt came and visited me, and she's my prayer warrior. She's amazing, Auntie [inaudible], and she said, "Honey, you know that God sent his [inaudible] angels to save you, to keep you," 'cause my doctor said that I nearly died. I was 5 minutes from death three times. She says, you know, "That is God working hard. Those angels are--they're warring over you," and she said, "The devil tried to take you out, but I'm telling you right now that you were saved not to go back and work at that tech company--yes, you know, do your job, but you were saved for a greater purpose than just working at a tech company. You need to think and pray about what that greater purpose is, because you have a greater purpose on this earth." And I said okay, and I believed her, you know, after, you know, my cardiologist. The fact that I had a cardiologist was crazy because, you know, I was, like, a gym rat. I had a trainer. I was all [inaudible] up, you know, and, you know, for my cardiologist--she was an Asian lady that stood halfway up me, right? And she's screaming at me like, "You must take your medicine! Do you realize you were 5 minutes from death three times?" I'm like, "Okay, I guess I'll take the heart pills."Zach: Oh, my goodness gracious.Kiwoba: So yeah. I was intubated. You know, they had a tube down my throat for breathing and all of that. I was out out. So when I was home, you know, I was home for about three months, and I thought about, you know, "What is this greater purpose that I would--that I was saved for?" And I started to think about what bugs me the most, and then I realized, you know, I used to complain to HR and recruiting, "Please start hiring people that look like me. Stop hiring people that look like you." And, you know, being the only black woman there, I mean, it started to get kind of creepy, you know? I'm married to a Frenchman, a Caucasian guy, and, you know, if I didn't go to--if I didn't go to church or my parents' house, I didn't see anybody that looked like myself then, you know? Our [cert?] wasn't around then, you know? We live in--we live in an Asian neighborhood, so it's like, you know, "When do I get to see anyone that looks like me?" Right?Zach: Sure, yeah.Kiwoba: So then I realized, "Hey, instead of complaining about the situation, be the change you want to see," and I picked up the phone from my recovery bed and called LegalZoom and said, "I want to start a non-profit that advances girls of color in STEM," and--at first I said black girls, but then I--like, let's be a little more inclusive. Girls of color from underrepresented communities, and that's how GIRL STEM STARS was born, you know? It took me nearly dying to realize I had a greater purpose in me, and that greater purpose was to have an impact on the young girls in my community, and--you know, my bigger vision is to take it globally. Zach: So what was the moment, or did you have a specific moment in building GIRL STEM STARS, where you saw the impact and you realized how global and how major this could be?Kiwoba: Yes. When I was at Rocket Fuel, I--you know, the program was growing pretty, pretty big, and I had 100 girls, mostly black girls, but we had, you know, Pan-Pacific girls we had Pan-Asian girls. We also had Latinas and such, and we had a room of 100 girls in the same t-shirt, GIRL STEM STARS t-shirt, and we had little goodie bags, and we fed them breakfast. I had a black female rocket scientist come in and speak to them, and I remember--she's gorgeous. Her name is Aisha, Aisha Bowe, and she's amazing. You should interview her one day, and she said, "How much money do you think I make?" And the girls are like, "I don't know, $5,000?" You know, 'cause [inaudible] where they're coming from, right?Zach: Sure. And they're kids, like, you know? Yeah.Kiwoba: "No, higher. Higher." "10,000?" "No." "50,000?" "No. Higher, higher." She says, "I make over $100,000 a year," and the girls fell out of their chairs. They're like, "*gasps* Whoa. Wow. You must be a millionaire," you know? And I have all of my speakers bring in their pictures from when they were the age of the girls, which is between 8-18, but I prefer pictures, like, from when they're, like, 10 or something in pigtails, you know, doing sports or whatever, and then show them now, like, in different countries and then in their home and whatever, and their families, so they can really relate and--you know, so she'll say, "This was me when I was a little girl in pigtails, and this is me now, standing next to a celebrity," or whatever it is, right? And the girls are just, like, going, "Wow. Wow," you know? And then she talks about the type of work that she does. I had another lady come in and talk about how she's looking for water on Mars, and the girls were like, "Wow." Then I had--you know you've got them hooked, right? And then I had congresswoman Jackie Speier come in, and she is a mature woman, and she's Caucasian, and, you know, they had--you know, she had her security guards and everyone come in, and, you know, we had--I had the girls line up and clap when she came in, and they were mumbling to themselves, "What's this old white lady gonna have to say [inaudible]?"Zach: [laughs] That's so funny because that's so, like, true. That's so black. That's such an honest--[laughs]Kiwoba: And Jackie's my friend, right? And she's spoken for me many times, and I know she heard them, and she's like, "Uh-huh." "Okay." And I know I heard them. So Jackie and I are looking at each other and, you know, we wink at each other. So we get all the girls to sit down, and I don't remember if Jackie showed a picture of herself young. I don't remember, but she started off--and, you know, I introduced her, "Congresswoman Jackie Speier!" And she gets up there and she looks at them and she gets--everyone's quiet. She's quiet. She waits for the moment, and she goes--and she pumps her--she beats her chest, and she goes "I got shot up five times, left for dead overnight, nearly died," and they're like, "Ooh, here she comes. Okay. Okay. Okay." Then she said, "Then I got married, I got pregnant, and my husband got run over by a car on his bicycle at Golden Gate Park," and they were like, "Oh! Oh! Oh!" And they're like, "Okay." She got their attention. They're all at the tip of their chairs. She goes, "Now I'm gonna talk to you about adversity. Now I'm gonna tell you how I need to know STEM to run this constituency. I am a boss," and then she ends it with a picture of her and President Obama. The girls jump out of their chair and they're like, "Oh! Oh, man! Oh, man!" And I'm like, "Oh, my God." I had goosebumps going up my arms, and--so then, you know, at the end of the day--they all had little notebooks, and at the end of the day--and Jackie spoke forever. First, you know, her people were telling me, "Okay, you know, she's only got 30 minutes, okay?" "Only 30 minutes [inaudible]," and they were, like, frustrated. They were so frustrated. They were all spinning around in the hallway going, "What are we gonna do? [inaudible]." She was in her moment. She was in her element, right? So at the end I said, "Okay, now you told me what you want to be when you grow up. You wanted to be like Beyonce. You wanted to be, you know, a veterinarian so you can play with puppies, or you wanted to be a dancer in a music video. Now what do you want to be?" They're like, "I want to be like that badass congresswoman. Can I get her autograph?" They all run up, and they get in line to get an autograph from the badass congresswoman and take pictures with her and do selfies with her. We have just created a new STEM hero and icon in their lives. That's when I knew we were making an impact.Zach: So of course all of this is amazing, and really--in alignment with the story you just shared as well as when I'm looking at your content on your website--what I'm noticing, and what I'm really excited about, when I look at GIRL STEM STARS is that there is a clear effort and intention around making STEM practical and available for the girls that you're trying to reach, and I think for me coming up, when I thought about STEM, I would think about being, like, a scientist, or being some type of engineer. For me, those things were, like, as far away as being, like, an astronaut. Right? I was like, "Okay, how do I even do that?" When I would think about some of the math and things behind, it just seemed so far away, and I think, again, one thing kind of talking about the program, you all, you have these camps that I believe, again, kind of bring STEM to life and kind of bring it up close for the girls, and so I'm curious, do you have a favorite camp? Do any kind of stick out to you or anything of that nature?Kiwoba: Yes, NASA. NASA is one of the most mind-blowing camps that we have. The parents, you know, they fight to get on that list. We've been doing STEM camps with NASA for the last five years, and we're grateful to be invited every year, and we will get a busload of girls, 50 girls, every year. They're all from underrepresented communities, and some of the mothers to chaperone, and when we roll into NASA, we stop at the big front gate, and one of the engineers will get on, the one that invites us every year. He will give us a driving tour of NASA, and the girls are just--their faces and noses are pressed to the windows going, "Wow. Wow. This looks like a movie set, like a sci-fi movie," you know? They're all just blown away, and some of the--like, the mothers crying going, "I never knew anything like this even existed in the Bay Area." And then we will go to a big conference area, and we will meet the interns, the summer interns, and we usually have our teenagers do this camp, and it's all day from 7:30 in the morning until about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon.Zach: Wow.Kiwoba: Yeah, and at first, you know, they're on the bus, and they're all tired, and I ask the same question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I tell you, Beyonce is famous. I mean, they always say Beyonce.Zach: She is beloved though, yeah.Kiwoba: I'm waiting to hear, like, Nicki Minaj. I don't know.Zach: Oh, no, no. I think Beyonce has--she has Nicki beat by a good mile or so.Kiwoba: Yeah, yeah. [laughs] So anyway, that's what they're saying on the bus, and I've got video of it too, you know? So when we get there, they all get into the conference room, we feed them breakfast, and they're--you know, they're tired. They're not used to being, you know, up that early in the morning, especially when they do these on Saturdays, you know? And I tell them, you know, you should congratulate yourselves, 'cause, you know, you're investing in your future, you know? You could be home like the other kids, watching cartoons and eating cereal, you know? You're here, you know, investing your future. And your parents, you know, thank you. And then a beautiful black woman with braids down her back comes in with a NASA jacket on, and they're all like, "Ooh." "She's pretty," you know? And she'll say, you know, "Hi, I'm Dr. Wendy, and I am a rocket scientist here at NASA," and they're like, "Ooh!" They're like, "Okay," and then the interns are all in their teens. They're, like, 16, 17, 18 years old, so the teenagers are seeing--will go from station to station. We probably hit by five different departments in NASA, and we also do breakout sessions, and we also [inaudible], and there was an engineer, a rocket scientist, that would take us--give us a tour, and we'd go around to these different locations. One could be drone testing. Another is a simulated space ship, where we can actually go in and see what it looks like to live in a space ship and touch things and hear what the interns are doing. They're creating little robots that fly in the air and bring tools to the astronauts. I mean, wow. Just amazing stuff, right? And there's other kids that are, you know, also working with rocket scientists to find water on Mars. That's a really big thing right now. Then we'll have a big--they host a big lunch, a big barbecue lunch, with a DJ, and the girls get out, and they dance, and they get--the black engineer group at NASA will come, and they'll dance with them, and they'll get to talk and get mentored by the black females at NASA, and at the end of the day of course, after Dr. Wendy will speak to us again and show videos, I'll say, "Okay, what do you want to be like when you grow up?" "I want to be like Dr. Wendy! I want to be like those other black women we were dancing with!" So I want them to have a real experience with these black female engineers and rocket scientists where they eat with them, they eat at NASA, they dance with people, they get to hear what they do, the type of work that they do, how they got to work they got to. So they're completely immersed in the environment, and, you know, it's like, "I did NASA." It's, like, you know, a major field trip to another country, to another world, really. Another world, because, you know, from their little perspective where they're coming from--some of these girls, like I mentioned before, you know, a flat or a homeless shelter--a flat with 10 people or a homeless shelter. This is--this is mind-blowing, and you see their little minds just go pop, and I'm like, "Yes, we got them." [laughs] Yeah, it's cool. It's really cool.Zach: It's easy to underestimate the value or the impact that that--outside looking in, what that has on a child. I remember for me, STEM wasn't really my background, Kiwoba, but it was music, and so for me, in middle school and high school, you know, I was one of the--one of the better players in Dallas, and I actually played in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, and I was--Kiwoba: Very cool.Zach: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and so I was able to play with the orchestra. I was able to play at the [Meyerson?], which is, like, this big concert hall in Dallas, and it was great, and so--Kiwoba: That changes your world, right? That changes your whole world.Zach: Yeah. It changes your entire world, and then even like, you know, when I did some volunteer work where you have underrepresented kids come in who are--who come from poor backgrounds and they get to see your workplace, and they view the work site, and they see you. You know, they see somebody like me. I'm a young, black man, and I tell them I'm a manager or, you know, I just did this, that, and the third, and I travel every week. Just them seeing me and them asking, "So wait, you do this? You travel?" And it just blows--it changes their entire perspective, so that's incredible.Kiwoba: Yeah. I do the same thing. I bring the girls by my desk, you know, like at Google or, you know, wherever I was, at Rocket Fuel. I would give them a whole tour of the whole building, and they're looking around, and, like, "There's where the engineers work. See, there's accounting," and one of my friends--they hired another black woman, who was the head of accounting, and she'd come out in all her glory--you know, she wore beautiful clothes. She was stunning--she still is--and she's like, "So I'm the accounting part of this tech company," and, you know, "You have to know math to be able to be in accounting, but this is another way to get into a tech company," is through accounting. Then I would introduce them to the--you know, the head of marketing, who happened to be a female as well. Not of color. And the head of legal was female as well. The head of HR was female. So I would have them--we would go by each of their offices in their departments. She's like, "I'm the boss of this whole department." They're like, "*gasps* Wow." They can see the different departments in a tech company, right? So they meet, you know, everybody. The engineers, everyone. So that also allows them to see the different avenues into tech companies or into tech in general.Zach: You're right. Like, I think it is really is, when you think about STEM or when you hear the word STEM, rather, it's easy to go to, like, some scientist with a white lab coat and their sleeves rolled up, and they're, you know, pouring mixtures back and forth, and again, there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's much more far-reaching than that. Kind of going back to the top of our discussion, STEM is in every single thing we do. There's some version--there's some version in STEM in literally every single thing that we touch or interact with or think about, and I think to your point around having them see the various avenues of how it all intersects is really important. So where can people learn more about GIRL STEM STARS? And how can they support? Like, what are the various avenues and options they have to actually support your organization?Kiwoba: So they can go to GIRLSTEMSTARS.org. That is, you know, where the Donate button is. We really need donations because these camps are not cheap, you know? And I don't charge. I don't charge the parents at all. I've had parents from Google and, you know, from different tech companies try and have their kids come to my camp, to pay. They're like, "I'll pay you $300," you know, "for my kid to go to your all-day camps," and I'm like, "No." This is for kids that can't afford to go to fancy camps, right? Their parents can't afford to. So we want to continue to make the camps free for the girls, you know? That means paying for buses and food and all of that. T-shirts, you know? All day to keep a child all day long, you know? So donations are definitely how people can help. Please, please. Give monthly. A monthly donation has more impact than a one-time donation, but that's most definitely what we need to do.Zach: Well, so first of all, I don't want to--and I don't want to zoom past that part, because there's so many opportunities and things out there, but they're limited by economic barriers, right? Like, the fact that you're able to offer these programs for free. Not for a reduced cost, not for a discount, but for free to these families is so important, and it's one less excuse, you know? And it's a big deal when a parent gives up their child for a day, even if they're chaperoning them, to follow them--to allow them to go off from their direct care, and then to do that and then to ask them to give up something monetarily in a situation where they may not--they may not have the means to do so. So that's beautiful that you're able to do that, and we'll make sure to have the donation link in the show notes, and we'll direct folks to donate there. Now, this has been a great discussion, but before we go, I feel as if--I feel as if you have some more wisdom and some more jewels to share, so I'd like to ask if you have any parting words or shout-outs before we wrap up here.Kiwoba: I would say, you know, thank you, God, for saving my life, so that I can have this impact on girls around the world. Also, keep in mind that I'm trying to--GIRL STEM STARS isn't about getting girls just into tech companies, but we're also--you know, this is why our girls are from 8-18. We're also creating the future board members, the future decision-makers, the future entrepreneurs of the world, you know? And that--you know, we want to have our girls be in those higher seats that are making the decisions about the world, about, you know, starting their own tech companies maybe. Starting whatever. Being entrepreneurs, right? And we're trying to give them that entrepreneurial mindset that you are in control, you know? That these kids, they can make a decision to say, "Okay, I can watch cartoons in the morning, or I can go to a GIRL STEM STARS camp at NASA," right? So giving them the opportunity, picking them up with a bus, feeding them, doing this all day long with them, it literally changes their whole world. I've had parents constantly sending me emails going that one trip changed their whole daughter's perspective on life, and she's starting--you know, her grades are better. She knows that--she knows what she sees, you know? 'Cause we--a lot of the girls are regulars. Sometimes, you know, they're different, but for the most part, you know, when these girls to go to all of these different events, you know, Makers Faire, and to city hall, and be treated like absolute ladies, you know? We treat them like gold. We roll out the red carpet for them. That day will never--it will never leave them, you know? It changes their whole life, and we know that we've changed them in that one day and that they're looking for--they've seen and experienced a better future for themselves. Zach: Absolutely, and often it just needs that--takes that one spark to set off a whole new set of dreams, so that's incredible.Kiwoba: Exactly.Zach: Well, awesome. Look, that does it for us, y'all. Thank you for joining us on the Living Corporate podcast. Make sure to follow us on Instagram at LivingCorporate, Twitter at LivingCorp_Pod, and subscribe to our newsletter through living-corporate.com. Remember, this is a special series brought to you by the Coalition of Black Excellence. To learn more about the Coalition of Black Excellence and their CBE Week, look them up at CBEWeek.com. If you have a question that you'd like for us to answer and read on the show, make sure you email us at livingcorporatepodcast@gmail.com. This has been Zach. You've been listening to Kiwoba Allaire, founder and CEO of GIRL STEM STARS. Peace, y'all.Kiwoba: Goodbye. God bless you all.

An interview with Ryan Paterson . . . ... of the Church Family Network, a relational network of  simple church congregations in San Jose, Des Moines and soon in Vancouver, Washington. Learn about yet another church of the heart network, this one expanding from the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Mentioned in this Episode Church Family Network  Southern Baptist Association  Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development SEND Going to Church in the First Century by Robert Banks Neil Cole Greenhouses, CMA Montavilla Church, Portland, OR

Don’t miss this leadership interview with Judith Glaser. Judith is an Organizational Anthropologist. She is one of the most pioneering and innovative change agents, consultants, and executive coaches in the consulting and coaching industry, and she is the world’s leading authority on Conversational Intelligence®, WE-centric Leadership, and Neuro-Innovation. She is also a best-selling author of 7 business books including her newest best seller - Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results. Through the application of “the neuroscience of we” for business challenges, Judith shows CEOs and their teams how to elevate levels of engagement, collaboration, and innovation to positively impact the bottom line. In 2017, Judith was selected by Marshall Goldsmith as one of the top 15 Coaches in the world. She has also been ranked as the 10th Coaching Guru in the world by Global Gurus and has been selected as a 2017 Brava Award Winner. From 2016 to 2018, Conversational Intelligence® was selected by INC, Magazine as one of the top 5 business trends of the year. In 2004, she was awarded Woman of the Year in New York City, and the same award, again, in 2017 by Smart CEO. Since 2006, she has been listed in the top 10 consultants globally in the Excellence Top 100 Consultants list and is one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders globally on the subject of leadership. In 2011, Judith was awarded the Drexel University Distinguished Alumni Award, and in 2006 she was inducted into the Temple University Gallery of Success. She is a Founding Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She guest speaks at a number of universities nationally and internationally including Dubai and China, universalizing Conversational Intelligence. She has appeared on CBS Morning News with Charlie Rose & Gayle King, NBC’s Today Show, ABC World News, The Fox News Channel, The Martha Stewart Show and the Family Network talking about We-Centric Leadership and Cultural Transformation. Her interview with TheSchoolHouse302 was incredibly insightful, check it out. Listen to what Judith has to say about traditional methods of communication--asking and telling. She says we need to move to much deeper, richer conversations, which she calls going from transactional to co-creational. Judith is influenced by a number of leaders and you can find out more about her work, like the concept of C-IQ by visiting Conversationalintelligence.com. She advises us to “listen to connect not judge or reject.” The key is to learn how to pull the right information from people and not push them away. This style of listening shifts the chemistry in our brains and moves to an open space for greater communication. Don’t miss what she says about language. Listen to how she truly believes in living outside-of-the-box and not being bound by others. This isn’t the first time that a leader told us that they wanted to be able to fly. Check it out. She talks about listening to herself and trusting her gut. Don’t miss what she says about instinct.   She talks about the rhythm of the universe and the bond we all have with one other. Fascinating. Don’t miss it. Judith’s interview is filled with practical advice for leaders, and it really hits home on something we do everyday--communicate--but that we need to do better as leaders. Her ideas helps develop leaders by getting to simple with speaking and listening in a more profound way. Be sure to get your copy of her book, Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results, and let us know what you think. Please follow, like, and comment; it really helps. Use #onethingseries and #SH302 so that we can find you. Joe & T.J.

In this special 100th episode of Exploring Different Brains, Hackie Reitman, M.D. explains what Different Brains stands for through the words of some of our amazing past guests. Featured in this episode are: Bankole A. Johnson, DSc, MD, MBChB, MPhil, FRCPsych, DFAPA, Dip-ABAM, Dip-ABDA, FACFEI (heads the Brain Science Research Consortium Unit (BSRCU) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of addiction, and was featured on HBO’s addiction), Dr. Gail Salts (Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical College, a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, a columnist, bestselling author, podcast host and television commentator and one of the nation’s foremost go-to experts on a variety of psychological and mental health issues ), Dr. Stephen Shore (author, autism advocate, board member for Autism Speaks, and professor at Adelphi University), Jessica Thom (British advocate diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at the age of 20, and is the co-founder of Touretteshero, as well as an artist, play worker, fundraiser),Dr. Matthew Scheps (an astrophysicist and visiting scientist at M.I.T., and founder of the Laboratory for Visual Learning), Tom McGranihan (author and advocate for the awareness of epilepsy), David Grant (brain injury, the founder and publisher of TBI HOPE Magazine), Shawn Smith (neurodiversity advocate and consultant, and founder of Don’t Dis-my-Ability), Stacy Hoaglund (editor of The Autism Notebook Magazine, a Family Support Specialist for Family Network on Disabilities, the CEO of Disability Training and Support Specialists, project coordinator for Partners in Policy-making, author of “Go for the Goal: A Parent’s Guide to Creating Meaningful IEP Goals,” a tireless advocate for the neurodiverse, and the mother of a son with autism), Dr. Temple Grandin (prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior, professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University), Michael Alessandri (Executive Director of the University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities [UM-NSU CARD] ), Dr. JR Harding (an author, disability advocate, and instructional specialist at Florida State University), Dr. Steve Ronik (CEO of Henderson Behavioral Health, the largest provider of health care support in South Florida, serving 30,000 people), Dr. Steve Perlman (Clinical professor of Pediatric Dentistry at The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Co-founder and previous president of The American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry [AADMD], and was an integral part of bringing health care services to the Special Olympics), Denise Karp (autism advocate and founder of the yahoo autism parent’s group Denise’s List), and Sarah Weir (President of the National Down Syndrome Society [NDSS], the leading human rights organization for all individuals with Down syndrome). For more information about our guests, visit this episode's page on our website: http://differentbrains.org/what-is-different-brains-advocating-for-neurodiversity-from-autism-to-alzheimer-edb-100/ Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/

In episode 13, Aaron interviews Tammy Ramsay about their recent experience at the Evolve summit with Dr. Shefali Tsabary. Aaron met Tammy at the summit, where she interviewed speakers and attendees as part of the Evolve production team. They discuss parenting struggles, the conscious parenting movement, personal transformation, and takeaways from the Evolve summit. More on Tammy Ramsay: After working as an adoption caseworker for nearly a decade, Tammy left her job to be more present with her children. She has now found part time work that allows her to make her kids a priority while still being involved in passion projects. Tammy recently joined The Family Network (an adoption agency in Roseville, CA) as a board member, works as a member of Dr. Shefali’s EVOLVE production team and serves as a volunteer for the Women’s Journey Foundation in Orange County, CA. Show notes can be found at www.museandthecatalyst.com/ episode 13.

In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman sits down again with Stacey Hoaglund. She is the editor of The Autism Notebook Magazine, a Family Support Specialist for Family Network on Disabilities, the CEO of Disability Training and Support Specialists, project coordinator for Partners in Policy-making, author of “Go for the Goal: A Parent’s Guide to Creating Meaningful IEP Goals,” a tireless advocate for the neurodiverse, and the mother of a son with autism. Stacey discusses neurodiversity in education, harnessing hyperinterests, and employment for those with different brains. Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.com/category/edb/

Programs being offered. Helping single mothers. Collaboration with the community and self-advocates. Annual events. Memberships. Philosophy of PAFN. Brining the best of the best together and offering support. The amazing architectural features and how it addresses the needs of our community members. Beautiful and thoughtful artwork and design. PAFN logo explained. The autism community consulted. Everyone is welcome. Autism research. Stop talking and start doing. Seizures, epilepsy and autism. The medical community involvement. Giving credit to instrumental people. Spokes explained. “One phone number, one place to start.” Future plans of PAFN. “The Hub” for British Columbia and Canada. What they love about their work. Their hopes and goals for their charity. Autism in their own words.

Mr. Sergio Cocchia O.B.C LL.D. (Hon) and Mrs. Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia O.B.C LL.D. (Hon). Their autism journey. Challenges in the autism community. Addressing issues that arise for families. Helpful tools for parents. Addressing autism through the lifespan. Accessing autism services in remote areas. Giving hope and information. Working with the government. Connecting with other families. Family first. Knowledge is key. The key to their successful union. PAFN is for more then just autism. Changes needed in our “village” the greatest country on Earth. How and why PAFN started. Addressing families needs. 3 Core things addressed. Amazing people joining PAFN. Hub and spoke. Magnificent donors and partners named. Funding still needed. What PAFN offers. Their daughter's contribution and charity. Brilliant programs arriving soon.

Andrea Simon is the research coordinator for the SPARK study at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Robin Kochel is an assistant professor of pediatric psychology at the Baylor College of Medicine and associate director for research for the autism center at the Texas Children's Hospital. She is the principal investigator for SPARK. Judy Blake is the Mother of a 21 year old son living with autism and she is the program coordinator for The Family to Family Network. The SPARK study will collect information and DNA for genetic analysis from 50,000 individuals with autism and their families in order to advance our understanding of this condition and to help develop better support systems and treatments. It's a fascinating conversation with a lot of information you can find on their website: www.sparkforautism.org/texaschildrens or text "SPARK" to 555888 and you will receive the information directly on your phone.

In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman sits down with Stacey Hoaglund. She is the editor of The Autism Notebook Magazine, a Family Support Specialist for Family Network on Disabilities, the CEO of Disability Training and Support Specialists, project coordinator for Partners in Policy-making, author of “Go for the Goal: A Parent’s Guide to Creating Meaningful IEP Goals,” a tireless advocate for the neurodiverse, and the mother of a son with autism. Stacey discusses the importance of appreciating the gifts of the neurodiverse, how employment helps develop social skills, and the challenge of getting legislature passed that can help the family and individuals affected by learning challenges.

In the first of the special, 4-part series on Family Mental Health, we take a look at what you would need to know if your family experiences a mental health crisis. When do you ask for help? Where do you find help? What if it’s the caregiver who’s in need? And what if it’s a child who’s struggling? In-studio guests: Randee Shafer, a licensed Clinical Social Worker, Kimberly Pettit, a co-founder of the Psychiatric Emergency Department at Providence Alaska Medical Center where she is currently the Behavioral Health Manager, and Paul Cornils, the Executive Director of Alaska Youth and Family Network.

Diet and physical activity before and during pregnancy affect short- andlong-term health of mother and child. The energy needs at the end ofpregnancy increase only by about 10% compared to nonpregnant women. Anexcessive energy intake is undesirable since maternal overweight andexcessive weight gain can increase the risks for a high birth weight andlater child overweight and diabetes. Maternal weight at the beginning ofpregnancy is especially important for pregnancy outcome and childhealth. Women should strive to achieve normal weight already beforepregnancy. Regular physical activity can contribute to a healthy weightand to the health of pregnant women. The need for certain nutrientsincreases more than energy requirements. Before and during pregnancy,foods with a high content of essential nutrients should bepreferentially selected. Supplements should include folic acid andiodine, iron (in case of suboptimal iron stores), the omega-3 fatty aciddocosahexaenoic acid (in case of infrequent consumption of ocean fish)and vitamin D (in case of decreased sun exposure and decreasedendogenous vitamin D synthesis). Pregnant women should not smoke and notstay in rooms where others smoke or have smoked before (passivesmoking). Alcohol consumption should be avoided, since alcohol can harmunborn children.