17. Tuning into anxiety as a sleep deprived mom with Hilary McClinton

17. Tuning into anxiety as a sleep deprived mom with Hilary McClinton

Today we are going to explore sleep, behavior, and a mental health condition that is not often talked about: postpartum anxiety. Our guest, Hilary McClinton, is a behavior analyst and sleep specialist who has her own story about anxiety…and how all of this is a product of her context as mom to child with sleeping difficulties, and a product of her own sleep deprivation.

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16. "Being more me": Growing into authenticity with Summer Mingo

16. "Being more me": Growing into authenticity with Summer Mingo

In this episode I talk to fellow introvert Summer Mingo. We talk about how we’ve learned to not only come “out” of our shells but to grow into them.

I relate our experience to that of a hermit crab. It’s shell might be mistaken as any other shell, but it is uniquely the environment, the context in which the hermit crab resides.

We all have our own space and, own context by which we are living our life right now. You too have an experience that is different from anyone else's, and different from what it looks like 5 or 10 years ago. Your shell is your life, right now.

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6. Self-identity as a woman of color with danyelle beal

6. Self-identity as a woman of color with danyelle beal

Today is all about perspective-taking and identifying the ways in which we develop a rigid self-identify.

Our guest today is danyelle beal, a behavior analyst for more than 20 years. She will share her struggles and her successes, her identity as a black woman, and how her journey has led her to become a leader and a mentor for other women of color in her field.

This story is one that doesn’t have a definite starting or ending point because we are really talking about danyelle’s experience as a woman of color...and that experience continues to today.

We are really going to dig into race issues here primarily through her internal struggle and then explore the outer context of racism and prejudice which is infused in her every life from the inside out.

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