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Real Talk with Tina and Ann — 187 episodes

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What If We Stopped Making Children adapt to a One-Size-Fits-All School and Started Building the System Around Them?

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The Longer You Hold onto Things, the Heavier They Get: What can you put down?

3

The Things We Carry After We Leave: Part 2 with Anna Hebra Flaster

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Beside Every Struggle is a Gift: The Art of Neurodivergence

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The Sound of Freedom: A Family's Escape

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One of the Greatest Tragedies in Life Is Not Failure. It's Quitting Before We Get to the Other Side.

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Adassa the Voice of Encanto: What if the Detour is the Path

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When Systems Fail

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The Strong Still Need Holding

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Stop Shrinking Before Growth: it is Ok to be Seen

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Sextortion And Kids: A Calm Parent Response Can Save A Life

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Finishing A Memoir And Finding Healing

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You don't have to be the Trauma that Raised You: An Interview with Author Lena Fein

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From Immigrant to 700 million dollar deal: Taking the road to discover self with Michael Yang

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From Invisible Courage to Visible Success: The Michael Yang Story

16

Parenting Redefined: A Brain-Based Parenting Conversation with Dr. Kristen Cook

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Life is on the Other Side of Fear: From a Detention Center to a Golden Gloves Champion

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When Your Past Is Waiting For You

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Returning to the Place that Made you: Identity and finding Lost Memories with Mario Cartaya

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Raising Resilient Kids Begins with Regulated Parents with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kate Lund

21

What if Dementia isn't the end of Connection, but an Invitation to a Different Kind of Presence?

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The Invisible Hard

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Beyond the Diagnosis: Understanding the FASD Brain (Part 2)

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Brain Wiring, Not Character Flaws; Symptoms, not Bad Behavior with RJ Formanek

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Belonging Begins Before Permission: Nancy Shear Part 2 | Creativity, Mentorship, and Life Inside Music

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Diagnosis Day: Neurodivergent Parenting-A Segment of Real Talk with Tina and Ann

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Belonging Begins Before Permission: Nancy Shear’s Story Inside the Mind of Music’s Greats

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Right On Time: Growth that Waits for Safety

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He Polished My Soul: When You Only Have One Quill Left with Deborah Weed

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Fear is not a Prophecy: Living, Showing Up, Advocating and taking Charge

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When Your Own Body Throws a Plot Twist: A Survival Comedy with Best Selling Author Cara Lockwood

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Rethinking Possible: Acceptance, Autism, And A Life Rebuilt

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Rethinking Possible, When Life Throws Curveballs, Build a Batting Cage

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Hope on the Border part 2: I Love the Me I See in You with Gil Gillenwater

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Border of Hope: I love the Me I See in You with Gil Gillenwater

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Life in Tandem: Love, Loss, and Identity After Stroke with Stroke Onward's Deb Meyerson and Steve Zuckerman

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November 25, 1975: 50 years after the loss of my Dad

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Even Here, We Are Thankful

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Beyond Shame: The Freedom of Hearing “It’s Not Your Fault with RJ Formanek on Living with FASD part 2

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What Happens When We Finally Hear It’s Not Your Fault: Rj Formanek's story

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From Grief to Justice on Death Row: Sophia Laurenzi’s Journey

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Hot Flashes, Cold Takes, And Why Trucker Hats Are Ageless: Aging OutLOUD with Angela Burk

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How A Young Child Witnessed Exile And Turned Pain Into Power: Ana Hebra Flaster's Story Part 2

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The Heart Remembers: A Young Cuban Immigrant’s Story of Escape, Family, and Finding Home

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How trauma shaped us, how truth freed us, and how we learned to love differently.

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Building Kids Who Can Stand on Their Own: A Recipe for Raising Today’s Youth

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What Happens When Everything You Know Is a Lie? An Interview with novelist Leslie Rasmussen

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Joy and Grief are Companions

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Unmasking Brilliance: Living Boldly with ADHD in a Neurotypical World

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MentalHappy: Tamar Blue’s Mission to Make Mental Health Available to All

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When Love Changes Form: Staying Connected After Loss with Tony Stewart

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Blessed and highly favored: One lady’s story of growing programs for youth & transforming community

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Chiseling through Trauma: The Jon Hair story part 2

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The Power of Positive Thinking: Redirecting Your Thoughts for Success

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From Orphanage to Olympic Sculptor: John Hair's Remarkable Journey

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The Weight of Silence: Family Secrets and Identity

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Let's Talk Self-Worth with the Founder of the Self-Worth Initiative

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From Breaking News to Inner Peace: Emmy Award-Winning Journalist George Noleff

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ADHD in Women with Dr. Jennifer Dall: Diagnosed at 53

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Monsters with a Mission: How Sarah Sparks Is Helping Kids Tame Big Emotions

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A Day with my younger self: Amy Weinland Daughters Memoir part 2

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When Going Back to Your 10-Year-Old Self Changes Everything: A Journey You Didn’t See Coming with Author Amy Weinland Daughters

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Finding Your Way Without a Map: Rita Lussier and the Journey Back to You

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One woman's pain became a national movement that helped a million people find homes: Karen Olson and Family Promise

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Again...Let Your Love Be Larger part 2 with Rebecca Galli

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Let Your Love Be Larger Than Your Circumstances: Rebecca Galli's Journey

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When Life Gives You Lemons and all you have is a straw

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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Quotable

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Finding Faith After Unimaginable Loss: Autumn Starr Canterbury's story part 2

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Discarded But Not Broken: Autumn Starr Canterbury Story of Survival Part 1

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Battlefield of your mind: Trust, Faith and Believing Lies

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Life Happens on the Other Side of Hard Things: Zoe Smith part 2

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Healing & Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul with Zoe Smith

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Joy and Grief are companions: When Light Meets Darkness

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Navy SEAL to Social Warrior: Tom LaGrave's Mission for Youth

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The Simplicities of life make who we are: When finding our center can mean safety and peace

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Embracing Adoption and Differences: A Journey with Author Sasha Saidman part 2

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Save a Therapy Center Transforming Lives for Children and Babies with Disabilities! –Need is Imminent

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"First Day, An Adoption Story: Sasha Saidman on Love, Adoption & Belonging"

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The Escape: Victoria Ellen's Courageous fight against abuse and systematic failures. Part 2

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When the one hurting you is in your own home: An interview with author Victoria Ellen Part 1

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Attention Seeking vs. Connection Part 2

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WTFudge 2025

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Attention Seeking vs. Connection Seeking Part 1

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Navigating Invisible Differences: Empowering Parents and Children on Unique Journeys with Kari Baker part 2

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Finding Kind with Kari Baker: Parenting Children with Invisible Neurological Differences

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Giving our Mental Health a Fresh Start

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SAD (seasonal affective disorder) during the Holiday season

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Not Perfection but Preparation: An Interview with Ann Marie Thrives

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What is your Acceptance Speech part 2

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What is your acceptance speech part 1

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Finding Gratitude

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Every Step Forward is Worth Celebrating part 2

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Every Step Forward is worth Celebrating

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The Power of Being Right Where You are Part 2

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The Power of Being Right Where You Are

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Unlocking Independence: Building Life Skills and Connections on the Autism Spectrum Part 2 with Ron Sandison

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A story of perseverance and advocacy: Ron Sandison's Inspiring Journey with Autism

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The Worst Thing you could do to Someone part 2

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The Worst Thing You Could do to Someone

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Even Your Lowest Moment can be Redeemed Part 2 Mikey Silas Interview

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The Healing and Transformative Power of Music with Mikey Silas of Apostle Jones Part 1

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From Orphanage to Olympic Strength: The Inspiring Journey of Sculptor Jon Hair Part 2

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From Orphanage to Olympic Strength: The Inspiring Life of renowned sculptor and drummer Jon Hair Part 1

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Showing up is 90% of success

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Blessed and highly favored: One lady’s wisdom and story of growing programs for youth. transforming communities and living what she preaches.

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Who you are in your Fear is NOT who you Really are part 2

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Who YOU are in your Fear is NOT who you REALLY are

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The Triggering of Deep-Seated Fears and Past Traumas

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When Grief Gets Real part 2

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When Grief Gets Real

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Make Excuses or Make Adjustments part 2

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You can Make Excuses or You can Make Adjustments

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Tribute to Ann's brother Keith: Overcoming and Resilience

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Staying on Track: Where are you on the train? Caboose, Baggage car, passenger car? Who is driving your train?

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Directing your life: When your story ends, did your script and cast meet your expectations?

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Everything is on the other side! A Different Perspective! Part 2

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Everything is on the Other Side! We Promise!

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Treat me bad because I already do! Taking Guilt to Self-grace part 2

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Turning Guilt of Wrongdoing into Grace Part 1

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The unspoken pain of Secondary Trauma: What is it and how does it affect us?

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Self Destruction: Finding it within yourself to get up and take a different path, Michael Haburay part 2

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From Pain to Purpose: A Story of Redemption from a Musical Genius: Michael Haburay Part 1

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Regrets: A Different Perspective

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Passing the Baton of Life: Staying in the race and finishing stronger

126

World Autism Awareness Day: What it's like to be Autistic and the tools that has helped to navigate the world

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Why did you Survive? Purpose in the Pain and Hope in the Journey

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Soundtrack of Our Souls: Finding Solace in the Musical Anthems that have Helped Us Heal

129

Kindness can Change a Life

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In your Face Trauma: You are Stronger than your Circumstances

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Seeing the World through Trauma's Lens

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Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebrations and Grief Part 2

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Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebration and Grief Part 1

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The strength in being Vulnerable and affirmations: Charde Young part 3

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A personal and candid message from Ann

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Emotional Bravery--From Pain to Purpose: Charde Young part 2

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Doing it Afraid: Not Confident but Courageous

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Helping our Kids Through Trauma Can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 3

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Helping our Kids Through Trauma can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 2

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Helping Our Kids Through Trauma can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 1

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Embracing New Beginnings Amidst Grief and Loss

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SAD During the Holidays and Winter Months

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Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language

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Physically Revisiting Trauma

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A Quote-Filled Episode on Boundaries, Healthy Healing, Healthy Grieving and Advocating

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A Hurting Child's Countdown to the Holidays: A time of Joy or a time of Fear?

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Didn't speak or learn to eat until 12: One Chippewa Indian boys quest from being told he would never speak and learn to a doctorate in Special Education

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A Personal Message from Ann

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Fight or Flight: The Human Response to Trauma

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The Simple Comment that Changes a Child's Life: The Denise Bard Story of Advocacy and Hope

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Changing your Story: You don't have to be the story you were born into: The Denise Bard Story part 3

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The Power of a Safe Space and the profound Impact 30 seconds can make: The Denise Bard story part 2

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From Something to Someone: The Denise Bard Story of Resilience and Hope Part 1

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Fear and hate: Exploring the True Opposite of Love and its many Layers

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Rock Paper Scissors, Love, Hate, Fear Part 1

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Embracing the Power of a Diagnosis: A Journey of Self-Acceptance, Advocacy, and Collective Action

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The Hidden Trauma of FASD with Trailblazer and Overcomer R.J. Formanek Part 1

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Joy and Pain and the Fear of Moving Forward

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How Pain and Joy can Live Together Part 1

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The Profound Influence of Trauma

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Friendship, Journalism, and Life's Lessons: From a Murder Trial to Present Day

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Trauma Certified Educators Discuss Co-regulating, Societal Pressures on Education and Giving Ourselves Grace: Part 2

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Certified Trauma Educators Discuss Trauma and the Difficult Task of Regulating Students in this Disregulated World: Part 1

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Overcoming Life's Obstacles by Going Through, Conquering, and going INTO the Unknown

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School District Implements Trauma-Informed, Mental Health Focused Program--Wadsworth City Schools, Ohio Part 2

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School District Implements Model Program putting Mental Health First--Wadsworth City Schools, Ohio Part 1

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Calm and Balance in the Heart of a Tornado

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PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 5

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PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 4

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PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 3

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PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 2

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PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 1

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When Someone Hurts Your Child

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Five ways we help our children navigate the world

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Becoming

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A Story of Grief part 2

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A story of Grief

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Let's talk about the Elephant in the Room

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Schools and Bullying

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School Counselor takes us inside the mental health of our children and the needs of our schools

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Fear and pushing through

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Belonging and Worthy of Love

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Irrational Fears vs. Rational Fears part 2: Let our dreams be bigger than our fears.

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Rational vs. Irrational fears and thoughts

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Scripts

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Stopping Short of Success

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Let's Get Real with Tina and Ann