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Real Talk with Tina and Ann — 177 episodes
Sextortion And Kids: A Calm Parent Response Can Save A Life
Finishing A Memoir And Finding Healing
You don't have to be the Trauma that Raised You: An Interview with Author Lena Fein
From Immigrant to 700 million dollar deal: Taking the road to discover self with Michael Yang
From Invisible Courage to Visible Success: The Michael Yang Story
Parenting Redefined: A Brain-Based Parenting Conversation with Dr. Kristen Cook
Life is on the Other Side of Fear: From a Detention Center to a Golden Gloves Champion
When Your Past Is Waiting For You
Returning to the Place that Made you: Identity and finding Lost Memories with Mario Cartaya
Raising Resilient Kids Begins with Regulated Parents with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Kate Lund
What if Dementia isn't the end of Connection, but an Invitation to a Different Kind of Presence?
The Invisible Hard
Beyond the Diagnosis: Understanding the FASD Brain (Part 2)
Brain Wiring, Not Character Flaws; Symptoms, not Bad Behavior with RJ Formanek
Belonging Begins Before Permission: Nancy Shear Part 2 | Creativity, Mentorship, and Life Inside Music
Diagnosis Day: Neurodivergent Parenting-A Segment of Real Talk with Tina and Ann
Belonging Begins Before Permission: Nancy Shear’s Story Inside the Mind of Music’s Greats
Right On Time: Growth that Waits for Safety
He Polished My Soul: When You Only Have One Quill Left with Deborah Weed
Fear is not a Prophecy: Living, Showing Up, Advocating and taking Charge
When Your Own Body Throws a Plot Twist: A Survival Comedy with Best Selling Author Cara Lockwood
Rethinking Possible: Acceptance, Autism, And A Life Rebuilt
Rethinking Possible, When Life Throws Curveballs, Build a Batting Cage
Hope on the Border part 2: I Love the Me I See in You with Gil Gillenwater
Border of Hope: I love the Me I See in You with Gil Gillenwater
Life in Tandem: Love, Loss, and Identity After Stroke with Stroke Onward's Deb Meyerson and Steve Zuckerman
November 25, 1975: 50 years after the loss of my Dad
Even Here, We Are Thankful
Beyond Shame: The Freedom of Hearing “It’s Not Your Fault with RJ Formanek on Living with FASD part 2
What Happens When We Finally Hear It’s Not Your Fault: Rj Formanek's story
From Grief to Justice on Death Row: Sophia Laurenzi’s Journey
Hot Flashes, Cold Takes, And Why Trucker Hats Are Ageless: Aging OutLOUD with Angela Burk
How A Young Child Witnessed Exile And Turned Pain Into Power: Ana Hebra Flaster's Story Part 2
The Heart Remembers: A Young Cuban Immigrant’s Story of Escape, Family, and Finding Home
How trauma shaped us, how truth freed us, and how we learned to love differently.
Building Kids Who Can Stand on Their Own: A Recipe for Raising Today’s Youth
What Happens When Everything You Know Is a Lie? An Interview with novelist Leslie Rasmussen
Joy and Grief are Companions
Unmasking Brilliance: Living Boldly with ADHD in a Neurotypical World
MentalHappy: Tamar Blue’s Mission to Make Mental Health Available to All
When Love Changes Form: Staying Connected After Loss with Tony Stewart
Blessed and highly favored: One lady’s story of growing programs for youth & transforming community
Chiseling through Trauma: The Jon Hair story part 2
The Power of Positive Thinking: Redirecting Your Thoughts for Success
From Orphanage to Olympic Sculptor: John Hair's Remarkable Journey
The Weight of Silence: Family Secrets and Identity
Let's Talk Self-Worth with the Founder of the Self-Worth Initiative
From Breaking News to Inner Peace: Emmy Award-Winning Journalist George Noleff
ADHD in Women with Dr. Jennifer Dall: Diagnosed at 53
Monsters with a Mission: How Sarah Sparks Is Helping Kids Tame Big Emotions
A Day with my younger self: Amy Weinland Daughters Memoir part 2
When Going Back to Your 10-Year-Old Self Changes Everything: A Journey You Didn’t See Coming with Author Amy Weinland Daughters
Finding Your Way Without a Map: Rita Lussier and the Journey Back to You
One woman's pain became a national movement that helped a million people find homes: Karen Olson and Family Promise
Again...Let Your Love Be Larger part 2 with Rebecca Galli
Let Your Love Be Larger Than Your Circumstances: Rebecca Galli's Journey
When Life Gives You Lemons and all you have is a straw
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Quotable
Finding Faith After Unimaginable Loss: Autumn Starr Canterbury's story part 2
Discarded But Not Broken: Autumn Starr Canterbury Story of Survival Part 1
Battlefield of your mind: Trust, Faith and Believing Lies
Life Happens on the Other Side of Hard Things: Zoe Smith part 2
Healing & Balancing Mind, Body, and Soul with Zoe Smith
Joy and Grief are companions: When Light Meets Darkness
Navy SEAL to Social Warrior: Tom LaGrave's Mission for Youth
The Simplicities of life make who we are: When finding our center can mean safety and peace
Embracing Adoption and Differences: A Journey with Author Sasha Saidman part 2
Save a Therapy Center Transforming Lives for Children and Babies with Disabilities! –Need is Imminent
"First Day, An Adoption Story: Sasha Saidman on Love, Adoption & Belonging"
The Escape: Victoria Ellen's Courageous fight against abuse and systematic failures. Part 2
When the one hurting you is in your own home: An interview with author Victoria Ellen Part 1
Attention Seeking vs. Connection Part 2
WTFudge 2025
Attention Seeking vs. Connection Seeking Part 1
Navigating Invisible Differences: Empowering Parents and Children on Unique Journeys with Kari Baker part 2
Finding Kind with Kari Baker: Parenting Children with Invisible Neurological Differences
Giving our Mental Health a Fresh Start
SAD (seasonal affective disorder) during the Holiday season
Not Perfection but Preparation: An Interview with Ann Marie Thrives
What is your Acceptance Speech part 2
What is your acceptance speech part 1
Finding Gratitude
Every Step Forward is Worth Celebrating part 2
Every Step Forward is worth Celebrating
The Power of Being Right Where You are Part 2
The Power of Being Right Where You Are
Unlocking Independence: Building Life Skills and Connections on the Autism Spectrum Part 2 with Ron Sandison
A story of perseverance and advocacy: Ron Sandison's Inspiring Journey with Autism
The Worst Thing you could do to Someone part 2
The Worst Thing You Could do to Someone
Even Your Lowest Moment can be Redeemed Part 2 Mikey Silas Interview
The Healing and Transformative Power of Music with Mikey Silas of Apostle Jones Part 1
From Orphanage to Olympic Strength: The Inspiring Journey of Sculptor Jon Hair Part 2
From Orphanage to Olympic Strength: The Inspiring Life of renowned sculptor and drummer Jon Hair Part 1
Showing up is 90% of success
Blessed and highly favored: One lady’s wisdom and story of growing programs for youth. transforming communities and living what she preaches.
Who you are in your Fear is NOT who you Really are part 2
Who YOU are in your Fear is NOT who you REALLY are
The Triggering of Deep-Seated Fears and Past Traumas
When Grief Gets Real part 2
When Grief Gets Real
Make Excuses or Make Adjustments part 2
You can Make Excuses or You can Make Adjustments
Tribute to Ann's brother Keith: Overcoming and Resilience
Staying on Track: Where are you on the train? Caboose, Baggage car, passenger car? Who is driving your train?
Directing your life: When your story ends, did your script and cast meet your expectations?
Everything is on the other side! A Different Perspective! Part 2
Everything is on the Other Side! We Promise!
Treat me bad because I already do! Taking Guilt to Self-grace part 2
Turning Guilt of Wrongdoing into Grace Part 1
The unspoken pain of Secondary Trauma: What is it and how does it affect us?
Self Destruction: Finding it within yourself to get up and take a different path, Michael Haburay part 2
From Pain to Purpose: A Story of Redemption from a Musical Genius: Michael Haburay Part 1
Regrets: A Different Perspective
Passing the Baton of Life: Staying in the race and finishing stronger
World Autism Awareness Day: What it's like to be Autistic and the tools that has helped to navigate the world
Why did you Survive? Purpose in the Pain and Hope in the Journey
Soundtrack of Our Souls: Finding Solace in the Musical Anthems that have Helped Us Heal
Kindness can Change a Life
In your Face Trauma: You are Stronger than your Circumstances
Seeing the World through Trauma's Lens
Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebrations and Grief Part 2
Anniversaries: The Delicate Balance of Celebration and Grief Part 1
The strength in being Vulnerable and affirmations: Charde Young part 3
A personal and candid message from Ann
Emotional Bravery--From Pain to Purpose: Charde Young part 2
Doing it Afraid: Not Confident but Courageous
Helping our Kids Through Trauma Can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 3
Helping our Kids Through Trauma can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 2
Helping Our Kids Through Trauma can Trigger Our Own Abuse Part 1
Embracing New Beginnings Amidst Grief and Loss
SAD During the Holidays and Winter Months
Reading someone's Trauma or Triggers is a Love Language
Physically Revisiting Trauma
A Quote-Filled Episode on Boundaries, Healthy Healing, Healthy Grieving and Advocating
A Hurting Child's Countdown to the Holidays: A time of Joy or a time of Fear?
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
A Personal Message from Ann
Fight or Flight: The Human Response to Trauma
The Simple Comment that Changes a Child's Life: The Denise Bard Story of Advocacy and Hope
Changing your Story: You don't have to be the story you were born into: The Denise Bard Story part 3
The Power of a Safe Space and the profound Impact 30 seconds can make: The Denise Bard story part 2
From Something to Someone: The Denise Bard Story of Resilience and Hope Part 1
Fear and hate: Exploring the True Opposite of Love and its many Layers
Rock Paper Scissors, Love, Hate, Fear Part 1
Embracing the Power of a Diagnosis: A Journey of Self-Acceptance, Advocacy, and Collective Action
The Hidden Trauma of FASD with Trailblazer and Overcomer R.J. Formanek Part 1
Joy and Pain and the Fear of Moving Forward
How Pain and Joy can Live Together Part 1
The Profound Influence of Trauma
Friendship, Journalism, and Life's Lessons: From a Murder Trial to Present Day
Trauma Certified Educators Discuss Co-regulating, Societal Pressures on Education and Giving Ourselves Grace: Part 2
Certified Trauma Educators Discuss Trauma and the Difficult Task of Regulating Students in this Disregulated World: Part 1
Overcoming Life's Obstacles by Going Through, Conquering, and going INTO the Unknown
School District Implements Trauma-Informed, Mental Health Focused Program--Wadsworth City Schools, Ohio Part 2
School District Implements Model Program putting Mental Health First--Wadsworth City Schools, Ohio Part 1
Calm and Balance in the Heart of a Tornado
PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 5
PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 4
PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 3
PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 2
PTSD--17 Symptoms Part 1
When Someone Hurts Your Child
Five ways we help our children navigate the world
Becoming
A Story of Grief part 2
A story of Grief
Let's talk about the Elephant in the Room
Schools and Bullying
School Counselor takes us inside the mental health of our children and the needs of our schools
Fear and pushing through
Belonging and Worthy of Love
Irrational Fears vs. Rational Fears part 2: Let our dreams be bigger than our fears.
Rational vs. Irrational fears and thoughts
Scripts
Stopping Short of Success
Let's Get Real with Tina and Ann