Kristen and Dana do a quick review of the season so far and talk about where we have been! More coming soon...

Chris White is a combat Marine, inner city police officer, yogi, father of 2 girls, and a black man. These experiences give him a lot to share on what is currently going on in America; from growing up to now being an example for his daughters and co-workers in how to find peace in the chaos.  Chris challenges our thoughts and even his own as we go through this two part episode.

Chris White is a combat Marine, inner city police officer, yogi, father of 2 girls, and a black man. These experiences give him a lot to share on what is currently going on in America; from growing up to now being an example for his daughters and co-workers in how to find peace in the chaos.  Chris challenges our thoughts and even his own as we go through this two part episode.

Kristen and Dana sit down to reflect on their conversations with Chenoa Williams and Jennifer Wilson. They also introduce our next guest, Chris, who is a black police officer in an inner city, a former Marine, a yoga teacher, and father of two beautiful girls. The conversation with Chris will continue this Sunday, stay tuned...

Jennifer Wilson is a middle school teacher in Windsor, CT where she spearheaded a leadership and equity training for teachers and staff, illuminating racial inequality in society as well as within the classroom. She has participated in multiple trainings herself, one of them lead by Lee Mun Wah. She also pulls from her personal experience as a mother of 2 biracial children and wife to an African American. In this interview, Jenn dives deep into what it means to be a white ally and how she has uses her white privilege past and present to stand against racism and educate others in being anti-racist. Donate to The Innocence Project: https://www.innocenceproject.org Harvard Implicit Bias Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html Check out the amazing list of resources with this google doc Jenn created: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wzknk1xx5o49hiDqpD2qlkDSdn-v37MGQNjB7qOTsYA/edit?usp=sharing

Chenoa Williams is a Black Lives Matter activist and one of the organizers of the March for Justice that took place in Glastonbury, Connecticut on June 7, 2020 where over 3,000 people demonstrated and protested the systemic racism in the United States and the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Brionna Taylor. Chenoa shares one of her moving speeches from the protest and what it is like to grow up as a black woman in a minority white town. Find Chenoa on Instagram @chenoajanice Donate to charities Chenoa endorses: Marsha P. Johnson institute: https://marshap.org   | Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund Venmo: @emergencyreleasefund The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com For more charities supporting Black Trans People, visit: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wnbb/tony-mcdade-nina-pop-how-to-help

Dr. Julie A. Liefeld is a registered nurse, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and received her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies with a focus on trauma and positive youth development. Julie is also an E-RYT500hr certified yoga teacher with The Yoga Shop where she leads their LivFree® Live Big Life Coaching program and co-leads the 300hr Teacher Training Program. On this episode, Julie offers her clinical perspective on re-entry shock as stay home orders are being lifted; how can we promote wellness for ourselves and our families when our life is chaotic? Listen and find out.  Follow Julie…  Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/julie-ann-liefeld-old-lyme-ct/204290    |    The Yoga Shop free LivFree® Power Down & Nidra with Julie www.theyogashop.us    |    Creative journaling: https://www.facebook.com/108695759168227/videos/291281065209895/    |    Therapy Services: http://211.org call 211    |    Yale Child Study Center: https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/    |    Family clinic at Southern Connecticut State University https://www.southernct.edu/academics/marriage-family-therapy/clinic    |    Free therapy: (203)-392-6413 A Soldiers Home Project with SCSU – (203) 392-6413 *please mention you are interested in A Soldiers Home Project.    |    Veterans Crisis Hotline: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net call 1-800-273-8255 Press 1    |    Further Education: Central Connecticut State University Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy:  https://www.ccsu.edu/mft/    |    300 Yoga Teacher Training with The Yoga Shop: https://theyogashop.us/teacher-training/    |    Book References: The Artists Way By, Julia Cameron    |    Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain By, Betty Edwards

Follow Kristen and Dana while they discuss Kristen’s personal experience with re-entry shock. Kristen discusses coming home after studying abroad and her struggles with finding a therapist that she connected with as well as her husband, Ryan, coming home after a 9 month long deployment and re-establishing a routine with their baby. Listen and learn about how the lessons Kristen has learned can help you ease back into “normalcy” as stay home orders are slowly being lifted.

Stephanie Cabral is a lawyer turned real estate agent and investor. Learn how she took a difficult financial situation and turned it into profit by purchasing her first, two family home which inspired her to start her own real estate business, Sunrise Real Estate where Stephanie now owns and manages 15 rental properties, and it keeps growing.  Follow Stephanie: sunrisebuyshouses.com  |  [email protected]  |  IG: @stephaniesunrise  |. FB: Stephanie Cabral  |  Bigger Pockets Podcast with Stephanie: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/360-leveraging-virtual-assistants-automation-to-build/id594419649?i=1000459377933

On this episode Kristen & Dana dive into setting boundaries, building trust, and holding space to find & maintain meaningful relationships. They share lessons they have learned from their personal lives as well as Yoga Teacher Training and Life Coaching Certification, both received through The Yoga Shop located in South Windsor, CT. References: Interview with Katy Wilcox: https://anchor.fm/following/episodes/Following----Catherine-D--Wilcox--M-Div---ACPE-CE-ecvoae Interview with Kristin Santamaria: https://anchor.fm/following/episodes/Following----Kristin-Santamaria-ecd76g More info on Yoga Teacher Training: theyogashop.us