The Peak and the Pit

Welcome back to Season 2. In this episode, we begin to unpack universal human needs and how those are directly correlated to our emotional intelligence. My guest, 11-year-old Maliah, speaks indirectly about the ways in which she deals with her human needs not being met and how sh ...  Show more

Making an effort to be aware is something that my next guest talks about quite a bit, stating that the language that he uses, and the choices that he makes in his day to day life as both a educator, an artist, an activist, and a friend of mine, is "not an attack on him but doing ...  Show more

On today's episode, I speak with my Aunt, Barb, a former social worker in our "sister district," district 98 and now mom to two of my favorite boys in the world, my cousins, Luke and Noah. My Auntie Barb is someone who I've admired for my whole life for a multitude of reasons, bu ...  Show more

Devynn speaks candidly both of healthy striving and perfectionism and how they can co-exist especially in the mind of a middle schooler. I loved her ability to speak bravely despite the hard topic and hard questioning that I was throwing at her on top of the fact that she has as ...  Show more

In this episode, my next guest, Marissa and I discuss how friends create space for true belonging, the dangers of ignored ignorance, and how much weight your words hold. I hope this podcast is able to open the eyes of every listener to see the "able versus the label" in every sin ...  Show more