PODCASTS
FIRST WE WROTE THE BOOK, now we're talking about it!
S 2 E 1 HONORING CHILDHOOD: THE PODCAST WITH SAMUEL BROADEN, PUBLISHED 1/8/2024- The Writing process filled with roses, thorns, and buds. Tune in to hear what discoveries we made while on our journey to completing, Rethinking Weapon Play in Early Childhood: How to Encourage Imagination, Kindness, and Consent in Your Classroom.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WHILE WRITING THE BOOK!
E#127 EVERYTHING ECE, PUBLISHED 1/12/2023 RESILIENCE WITHOUT MET NEEDS ISN'T RESILIENCE, IT'S A TRAUMA RESPONSE. ON THIS EPISODE, I TLK WITH CARLA ABOUT TRYING TO BE STRONG CREATED THE WALL I CAREENED INTO, AND THE UNEXPECTED LIFE CHANGES THAT EMERGED FROM RUBBLE.
BEGINNING OF JUNE
THE TRAGIC AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF A LOVED ONE ROCKED MY PERSONAL LIFE. TREE, NAMED SONYA AFTER MY COUSIN WHO PASSED AWAY, PLANTED IN HER HONOR.
LITERALLY, THE NEXT DAY
AN EJECTOR PUMP BURSTS, SUBMERGING THE CREW'S MAIN WORK SPACE IN WASTE WATER. 14 YEARS OF MATERIAL + FAMILY AND CHILDCARE PERSONAL POSSESSIONS CONTAMINATED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED.
MID-JUNE
WHILE CONTRACTOR WAS THERE QUOTING WORK ON OUR PLACE OF CHILDHOOD AND LEANED AGAINST THE PORCH, REALIZING, HEY, GUESS WHAT? YOUR PORCH IS FALTY TOO. RATHER THAN RISK A COLLAPSE ON TOP OF A FLOOD, WE DECIDED TO GET IT REDONE.
MID JULY
AFTER WORKING THROUGH GRIEF, PERSONAL TRAUMA, AND PROFESSIONAL UPHEAVAL, I FOUND MYSELF ONE EMOTIONALLY SPENT, PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED PROVIDER WITH ZERO CAPACITY TO PROVIDE CARE . IF SURVIVAL MODE HAD A FACE, THIS WOULD BE IT!