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Courageous Conversations about Climate Change Featuring PRX Living on Earth Podcast

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

What happens when you hear or read the words “climate change”? Are you curious? Do you think about your, or your children’s life or lifestyle? Do you feel threatened? Or do you wonder what’s the big deal? Or do you deny that climate change exists? The following information is not meant to scare but to raise awareness of our planet’s condition. That is why it is a part of the series titled a courageous conversation. Consider this: The changes in climate to date have little parallel in human history. The last decade is quite likely the hottest the planet has……
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What About the Children? A Look Inside the World of Gen Z Featuring Dr. Onnatti Jain

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

It has been proven to me many times that the greatest gifts you can give children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. They are amazing! Whether I was living as an educator, author, inspirational speaker, international talk show host, business owner, or survivor, living in my spirit has been the constant question, but What about the children?” In today’s episode, we will examine some collective challenges, particularly those of Generation Z. Gen Z makes up about 20% of the US population – we cannot afford to ignore them or let them suffer. Statistics also indicate that……
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Legacy is for Living Featuring Maurice Claggett, Corporate Manager, Father, Friend, Passionae and Competitive Global Runner

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Billy Graham says, “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.” Dara Horn says, “Every person has a legacy. You may not know your impact, and it may not be something you can write on your tombstone, but every person impacts this world.” Brett Eldredge says. “A legacy for me is being a piece of the soundtrack of someone’s life.” In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury says, “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, ” my grandfather said. A……
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Legacy is for the Living featuring Mr. Bruce Wesley Owner of Chicago’s Wesley’s Shoes

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Susan V. Bosak of the Legacy Project suggests, “Legacy is about life and living. It’s about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. It is an interconnection across time, with a need for those who have come before us and a responsibility to those who come after us. A legacy may take many forms – children, grandchildren, a business, an ideal, a book, a community, a home, or some of ourselves. How many of us live so that our legacy reflects all we genuinely hold, most near and dear? How many of us are……
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From convict to star citizen, a courageous conversation with Helenia Bragg.

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

This story deserved a rewind. We all have times or seasons when it requires courage to make it from one moment to the next; to take the next step or to say the next word. And sometimes we let fear, shame, and guilt demonize our potential to overcome. What we discovered is that the ability to have a courageous conversation is often a process, a journey, not an event. It doesn’t always happen when it logically should; sometimes you have to grow into it. And sometimes courageous conversations happen in and stay in our heads… or our hearts. Sometimes our……
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Reflect, Restore, and Reposition with Brandon Cosby of OAR

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

JAIL is event-driven, choice involved, power stripping, and a visible shift. However, inside each inmate’s jail cell is the power of transformation. Transformation is process-driven, choice involved, and resides internally. Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources (OAR) is missioned to rebuild lives and create a safer community with options, alternatives, and resources for justice-involved individuals and their families. OAR is a local non-profit restorative justice organization providing human services since 1971. Its history has its roots in the highest principles of human rights and the most practical applications of a community’s enlightened self-interest and citizen action. Its origins can be traced to……
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Building a legacy through The High Tea Society featuring Mariessa Terrell, Esq.

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Little girls learn a lot from the women they grow up around, whether they are related or not. Older women are like midwives who assist in the birth of a young woman’s consciousness. It is not just what they do. It’s who they are and how they demonstrate who they are that provides young women with “womanhood training.” Young women and girls learn about themselves and what it means to be a woman by watching older women in their lives. They watch how and what (and if) they cook. They care what they wear, how they carry themselves, and how……
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REWIND: A courageous conversation about the opioid crisis with Lucy Caldwell

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I want to open the door to a common thought space with some quotes from people who have walked into dark places and come up with dark solutions or who have loved others who have done so. I don’t know anyone who wakes up and say, “I want to be a criminal, I want to be homeless, or I want to be an addict. And yet sometimes the unlikely happens… Anonymous from Birmingham Alabama says: “I’m a good person. I’m a contributing member of society. I’m educated. I have a good job, make good money, have wonderful relationships with my……
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Meet Dr. Tyler Nolting’s Nashville team who are bending the arc by learning from history to help shape the future.

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Some particular words to establish our common thought space today are offered by noted Karmic astrologer Dora Jones, and I quote: “Each of us comes into life with a promise, a gift, a passion, and a deep, heartfelt desire. The promise is not just a concept; it’s a journey of self-discovery. It’s what you have come to life to master, overcome, resolve, or heal some aspect of your consciousness. As you face your life’s experiences, you can fulfill this promise. Your responses to your experiences determine whether you fulfill or break the promise you have made to yourself. The gift……
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Were it not for those who care, featuring Ron Riggins, Chairman of the Board, Catholic Charities of Arlington.

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

There is a saying I read somewhere that stated, “if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” This journey called life seems necessarily codependent. What if you believed the most outstanding service you could offer in life is to be a light on the path? Your affirmation might say, “Today, I am devoted to shining the light of compassionate support and service on those who may be in need.” Since 1947, when it first opened its doors as an adoption and children’s service agency, Catholic Charities has served the needs of the……
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