What The Parent‪?‬ PJ and Cara

We celebrate pride month with a conversation with Carolyn Wahlskog, LCSW (she/her), the Director of Operations and Programming at Youth Outlook, a nonprofit working to meet the ever-evolving needs of LGBTQ+ youth, families and communities.  We ask her how to support our LGBTQ+ kids, how we, as parents, can best handle conversations around LGBTQ+ issues, and how best to address the delicate moment when a teen or tween decides to come out.

Find out more about Youth Outlook and Carolyn Wahlskog:
https://youth-outlook.org/
https://www.bestrongfamilies.org/carolyn-wahlskog

And a few more resources discussed in the show:
https://www.lgbtqcenters.org/
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/
https://pflagillinois.org/
http://www.pinwheels.us/
https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx
Reading:
The ABC's of LGBT+: (Gender Identity Book for Teens, Teen & Young Adult LGBT Issues) 


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Dr. Deb Mashek, PhD is an experienced business advisor, professor, higher education administrator, and national nonprofit executive. Her new book, Collabor(h)ate*: Everything you need to know to build healthy and productive collaborative relationships at work *(even if you'd rather work alone), is out now. 
Mashek  was named one of the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and has been featured in media outlets including MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report, Inside Higher Ed, Fortune, Reason, Business Week, University Business Insider, and The Hill. She writes regularly for Psychology Today.
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On the premiere episode of Season 3, we talk to Viorica Marian, a Psycholinguist, Cognitive Scientist, Psychologist, and author of the new book (out this week): The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds.

Marian, who's known for her research on language, bilingualism, and multilingualism, tells us how being multi-lingual might just be our super power and why it's never too late to learn another language.

Marian is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, and is the Principal Investigator of the Northwestern Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Laboratory.

You can follow her here:

Twitter: @VioricaMarian1
Instagram: vioricamarian1
Facebook: Viorica Marian
LinkedIn: Viorica Marian
TikTok: viorica.marian1 
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JJ Kramer, the only child of CREEM Magazine's late founder, Barry Kramer, inherited CREEM at age four when his father died.  CREEM, published from 1969 through 1989  in Detroit, was an early champion of various heavy metal, punk rock, new wave, and alternative bands, and left an indelible mark on the music industry.

JJ has made it his life's mission to revive CREEM and successfully did so in 2022. We talk to him about legacy, and what he's teaching his own kids about rock and roll!

The winter issue of CREEM will be released December 15. Get 25% off your subscription today and up to 50% off apparel for a special Black Friday sale.

https://www.creem.com/

Also, check out the CREEM documentary on Amazon Prime:
https://www.creem.com/documentary
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Lisa Varga is an award-winning actress, host, producer, and writer. She has over thirty years of experience in the entertainment industry, and has created a trusted brand name for herself in film and television, as well as in the health, beauty, and sports world. Ms. Varga has been successful in front of, and behind the camera, and is the CEO and owner of her own production company, Lisa Varga Entertainment.

Her most notable acting roles in film and television include: “Homeland” (Showtime), “Game Time: Tackling the Past”, (NBC), “Marley and me”, (20th Century Fox), Ms. Varga was also a recurring host on HSN (Home Shopping Network) and is a model and spokesperson for several high end brands.

Ms. Varga is currently involved in a feature film project called “Freedom” set to film in 2023.  She has the starring role in the film and is also a producer and she co-wrote the screenplay. She also has a new series in development called “Cowpunchers” about ranch life in America.

Ms. Varga has her own skincare line and is working with a top manufacturer for vitamins and supplements to add to her new venture called Lisa Varga Health & Beauty.

To give back, Lisa teaches acting classes and workshops to Hollywood hopefuls in small towns across America and Internationally. 

Website: LisaVarga.com
Social Media @TheLisaVarga
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Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs and EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Northern California. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs and other disruptors across various industries.

Check out her memoir, Undaunted, a Wall Street Journal bestseller.  Undaunted will inspire you to move past your fears and defy the doubters. It doesn’t matter whether you feel confident; it matters what you actually do.

Follow her on Twitter,  @karagoldin.
Follow her on Instagram, @Kara.Goldin.
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