Flip the Script: Conversations with the Doctor Nurse Jennifer Flippo

Join Dr. Flippo as she talks parenting and the outdoors with Nina Palmo, PhD, professor and author of 50 Hike with Kids: Texas.  Dr. Palmo shares how and why to get the kids outside for some unscripted play and exploration. 

Check out her book on Amazon here or follow Dr. Palmo on Instagram at @raisingwildflowerkids!  And while you're at it, go outside!
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Join Dr. Flippo as she chats with the delightful and entertaining Kevin Levesque, aka Miss Conception.  Kevin is a proud Canadian, and he's been a drag performer for two decades.  He talks about his role as a performer and advocate for the drag community.   If you're wondering about the controversy surrounding the legislation in Texas around drag performances,  they chat about that, too!

Find Kevin on the socials @missctoronto!
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Join Dr. Flippo as she has a conversation with Tina,  mom of 9-year-old Edison, live from British Columbia, Canada!    Tina shares her experience as a solo parent, navigating life with challenges associated with a child with special needs in the healthcare and school systems.   Edison makes a few cameos as well, as he was not as thrilled about being a podcast guest as his mom!
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Join Dr. Flippo as she has a conversation with the two founders of Healing Politics, Dr. Lisa Summers and Dr. Kimberly Gordon.  Healing Politics is an educational, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)3 organization, on a mission to inspire, motivate, recruit, & train nurses & midwives to run for elected office up & down the ballot while building a culture of civic engagement within the professions.

Find out more at www.healing-politics.org !
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Did you ever wonder who was there when after a school tragedy, there are "counselors available for the students"?  How do those professional cope with their won grief surrounding traumatic events? 

Join Dr. Flippo as she talks with Dr. Franchesca Fraire, a professional counselor and professor, about how the recent events of the world are managed by counseling professionals.  

Dr. Fraire has two decades of experience helping adolescents and adults manage crises.  She is also a professor of counseling at the University of Mary in North Dakota.  
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In this episode, Dr. Flippo has a candid conversation with Ann, whose younger child is transgender.  They discuss the challenges of preteen life with gender dysphoria and struggles with changes of adolescence.   Ann shares the journey of her family and how they have cared for each other in this season.  

This episode strives to understand how children and their families feel when a child's biological sex does not align with their gender.  There is much to discuss and learn.  
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