Real Talk with Tina and Ann
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Tina and Ann met as journalists covering a capital murder trial, 15 years ago. Tina has been a tv and radio personality and has three children. Ann has a master's in counseling and has worked in the jail system, was a director of a battered woman's shelter/rape crisis center, worked as an assistant director at a school for children with autism, worked with abused kids and is currently raising her three children who have autism. She also is autistic and was told would not graduate high school, but as you can see, she has accomplished so much more. The duo share their stories of overcoming and interview people who are making it, despite what has happened. This is more than just two moms sharing their lives. This is two women who have overcome some of life's hardest obstacles. Join us every Wednesday as we go through life's journey together. There is purpose in the pain and hope in the journey.
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S4E10 The Invisible Hard
Send a textWhat do you say when a five-year-old whispers, “Can someone take the disease out of grandma?” That tender question anchors a conversation about late-stage Alzheimer’s, new diagnoses for…
S4E9 Beyond the Diagnosis: Understanding the FASD Brain (Part 2)
Send a textWe dig into the real-life supports that help neurodivergent brains thrive, from the hard science of FASD to daily tools for executive function, transitions, sensory needs, and affect…
S4E8 Brain Wiring, Not Character Flaws; Symptoms, not Bad Behavior with RJ Formanek
Send a textEver watch someone recite the rules and still miss the first step? We dive into that gap with FASD advocate RJ Formanek to reveal what’s actually happening under the surface —and why…
S4E7 Belonging Begins Before Permission: Nancy Shear Part 2 | Creativity, Mentorship, and Life Inside Music
Send a textThe room changes when a true maestro enters—yet the most revealing stories often happen offstage. We sit down with Nancy Shear to explore the hidden lives behind classical music’s…
S4E6 Diagnosis Day: Neurodivergent Parenting-A Segment of Real Talk with Tina and Ann
Send a textToday on Real Talk with Tina and Ann we are talking about neurodivergence and share a raw, practical look at “diagnosis day,” advocacy, and the tools that actually help our kids thrive.…
S4E5 Belonging Begins Before Permission: Nancy Shear’s Story Inside the Mind of Music’s Greats
Send a textA teenage girl finds her way through the stage door and into the inner life of a great orchestra, learning how courage, craft and attention can open rooms that seem shut. Nancy Shear…
S4E4 Right On Time: Growth that Waits for Safety
Send a textWhat if you’re not behind at all—you’re right on time for a life that finally feels like yours? We dive into nonlinear living and redefine progress as capacity, not speed. Instead of…
S4E3 He Polished My Soul: When You Only Have One Quill Left with Deborah Weed
Send a textWe sit with creator Deborah Weed to explore how love, loss, and art can coexist, and why self-worth must be defined from within. Her stories of hospice dignity, cross-country wandering,…
S4E2 Fear is not a Prophecy: Living, Showing Up, Advocating and taking Charge
Send a textTina and Ann explore gratitude that tells the truth in crisis: not a list, but a lifeline beside cancer, caregiving, and long grief. Kara Lockwood’s story and Robert Emmons’ research…
S4E1 When Your Own Body Throws a Plot Twist: A Survival Comedy with Best Selling Author Cara Lockwood
Send a text Fear is not the enemy, until it starts running the show. In this episode, we sit down with USA Today bestselling author Cara Lockwood (aka Cara Tanamachi) to discuss her book, There Is No…
S3E55 Rethinking Possible: Acceptance, Autism, And A Life Rebuilt
Send a textWe trace a life rebuilt through acceptance, humor, and purpose, from paralysis and autism advocacy to grief, faith, and the daily practice of choosing better. The path moves from why to…
S3E54 Rethinking Possible, When Life Throws Curveballs, Build a Batting Cage
Send a textSome stories don’t fit inside neat arcs. Rebecca Galli’s life holds a brother gone at 17, a son who passed at 15, two children with special needs, and sudden paralysis nine days after…
S3E53 Hope on the Border part 2: I Love the Me I See in You with Gil Gillenwater
Send a textWe follow a wrong turn that became a mission and explore how dignity-based service transforms both givers and receivers. Gil shows how housing, education, and reciprocity can turn charity…
S3E52 Border of Hope: I love the Me I See in You with Gil Gillenwater
Send a textWe bring the border into focus as a lived place, not a line, and confront how wealth disparity, US demand, and policy choices shape human lives. Gil Gillenwater shows why enlightened self…
S3E51 Life in Tandem: Love, Loss, and Identity After Stroke with Stroke Onward's Deb Meyerson and Steve Zuckerman
Send a textA single weekend can reroute a life. When Deborah Meyerson, a tenured Stanford professor, suffered a stroke that stole her speech and altered her body, she and her husband, Steve…
S3E50 November 25, 1975: 50 years after the loss of my Dad
Send a textThe Tuesday before Thanksgiving can feel ordinary—until it isn’t. Fifty years ago, a dad kissed his child goodbye and didn’t come home, and that single day rewrote every holiday that…
S3E49 Even Here, We Are Thankful
Send a textA glossy holiday is easy to post, but the real story of Thanksgiving often lives in the places that ache. This year, our table looks different—empty chairs, fading memories, and traditions…
S3E48 Beyond Shame: The Freedom of Hearing “It’s Not Your Fault with RJ Formanek on Living with FASD part 2
Send a textWe dig into life with FASD beyond labels: how shame warps identity, how routines protect mornings, and why late-blooming brains change everything. RJ shares the red shoes origin, practical…
S3E47 What Happens When We Finally Hear It’s Not Your Fault: Rj Formanek's story
Send a textWe share real, lived experiences from someone navigating life with FASD: the diagnosis, the data, and the dignity that often get lost in the conversation. Together, we unpack the daily…
S3E46 From Grief to Justice on Death Row: Sophia Laurenzi’s Journey
Send a textWe share Sophia Lorenzi’s path from losing her father to suicide to investigating death row cases, tracing how grief, stigma, trauma, and systems shape lives. The heart of the talk: seeing…
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