From Teen Mom to Kindness in Motion: Tineise on Breaking Cycles, Finding Purpose, and Building Community
In part two of the Irene Podcast, Tineise shares how getting pregnant at 17 prompted an overnight shift toward motherhood and a desire to break generational patterns, though early parenting and relationships were messy, including leaving her daughter’s dad after police involvement and later divorcing in 2018. She describes returning to college at Utah Tech for criminal justice while raising two kids, running a business, and exploring psychology, ultimately rejecting “boxed-in” career limits to create Kindness in Motion, launched about two months ago and growing rapidly in the last six weeks. Tineise discusses overcoming fear and imposter syndrome by accepting she’s “messy” and “weird,” inspired partly by her son’s perspective, and emphasizes collaboration, community, and focusing on “what can we do.” She advises trauma survivors to find a trusted person to talk to, and wraps it up with Irene, a trauma-informed AI on their website for support.
00:00 Teen Pregnancy Turning Point
01:06 Breaking Generational Patterns
02:49 Messy Early Motherhood
04:44 Finding Her Voice
06:40 Letting Go of Fear
11:13 Divorce and Back to School
13:07 No Box Kindness Mission
14:52 Kindness in Motion Launch
18:14 Collaboration and Community
21:09 Embracing Weirdness
25:39 Finding Your People
25:57 A Walk That Changed Everything
26:53 Collaboration Over Money
27:48 Bring Back Community
29:18 Trauma Into Growth
29:59 Rewriting Your Identity
30:40 It Is Okay To Start Over
33:04 Try Everything First
34:53 Turn Off The News
37:23 Introverts And Extroverts
39:40 Advice For Healing
40:17 Find Your Person
42:41 When You Cannot Talk
44:32 Breaking The Silence
47:37 Building Community Again
50:33 AI For Good Irene
52:12 Where To Find Kindness In Motion
52:42 Final Thanks And Blessing
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