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Two T’s in a PodEpisode 69: Teachers and Paras—the Dream TeamAs we celebrate Education Support Professionals Day during American Education Week, it’s the perfect moment to spotlight the paraeducators and other school staff whose dedication makes an enormous difference in students’ lives.
This episode features special education teacher and Killingly Education Association Vice President Lisa Higgins, her partner in running their district's transition program paraeducator and AFSCME Council 4 Local 3698 president Lisa Pion, as well as Tricia Santos, a staff representative for AFSCME Council 4.
Listen to their conversation with CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey about their work in Killingly as well as h...
2025-11-1930 min
Growing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through GriefCheck out this blast from the past! In honor of Throwback Thursday @ImJustJoslyn finally decided to come on back to the podcast streets, and this time she’s talking about grief! Don’t worry everyone it’s definitely her shortest episode to date, so you won’t be in your feels for too long. This is a special episode with only her talking around grief that she’s experienced personally, as well as breaking down the different stages of grief and loss. So sit back, relax, light some candles and even some sage or palo santo, grab a sip, whatever y...
2023-07-2745 minGrowing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through the Stigma of Therapy
@ImJustJoslyn is back again with another episode, and this time, she sat down with a fan favorite special guest! It’s her wonderful and magnificent MOTHA!!! Rose aka @RosaHiggins4 on IG got real candid about her views on therapy, and how they have evolved overtime. She gives her personal definition of what therapy means to her, talks about the terrorism on the twin towers, and bridges. She even went back down memory lane and recalled that time when a certain professor named Mr. Guns, put her on to a song that goes down in history as one of the mo...
2023-06-161h 08Growing Thru It PodGrowing Through Mental Health AccessibilityOn this episode not only is it @ImJustJoslyn’s birthday, but she is joined for the first time ever by the lambent, lovable, licensed clinical Psychologist Lee Thompson! They talk about what drove her into Psychology as a profession, she explains the difference between a psychiatrist, psychologist, and therapist, and gives her perspective on whether or not racism is a mental illness! Given its mental health awareness month Lee drops gems on how to search for a mental health professional, the different resources you can use to afford it, and how to practice good mental health hygiene. You don’t wa...
2023-05-221h 04Growing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through Wanting More for Yourself
@ImJustJoslyn is FINALLY back with another episode! Life had been doing life for @ImJustJoslyn and she had to handle some things but now she’s back just wanting more for the community! She’s joined again by the ever so perspicacious @ALatinasguidetotennessee where they discuss the mental aspect of self esteem and how it could be tied to the potential individuals see in themselves, and how their cultural backgrounds, familial units, and society can dictate their mindset on just what “wanting more” can look and feel like. Off the heels of last week’s controversial conversation with Iyanla and the follow...
2023-05-121h 00Growing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through Being a Baller of ColorIn this episode @ImJustJoslyn is joined by another one of her amazing friends @somecallmesam aka the Smart, Sophisticated, Spectator! They talk about basketball culture in the wake of the NCAA crowning their 2023 women’s basketball champions! LSU has claimed the first title for their program and did it with a lot of swag! However, some people are not celebrating this high-level win for these young ladies and are greeting them with slander and vitriol. The rising star Angel Reece is at the center of the discourse due to her showmanship that was a little too much for fans on th...
2023-04-081h 13Growing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through Being an Afro-Latina@ImJustJoslyn is back with another episode after a 2-week break for personal care and healing. Her special guest this week is a brilliant, proud, humble, cultured, Dominican American woman that is the first guest whom is part of @ImJustJoslyn's chosen family. We have the pleasure of listening to the fascinating and lovely @ALatinasguidetotennessee as she opens up and takes us through what it's like being and identifying as an Afro-Latina. She talks about the stereotypes, the challenges, but most importantly the beauty of being a Dominican woman in America.
@ALatinasguidetotennessee also has a personal mission of healing...
2023-03-311h 15Growing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through Black MasculinityIn this episode @ImJustJoslyn sits down with her first cousin aka twin @HillJ09 to discuss the "racy" photo of Jonathan Majors and Michael B. Jordan that has been circulating the internet for the past couple of weeks. You get a chance to hear @HillJ09's thoughts around the photograph and whether or not he found it sexual or vulnerable. He also talks about his personal relationship with his best friend, and how sometimes holding back tears can be all too much for a strong Black man. Later, you get a chance to hear @HillJ09's definition of what he...
2023-03-0952 minGrowing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It Pod: Growing Through SegregationIn this episode for 1 hour and 30 minutes, @ImJustJoslyn had the pleasure of finally getting her mother, @RosaHiggins4, to take a break from her busy life, have a seat, and indulge in a conversation around growing through segregation. Please understand it was no easy feat to get @RosaHiggins4 to sit down for this long, because she's always either helping family or friends, cooking for them, or on the phone talking to them, so it was a great treat!
@ImJustJoslyn took last week's homework and actively found time to discuss with her mother, the challenges, fortitude, and resilience she e...
2023-03-071h 25Growing Thru It PodGrowing Thru It: Growing Up BlackIn this episode @ImJustJoslyn and @MsLovelyLea discuss their experiences growing up Black. As they spent their summers in a small town in South Carolina, and the remainder of their time in New Jersey, they talk about how their childhood molded them into the women that they are today. Having to grow through different realizations of their blackness, they stand proud in the lessons and the richness of their culture that was mostly rooted in the south. They uncover learning about the Gullah and Geechee communities in which they were immersed, and now have come to appreciate and take pride...
2023-02-231h 03Growing Thru It PodGrowing Through DistractionJoslyn aka @ImJustJoslyn and Joy aka @MsLovelyLea have a real conversation on how they have been distracted, and discuss ways in which they can get more focused on what really matters.
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