On this episode I talk with Lecrae Moore. Lecrae recently released an album, documentary and book all around the idea and story of his personal restoration journey. This episode has a TRIGGER WARNING as we openly discuss the topic of sexual abuse. We also discuss what it meant to grow up without his father, what it can look like to start therapy, life in a pandemic, Church Clothes 4 and so much more. If we could squeeze it in, we talked about it! This is my FINAL EPISODE for the season and I'm thankful you've followed along this journey. I hope this conversation is helpful. It felt like so much insight and free therapy from a person who walked a road so that you don't have to. I hope its beneficial. Enjoy!

Wellness... what the heck is it and how can I get some of it? On this episode, Danielle Anderson joins Dawntoya to talk about her journey from grief after losing her one year old son, to her present day practice of wellness. Danielle used the beginning days of quarantine to tackle her goal of becoming a certified yoga and fitness instructor as well as a doula! She has put in the work and has so much to offer. After graduating from Rice University, Danielle used her engineering brain in the IT world, but eventually chose to become a stay at home mom to raise and homeschool her sons. She has now taken that same fervor and engineering approach to wellness and mental, emotional, spiritual and physical fitness. She is a wealth of knowledge and information and shines a light on why a little wellness is better than none. 

On this episode of Something to Offer, Dawn catches us up on the memoirs that she's been reading. In this episode she shares about how the stories of others and the influences that their parents had on them is shining a light on her own parenting. The common thread of all of these stories is how the subject was affected, trained and shaped by the good and or bad of their rearing. Dawn has 3 children ages 3, 9 and 12 and has been feeling the struggle to meet each of them in their exact phase, age and moment in their own lives while also being responsible for her own. She posed a set of questions to some of her friends about their own parenting journeys in hopes of finding some encouragement and commonality for herself and for others. This is the start of a conversation that will continue on throughout the life of the podcast, because we could all always use a little parenting help!