LaToya Harris in her own words:

Hello,
My name is LaToya Harris. I am a wife and mother of two beautiful girls ages 15 1/2 and 12. I am the youngest of 6. I have been working in the medical field for 20 years and have a been a nurse for 10 years. I have started out as an LPN and now an RN.

Mrs. LaToya L. Harris, RN

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Elaine Barrington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Los Angeles. She leads mindfulness groups for parents and helps individuals and couples discover their truth as they navigate the complexities of self, relationship, and everyday life.

This Episode's Walk The Line:

Take it to The Nurses Station. Take it to the Nurses Station. Next time, before you move into those assumptions, before you start to move past what is, what you actually know, be sure to ask some questions, even if you just ask them of yourself.

And be sure to let us know how taking it to The Nurses Station works for you.

Learn more about bottom up processing:

https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/processing-the-environment/sensory-perception/v/bottom-up-versus-top-down-processing

https://www.simplypsychology.org/bottom-up-processing.html

https://www.simplypsychology.org/perception-theories.html

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Cover Art: T. Chick McClure

You know what time it is.

It's time to Walk The Line. In fact, as Season 2 comes to an end -- Our final interview of the season, featuring Dr. Thalia Bishop, Coach Orlando's sister, is coming soon! -- we decided to compile each Walk The Line our guests have inspired, every Walk The Line Coach Orlando has shared with you.

We don't talk about it. We be about it.

Take a moment to listen and, maybe, revisit from time to time, to choose specific steps and strategies you can use as WeAlign to be our best selves... living our best lives... together.

"It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around." - Rose Kennedy

In Episode 11 of Season 3, we hear from Anna Diab about the harsh reality Mrs. Kennedy articulated, years ago.

Anna is a wife and mother of 3. After unexpectedly losing her oldest child at age 11, she is learning and working to be the parent she still wants to be for her boys, the partner she wants to be to her husband, the person she wants to be for herself, and finding ways to include her daughter along the way in this new path she never imagined she would walk.

Thank you, Anna, for sharing your light, your pain, and your Carolina.

In this episode of UnstuckAF, Coach Orlando welcomes Arian White, who was one of the thousands of educators who helped our nation's children navigate the COVID pandemic, through lockdown(s) and personal loss. Arian shares how he taught and what he learned as a global pandemic hit close to home.

Arian White is a third generation educator and Los Angeles Native. Eager to see the best of what education had to offer around the globe, Arian spent the summer of 2009 at the Chinju National University of Education teaching English to elementary and middle school students in South Korea. After becoming aware of the academic rigor and prestige of International schools, in 2013 he spent two years teaching elementary school at the prestigious Cap Cana Heritage School in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Cap Cana Heritage School is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 educational institutions in the country. While in the Dominican Republic, he was also a Professor of English at Universidad Iberoamericano.

When Arian wasn’t spending his summers overseas, he worked at various Summer Camps, including working as a counselor at UCLA’s Summer Camp at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. In 2010, before STEM and STEAM were educational catchphrases, Arian worked at Destination Science helping students learn about science through play. By the end of his time there, he was the site manager overseeing the daily operations, programs, and personnel for their Beverly Hills site.

Most recently, he teaches at a predominantly African American public school in Los Angeles where he hopes to help close The Achievement Gap and share some of the best practices he’s learned around the world with his community. Because of his abilities as an effective instructor in his first year with the district, he was awarded the "2018 Los Angeles Unified School District Rookie of the Year Award" in a district of roughly 900 schools. Currently, he also runs a Pan-African STEAM camp called Camp Sankofa. Arian earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Master’s degree from the University of Southern California.

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As mentioned: Johnathan Livingston Seagull a story by Richard Bach

Robinne Lee is a Los Angeles-based writer, actor, and producer. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Robinne was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. As the daughter of Jamaican parents of African, Chinese, and British descent, Robinne has long had an affinity for travel and the arts. Her past endeavors include working as an Editorial Assistant for ELLE Magazine, both in New York and Paris, writing celebrity profiles for the now defunct youth culture magazine, TELL, and running a music management company.

Robinne has numerous acting credits in both television and film, most notably opposite Will Smith in both “Hitch” and “Seven Pounds,” Don Cheadle in “Hotel for Dogs,” and Jennifer Garner in “13 Going on 30.” Robinne played Christian Grey’s trusted COO, Ros Bailey, in the Fifty Shades franchise. Most recently she starred in the SYFY series, “Superstition.”

Robinne's debut novel, The Idea of You, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2017, and developed somewhat of a cult following that has led to its success with a wider audience. Vogue Magazine recently dubbed it “the sleeper hit of the pandemic,” citing it as “electric, triumphant to read.” Robinne also narrates the audiobook.

An inactive member of the New York Bar, Robinne has served as a producer on various independent films and regularly speaks on panels and writes for trade magazines regarding the roles of women and actors of color in the industry.

Robinne currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

Learn more about Robinne's "sleeper hit of the pandemic": https://www.vogue.com/article/idea-of-you-book

And learn more about Robinne: https://www.robinnelee.com/

They say home is where the heart is. And Cherise Fisher's story, the loving manner in which she cared for and about her father and, eventually, herself is a glowing example of all that can mean. In this episode, Cherise shares how the timing of a trip of a lifetime provided an opportunity to contemplate and celebrate the journey of her lifetime.

Cherise Fisher began her career in publishing more than 25 years ago, spending many years editing and publishing several national bestselling and award winning authors at Simon & Schuster and Plume (an imprint of Penguin Random House), where she was Editor-in-Chief.

She works with novelists who have multiple compulsively readable yarns in their head (both historical and contemporary), memoirists who showcase the diversity of human experience, and non-fiction writers who seek to provoke, inspire, and educate. Her intention is that all the books she helps bring into the world are relevant, enduring, and help readers maximize their life.

Be sure to check out The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson and Seven Days In June by Tia Williams!

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For this sixth episode of our third season, the description comes from our guest, Linda McLachlan.

Linda is a coach, a consultant, a podcaster, and one of the reasons UnstuckAF exists, as Coach Orlando shares in this conversation.

These are Linda's thoughts on her podcasting journey:

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
~ T. Roosevelt

I started my podcasting journey (my first Akimbo workshop in 2020) with a knapsack full of ‘should’ and ‘needs’.

I should know what I want to say, I should be ready to say it, I should already know a lot about podcasts and I need a microphone, I need a better laptop, I need more gear…

Looking at that list now, I know this was a way of hiding behind my ‘lack’ and ‘not good enough’. That belief that something outside myself would give me the ability to do and share with the world what was/ is already inside of me. Curiosity, perseverance, life experiences uniquely my own and a deep desire to speak, listen and learn from others.

Did those other things come along the way? The knowing how /what I want to say and to whom? The gear? yes, bit by bit. But not before a gradual acceptance of my ability to share myself through speaking aloud, into a recording device and hitting publish.

Our right, our ability and self-belief that we have something of value to share. Maybe it’s not always unique but it’s of this time. It’s for the eyes, ears and hearts of those our work will reach. The light in the darkness, the laughter through sadness.

Strike the match.

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