Are you interested in building a more diverse and equitable world? Do you want to learn how to communicate your emotions through a neuropsychological lens? Delusional Optimism with Dr. B is a podcast where we break down complex concepts into easy to understand actionable information. There are five overarching themes in Delusional Optimism; Resilience & Protective Factors Child Development & Parenting Emotions & Neuroscience Diversity & Equity In every episode, we will dig deeper into one or more of these bigger concepts and provide relatable stories and examples of how to approach the world with an informed and OPTIMISTIC mind! The goal is to connect and build a community that is open to learning how the brain works and what we can do to maximize our resilience, build protective factors into our world that support resilience from the beginning of life. Let’s Leave a Lifeprint!
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Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
In this episode of Delusional Optimism, Dr. B talks about the importance of building resiliency by infusing protective factors in all communities. She explains the current disparities that exist between the African American community and the white American culture and why we need to own our privilege based on our skin color.
Listen in to learn how you can take responsibility and make an individual change by learning more history about other cultures.
“It doesn’t take much effort or even funding, it requires knowledge and a willingness to learn how to implement these kinds of innovative strategies and policies into human resources.” [21:22]
What You Will Learn:
- [0:32] Intro
- [1:20] The insensitive threat from the president against the Juneteenth holiday to instill fear and anger to people of color.
- [6:33] How the Coronavirus has shed light on the disparities between the African American community and the dominating culture of white Americans.
- [10:43] The protective factors that led to more resilience in the past and today. Why we need to own up to some privilege that we have, based on our skin color.
- [13:12] How to integrate all protective factors across all communities and children to foster resilience and make things better for all of us.
- [16:59] Ways in which we can offer protective factors to children.
- [18:07] The importance of a loving, attuned, and supportive relationship.
- [19:23] How to build protective factors in the education and curriculum sector.
- [20:10] The importance of building protective factors into our social service system and healthcare.
- [22:00] How you can be part of the change by acknowledging social injustices and learning history.
Relevant Links:
Website: https://www.drbconnections.com/
Email: contact@drbconnections.com
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