In this episode our host Natalee Cole chitchat about her struggles with gentle parenting as it often comes in conflict with her Jamaican upbringing that leans more towards the authoritarian style of parenting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In today’s episode our host Natalee is joined by long time friend and college batch mate to discuss how one moves on after the ultimate tragedy - the death of a child. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode our host, Natalee Cole, reconnects with the audience in a ‘pseudo - tête-à-tête’ where she talks about shifting from surviving to thriving. Background music is credited to Alec Koff https://youtu.be/STBM1_mWGK4 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode host Natalee Cole checks in with her audience and tells them whether or not she’s rebranding the FACING FORTY podcast and why. Have a listen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

Our host has finally FACED FORTY. In today’s episode she reflects on her journey, shares some key points she picked up along the way, and addresses her twenty year old self in a letter she wrote to her. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this penultimate episode of season II, our host, Natalee, reflects on the past year, and more, and contemplates the various life-lessons she has learned, and how they have helped her to grow into the person she’s becoming. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

This is another chitchat episode with our host Natalee Cole. In this episode she gets candid, and shares the lessons she’s learning as she comes face to face with forty. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

In this episode Natalee shares her random musings about always having to be a strong independent woman; being away from her daughter for the first time in 5 years; and diving back into the dating scene. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

If you plan to date intentionally, then you need to have questions for your potential partner. In today's episode, our host Natalee Cole shares her 20 must ask questions for early dating. These questions are conversation starters, that can help you and yours determine whether the relationship is a go, early in the dating stage. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message:...

It's never easy to jump back into something after a long hiatus, and the same can be said for dating. Whether the absence from the dating scene is a few months or several years, for some, starting to date again brings a sense of trepidation, and for others unfiltered excitement. Whatever the case may be for you, just ensure that before you start dating again, you heal first. In this episode, our host Natalee Cole, has a chitchat with long time girl-pal, Keisha 'Bree' Brissette - blogger and...

We often engage in self-destructive beahaviours, and when we do, what we are, in fact, doing is sabotaging ourselves. For some of us, we are quite unaware that our behaviours can ruin our relationships, our career, our personal growth; but for others of us, we are quite aware that we are engaging in damaging practices, but we are unable to prevent ourselves. Why though? On today's episode, our host, Natalee Cole talks candidly about what self sabotage looks like / how it manifests itself in...

'Procrastinating' is a problem that many people face. It is believed that at least 25% of the world's adult population, as well as 70 - 90% of students procrastinate. Why do we do this though? Is there something that can be done? In today's candid chit-chat style episode, our host Natalee Cole breaks down the different types of procrastinators, and what you can attempt, to begin to work on eliminating the habit of procrastinating.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest...

It is very important, if you are in a relationship for the long haul, to be financially compatible with your spouse. What does this mean though? Today finance experts and happily married partners, Meila and Merrick Plummer, join our host Natalee Cole to talk about finances in relationships, and also drop some gems about how, when, where, and why, you should pop the money questions - have that money conversation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a...

Therapists have often asked survivors to write letters to the abusers as a part of the journey towards healing. These letters are often very helpful to other victims as they provide hope - the hope that they too, one day will be strong enough to pull through. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

The accusatory “why didn’t you report it (before)?” is often asked of victims / survivors of sexual assault. We want to ... choose to, believe, that for many, the question is posed out of a genuine case of ignorance. The accusation may not be deliberate, but it’s nevertheless declared. Today our host Natalee Cole speaks on why victims / survivors of assault may be hesitant and may refuse to step forward and report. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a...

On today's Episode our host Natalee Cole sits down with Dr. Dania Dwyer and begin a conversation that more persons need to be having. This is the conversation that surrounds the culture of sexual violence that is so embedded in the fabric of the Jamaican society. It is by no means a problem endemic to Jamaica but it is certainly a huge problem that needs to be tackled. Many women, and quite a number of men have suffered trauma due to sexual violence experienced in this country we call...

Many persons are unaware that we have such a thing as sexual assault awareness month, so in today's episode our host Natalee Cole, talks a little bit about why this month of awareness is so important not just for her but for all of us.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/natalee-cole/message

“Childhood trauma can lead to an adulthood spent in survival mode, afraid to plant roots, to plan for your future, to trust and let joy in.” Being able to shift gears from survival mode to thriving mode requires first a recognition and an acknowledgment that there is trauma that needs healing. Listen to host Natalee Cole brush the surface of this very important issue. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a...

“It’s not what you are that holds you back; it’s what you think you are not.” If you or someone you know struggle with the constant feeling that you are a fraud and people will soon find out that you don’t know what they think you know - even though you are fully capable... then you have the IMPOSTER SYNDROME. Listen to our host Natalee Cole, as she shares her experiences with IS and how she’s working at evicting the imposter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to...

2021 is a full 2 months + on its way and a lot has been going on. It’s so easy to get caught up in all the mundane things that we have to do on a daily basis that we do not get to water the root of what allows us to grow - we don’t get to feed our passion; or pour into our purpose, but these things are necessary. Let’s just take a moment to reflect on this. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message:...

In this episode our host Natalee Cole talks about the value of our voice. So often we dismiss our experiences and stories because we fail to acknowledge that they can add value to someone’s life; we even remain silent about issues that affect and impact us because we are afraid... On today’s episode Natalee explores why this is dangerous and how the outdated philosophy of children being seen and not heard can unwittingly lead to our children remaining silent about things that need to be...

Have you ever really considered what you mean when you say new year - new me? I mean... literally and figuratively? Well, in today’s episode, our host Natalee Cole explores why we make and break our New Year’s resolutions. She suggests how we may make adjustments so our New Year’s resolutions can be more than mere lip service; and also suggests alternatives - activities, that you may adopt in lieu of making New Year’s resolution. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way...

We need to talk about loneliness but we often don’t, so in this episode our host Natalee and friends sit down and have the conversation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Do you struggle with depression or anxiety? Do you know anyone who does? This is one of those must-listen / must-share episodes. In this episode our host Natalee Cole shares her struggles with depression and anxiety since her teen years and gives suggestions on how persons may cope or help their loved ones to cope.