Nobody Told Me!

As a mother-daughter duo, we’re always interested in issues related to parents and raising children. On this episode, our guest is education professor Dr. Traci Baxley, who is a cultural and race identity coach for parents.  Dr. Baxley is the mother of five biracial children and she feels parenting is a form of activism. She’s the author of the book, "SOCIAL JUSTICE PARENTING: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World".  Her website is https://socialjusticeparenting.com/about-me/   Our sponsor, Green Chef, is a CCOF-certified meal kit company that makes eating well easy with plans to fit every lifestyle. Whether you’re Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, or just looking to eat more balanced meals, Green Chef offers a range of recipes to suit your preferences. Now choose from more than 50 weekly menu and market items!  Our current Green Chef favorites are buttery lemon-garlic shrimp with linguine, sautéed squash and sun-dried tomatoes, and Green Chef’s Chicken and Potato soup with corn, roasted red peppers, sharp cheddar cheese and chives.  Here’s a special offer for "Nobody Told Me!" listeners.  Just go to GreenChef.com/nobody50 and use code nobody50 to get 50% off plus free shipping!

On this episode, hear from Elizabeth Smart, one of our most amazing guests ever.  In 2002, when she was just fourteen years old, Elizabeth was kidnapped at knifepoint by a pedophile from her home in Utah. She endured nine months of being shackled, raped, starved, and threatened by her kidnappers, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, before she was rescued and reunited with her family. Her book, "Where There's Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up", is an inspiring read and is available through booksellers everywhere. You can read more about Elizabeth at http://www.elizabethsmart.com.   Our sponsor, Green Chef, is a CCOF-certified meal kit company that makes eating well easy with plans to fit every lifestyle. Whether you’re Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, or just looking to eat more balanced meals, Green Chef offers a range of recipes to suit your preferences. Now choose from more than 50 weekly menu and market items!  Our current Green Chef favorites are buttery lemon-garlic shrimp with linguine, sautéed squash and sun-dried tomatoes, and Green Chef’s Chicken and Potato soup with corn, roasted red peppers, sharp cheddar cheese and chives.  Here’s a special offer for "Nobody Told Me!" listeners.  Just go to GreenChef.com/nobody50 and use code nobody50 to get 50% off plus free shipping!

With many meetings taking place remotely these days, it's more challenging than ever to communicate with our co-workers in the workplace.  Our guest, Alissa Carpenter, is a workplace communications expert who joins us to talk about how we can connect with our team effectively online, how to have difficult and uncomfortable conversations, why differences in gender, age, race, religion and job function are beneficial to helping the company succeed, and what impact the pandemic will have on the modern day office. Her book is called, "How to Listen and Be Heard: Inclusive Conversations at Work". Her website is http://www.notokthatsokcoach.com/book/   Our sponsor, Green Chef, is a CCOF-certified meal kit company that makes eating well easy with plans to fit every lifestyle. Whether you’re Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, or just looking to eat more balanced meals, Green Chef offers a range of recipes to suit your preferences. Now choose from more than 50 weekly menu and market items!  Our current Green Chef favorites are buttery lemon-garlic shrimp with linguine, sautéed squash and sun-dried tomatoes, and Green Chef’s Chicken and Potato soup with corn, roasted red peppers, sharp cheddar cheese and chives.  Here’s a special offer for "Nobody Told Me!" listeners.  Just go to GreenChef.com/nobody50 and use code nobody50 to get 50% off plus free shipping!

Our guest on this episode is Lacy Crawford, author of the book, "Notes On A Silencing:  A Memoir",  which is the story of Lacy’s sexual assault as a teenager by two fellow students at the one of the top boarding schools in the country. The Washington Post calls the book, “A haunting exploration of the systemic ways assault victims are ignored.”   Her website is https://lacycrawford.com/   Our sponsor, Green Chef, is a CCOF-certified meal kit company that makes eating well easy with plans to fit every lifestyle. Whether you’re Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, or just looking to eat more balanced meals, Green Chef offers a range of recipes to suit your preferences. Now choose from more than 50 weekly menu and market items!  Our current Green Chef favorites are buttery lemon-garlic shrimp with linguine, sautéed squash and sun-dried tomatoes, and Green Chef’s Chicken and Potato soup with corn, roasted red peppers, sharp cheddar cheese and chives.  Here’s a special offer for "Nobody Told Me!" listeners.  Just go to GreenChef.com/nobody50 and use code nobody50 to get 50% off plus free shipping!

Would you like to be more successful? Can you define what success really means to you?  Do you have a plan to achieve it? For some help with those questions, we talk with our guest, Wharton Professor G. Richard Shell, who’s an award-winning author and the creator of a very popular Wharton School course on the meaning of success.  He’s also developed a course on success for Coursera, the world’s leading online learning platform, which you can check out at https://www.coursera.org/learn/wharton-succcess.   Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is one of the few women’s multi-vitamins that’s USP verified, meaning what’s on the label is what’s in the formula.  It’s also soy-free, gluten-free, vegan-friendly and formulated without GMO’s.  Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multi-vitamin you can actually trust. The minty essence in every bottle helps make taking your multi-vitamins enjoyable every day.  Ritual is offering our listeners 20% off during your first month!  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today!

Our guest is Dr. Jack Schafer, a retired FBI special agent who specialized in behavior analysis and trying to get people to confess to their crimes. In his book, "The Like Switch", he shares his proven strategies on how to instantly read people and influence how they perceive you so that you can turn strangers into friends in any aspect of your life, whether that be in a job interview or on a first date.   Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is one of the few women’s multi-vitamins that’s USP verified, meaning what’s on the label is what’s in the formula.  It’s also soy-free, gluten-free, vegan-friendly and formulated without GMO’s.  Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multi-vitamin you can actually trust. The minty essence in every bottle helps make taking your multi-vitamins enjoyable every day.  Ritual is offering our listeners 20% off during your first month!  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today!

Learn an easier, lighter way of moving through life by embracing the peace, calm, and spaciousness that emptiness and silence offer.  Joining us is psychotherapist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas Moore whose latest book is called "The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness".  His website is thomasmooresoul.com.   Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is one of the few women’s multi-vitamins that’s USP verified, meaning what’s on the label is what’s in the formula.  It’s also soy-free, gluten-free, vegan-friendly and formulated without GMO’s.  Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multi-vitamin you can actually trust. The minty essence in every bottle helps make taking your multi-vitams enjoyable every day.  Ritual is offering our listeners 20% off during your first month!  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today!

How can we best cope with the loss of a pet?  What can we do to heal and move forward from it?  Joining us on this episode is Dr. Guy Winch, licensed psychologist and expert on the topic of healing from the loss of a pet. Dr. Winch was with us previously to discuss his book "How to Fix a Broken Heart", which aims to help people cope with a breakup or death of someone they love.  His website is http://www.guywinch.com.   Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is one of the few women’s multi-vitamins that’s USP verified, meaning what’s on the label is what’s in the formula.  It’s also soy-free, gluten-free, vegan-friendly and formulated without GMO’s.  Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multi-vitamin you can actually trust. The minty essence in every bottle helps make taking your multi-vitams enjoyable every day.  Ritual is offering our listeners 20% off during your first month!  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today!

Bestselling author Amy Newmark joins us once again!  For the past 15 years, Amy has been the editor in chief and publisher of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, which has sold more than 500 million copies of its titles around the world..  "Chicken Soup for the Sou"l is rereleasing the #1 New York Times bestseller that started it all, but with additional content. In "Chicken Soup for the Soul 30th Anniversary Edition" you'll find the classic original stories, plus an additional 30 bonus stories from many of today’s top thought leaders, including Nobody Told Me co-host, Laura Owens.   Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is one of the few women’s multi-vitamins that’s USP verified, meaning what’s on the label is what’s in the formula.  It’s also soy-free, gluten-free, vegan-friendly and formulated without GMO’s.  Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multi-vitamin you can actually trust. The minty essence in every bottle helps make taking your multi-vitams enjoyable every day.  Ritual is offering our listeners 20% off during your first month!  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today!

We get some great insight and advice from Robin Dreeke, the former head of the FBI's Behavior Analysis Program and a recognized expert in the field of interpersonal communication. In this episode, Robin tells us how to create an instant connection, why some communication styles work better than others, and why it's important to follow what he's deemed "the platinum rule": treating others as they want to be treated. Robin is the author of several best-selling books, including "The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed".  He is also the founder and president of People Formula, an organization that offers advanced rapport building, training, and consultation. His website is https://www.peopleformula.com/about