Welcome to 'Momentum Media Advertising's' special pre-launch episode for our new series, 'Being A Turtle: The Story of Thomas Tuttle MacTurtle by Brenda Bradford Ward'. Hosts Jessica and Wilbert introduce you to the transformative journey ahead, exploring author Brenda Bradford Ward's path from decades of silence to finding her powerful voice through a gentle children's book. This series is for anyone seeking self-acceptance in a fast-paced world, offering profound insights for both children and adults. Get ready to dive deep into themes of character, patience, and the quiet strength of embracing your true self, teased across eight compelling episodes. Subscribe now to ensure you don't miss a moment of this unmissable exploration of identity and empowerment.

00:00 — Cold Open: The Longest Journey

01:45 — Welcome to Momentum Media Advertising: Episode 0

04:10 — Why This Series Matters: Brenda Ward's Story

06:55 — Episode 1 Tease: The Gentle Revolution

07:50 — Episode 2 Tease: Decades of Silence

08:45 — Episode 3 Tease: Preventing Silence from the Start

09:40 — Episode 4 Tease: The Turtle's Shell as Sanctuary

10:35 — Episode 5 Tease: Inclusive Empathy

11:25 — Episode 6 Tease: Ward's Gift to Her Younger Self

12:15 — Episode 7 Tease: Symbolic Launch of 'Being a Turtle'

13:00 — Episode 8 Tease: Do Not Disappear to Belong

14:00 — Outro & Open Loop to Episode 1

In this inaugural episode of 'Being A Turtle: The Story of Thomas Tuttle MacTurtle,' we embark on a profound journey into Brenda Bradford Ward's gentle children's book. Hosts Jessica and Wilbert unravel the quiet power of 'Being a Turtle,' exploring how its simple narrative about a turtle in a fast-paced world offers deep lessons in character, patience, and self-acceptance.

Listeners will discover how this 'modest book' serves as a 'subtly powerful' tool, speaking directly to children who feel out of step with the world and to the adults striving to understand them. We delve into the book's unique approach to character development, showing rather than telling, and how it fosters empathy and emotional safety by avoiding labels and embracing individual differences. Wilbert, our expert, highlights how the book gently revolutionary message challenges the notion that individuals must change to fit in, instead advocating for the world to make space for unique paces and personalities.

Jessica, ever the curious inquirer, guides the conversation, prompting Wilbert to elaborate on the nuanced ways 'Being a Turtle' provides comfort without urgency and acceptance without conditions. This episode reveals how a children's book can become a vital resource for classrooms and homes, creating a shared space for crucial conversations about identity and belonging. Join us as we uncover the foundational truths embedded in Ward's work, laying the groundwork for a series that promises to empower both young and adult readers.

00:00 — The quiet voice and profound truth of 'Being a Turtle'

03:15 — Introducing Brenda Bradford Ward's gentle revolution

06:40 — The modest book's subtle power and soft-spoken elegance

10:10 — Character, patience, and self-acceptance for children and adults

14:30 — The turtle's world: Expectation versus individual pace

19:00 — The shell as a place for contemplation, not inferiority

23:25 — Why the world needs to make space, not the turtle change

27:50 — Inclusive without prescriptive: Teaching empathy by showing

32:15 — Comfort without urgency, acceptance without conditions

36:40 — Accessible for all: A tool for tentative conversations

41:00 — Outro: The lasting impact of presence and early understanding

44:00 — Open loop: Brenda Ward's decades of silence

In this powerful second episode of Momentum Media Advertising, we delve into the deeply personal story of Brenda Bradford Ward, author of 'Being a Turtle.' We unravel her 'longest journey' — not one of distance, but of permission to speak, to be seen, and to live honestly. Drawing from the America Inspire Magazine feature, we explore Brenda's decades spent navigating both her own silence and the quiet imposed by society, revealing how this profound experience became the bedrock for her later work. Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the origins of her message, and the pivotal moments that led her to write a children's book designed to prevent the very silence she experienced. Join us as we uncover the formative years that shaped a gentle revolution for children and adults alike.

00:00 — Brenda Ward's journey: Permission, not distance

04:00 — Exploring decades of personal and societal silence

08:00 — Growing up in a culture of conformity

12:00 — The psychological cost of suppressing identity

16:00 — 'Being a Turtle' as a gift to her younger self

20:00 — The core premise: Silence hurts, early understanding changes everything

24:00 — Outro and the link to her previous work