In educational settings, when we teach matters just as much as what we teach. This episode, Kimberly shares an important lesson from her time in training that still influences how she shows up as an educator today.

In a time of so much divisiveness, it can be hard to find ways to co-exist across differences. This week Ashley reflects on two difficult experiences and the choice to hold onto her own truth in spite of those who disagree.

This week Kimberly shares a recent experience with one aspect of medical culture that is best left in the past.

Sometime the greatest hinderance to your future self is comparison to your past. This week Ashley shares about a particular journey to overcome that barrier and all the unexpected ways it shaped her current state.

• Happy Birthday Dr. Manning!
• The First-Ever Home Night Game at Tuskegee University
• Dedicating your miles during a race

This week Kimberly reflects on some sage advice she received from a Grady elder and how that experience still resonates with her today.

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• Lake Hartwell - bordering GA & SC

This week we're live from Grady Memorial Hospital. Ashley reflects on a challenging clinic encounter and the importance of establishing trust early on in a relationship.

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• Chattanooga, TN - Dr. McMullen approved ✔️
• Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage - by Pauli Murray
• The Let Them Theory - by Mel Robbins
• The Mel Robbins Podcast - "What I Wish I Knew in My 20s". Guest: Dr. Meg Jay - clinical psychologist.

This week Kimberly reflects on two important experiences where one serious lapse in communication taught her how to move another conversation forward.

• Heritage Fire Tour
• Anything We Love Can Be Saved - by Alice Walker
• Zikora - A Short Story - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We're baaaaaack for another season! Thanks to all our listeners for rocking with us for another round of stories and sisterhood. This week, Ashley shares a recent experience where she found that sometimes the best plans are the ones we never made and never anticipated. Let us know what you think!

• 510 Hikers
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. 57th National Convention
• Calm the F*ck Down - by Sarah Knight
• Why We Sleep - by Matthew Walker, PhD