January is National Sex Trafficking Awareness Month. Dr. Jessica Peck Author of “Behind Closed Doors: a Guide to help parents and teens navigate through life’s toughest issues” talks about sex trafficking. She says it has moved from the streets to the smart phones and parents need to know how to protect their children. She is also the host of the popular podcast DrNurseMama.
Dr Jessica Peck
Nikki Wegner with Chinook Enterprises talks with us about opportunities for people with disabilities. Chinook Enterprises is a non-profit designed to operate as a business, but with a social mission: Supporting full participation in community life for people with disabilities or other barriers. Full participation must start with successful employment.
Chinook Enterprises
Jacob Grillo MBA PA – C started his medical career as an Army combat medic where he served honorably for 4 years with one tour to Afghanistan. He is now the proud owner of Conquer Addiction PLLC and is passionate about making addiction medicine services available to all who need it by reducing as many barriers to care as possible. Conquer Addiction provides a range of evidence based treatment option, including medications, that have been proven to help people conquer and overcome their addictions and psychiatric illnesses. Your care will be managed by experts in the fields addiction medicine and you have the convenience of communication is maximized in the safest possible way through our convenient digital platform. https://conqueraddictionclinic.com/
Jacob Grillo MBA PA – C started his medical career as an Army combat medic where he served honorably for 4 years with one tour to Afghanistan. He is now the proud owner of Conquer Addiction PLLC and is passionate about making addiction medicine services available to all who need it by reducing as many barriers to care as possible. Conquer Addiction provides a range of evidence based treatment option, including medications, that have been proven to help people conquer and overcome their addictions and psychiatric illnesses. Your care will be managed by experts in the fields addiction medicine and you have the convenience of communication is maximized in the safest possible way through our convenient digital platform.
https://conqueraddictionclinic.com/
Luke Minor with WA 529 tells us about the GET plan and all the college savings plans available for parents and grandparents. Save now for college later. Enrollment for the GET plan is open now. https://wastate529.wa.gov/
Kyle Duncan Author of Hope for Ukraine: Stories of Grit and Grace from the Frontlines of War, joins us for an update. Since the book has been published he has been in touch with many of the people on the frontlines and is encouraging people to give to the war efforts in Ukraine.
The holidays are a great time to do a digital detox with your kids. Author Molly DeFrank talks about the benefits of getting your kids away from technology for awhile. Giving them a chance to connect with friends and family. She says any family can do this and it is so worth it. In her book Digital Detox she walks you through the steps of setting it up making it happen as well as tips on how to work with a reluctant partner. https://mollydefrank.com/
Dr. Jessica Peck is the author of Behind Closed Doors: a guide to help parents and teens navigate
through life’s toughest issues. The book is a practical guide for parents guiding their tweens and teens through cultural change and modern day health threats. Jessica Peck, a longtime pediatric nurse practitioner and mom of four, helps parents escape the secrecy and shame surrounding challenging moments and engage in honest conversations with friends and peers.
https://www.drnursemama.com/
C. Ryan Hensley is a 10-year Navy veteran, candidate for Certified Mental Performance Coach with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and founder of Grace C. Ryan Performance (armoredgrace.com). She holds an advanced degree in performance psychology and spent 5-years with the team of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth teaching High-Performance Cognitive Training to military veterans and their spouses and caregivers, active duty military, and first responders around the country. She champions for proactive mental health, and optimal wellness from a place of knowing the ways in which living with depression can be an extraordinarily rich experience when you know how.
Luke Madsen a member of the Malouf Foundation, and Julie Whitehead a survivor of 31 years of abuse, including sex trafficking, join us to talk about On Watch. It was launched in 2020 by the Malouf Foundation™ and Safe House Project, OnWatch™ is a survivor-led and informed education platform that empowers people to spot, report and prevent sex trafficking in the United States.
OnWatch™ is dedicated to increasing survivor identification and protecting future generations from victimization. To date, OnWatch™ has trained tens of thousands of individuals nationwide through its community training, advocacy program and industry-specific courses. The Malouf Foundation™ and Safe House Project were united by the shared view that survivors should have the strongest voice in combating trafficking.
To learn more about OnWatch™ or to take the online, free, hour-long training, visit?
ImOnWatch.org