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joan green: navigating two worlds
we are a group of wives sharing our interracial lives…we’ve created a warm, safe space for conversation, love and learning – to support one another and create positive impact in our homes and our communities.
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Lauren and Amanda: Exploring Intersectionality with a Lesbian Interracial Couple.
Lauren and Amanda are a dynamic couple who believe in sharing their journey with others to create a space for community and support. Join our conversation to hear how, as a lesbian interracial couple, they love hard, live for their family and find joy together every step of the way. I know you...
Dr. Jenn Noble: Mixed Race Children – Confident and Secure
Dr. Jenn is a psychologist, entrepreneur and social media force with over 20 years supporting parents of mixed race children. Her own lived experience as a mixed race person fueled her curiosity to reach this community in a new and dynamic way. Her approach is fun, educational and inspiring! Join...
Kathy Young: Be Your Most Authentic Family
Kathy and he husband have been in an interracial marriage for over 20 years. She shares the story of their relationship, the situations she has supported her husband through and their approach to focusing on their most authentic family. We laughed, we found so many things in common and Kathy...
Lauren and Dre: Love in Action – Living in Positivity
Lauren and Dre are a dynamic interracial couple who believe in living in positivity. They see their mixed relationship as a way to self-educate, teach others and put love into action. Lauren and Dre are entrepreneurs, musicians and artists who have found the importance and beauty of community....
Dr. Dana Gionta: Courageous Conversations
Dr. Dana Gionta is an author, Psychologist, an Executive Coach and an incredibly strong, compassionate woman. She joins us to talk about starting and holding courageous conversations - especially as they relate to the topic of racial complexities in our interracial relationships. Dr. Dana reminds...
Cathy Bartlett: Finding the Middle Ground
Cathy, a wife, mom and entrepreneur, is committed to opening the dialogue around racism in an educated, intentional way. She shares the beautiful story of her interracial relationship and offers us steps to be more prepared and open for important conversations - with our partners, children,...
Kicking-Off Season 2!
Here we go! Join me as I kick off Season 2 of the Navigating Two Worlds Podcast! This mini-episode is a quick look back at what we have learned from Season 1 … lessons from the heartwarming stories we heard and some ideas of actions we can take to create a positive impact - starting in our own...
Lessons Learned: Keeping Self-Education a Priority
Spending time on self-education is critical for us to equip ourselves so that we can do the work we must do in building stronger interracial relationships - starting in our own homes. With summer behind us and most of us getting into a new or updated routine, we need to ensure that continuing to...
Christina Lartey: Raising Biracial Babies
Christina is the creator of the “Raising Biracial Babies” blog and a mom to 3 beautiful biracial children. She shares with us the story of meeting her husband, having kids and navigating the family dynamics of a mixed family. She has also launched a group coaching program called “Empower, Educate,...
Dr. Kristen Donnelly: Let’s Do Human Better!
Dr Kristen Donnelly has lived her life grounded in her family mission statement “to impact lives and create wealth” and she shares with us all that brings with it in learning how to “do human better!” She is one of the Good Doctors at Abbey Research and brings to us a look at how we, as white...
Beth Rankin: Mixed Kids Corner
Beth is an incredible mom of 4 biracial girls who has energy and passion to spare! She takes us on her journey to self-educate and then to serve other moms around caring for our kids’ curly hair - and even more importantly, around caring for our mixed children to help them grow up with confidence...
Jenn Wimbish: Lean Into Family
Jenn takes us through the story of her beautiful interracial relationship of over 20 years, and the importance of staying true to her heart in navigating the obstacles that she and Michael faced. Her lessons include how leaning into your family - including your extended family - for grace,...
Serena Flowers: The Mixed Chick Movement
Serena is an extraordinary soul who has created a platform for the beautiful community of mixed race girls and women. As a multi-racial woman herself, she knows first hand how hard it is to have a voice in the discussion about race - and even more so as a mixed woman. Her story is amazing, and her...
Casey Waesche: I’m the Boss of Me
Casey is an author and a mom, who with her son, captured the phrase “I’m the Boss of Me”, attached it to his behaviors and used it as a successful strategy to give him personal accountability. Thirteen years later, she has created her first children’s book using the same idea that they created...
Celebrating What I Have Learned
Join me as I celebrate my 10th episode by sharing 3 big take-aways from my podcast conversations so far! This is just a bite-sized piece from what I have learned and I have so much more to bring to you in future episodes! I have put together a free list of a few of my favorite resources for you -...
Katie Harris: Faith, Love & Accountability
Katie shares her beautiful story of meeting her husband, Phil, how their alignment of faith has given them a strong foundation and about her love of cultural diversity. She believes strongly in personal accountability for self-education around all things race related, and her openness about the...
Dr. Sarah Gaither: Being Biracial – Research and Empowerment
Dr. Gaither is the Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neurology at Duke University and she brings incredible insight around how being biracial effects individuals based on her research, her work and her personal experience. She leads the Duke Identity & Diversity Lab where she and her students...
Kiki and Siegmar: themxdfamily
Joining us from across the Atlantic in the Netherlands, our friends Kiki and Seigmar share the story of their beautiful relationship and how they are keeping positivity as their focus, fighting racism with love, and sharing their journey with us. They bring a unique, international perspective to...
Holly Gainsboro: Being Present for Ourselves and Others
Holly shares her beautiful love story, how to hold space for ourselves and others, and the importance of mindfulness to allow healing in our families and our community.
Catherine Volcy: “Chat with Cat”- a look into how colorism affects women
Meet the creator of “Chat with Cat”, an amazing podcast that focuses on self-care and trending topics for women! On this episode of Navigating Two Worlds, Catherine shares her personal story of navigating colorism, how it can adversely affect women of all ages and some steps to create awareness...
Jan Bugaj: “The Other Side of I Do”
Meet Jan Bugaj, the creator of “The Other Side of I Do” podcast as she shares the story of her interracial marriage from the perspective of a black woman. She leans into how important holding space for our black partners and friends is in order to support them and build deeper, more trusting...
Kaleigh Thomas: An Educator’s Perspective
Kaleigh is a mother of two beautiful biracial children, a wife in an interracial marriage and a special educator in the public school system. She brings us her story along with a fresh perspective around how she is making an impact in her home and with her students to help them navigate racial...
Emily Wofford: A shield for my family
Emily is a wife, mother and educator, whose love of history gives her a unique perspective on the complexities of her interracial family.
Navigating Two Worlds with Joan Green: my love story
I am so excited to share the story behind this podcast, “Navigating Two Worlds” and of “together we love”, a community of incredible women determined to make a positive impact at home with their interracial families and beyond. I am grateful to have you on this journey with me as you listen to our...