Feedback with Toni Reece

Feedback with Toni Reece and guests Lily Otu, & Perfetto Insurance's Jessica Walb, & Dennis Mulally

Our first hour we are joined by Lily Otu, Founder of The Working Mom Village, a growing community created to support professional mothers though honest conversations, connection and shared experiences.  The second hour of FEEDBACK is jam packed with information about Medicare and retirement planning.  Perfetto Insurance brings their wealth of experience to the discussion with Jessica Walb, Director of Medicare and Health and Financial Services and Dennis Mulally, Financial Advisor.

Feedback with Toni Reece and guests Jeff Woytovich & Joey Miranda

Our first hour is a conversation about resilience, identity, confidence, and turning a deeply personal experience into a mission that has impacted children and families around the world.  Joining us is Jeff Woytovich, co-founder of Children’s Alopecia Project, an organization dedicated to building self-esteem, providing support, and creating community for children living with alopecia and their families.  In our second hour we are talking about one of the most iconic landmarks in Berks County, the Reading Pagoda, and the ongoing efforts to preserve, restore and reimagine its future for generations to come.  Joining us is Joey Miranda, President of the Reading Pagoda Foundation, who is here to provide an update on the restoration work, the progress made, and what this beloved symbol means to the city of Reading and the entire community.

Feedback with Toni Reece and guests Gary Hawkins, Cindy Zimmerman, & Erin Jasinski

Joining us in the first hour of FEEDBACK is Gary Hawkins, Owner and Executive Director, Griswold Home Care.  Gary’s work supporting seniors and families has given him a front row view into the emotional realities many older adults face, including loneliness, isolation, grief, cognitive decline and the importance of meaningful human connection.  Gary has made it his mission to provide resources and education platforms such as his YouTube show Dementia Clarity, and of course helping seniors create their legacy with the Our Berks Legacy project.  Our next hour is a conversation about courage, instinct, teamwork, and the extraordinary moments when lives can change in an instant.  Joining us is Cindy Zimmerman, a Clinical Nurse Manager of the Emergency Department at Chestnut Hill Hospital, whose quick action on the Pennsylvania Turnpike recently helped save the life of Erin Jasinski during a medical emergency on a busy highway.  Erin joins us as well and talks about how that moment not only saved her life medically but how it also turned her life around mentally as well.  Powerful stories.

Feedback with Toni Reece and guests Crystal Lynette Rance, Allison Maynard, and COCA Berks

Today’s conversation is on that many women and families may deeply relate to, but one that too often remains hidden behind shame, silence and unrealistic expectations around motherhood.  Join us in the first hour of FEEDBACK are author Crystal Lynette Rance whose book Mom Truths: The S#!t No One Talks About opens honest conversations about the realities many mothers experience, and Allison Maynard, whose deeply personal chapter in the book shares her experience with postpartum OCD and the emotional struggles that followed the birth of her child.  In our second hour of FEEDBACK  we are covering the topic of the alternative to incarceration - drug treatment court recovery housing.  Funded by COCA and licensed by Department of Drug and Alcohol programs, the treatment court recovery housing provides 24/7 intensive case management and recovery support services.

Feedback with Toni Reece and guest Mary McHale

Today’s conversation spans over the full two hours of FEEDBACK.  It is one of the most difficult and important stories we have ever had on this program.  Joining us is Mary McHale, who has courageously spoken publicly about surviving sexual abuse by a priest within the Catholic Church and the lifelong trauma that followed.  Mary’s willingness to speak publicly has helped bring visibility to survivors everywhere and has made her a powerful voice in Pennsylvania’s continuing conversation around accountability, trauma recovery and legislative reform.