How Unprocessed Grief Can Affect You for Decades | Dr. Darlene Williams

How to Stop Treating Symptoms and Start Healing | Dr. Leona

How to Stop Treating Symptoms and Start Healing | Dr. Leona What if the symptom is not the real problem? In this episode of the Don't Screw Up Your Kids Podcast, Kaleesha Washington sits down with Dr. Leona, chiropractor, author, wellness strategist, and founder of Freedom Health Systems, for a conversation about what it truly means to heal. Dr. Leona explains why many people spend years treating symptoms without addressing the underlying factors contributing to their health challenges. She discusses the role of stress, inflammation, nutrition, emotional health, lifestyle habits, and personal responsibility in creating lasting wellness. Topics include: • Diabetes prevention and management • Weight loss and metabolic health • Chronic disease and inflammation • Emotional and physical wellness • Stress and its effect on health • Lifestyle medicine • Health advocacy • Sustainable healing strategies • Finding the root cause of illness If you have ever wondered why some health problems continue to return despite medication, diets, or temporary fixes, this episode will challenge you to think differently about healing. Connect with Dr. Leona: Website: drleona.com Podcast: The Heal Deal Podcast Additional books, resources, and health tools are available through her website. Because healthier adults are better equipped to raise children who are happy, healthy, and whole.

How Unprocessed Grief Can Affect You for Decades | Dr. Darlene Williams

What happens when grief is never fully processed? In this episode of the Don't Screw Up Your Kids Podcast, Kaleesha Washington sits down with grief therapist, author, professor, minister, and executive coach Dr. Darlene Williams to discuss the lasting impact grief can have on our lives. Dr. Williams explains how grief affects children and adults differently, why unresolved loss can remain with us for years, and how healing becomes possible when we acknowledge what we have been carrying. Together, we discuss: • Childhood grief • Unprocessed loss • Parenting through grief • Emotional healing • Boundaries and self-care • Resilience and recovery • Breast cancer advocacy • Healthcare disparities • Faith, purpose, and healing Dr. Williams also shares her personal journey through the loss of her parents and sister, surviving breast cancer, and helping others navigate grief through coaching, counseling, and education. Connect with Dr. Darlene Williams: Website: drdarlenewilliams.com Podcast: The Debrief with Dr. D Psychology Today: Restoring Bountiful Joy Books available through her website and Amazon. Because healing ourselves helps us raise children who are happy, healthy, and whole.

The Damage Outlived the Lies | Whole to Three-Fifths: Dehumanization | PTSS Series Part 10

In Part 10 of the Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome series, Kaleesha Washington concludes Chapter 2, “Whole to Three-Fifths: Dehumanization,” by examining how false theories about race were used to justify centuries of oppression and why the effects of those ideas are still visible today. This episode explores the story of Ota Benga, a young man from the Congo who was displayed in the Bronx Zoo in 1906 as part of an exhibit designed to portray Africans as less than fully human. His story serves as one of the most disturbing examples of dehumanization in modern history. Topics explored in this episode include: • Ota Benga and the Bronx Zoo • human zoos in the United States and Europe • Madison Grant, eugenics, and scientific racism • phrenology and other discredited theories • the rise and misuse of intelligence testing • cultural bias in standardized testing • Ellis Island and the testing of immigrants • Alfred Binet's original intentions for educational assessment • and the difference between measuring knowledge and measuring intelligence Drawing from history, education, psychology, and personal reflection, Kaleesha examines how theories once promoted as scientific truth were eventually disproven, yet continued to influence institutions, policies, and public attitudes long after their credibility disappeared. This episode also highlights a sobering reality: many of these events occurred within the lifetimes of our parents and grandparents. The dehumanization discussed throughout this chapter is not ancient history. Its effects remain observable today. As Chapter 2 comes to a close, Kaleesha reflects on Dr. Joy DeGruy's central argument that centuries of trauma and dehumanization did not disappear when the pseudoscience was debunked. The theories changed. The lies were exposed. But the damage remained. This is Part 10 of an ongoing series discussing Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Dr. Joy DeGruy. 🎙️ Don't Screw Up Your Kids Podcast Hosted by Kaleesha Washington

How the Biggest Lie in History Was Created | PTSS Series Part 9

In Part 9 of the Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome series, Kaleesha Washington continues Chapter 2, “Whole to Three-Fifths: Dehumanization,” by examining how ideas about race, beauty, intelligence, morality, and human worth were transformed into a system of white superiority. This episode explores how some of the most influential racial theories in American history were presented as science, taught as truth, and eventually woven into laws, institutions, and cultural beliefs. Topics explored in this episode include: • the power of definition and who gets to determine truth • the origins of racial hierarchy and white superiority • science versus pseudoscience in the study of race • the role of influential writers and thinkers in shaping racial ideology • Thomas Jefferson's writings about Africans • beauty standards and the creation of racial preferences • Virginia's racial laws and restrictions on interracial relationships • interpretations of the biblical story of Ham and Canaan • religion, slavery, and the misuse of scripture • the relationship between law, power, and racial identity • and how ideas created centuries ago continue to influence society today Drawing from history, religion, politics, psychology, and personal reflection, Kaleesha examines how opinions became accepted as facts and how unsupported theories were used to justify slavery, segregation, and racial inequality. This episode also explores an uncomfortable question: If racial superiority had to be invented, promoted, and defended, what does that reveal about the truth behind it? From the biblical story of Noah and Canaan to Thomas Jefferson, Virginia law, and the rise of racial pseudoscience, this conversation challenges listeners to examine how narratives become accepted as reality and who benefits when they do. This is Part 9 of an ongoing series discussing Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Dr. Joy DeGruy. 🎙️ Don't Screw Up Your Kids Podcast Hosted by Kaleesha Washington

The Real Reason Why Women Just Want You To Listen

One of the biggest lies we've been told is that women are more emotional than men. The evidence is everywhere, yet most people never stop to question the assumption. Men get angry. Men get jealous. Men get possessive. Men start wars. Men commit most crimes of passion. Men refuse directions when they're lost. Men punch walls, throw things, and let their emotions make decisions every day. Yet somehow women got labeled the emotional ones. In this episode, I react to a video claiming that men are logical while women are emotional. I share a different perspective on emotions, problem-solving, listening, and the role that nature and nurture play in shaping who we become. What if men and women are not nearly as different as we've been taught? What if many of the behaviors we associate with masculinity and femininity are learned rather than innate? Most importantly, what if women are not looking for someone to solve their problems at all? Let's talk about it.