Belonging, Acceptance, and a Road Trip to Love - with Chris Tompkins

12/01/20 • 50 min

The OurVoice Podcast with Reena Merchant

Chris Tompkins is a teacher, TEDx speaker, spiritual life coach, and LGBTQ advocate. He believes all kids are the future and teaches social-emotional learning throughout Southern California. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant chats with Chris about his upcoming book Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent's Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground. They discuss how childhood conditioning defines our sense of belonging and acceptance through adulthood. Chris shares his thoughts on how we can better support children from a young age, and create a world where everyone is accepted.

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Kat Vellos is an esteemed UX designer and speaker. She is an expert on the topic of connection, and has authored two books about building strong, authentic connections with others, We Should Get Together and Connected From Afar. On this episode of The OurVoice Podcast, host Reena Merchant and guest Kat discuss connection. Kat and Reena talk about building deep and honest friendships, how to navigate awkwardness, fear, and shyness, how to establish boundaries, and what to do when connections end.

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