We Should Talk About That Jessica Kidwell

Not following the expected path isn't necessarily a recipe for success in a city like Washington, D.C., but that is exactly what my guest this week, Deesha Dyer, did. At the age of 31, working full time and in community college part time, she took a chance on herself and applied for a White House internship in the Obama administration. And thank goodness she did, because she quickly found herself zipping up the ranks until she became the White House social secretary, where s...

Mother's Day was yesterday, so to celebrate, I gave myself the weekend off! There's no new interview content for you today, BUT I do have a story for you.For those who know me personally, you'll already know this story, but for the rest of you, enjoy this personal journey to free my trapped dry cleaning.More interviews will resume next week, but remember, season five will soon come to a close: 6/3/24Support the Show.Keep up with all things WeSTAT on any (or ALL) of the social feeds:Inst...

In January I participated in a women's healing retreat with the Mystic Chics. a healing group of 3 modern medicine women, 2 sisters and an aunt, who are passionate about awakening feminine power using multiple modalities of healing via energy, music, sound, movement and more. I'm not a total "woo" person, but I'm also not a total cynic. Let's say I fall somewhere in between-we'll call it curious. So I asked one of the Chics, Audrey Herrick, to come on the s...

Have you heard of synesthesia?It is when your brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, causing you to experience more than one sense simultaneously. Some examples include tasting words or linking colors to numbers and letters. My guest this week, Emily Barth Isler, is an author of essays and children's books, including the middle grade novels AfterMath and The Color of Sound, which was published March 5, 2024. The Color of Sound features a character who, like ...

I have a few things we should talk about this week!Do you think I need a permanent co-host?Why is it so hard to get people to talk on the show?Is Taylor Swift causing friendships to end?MahjongIt's a random assortment. It's a monologue. I promised I wouldn't do any monologues. So what should I do about that?Support the Show.Keep up with all things WeSTAT on any (or ALL) of the social feeds:InstagramThreads : westatpodFacebookLinkedInTwitterHave a topic or want to stay in tou...

Did you know that the six most common complaints about the sound of a women's voice are:Their voice is too highThey sound like childrenThey don't sound authoritative enoughThey have vocal fryThey use too much upspeakTheir voice is too lowFor a woman who wants to speak up publicly, it can start to feel like we are damned if we do, and damned if we don't. This week I had the opportunity to talk to Christine Adam, an international voice, accent and communication skills coach, about w...