Welcome to Edit Your Life, a podcast to help you edit the unnecessary from your life so you have more room to enjoy the awesome.

Through episodes with me, your host, Christine Coe, and a range of super smart, compassionate, and thoughtful guests,

you will come away with big picture insights

and practical ways to declutter your home, schedule, and mental space

without getting bogged down by perfection.

I have always believed that small moments and actions matter tremendously.

My goal is to help you find agency and space in your life

through doable baby steps that will leave you

feeling accomplished instead of overwhelmed. Hello friends, I'm delighted today to bring you a

conversation that merges things I care deeply about, kids, safety, and how we can make change

together in community. As some of you may know, I experienced a number of adverse childhood experiences, also

commonly referred to as ACEs.

When people learn this about me, they're surprised, especially if they know about the negative

outcome statistics associated with ACEs.

In my journey of learning about adverse childhood experiences, it became crystal clear that community,

specifically trusted adults, was a major reason why I thrived as I moved into adulthood.

What I find striking, too, is that there wasn't formal intervention of any kind by these

trusted adults, though, of course, community agencies offer incredible support

services for families. In my case, the people who ended up saving me, educators largely, didn't know

exactly what was going on for me, but I suspect could see that I needed support. These people found

ways to bolster my confidence and help me not label myself as dumb when I was struggling in school, and I struggled a lot in school.

And they also encouraged my development in the thing I found joy in, which at that time was music.

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