Hello and welcome to enlightened empaths, your community for the spiritually awakened

Empaths, where we discuss, explore and connect with fellow Empaths,

healers, intuitive, and seekers. and going to be talking about empathic teens and strategies for helping families

communicate more clearly. So joining us on the show is my friend Jennifer who's a

professor, writer, mom, and host of the amazing podcast called Reframing Me.

Dr. Brubaker is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies

at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.

She's the author of Celebrity in the American political process,

which takes a look at the intersection between media and politics

through the lens of celebrity involvement in the political process.

And after 20 years in academia, Jennifer has recently brought her scholarly research and family

communication out of the classroom and into the podcast Reframing Me, which discusses both the evolution. the

of the podcast Reframing Me, which discusses both the evolution of parenting and family communication and

the rediscovery of a woman's self as her own children become teenagers.

Welcome to the show, Jen.

Hi, Samantha, hi Denise, thank you for having me.

Oh, we're so excited.

So I want to start off before we dive into all of this conscious parenting and communicating and having

empathic parents and teens, let's just start with your podcast.

How did you get the idea and what is your goal with doing reframing me?

You know, I've been in academia now for me my entire life, but I've been teaching for 20 years now, over 20 years now. And for the first number of it I was kind of in the

ten year years, you know, preschool years, I did them kind of simultaneously. In fact, I interviewed for my current position

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