Mindful Living With Athea Davis

Happy Day, Friend! I am so excited for you to listen to my warm chat and interview with Kim Bearden of the highly acclaimed Ron Clark Academy. We chat about her new book, Talk to Me: Find the Right Words to Inspire, Encourage, and Get Things Done. Kim and I dive into her 6 principals of effective communication where she begins by sharing her story about opening up publicly for the first time about struggle, pain, and adversity. Kim reminds us that in the depths of darkness, we find enlightenment and forgiveness. She also wisely says that we have the choice to transform our feelings of any loss of power in a new way - by using our pain to transform feelings of loss into empowered action. Kim says, "A heart without hurt is hollow."I know you will find value from this interview whether you are an educator, parent, leader, or anyone wanting to make improvements in their communication and use their struggles and adversities to redefine any loss of power into an empowered way of being, which helps us have