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Reducing Infant Mortality: A Cleveland Doula's Mission to Support Mothers
What happens when a community discovers its infant mortality rate is more than four times the national average? For Resha Clinton, it became a call to action that transformed her life and the lives of countless mothers and babies in Cleveland, Ohio.
This eye-opening conversation explores the critical difference between midwives and perinatal support doulas. While midwives focus on medical aspects of birth, doulas like Resha provide the emotional support that research shows dramatically impacts birth outcomes. She shares powerful insights into how stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy directly affect developing babies and how doulas help mothers navigate these challenges.
The statistics are shocking: Cuyahoga County once had an infant mortality rate of 8.1 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to the national rate of 0.2. But through dedicated community intervention, those numbers are finally improving. Resha details how her organization Birth and Beautiful Communities responds to this crisis by advocating for Black mothers in medical settings where their pain is often dismissed.
Perhaps most fascinating is Resha's holistic approach combining doula work with energy healing and sound therapy. Understanding that we are "threefold beings" of mind, body, and spirit, she addresses not just physical needs but emotional and spiritual wellbeing. She passionately debunks breastfeeding myths and explains how breast milk provides irreplaceable immune benefits that formula can never replicate.
Want to learn how emotional wellbeing during pregnancy impacts both mother and child? Ready to understand why advocacy in the delivery room can be a matter of life and death? This conversation will transform your understanding of maternal health disparities and the powerful role doulas play in addressing them.
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Speaker 2:Good evening everybody. Good evening. I know it has been a unique week for me this week, but let's focus, let's focus. So today I am have a guest from Cleveland, ohio. She's no stranger to me, but I've always felt it fascinating with the unique things that she does. Now we do have a special bond. You know If I'm a little bit talkative or excited today it's because you know I act special with our Wilberforce guests. So, yes, she is two things she's from Ohio and she is a former Wilberforceian, but just not anyone Like. She's my choir sister, so we treat them like royalty around here at A Better Chance television show.
Speaker 2:So let's welcome today my wonderful guest all the way from cold Cleveland. I still love her. She is a Cleveland Browns fan, but I definitely do still love her because y'all know that broke my heart last time I was in Cleveland. But anyway, she has this amazing, cool job that I always follow her, because not that I'm like stalking my friend, but some of my friends do some amazing things. No, let me change that. All of my friends do amazing things. And what else better way to kick off our Women's History Month, because I have some amazing women lined up for you all, then with something as unique as what my friend does that's coming to visit today. So let's welcome to our show today Ms Resha Clinton our show today.
Speaker 4:Ms Resha Clinton, the opportunity to share today. How have you been I?
Speaker 2:have been simply amazing.
Speaker 4:Great, great, great.
Speaker 2:How's it going in Cleveland today?
Speaker 4:Well, actually the weather was pretty good today, but you know, the one thing about Cleveland is, tomorrow we'll probably have a thunderstorm, a snowstorm, who knows? But yes, I uh any opportunity we have here. When the sun comes out and it's warm, everyone's outside running around trying to soak up some good vitamin d. So today was a good day. We just got to kind of take it day by day here.
Speaker 2:That is truly awesome. I know when I was there in November I think it was November I was praying because I said if it's no, I'm here, I'm never coming back.
Speaker 4:Well, I'm happy it didn't, because we need you to come back.
Speaker 2:Please. You know I don't want no flight delay. I don't want to be stranded in Cleveland. Make it work, god.
Speaker 4:Yes, yes, yes, I don't want to be stranded in Cleveland. Make it work, god. Yes, yes, yes, I totally get it.
Speaker 2:Well, welcome. I'm so glad you came to talk to us about the uniqueness in what you do, which I feel is really important in the African-American community not just the African-American community, but since all the laws have passed with around you know pregnancy, since all the laws have passed with around, you know pregnancy, especially down here in Texas. It's a serious situation and I think we need more people to do exactly what you do, like the whole platform. So, guys, she is amazing, so please pay attention when she tell you what she does.
Speaker 4:Absolutely so. I am a perinatal support doula. It is definitely a difference from a midwife. A midwife is licensed to prescribe medicine. They actually work more with the physical aspect of birth. A perinatal support doula works with more of the emotional component for the mother, and we do also do things for the physical part as well. Pain management methods like such, as you know, teach them how to utilize a birthing ball to. You know, take some of the pressure off their backs. You know, even in the labor room we're there to provide assistance with different positions in order to make the labor go smoothly. But as far as our support while they are pregnant, we are definitely more of a emotional support.
Speaker 4:Someone that is there for them when they need assistance, when they are stressing, is there for them when they need assistance, when they are stressing, when they need to understand the importance of what they need to eat, when they are going through some depression and I don't know, anxiety, things of that nature. We're there to be an ear for them. We're there to suggest, you know, what it is that they need to do, even with family planning, for example. Oftentimes our clients suffer from different disparities, different social, economic disparities. That, of course, will cause stress. What a lot of people don't understand is anything that mother is going through during that time. It's going directly to the baby. So baby is picking up on stressors, baby is picking up on anxiety, on depression. So it is the doula's goal to speak to them, you know, speak to those things that may be ailing them or giving them dis-ease with their day-to-day living, which is so very important. And I can just kind of go into how I got into this space.
Speaker 4:Back in 2017, they did the infant death mortality rate for the Center of Disease and Control Prevention and they found out that in the United States alone, there was about 0.2 deaths per 1,000 live births, so children were dying. But then, when they looked at each individual county, they found that in Cuyahoga County, which is Cleveland, which is where I reside, that they had an infant mortality rate that was 8.1 out of every 1,000 infants. So that means that the Cuyahoga County alone had more deaths than the national rates, and so it's like what is happening. Why is this happening? Well, we had different things that led to the cause of infant mortality in Ohio.
Speaker 4:That included premature and low birth weight, birth defects, sids, mothers not understanding the importance of breastfeeding, which is so very important and you know, because unfortunately they have. A lot of people, sadly, have stigmatized breasts and made them, you know, sexual objects. So you know, I often tell my clients I have a little joke where I say guess what? Breasts are measured in cups because milk come out of them. So these are issues that in our community and it's not just the black community, it's really across the board where our babies are dying for these reasons, due to, you know, lack of nutrition, due to, again, those social economic disparities, due to just the inability or the, I would say, ignorance of what they need to do while they're pregnant.
Speaker 2:That. I mean I just learned like a whole lot of things and I didn't know. So if I'm just paused, learned like a whole lot of things and I didn't know. So if I'm just paused, I know I'm never like quiet, but that is really the I like that you came with the statistics.
Speaker 2:You know I'm a, you know I am an educator. So when I hear numbers I'm like, okay, that's data, she's got proof. Now to go into that fact. Was it because of the immortality rate or was it just because you wanted to make a change?
Speaker 4:or kind of a little bit of both um and just also personal experience, which is always going to be the driver for my passions. Um, I gave birth at an early age. I'm grateful that you know I had my father at the time, who passed not too soon after my child was born. But I do also. I did also experience those times where at 17, on my way to 18, I'm pregnant and you know people looking at you crazy and you know you kind of feel like you just want to stay away from everybody, you're embarrassed and all this other stuff. So that first was a passion for me. That's what interested me, and wanting to help pregnant young ladies, you know, and pregnant women. But then the statistic part came when I ran into a young lady who actually went to Wright State. Her name's India and she was at Wright State at the time. We were at Wilberforce working with young mothers, and so she moved here to Cleveland with her friend by the name of Christian Farmer who created a grassroots organization called Birth and Beautiful Communities organization called Birth and Beautiful Communities. And, yes, and that grassroots organization was statistically led as a result of that study that showed that Cuyahoga County had the worst and highest infant death mortality rate. So you know my experience, coupled with running into these young ladies who were looking to now create an organization of doulas so that we can advocate for Black women and for their babies in the hospitals, is what you know started what I got into. That helped me pursue that passion, and so that was in 2018, and I've been doing it ever since.
Speaker 4:I've yeah, I've assisted with delivering Wow, I used to keep count but I lost track after like year two. But I've done home births and I love them more than a hospital. But because I had to deal with all of the rigmarole, it's very relaxing. Most women who opt to do that are very centered. They eat nutritiously, they're fully aware of what it is that they need to do, so it's a much smoother process. And I don't take away from the hospital births, of course, because those are definitely necessary. It's definitely necessary to have, you know, in certain situations, the hospitals and the medicine and things like that. But I've been doing this since 2018. So, wow, five years. I just realized it's been five years of me assisting with delivering babies and advocating for my clients.
Speaker 2:Assisting with delivering babies and advocating for my clients that is wow, like that is. So I'm like speechless because all this time I knew the doula part, like I've heard the term but in my in my mind and you, most people know, I am not afraid. When I don't know something, I ask or I know that's right because I don't want to sit there and make up something.
Speaker 2:I don't know that's not me right, but you clearly, you know, talk to me on a level today where it's like, oh so Adula's not, it's similar. Like all this time I was thinking Adula was similar to a midwife.
Speaker 4:I thought it was a midwife yeah, that we are similar but not the same. Not the same yeah.
Speaker 2:Take me to school. Just because I'm in front of my name don't mean I know everything.
Speaker 4:I know that's right. So here's a good example For home births. A doula cannot do a home birth alone, she has to be the assistant of a midwife. So, yeah, because again, that midwife has had that licensure. Uh, doulas have the certification and you know, we, we have consistent continual education, um, you know, on different things, like right now I'm currently um pursuing my certification and lactation consultant um, which you know, of course correlates. So I've had the experience. I've breastfed my own children. I've also assisted with, you know, my clients with breastfeeding, but, of course, to get the full knowledge and get the certification, you know it's much better. So currently I'm, you know, just doing that, just to add on to the doula certification that I have.
Speaker 2:Wow, you go like I would be scared out of my mind to be in the room.
Speaker 4:A lot of people say that I love it. It's a beautiful. It's so beautiful I can't even begin to explain the. It's a miracle, you know, and it's reckless.
Speaker 2:Like you know, no, no, no.
Speaker 4:You know, what's funny about that is, I think maybe I would probably say, my first two births. When I first started, I was nervous and I was just second guessing myself oh my God, am I doing this right? Did I miss something? You know, and so, and that's natural, you know, we all have those fears when we first start something new. Um, but I will tell you this. A nurse came in and she said to me you have such a peaceful energy and and it really, it really messed me up. I'm like like it's palpable, like you can, like you can feel it, like. So even just my presence alone and and and mom feeling like she has somebody there, because oftentimes, you know, I deal with clients you know who don't have that support. You know they won't have anyone else in the room with them. So you know just the presence of you know someone there to support you and someone that you know you build a rapport with, you know in the hospital room with you, it's priceless.
Speaker 2:That is amazingly awesome, but I can't do it. No, but I think it's amazing because even the numbers here in texas have been outrageous far as, uh, minority births that have not completed or women who have died, and it's like you know yeah, and that's a.
Speaker 4:That's a totally different hill. We can go on because that's even actually worse than the maternal mortality rate, is worse than the infant mortality rate, and it's worse, of course, in Black women in care. We all know the whole saying of. You know, they think that we take pain worse and stuff, and so I, I mean better, excuse me and so I am one. You know, I, for more than anything, of course, I'm there for baby, I want baby to be healthy, but I'm very, very cognizant of my, of the women you know and and know, and, and I'm always an advocate for them and saying, hey, did you hear what she said she? She said she's in pain. What are you gonna do about this? You know, because they'll just, you know, glare over it if you don't. So it's like, okay, can you get her this? You know, can you do something like you? So unfortunately, we have to have that representation in hospitals for us.
Speaker 2:Well, I am glad you're doing what you are doing. It's simply amazing. We're going to take a short commercial break and when we come back I got a little bit more questions because you are really taking me to school today. I'm learning. My friends show up, they show out.
Speaker 4:I love to learn and I love to teach, so let's do this.
Speaker 2:This person has a more question.
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Speaker 2:Awesome, Awesome, Welcome back. Now I have been truly taken to school. Yes, like I told her before, I may be Dr Mo, butI have no clue when it comes to what she does. I am amazed my friend is like out here delivering babies and stuff. No, but seriously, y'all know I can't do nothing serious. A lot of people come on here and they laugh because I like to have fun. But, my friend, you control. Well, I don't want to say control. You make their attitude a lot greater, so it decreases the numbers that the statistics so are you, do you track the statistics still?
Speaker 4:I do, and I'm glad you asked that, because I'll tell you this. As far as as of this now, remember, I told you that study was in 2017. And so, yes, every every year, I look at the infant death mortality rate. Okay, and I am happy to say that the one that was, uh, the cdc reported um in november of 2023. It actually shows and this blew my mind when I read it because it makes me feel like, okay, we're getting somewhere here.
Speaker 4:As far as a people, as far as you know our community and is is that the results show that the infant mortality rate in 2022 was 5.60 infant, 5.60 infant deaths per 1000 live births. Now, unfortunately, that is 3% higher than the rate was in 2021, which is like, oh my God, it's like getting worse. But you also have to consider that was during the time of the pandemic, coming off of the pandemic, so that had a huge effect on people. Again, their mental capacity, you know, their stressors, you know. And so, again, this is affecting baby, you know. And so, however, with that statistic, it shows that from 2021 to 2022, mortality rates increased, which is not a good thing, to mortality rates increased, which is not a good thing among infants of American Indian, alaska native non-Hispanics and white non-Hispanic women. So yeah, I was shocked about that because they didn't have Black women in the statistics. I'm like, wait, so we're getting better. How is this happening? Well, well, I'm listening to the numbers and I'm like wait so we're getting better.
Speaker 2:How is this happening? Well, I'm listening to the numbers and I'm like wait a minute. So it's a good thing, but it's still a bad thing.
Speaker 4:It's still a bad thing because, at the end of the day, we don't want no mother to lose a baby, race, creed, color, you know. No, we don't want them to do that. But we also know that the black people have suffered, you know, the most, and when it comes to these types of statistics. So there's this bittersweet type of thing, right is that? As I was speaking to you before about breastfeeding, which, when you breastfeed, you are now fortifying your child's immune system, because this milk is created specifically for this baby. Okay, this baby has assisted in the stomach, you know, in the womb, helping cultivate the nutrients and everything, minerals, everything that's needed in order to, you know, get a good, healthy immune system.
Speaker 4:This is something that formula can never duplicate. You know, people who have studies show that mothers who have breastfed their children, children, the children, have least allergies. Uh, they have uh, least um ear infections, um, obesity, even as adults, like they even just smell better. Okay, they smell, they smell better when they, when they, when they breastfeed. I'm just saying, because we, you know, you can't put all of that into formula. There's no way to ever duplicate the awesomeness of our creator, right, because God created it like it only makes sense and so, and so this is.
Speaker 4:This is the thing about it is that, this is, this is the reason, because surprisingly, you would think, because black people we were and we went through slavery and so we had to breastfeed our kids. You know, you would think that it was something that's welcome, right? I have run into clients whose mothers and like, oh, don't be, don't be, that's nasty, you know, it's like what? Like you know, so it's, it's it unfortunate. But I want to tell mom and say, look, this is your body, this is your baby, and I give them all the information about the breast milk, about how you know it prevents allergies, how you know there's all types of vitamins, minerals and enzymes and you know that just can't be duplicated in a formula. That's that's needed for your baby to be healthy. And even breastfeeding is even known to prevent heart disease for mother, ovarian cancer for mother and breast cancer. So it's not just healthy for baby, but it's healthy for mom, because mom is doing what nature has created for her to do.
Speaker 2:Wow, you know, it took me to school about a whole bunch of things I honestly did not know. I mean and it's not that I don't want to tackle it, but it's just- like being real, transparent. Most of my relatives had kids when they were young and I just had that parent.
Speaker 2:That was so outrageous and unique. We had a slumber party. She probably killed me when she watched this, but you know she'll be okay, she'll be might, you know, might give an idea to somebody else, but she made us watch and if my friends are watching, you know we love her for doing what she did. But she played the birth of the baby movie at the slumber party and ever since then it was like I'm good, that's.
Speaker 4:that's hilarious, because there are people, there are mothers, who can't even stomach that, like so, so. So the hospital gives them an option like or we can. I was like you want a mirror so you can see. They're like no, or the father. I have yet thank God, I have yet to have a father pass out on me. But I have had them who refuse to look, they avoid it, they look away, and I just simply place them at the head of mom, like okay, you just sit up here and put some hot water on her, I mean some cold water on her head. I'll be down there to help you just catch the baby. So yeah, that is. I would imagine that was quite traumatizing, for how old were you?
Speaker 2:I was like 13, because I mean, you know, when we were younger, the epidemic was it was a lot of teen pregnancy.
Speaker 4:She wanted to scare you.
Speaker 2:She scared straight, she did her job. I still ain't had one.
Speaker 3:Hilarious.
Speaker 2:You ain't got to tell me nothing. That's like the ongoing joke. The people who were at that sleep over like wow oh, my god.
Speaker 4:Well, if I could tell you a personal story when I was born because I am the fourth child of three older brothers, so it was it was a huge celebration when it was like it's a girl finally, because they tried, you know, my other two brothers were supposed to be girls. They had all of them in the room and my brother was only three I was like why would y'all do that to him? So you know, everybody, my brother, seen me, everybody seen me coming out, you know. And my brother that's right above me, he often talks about how he was scared for his life like, oh good, just the thought of it.
Speaker 2:Like I have seen, like some of my relatives that had kids I have been, you know close enough to them, or friends that I've seen, like I've been in the. But no, I'm like, I'm good I know that's right, so yeah.
Speaker 4:So I guess they know not to invite you to any pregnancies, any births.
Speaker 2:No, I'll be a gift giver, but please don't invite me for that right now. Oh, yes, but somebody can do it, you out here doing good with it. Now, if somebody wanted the services or they wanted a consultation from you, how would they be able to connect with you?
Speaker 4:So they can visit me. They can email me at Reiki Risha so that's R-E-I-K-I and then my name Risha at gmailcom and just inquire. Now, of course, I only service people in my area, in the Cuyahoga County area, so Cleveland and surrounding areas but I'd be happy to give people consultations and I do have some connections in other states as well. So even if I can't assist them, I'd be happy to provide them or find them a doula in their area if needed. They can also contact me at ReikiRisha on Instagram. That is my handle name and, yeah, I can, you know, give them the information from there as well. Lastly, what I do want to say because I know that I have my perinatal doula support thing there, but just know that it's also coupled with energy healing, which is one and the same. So just basically because what I found out while I was a doula is that oftentimes and I actually it's so funny I put my toe in so many things I put my toe in the nonprofit sector really quickly, but I wasn't a fan of all of the rules that came along with the grant money. So kind of steps back from that right now, but it's still. You know, I still have it, but I have not operated out of it since last election season. It's called the Fruit Fairy Foundation, and the reason why it's called that is because my doula clients I will always bring fruit with me when I realized that they didn't eat fruit, they didn't drink water. They eat fruit and vegetables. So I would always ask them well, what's your favorite fruit? And every time I would visit them, I'll give them that fruit. And so they were like, oh my gosh, you're like the fruit fairy. So after that, I decided to create this nonprofit to where people who live far away from grocery stores that provide produce would be able to get fruits and vegetables delivered to their homes. So that was an awesome endeavor. But again, it's like so much paperwork and it's just like I just want to help. Why y'all want me to do all this paperwork. So something that I just was like I'll get back to that Because y'all are asking for a lot of paperwork that I just was like I'll get back to that because y'all asking for a lot of paperwork when I just wanted to help these people eat healthy so that they could create a nice, healthy child in their womb. So, yeah, and that comes along with.
Speaker 4:Overall, we have to understand that we are threefold beings. We are mind, body and spirit, are threefold beings. We are mind, body and spirit, and so it is important to not just address our physical body but also our mental and our spiritual body. So my approach for what is called Reiki, which is basically just laying on of hands to balance the energies that we all have we're all energetic beings and if people study anatomy and they study metaphysics, they will very quickly find out that this all goes together. They are not exclusive of each other. Religion, spirituality, science all go together, just like father, son and the Holy Spirit, just like mind, body and spirit.
Speaker 4:You know we are, we are the Trinity, we are threefold beings and we are you know the saying we are humans or no, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. You know, we say that a lot, but we don't. We don't treat ourselves as spiritual beings. Yeah, we, we treat ourselves more like we human beings. It's like. You know, we are human beings but we kind of disregard the spiritual part, right?
Speaker 4:So anything that happens spiritually, anything that happens mentally, actually has an effect on our health. You know we can. We can have a heart attack because of a heartbreak. Okay, you know, we can, we can be have some type of cancer in the stomach because of being bitter or being angry, you know. So these types of yeah, these sicknesses, they manifest as a result of emotional and mental turmoil. So, you know, I went to Wilberforce pursuing my psychology degree. I did not get it from there, but I did eventually get it from Walden University, and so I do have a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, where I spent a lot of time just understanding the human mind and the makeup, and you know, know how we react as humans on a mental, on a mental level love it, love it.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean, I'm kind of like you. I started as a music major but since I did music from like seventh grade to forever yeah, actually, let me back that up from first grade, because that was like on my bit. I know this whole another story is on my behavior and so I did it all the way to there and then I changed to psychology, like you, so my undergrad, so I truly get it. I like to see yeah but, absolutely really proud of you like this.
Speaker 2:Oh, thank you now y'all, I've been trying to get her on here like an amazing job, if you're watching play like share. If you need to get in contact with miss Clinton, please reach out. Please reach out because she has. She coming to you with numbers. So in fact, she's not somebody that just is going off of the whim and the waves. These are serious numbers, I mean, I know.
Speaker 2:I laugh and joke a lot but in all seriousness, these are people's lives that she's impacting and changing. So if there's anything I could do on my end, maybe get you on a Zoom and talk to some team mothers or people that some teams that don't really have their life right but they think they're ready for that. I think that's how we can support on our end. We might need to schedule that Like seriously.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I would love that.
Speaker 2:She traumatized me Like I'm 46. I feel it.
Speaker 4:Poor baby that she traumatized me. He's like I'm 46, I feel it poor baby, why she do that to the baby. But you know I will say this 13, that's not a bad age to start learning stuff like that. But not the video. The visual kill the visual kill the visual. I I, I can't even imagine at 13 years old how I would have took that I don't have kids hilarious that is crazy.
Speaker 2:I do. You know I love my mom and thank you for taking time out your day to come visit us here this week. We are enjoying and getting some facts about, you know, prenatal child burden. I learned about what a doula responsibility is because I see it all the time and we have a group here who meet at the library that I go to a lot and I just, you know, it's not that I don't want to go in, but I'm like they meet and I don't want to just disturb they meet and ask them questions. But thank you, you're welcome.
Speaker 4:Well, you know, feel free, I hope I could. If we could, I'll leave you some information. I don't know if you can, kind of you know, attach it to this interview, but yes, I'll definitely leave some information and I'd love to answer any questions. Or, you know, field any doula, possible doula references. I'm here to help.
Speaker 2:Definitely Follow her on all social media platforms. I know I'll probably have to say it again before we get out of here, because this is a serious situation. You heard those numbers. We don't want to leave. Nobody leave us in doing this. Can you share your info and do you have anything you want to say before we go?
Speaker 4:What I'll do because I I'm active on certain social media spaces, um, so you can follow me on facebook. It is public, um, and that would be risha, and this is going to be my married name, which is Carlisle, so that is spelled C-A-R-L-I-S-L-E. That is the best way to find me on Facebook. As far as social media, again, if you would like to email me directly, you can do that at Reiki Reisha, so that's R-E-I-K-I and then my name R-I-E-S-H-A at gmailcom, and so those are the two best methods to contact me.
Speaker 4:For people that are not in the Cuyahoga County, if you are interested in speaking with me and you're local, those two methods do work. But you can also contact me at the wellness center that I work out of. It is called Washington Wellness Institute, and so that's this. Just Google that Washington Wellness Institute, and so you'll find my information on that website as well. You can contact me there. That information is more for my energy healing and sound therapy. But we talked about the music, so you know I sing, so I did implement that. That singing is in in my, in my reiki, because I do sound therapy and I use my voice and singing bones at times. But you could contact me at there and if it's for doula or anything else, I'm there to help you and answer any questions that you may have.
Speaker 2:Love it. I was about to say nothing, though I do as I say. Not as I do. I sing sometimes, but I do sing when I go to certain people's churches. But you know what I mean.
Speaker 4:Yeah, girl, you can't get rid of, you can't get away from singing, it haunts you.
Speaker 2:We got a special guest in the audience today. I'll be looking around like this morning. Please don't be talking.
Speaker 4:They talking to you yeah you, I, I totally get it. I can't. I'm like, oh god, I can't, I'll never get away from it. So I just embrace it and I just add it to what I do, so okay.
Speaker 2:I love it. I had to learn about the sound therapy but I told you I get lost when my friends come on here.
Speaker 4:Yes, I know I do a lot, honey, I do, I really do, but it all goes together and I love it.
Speaker 2:You took me to school with the stats. So please, thank you guys for watching. Please catch the replay like share. Get in touch, cleveland folks. You need somebody to come talk to the teens. You got a source. It worked for me. That's why I don't have kids now. But what I do want you to remember, april 7th is our Health and Wellness Fair at the Carver Branch Library. We have some amazing things happening on that day, so please join us as we talk about community health and healing our community on that day. It's been real, a real hour here. We'll have our right. But, my friend and please get out to us, but don't forget the important information that we share. Thanks for watching and we will see you next time.
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