New Hampshire Family NOW
New Hampshire Family NOW is a frank conversation about the ups and downs of parenting co-hosted by Nathan Fink (NH Children's Trust) and Jasmine Torres Allen (NH PBS) . Sometimes funny and irreverent, other times earnest and insightful, experts in the field join the show to discuss the state-of-the-state of New Hampshire’s family-friendly landscape and where to turn in times of need. Where to listen: Find us on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio, or ask your smart device to play New Hampshire Family NOW!
Episodes
On Episode 74 of the podcast, Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk travel, family, and identity, and then sort through some big feeling. And later Dr. Julie Bosak, Director of Population Health at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, joins the show to discuss perinatal health and all those small but significant steps that lead to a New Hampshire public health opportunity.
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On Episode 73 of the podcast, guest co-host Susan Stearns, executive director of NAMI New Hampshire, joins Nathan Fink on the show to talk about mental health month and how both empathy and action combine to create an environment where recovery is possible. And later Melissa Wieters, NAMI NH staff member and volunteer director of This Is My Brave NH, as well performers Don McCullough, Liz Stella-Ford, and Brian Harlow, drop by to t...
On Episode 72 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss the meaning of public resources and how they can stabilize NH families and lead to a greater good for all Granite Staters. And later we feature two interviews from Prevent Child Abuse America's National Conference. Dr. Renée Branch Canady, CEO at Michigan Public Health Institute, joins us to talk about public health and designing family-friend...
On Episode 71 of the Podcast Guest co-host and 82nd Governor of New Hampshire Christopher T. Sununu joins the show to reflect on raising a family in the Granite State and four-terms in office. And later, Prevent Child Abuse America Chief Strategy officer Jennifer Jones discusses April Child Abuse Prevention Month and how building a comprehensive and aligned ecosystem of Primary Prevention through the new Theory of Change creates mu...
On Episode 70 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink manage mixed emotions and discuss stress cleaning and what it communicates to our loved ones. And later we are joined by New Hampshire DHHS Community Wellness Administrator and Leader of the Choose Love Movement of New Hampshire Shannon Desilets joins us to talk heroic choices and the happiness quartet they bring.
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On Episode 69 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about the cost and availability of child care, and how working parents navigate disruptions to their daily schedule. And later we are joined by Senior Policy Analyst at New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Nicole Heller, Executive Director of Early Learning New Hampshire Jackie Cowell, and Bureau Chief Jessie Davis of the Bureau Child Development of H...
On Episode 68 of the Podcast, Director of Child Family Services at Community Action Partnership of Stafford County and Black Lives Matter Seacoast Co-Founder Tanisha Johnson guest co-hosts a conversation about the power of empathy as a building block to belonging. And later award-winning business leader, entrepreneur, advocate, and speaker, Flo Nicolas joins the show to discuss identity, authenticity, and activating a community min...
On Episode 67 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss black history month and the difference between being and seeming all year long. And later thought-leader, author, and president of the Manchester Branch of the NAACP James McKim joins the show to help us build toward a better, more inclusive community starting with those conversations about how we treat each other.
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On Episode 66 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk family resilience, breeding hermit crabs in captivity, and then peel back the layers on how they rely (and maybe over-rely) on certain family strengths. And later Executive Director of Rochester Child Care Center Cora-Lynn Hoppe joins the show to discuss falling in love with her children, as well as being the parent they need , and how examining the pa...
On the Season 4 Podcast Premiere, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink attempt to define family on their own terms and then together discuss the superpowers that keep their families moving. And later University of Minnesota professor and founding director of the Children, Youth & Families Consortium, Dr. Marti Erickson joins the show to talk about the Mom Enough Podcast and the many important ways a “good enough” paren...
On the Season 3 Finale of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss parenting during the holly jolly holidays by expecting less from their children and taking the memory-making long game. And later executive director of NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action Joan Catherine Widmer joins the show to talk about our changing environment, what it means, and what Granite Staters can do. New Hampshire psychiatri...
On today’s podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink look back at 2023 and revisit conversations with psychotherapist and author of The Anxiety Audit Lynn Lyons, Executive Director of Harvard Law School Online and Sharenthood Author Leah Plunkett, as well as Rob Dapice, Executive Director of New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority. And finally, Assistant Professor in Global Health and Director of the Center for Communi...
Today on the podcast, co-hosts Nathan Fink and Jasmine Torres Allen talk about authentically engaging our children in holiday gatherings, over-salted cookies be damned. And then Executive Director Waypoint Family Resource Centers Borja Alvarez de Toledo joins the show to discuss upstream thinking and creating hospitable spaces for our youths. And finally Julianne Gadoury of Kimball Jenkins illustrates how art and arts facilitation ...
Today on the show co-hosts Nathan Fink and Jasmine Torres Allen make music to help their children through frustrating routines. 2023 New Hampshire Kid Governor Haydin Simmons and Jo Ann Robichaud of New Hampshire Civics join the show to talk about the importance of civic engagement. And later Kristyn Van Ostern, owner of Wash Street, discusses Load of Love, a unique program in support of our unhoused community.
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On today’s podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink recap the Ride for Resilience , those Family Resource Centers it supports, as well as trading the tried-and-true "time out" for "time in". And later educator, mom, and founder of Own Beat Athlete, Susan Stout joins the show to discuss how to make for more nurturing sporting environments and the opportunity to bring out the best in our children.
Today on the show co-hosts Nathan Fink and Jasmine Torres Allen talk about creating opportunities for literacy building in young children. Then, Ride for Resilience riders Mark Knights, Laura Hagley, and Sean Skabo join the show to discuss this year’s ride, personal resilience and how, together, cross-sector relationships make for more resilient communities. And finally, Sara Vecchiotti, Executive Director of the Couch Family Found...
Today on the podcast, Co-hosts Nathan Fink and Jasmine Torres Allen talk Kinship Care Month and checking our parenting expectations at the door, as well as how to celebrate Hispanic Heritage in all its unique expressions. And later, we are joined by Kinship Navigators Rosemary Nugent and Ellen Michniewicz to discuss New Hampshire’s network of Kinship resources.
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Today on the podcast, Assistant Professor in Global Health and Director of the Center for Community Resilience at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University Dr. Wendy Ellis joins the show to talk about building community resilience and walk us through a day in the life. And co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink go back to school alongside their kids.
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Recorded LIVE for the PCA America National Conference: Together for Prevention, Pediatrician, professor, public health advocate, and author Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha joins the show to discuss her new book What the Eyes Don't See, a riveting and deeply personal account of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis and how environmental justice and equity shines a light on who we value. Also co-hosts Nathan Fink and Jasmine Allen Torres tal...
Guest co-host Kelly Roosa Cohen, President of Cohen Closing and Title, LLC, join co-host Nathan Fink for our Businesses that Build Family segment to discuss the intersection of work-life and family and how to create safe spaces in which employees thrive. And later, we broadcast LIVE from the Family Support New Hampshire retreat, where together we reaffirm joint aspirations and our dedication to family resilience, and everyone gets...
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