Each One Teach One

Today Dwayne comes on the show to give insight about his life and how he went through the journey to become an educator. Dwayne was born to a family of educators his mother and father were both teachers early on in his life. However, addiction overcame both Dwayne's mother and father and he was forced to pack up his life in Florida and move to Georgia within the course of a weekend where he would have to start a new life. Almost overnight he went from staying with both of his parents to staying with his grandmother. Dwayne discusses the anger issues that he had early on and how he had to battle to discover himself during his formative years. He talks about how he didn't want to share his background with people and so in an effort to be something other than vulnerable he became a people pleaser and in order to keep friendships and neglect his own happiness. Dwayne talks about his issues with people always leaving him being a pattern in his life and has caused him to have a pessimistic outlook on life even though he has to go to work and give the kids optimism and hope. 

Episode Gems

Being a people pleaser can be a detriment to who you are (25:00)

You expect bad things to happen when you go through childhood trauma it creates pessimism (29:00)

KASH (Knowledge, Attitude, Skill and Habits) (38:00)