When was the last time you said no and felt good about it? Seriously. When?
Welcome to That’s a Hard No, the podcast about saying no and setting boundaries – without feeling fear, guilt, or FOMO.
On our show, we talk about everything related to boundaries, and why it can feel so damn scary to set them. We meet all kinds of interesting people from different walks of life with various takes on the subject, and we look at what’s happening in our culture and how it all comes back, sometimes, to simply saying no.
Meet Our Latest Guest
JOAN SPOERL
Joan Spoerl, of The Literacy Cooperative and Director of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library book-gifting program, a former kindergarten teacher of 10 years, avid volunteer, world changer and encyclopedia. From episode one to our last NEW episode of 2024, our last episode for our Literacy Cooperative series this woman and organization has done nothing short of knocking our socks off. Their passion and enthusiasm is tangible through an email and even more so through these episodes. How we enjoy all of their team’s company and love the conversations we have been so lucky to have with Joan! This episode does a review of all the amazing guests and episodes we have had along the way as well as truly breaks down the Imagination Library and how the Literacy Cooperative gets books into the hands of many children throughout Northeast Ohio – let’s help them make it ALL children.
Where to Find Joan
- Email – jspoerl@literacycooperative.org
- LinkedIn – Joan Spoerl
- Instagram – Joan Spoerl
Our Special Fall Series
HEALTHY BOUNDARIES, HAPPY KIDS
We’re so excited to partner this fall with The Literacy Cooperative and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to present a special series of episodes about the role of boundaries in education, literacy, parenting, and early childhood development.
We all know the value of saying yes to education, healthy boundaries, and good mental health. This series explores the intersection of these topics, diving deeper to provide parents with a toolkit of knowledge they can use to nurture their children’s minds and bodies, strengthen their families, and improve their own lives in the process.
Some of the topics we’ll cover include setting healthy boundaries around school and play, bullying, advocating for children with special educational needs, financial literacy, child and adult literacy, and much more.
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Literacy & Parenting with Music
Literacy & Parenting with Music
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Body Language, Literally
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Responsible News Consumption & Media Literacy
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