Blue Wives Tribe

Creating Change and Overcoming Prejudice

Episode Summary

On today's show, I interview Natalie from Family Makes Cents. Family Makes Cents is frugal living and intentional motherhood blog focused around sharing how to live with less so you can make room for the things you want. Natalie's top loves consist of Jesus, family, and traveling. At 3 months pregnant, Natalie graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s degree but none of her studies or travels prepared her for the hardest job yet: being a stay at home mom and the wife of a police officer. She is a black woman married to a police officer and identifies with both the law enforcement and the black communities. In the interview she talks about ways to start to address bias and overcoming prejudice. She shares pieces of her own journey of being caught between fearing assumptions based on the color of her skin and based on what her husband does for a living. She shares that it is important in this time, right now, because the world is beginning to identify long standing prejudice that runs deep in our country. She cautions to not make the mistake of overcorrecting and much more including some mental health tips on how to challenge your thoughts or bias!

Episode Notes

Natalie's take-away pieces of advice: 

• Be watchful for social media accounts that are telling you how to think instead of encouraging you to learn.
• We shouldn't be forced to pick a side. Be wary of those telling you it's one or the other.
• Identify. Challenge. Replace.
• Be the change.
• Protect your mental health. As hard as it is, try to stay away from the media. Or unfollow/mute accounts that are causing pain during this time. Be present with those around you. If every post you see is negative towards the police, you'll start to think and believe everyone thinks that way (guilty!) but is it really the case? I've noticed that once I did a fair bit of unfollowing, the support started to shine through. And remember there are a lot of silent supporters. Seek out accounts that are sharing the good things.

Find Natalie's blog article on creating change and overcoming prejudice here: https://familymakescents.com/overcoming-prejudice/

Visit Natalie's blog- Family Makes Cents (frugal living and intentional motherhood): http://familymakescents.com/