Fresh Start for Struggling Mothers

0:00 This program is designed to provide general information with regards to the subject matters covered. This information is given with the understanding that neither the hosts, guests, sponsors, or station are engaged in rendering any specific and personal medical, financial, legal, counseling, professional service, or any advice. You should seek the services. Of competent professionals before applying or trying any suggested ideas. Hello, and thank you for tuning in to a Sharp Outlook on pay for HD radio and Talk or TV. I am Angela Sharp, your host, our arm to your discussions with industry experts will give you the steps, tools and information to be successful in business and to prepare you to be your best self. Hello, I'm Angela Sharp, and welcome to a Sharp Outlook where we talk about fun things, you talk about current topics. We also talk about difficult subjects, and this week we're focusing on teen and young mothers. The real challenge is the systems they have to navigate and the strength it takes to keep going.

1:19 Single mothers consistently rank among the most vulnerable. They have higher anxiety rates and chronic stress from economic uncertainty. There's a higher depression rate and mental health burden from isolation due to lower workforce participation, from barriers to sustainable employment due to lack of stable employment. It contributes to elevated long term risk to the mother and the children and increasing the potential of intergenerational impact of instability. To increase chances of stability instead of generational poverty and homelessness, there must be a holistic approach and solution solutions that stabilize the immediate risk, strengthen the internal resilience, and elevate economic mobility, changing how we see mothers in need as capable instead of beneficiaries. And my guest today is here to talk about a program that he's been thinking about. A visionary who has done so many wonderful things, but has the compassion and the empathy to want to assist these young mothers.

2:47 My guest today is Frederick Abramson, and he sent me a wonderful quote, and I would like to say it. Mark Twain said that two of the most important days of your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why. That is the question all of us have been seeking. Why was I born? And he talks about the wonderful gifts that he has been given to solve problems. And I would like to invite Frederick to the show right now so we can chat about some of his experiences, and then we can talk about some of his thoughts and ideas of how can we help team mothers struggling mothers who feel this hopelessness and go through so many challenges. And we're going to talk about the challenges because I know our listeners and our viewers can understand those challenges, and I know you are the kind of people who want to try to help find solutions to those problems. Welcome Frederick to Ashoff Outlook.

4:00 Thank you, angelam honored to be here, appreciate it. Yes, well, I'm really happy this year you're here also, And I was going through Jubaioh and I lived, and I saw all these wonderful things that you have been a part of and the schools that you've gone to. So briefly tell us something about your breath your background, which is extensive, But tell us about your background. Well with a smile. I tell people, if you look at my background on LinkedIn, you'll say, well, I've got the weirdest non linitar career path of any breathing person in North America. But part of it is because when I was growing up, I had a very difficult and rough childhood that included poverty, being in foster homes for a couple of years, and not being the kind of student at the school liked. So when I was in high school, they told me that I'd never go to college then, and they threw me out of the academic curriculum and put me in commercial. This is in the fifties, and I learned typing, bookkeeping and clerical practice, and it turned out that little thing one semester in typing was what was responsible fifteen years later to be transformative. But

5:33 at any rate, my background has been a mixture of things. But I've been fortunate enough to have people who looking out for me, who channeled me into the next step. And I think that that's part of how we create a positive model is you can't do it alone. You need people on your side that help you answer your question. Yes, yes, absolutely, yeah. I looked and I've seen that you've, you know, worked in the youth core and you went to University of Pennsylvania. You have background in engineering, you have a background in biotechnology. I mean you you yeah, you're right, your Your career has taken a lot of different paths, but it gave you the tools and then the experience that you mentioned, you know, being in foster care.

6:36 I used to be a foster parent, and I understand some of the challenges that the youth go through and they come into a home and they've been in multiple homes and things, and so I can relate to what you're speaking of. And it gives you a level of understanding and empathy and compassion that you realize, no, you can't do it alone. Sometimes you need a helping hand. Sometimes you just need support that says you can do it, you can make it. Keep going, keep going, you know, just somebody behind you cheering you along to get you to that point where you you do finally find out what you were going to do and you achieve those goals.

7:26 We see a lot of things out there talking about people trying to find their dream and find their purpose and things like that, and sometimes the path isn't just a straight sit down, Oh I'm going to be this. Oh I'm going to be this, because life doesn't work that way. And Angela another little story that people may gather some power from in terms of how we help people. When I was an undergraduate at Penn, I was on probation for seven consecutive semesters. My undergraduate GPA is one point sixty five out of four, which is not exactly stellar, right right, A lot of f's. But I wanted to go to graduate school because they didn't want to go to Vietnam. So the chairman of Biology called me into his office and he asked me why I wanted to do this, and I told him, and he said, we've been watching you. You will make a statement in class.

8:36 Our best graduate students will understand, and five minutes later you'll make a statement in class that's so cosmically stupid. We don't understands the same person to say both of them, but it's the first one that counts. So we're recommending you. So I applied to four graduate schools, Penn State, Maryland, Rochester, and Stanford, who took me and two turned me down. Here's my GPA, one six' five out of. Four. Right stanford And manchester took, Me Penn state And maryland turned me. Down WHAT i learned later is two. Things, one having someone on your side watching you can put you to take a step you didn't think you could. Take that's part of the core of what we're doing with Fresh Start.

9:26 Science the second is by applying To. Stanford why Would stanford take someone WHO'S gpa is one six' five out OF four A lesson i learned later at another small school up North, code MIT where i was a slung fellow for. A year i learned that great organizations are never afraid to take a chance on you because they don't feel. Your failures their failure allows the organizations for your failures, tainting them so they're. Risk adverse rick propensity defines the culture of the organization in a way that you can understand things. More clearly.

10:10 There, you, go yeah that's. THAT'S incredible, I mean i can even relate to the FACT that i was able to get TO where i am and be able to function in so many different areas of finance and software engineering and tech and computers and processing and all these things because there was always someone that was cheering, me, on, SAYING wow i see. Something there let me give you this challenge AND would i would be kind of scared, at FIRST but, i, THOUGHT shoot i at least got, to try AND when, I tried. I succeeded it, was like SO then i just kept on. Pushing myself but there was somebody that actually BELIEVED that i was able, to SUCCEED that i had that, in ME that i could.

11:00 Accomplish that and just getting, that support like, you said it is so very. Very. Important right the Other thing i'll share with the AUDIENCE is i TOLD you i learned typing in high school in, the fifties and boys never learned typing in. Those days it was for, girls, Only right but here's how the. Magic HAPPENED when i was At the University of michigan in their, mid sixties a professor came up to me, AND said i understand you know how. TO type i. Said yeah, he said come with me and want to teach your. Computer programming and THAT'S how i got into the. Computer field THAT'S how i started doing work with big data ANALYTICS. AND ai i did THE first ai system in healthcare in the seventies to identify the risk of getting infected on the mission to. A hospital but for a professor who said you, can type come, on there it is so you never know how the things you learn may turn out to, be, valuable.

12:05 Right right always think of it as a journey and everything that, you do don't throw it away as. Something useless it's something that you're learning at this moment for something you're going to need in. The future and every little bit of it is. Absolutely important that is such a great story because so, many people, you know will throw away like small things, and, think oh this, is USELESS so i don't need to learn that, or this that and. The other but down the road is going to. Pop, up wow you're able to, do that and it's going to open doors that you couldn't. Even Imagine and angela listening to you, describe that it kind of resonates with the message Of Fresh start science because when we've had to work with these, young women we're not going to tell them to throw away, their past to ignore. What happened it's all part of. The package it's. Moving forward it's an important message that you.

13:06 Just share. Thank, You yeah so let's talk About Fresh. Start science, YOU know i attend some of your meetings on this, very Project and i'm so excited about you know what it's going. To do it's going to change lives and that's what we're all here, to do is to help one another be our best selves and help them change lives and help them. Change directions and you have a wonderful plan that you've put together, To help like, you said young mothers and. Teenage mothers and it's not about sitting around trying to find out why they're having a child, so young or why are they having a child, you know out of wed like or all these different things that are said to these young ladies to, discourage them to make them, feel shamed to make them feel all kinds of emotions that do not, you know project them into a, positive direction but make them want to go hide and make them, want to, you KNOW like, i said be in isolation because they don't want to. Be criticized they don't want to all those horrible statements that are made because you out there that are, so perfect feel that you have the right to judge. Someone else you don't know, their story and you don't need to know.

14:36 Their story you got enough of your own book to. Be writing but to sit and stand in the seat of judgment, of others, you know he that has done, No wrong you be the first one to throw. A rock oh you're dropping. The, Rocks huh so let's drop the rocks because none of us are perfect and we shouldn't be judging. Anyone else we all have our path. To walk. So tell us About Fresh. Start, Science. Well i'll tell it in. TWO ways I Started Fresh art science fifteen years ago and couldn't raise any money in, those DAYS so i put. It aside it was A five o one c. Three, nonprofit yes what got me focused populations did a, big question why focus on young.

15:33 Single moms that's because in, the SIXTIES when i was in population planning At the University, of michigan they asked me to do some Work With planned Parenthood. Of detroit So The planned parenthood people told me to go in the Field suburban detroit talk to young women about contraception and sex to. Educate Them so i'm talking to young WOMEN and i discover they all know, about sex they all know. About CONTRACEPTION but i discovered something. Really strange when a young woman would. Get pregnant the guys who got him pregnant treated him, really well gave, him presents took them, to dinner opened the door. For him but as soon as the kid, Was born i'm out. Of here you're on. Your own this, Is weird, so said these, young women they get pregnant and they're rewarded, for pregnancy and then when the, kids born it flips one hundred and. Eighty.

16:32 Degrees YEAH so i went To plant parenthood, and said let's give each person a card that Says plant Point in detroit with Her Name, susan wilson and talk to the merchants in the area that if she shows the card they do something nice, for her in, other words reward her for. Using contraption, they, said no we have. To educate SO rolling, I stopped, i said that's. The end, going forward fifteen, years ago while Teaching At johns Hopkins, and biotechnology the same target population, emerged again and THIS time, i said let's work, with genetics. Wellness genetics let's look at the traits that define them in. Positive ways not, for disease, no Cancer, no alzheimer's. No diabetes let's look at things that. Are POSITIVE and i couldn't, raise MONEY as, i said but what got me back? INTO this a few months ago a coach on the meet up platform, alignable said, ask me what could you tell a, young woman young mother who would break that would break through all the barriers that keeps her frozen and unable to build.

17:46 A LIFE and, i SAID suppose i told HER her dna is a good Match from Mozart. And beethoven, she, said well that would get. Her attention it's a good example because it, turns out according to the chatchbt Motzartre. In beethoven how about eight you eight jeans combined that when you take, them together are a good blueprint for. Musical, genius yeah but. That's it the journey has been looking at, the population realizing, they're stuck but realizing we have to find a whole new, communication, model yes to give. Them value and the nice Thing that i've learned IS, with dna it's not. An opinion It's, not susan, you're great because that's often we got them to be pregnant in the.

18:42 First Place, it's susan you have talent IN. Your dna and then she, can say wait, a minute maybe it's time for me to start building. A life and that's where the coaching and counseling. Comes in JUST like i, had it people watching over me guided me to the. Next, step, yes well we can watch over these young women and guide them to the next steps. As well that's a long answer to a. Simple. Question, Angela yeah and like, you said there's so many challenges that. They have they have challenges of trying to find, you know housing and different things, like that, you know and being able to just stabilize their family so that, you know the children. Aren't suffering that's, really important. You know and when we say stabilize, the family what does?

19:36 That cover how do you remove their? Survival pressure because they, need housing they, need food they, need diapers they need, you know a ride to, to work or they need a ride to, the daycare or they need to. FIND daycare, i mean all of these different challenges that are. Hitting them and if they're not working or they didn't finish their education or and things, like that they're in a very difficult position and they still need to be able to stabilize. Their family, you know how do you kind of remove that survival pressure in? THIS program.

20:16 I believe you can't remove the entire. Survival pressure some resources can be provided, to them and you mentioned indirectly one of them is the issue. Of childcare WHAT do i do with? My kid and one of THE things i met a personal onlineable and my Recollections, from indiana and we were talking About Fresh, start science and, he said and one of the counties that, he's in the high school started a daycare program for young women who had had children so they can return to high school finished getting. Their education the kids were in the daycare center in the, high school which men they. Were, safe yes, it's, like okay you've now resolved one of the, major issues because when you have, an infant a, young kid you have to worry about how they're going to be taken care of if you're out of. The.

21:19 House, yes yes but this. High, school said we'll make a daycare center for these young women so they can get to finish, their education finish high school and then looking at jobs. And, college right that's the kind of genius response. We, need, yes absolutely helping them establish a path to get from where they are to where they dream. To be and like, you said when, you're old that you have inside of, you genetically you have all of, these capabilities you have all. These possibilities they don't want to not go, after that but their path is, so difficult and having a program like this that gives them the opportunity to, go back like, you said and get their high.

22:12 School diploma so that they can get their next step of whatever their education desire is is extremely you. Know critical AND then i like that idea about them having like a. Daycare there most of the time they kick them out of school and they can't even. Come back and, you know what good did? THAT do, i, mean what why are you trying to punish people for being? A mother motherhood is what a lot of. Women do so you're punishing them because you decided the way they became mothers wasn't the way you, liked it. YOU know i, you know those are just some of the things that we do to other people in our in our, you, know communities and part of our just our values that.

23:01 We have we want to punish people and that is not what is needed at. That time. You know another goal is is to strengthen and restore their psychological stability for mother, and family, you know because of the challenges and the things that they. Go through you know what does that? Look, like, yeah well it goes back to, you know accentuating. The positive the soul member accentuate, to positive eliminate. The negative so in the world, of genetics the REASON the, dna WORLD what i call wellness genetics is a core to the foundation of fresh. Art sciences genetics is. Objective science.

23:51 It's real it's not. An opinion you can disagree with. The science, that's legitimate but you, can't, say WELL if i have a gene for, problem solving there's something wrong with. The genetics that's the research that. Shows that but by focusing on the traits, like empathy, problem, solving analytics skills and, musical ability things that we as a, society, say wow you're good, at that that puts a switch in this young woman's brain THAT says i am not someone to be. DISPOSED of i am not someone to be. Pushed, aside now having, said that being motivated to build a life doesn't mean you can do it on. Your own it'd be like someone that you've taught how to swim and sail and then walking down to the dock, and saying here's, a sailboat, Happy sailing i'll see you in. Two weeks that, doesn't.

24:56 Work right but if you work with them To, susan nada you understand you. Have value let's talk about things you can do that build on who you are in a. Positive way just like in, my case who would have EXPECTED that i should even apply It To. Stanford university and by, the way getting into pen in, high school they throw me out of the academic curriculum put me. In commercial why Would the University of pennsylvania take somebody who was not even in the academic curriculum. Full time. But that means that there are organizations out there who are willing to take a chance on someone, and say let's see if you have the chops to do. The job and the coach you're counseling is to Let the susans of the world learn they really do have. The chops they just got to get into the game to start.

25:58 PLAYING right i remember years AGO when i was in management and we, needed staff but, you know the budgets, were small AND so i found out that the, state itself Through The, unemployment department allowed people that did not have, any skills did not have, the education to come in and learn like, an apprentice and to come in, and learn and their salary was paid by The state. Unemployment office it wasn't a burden on, the company and it gave people that didn't even come close to ever having a chance to, learn bookkeeping, to learn like, you said how, to type to learn, you know some of the specifics about in a business to learn how to, you know run machinery and different things. Like that it gave them like.

26:57 AN apprenticeship i don't know whether that that program is still available in states around, the COUNTRY but i remember that it just gave such a huge break to so many people and gave them opportunities to, have lives and gave them opportunities, to dream and gave them opportunities that when they finished, the program they could actually, now, Say well i've been here for, Six months i've, got experience and now they can actually go out and work their job and work at the regular. Pay rate, you know it was a reduced rate coming through the, unemployment office but they were at least make earning money and giving them a chance. In life and these are, programs that, you know maybe we have to go out there, and, say hey you don't know what to do with all those, federal dollars you don't know what to do with all those.

27:51 State dollars how about us doing programs that are helping to build. People's lives, you know that would be. A switch and so so that's those are the kinds of things that we need and we need companies, that are like, you said willing to take a chance on helping people find out what they were born for and be able to do the dreams that they really really have in life and now have a door open. To them so that's really important to be able to strengthen them and help them give them that hope in their mind and their heart that you, Know what i'm not what they're.

28:36 Calling me i'm not what. THEY say i am. A musician i can go out, and COMPOSE or i can go and, write SONGS or i can go and, write BOOKS or i can write THE best ai program who ever wanted. TO see i, mean so but we. Don't know if we don't give these people an opportunity to tap into their strengths and, their capabilities. We're missing and the, thing is the world is missing out when we, don't allow, you know give people that were gifted with, these things give them a chance to use. Those talents we're missing and big gaps in, our workforce big gaps in different areas of life because we haven't tapped into where the.

29:27 Talent is because, you know we decided to judge them before we even gave them a chance to see who is this what do? They? Have, Right yeah and that's really critical because when a person realizes to THEMSELVES that i have value as a human being and then gets motivated, to say, with coaching let's take you to the, next level let's see what you. Can, do right someone. Has to be there to have to the doors get opened so that they can begin working with the value they have and begin them building the skills and the abilities to do things and, my experiences for most of, those people they will return, the gift right because they know how fortunate they are to have someone show them the way a path to building a, positive life to escape the blame and the abuse and. So on and that's the kind of person who will turn around AND say i can give. This back so it's a cycle that continues in a. Positive.

30:43 Way, Yeah yeah and just, thinking that, you know when they're at looking at all these struggles that, they have and you know they're feeling they feel like they're being pushed to drop out or to give up. Their goals, you know, you know your value is not like this person over here who's getting the four, point average, you know and so they do, feel that, you know WHY should? I bother WHY should, i try and, you know but this program that, you have, you know it's actually supporting them on that journey to actually become what they want to be and helping them to toss all that noise that's out there that's trying to hold, them back to silence all, those voices to silence all of those closed doors that they. Might have instead there's open doors to.

31:43 Help them, the program, you know helps them, Get education the program helps them fill, out applications. They help it helps them because because they. Get MENTORS am? I right. I think an important moment TO what i heard is that the design is to help them discover what they can be, mm hmmm because many of them don't even know that they have the abilities to accomplish. Things right and again that's WHY the, dna analysis the wellness. Genetics analysis if you learn in the wellness genetics that you've got many of the genes that They believe Mozart and, beethoven had you, may, say WELL suppose i go get a guitar and start learning. Play music but that may not occur to you until you discover the traits that are that we as a, society value and you, can, say okay let's SEE if i can go down. That path that's really it's a voyage of discovery and then a voyage of finding the right port to. Call, home.

33:01 Yeah getting him and taking care of all of those. IMMEDIATE needs i know that a lot of people that have gone through some of these circumstances where they are young mothers and things. Like THAT like, i said you see the people that are on, the job, you know judging and whispering and different things like that when they. Find out, YOU know i don't know why we feel we can have. These STEREOTYPES sometimes i really just despise the stereotypes that we, you know try to categorize people and put them in. Little boxes, first off who gave you?

33:42 That right and what makes you think you're smart enough to know? What category oh you can, read minds you can, read heart you can read. My future oh you got a one on one line to the creator and he whispered in your ear about. MY life, i mean and you have to think about some of those things that we do as a society and not realizing not only are you harming that person you're, talking to but you're harming the children because that she's going to go home with a negative feeling, about herself then she's not going to respond to her children in a way that gives them motivation and. Positive positivity and so then you end up with generations, of poverty generations of all kinds of, other things generations of maybe, even homelessness or maybe behaviors that end up being a result of the fact of not having money, for food not having a place. To live and, you know then we get into petty crimes and all, these things all because someone who didn't know how to to respond or maybe just keep your. Mouth shut you cause an effect of one person who is responsible for generation, of people and now you have caused

35:17 an effect that may. Impact generations have you ever thought about your words can hurt to the point you affect two to three generations. Of people shame on us, to ever, you know do something. Like that when when they first become a mom and know anything about, government assistance or do they know anything about government assistance so that they can maybe get childcare help or food assistance or. Housing support do you feel they know how to navigate to be able to at least take care of those. Immediate needs.

36:05 I'd say some do and, some DON'T and. I, think yeah it depends on what the environment are coming out of in their everyday culture growing up and, you know and working and going. To school some may have more awareness of what. Goes on and of course there. Are resources when a young woman has, a child the hospital of the maternal, care center they often have insights in d how to, provide that but it isn't an automatic thing that they know how. To help but again that's part of the design of what we want to Do With Fresh art science is to help them understand there, are resources but at the same time not have them become so dependent on the resource that they lose the motivation to change.

37:02 Your, life, right, Right absolutely. So it's, a balance it's a. Balancing act but the need to get inside their head, to say have THEM say i want to build something positive for myself and. My child and with that we had to open some doors and give them a path to. The. Future, yeah yeah and, you know and the, THING is i if anyone has ever contacted the government, or anything it can. Be confusing it can be difficult to navigate. Through there you could end up becoming frustrated and end up not getting to support your need because you have to keep, coming back or, you know there's there's a lack of understanding of what it is or how it is to even. Actually apply and SO just i Know fresh start will have people there that are experiencing that to even guide them through the steps that you take to be able to get. That assistance so your immediate needs and things are are there because they're already, you know.

38:18 Having difficulties the last thing they need to do is start feeling helpless because they can't get through. The process and, you know with so many people trying to get into, the system it's hard to get through on the, phone lines it's hard to make the steps and get through. The process, so yeah just being able to get that assistance, is really really. Really important. That's. The. Plan, yeah yeah and then sometimes, you know being able to to cope and getting the support. THAT'S needed i know that the program's going to be providing mentors that are going to be helping them cope with day to day challenges and give them that support when they're feeling down or when they're feeling pressured or BECAUSE like, i said just just yourself taking care, of view you might be able to succeed a. Little quicker but then when you have the children and they, might have, you know health issues or who knows the different things and challenges that could be happening with the, children too and they're feeling the pressure and just having someone to, talk to someone that you know understands them and understands the

39:49 path and understands the the services that are going to be Provided With, fresh start they're going to give them that that help and they're going to they're not going to. Feel alone there's nothing worse than battling life and you have no one on your side to. Help you like you were, telling us you had a lot of people that pushed you and keept, you know letting, you, know hey let's. Try this let's. Try that they need, that support they need that encouragement just to show, every day yeah. It's not a. One off here's, your profile, Happy sailing build, the confidence build a connection and let them know that the journey is not about them. Being alone but it's also not going to be something that's so easy that the next day the world. Magically changed so but but to give them, the courage to give them the the energy and the inspiration to start building that life and taking this.

41:00 Steps necessary if you were talking to a young mother, right now what specifically would you say? To, them wow it's a. GREAT question I think i, would say you are where you are for a variety. Of reasons i'm not here to judge the why, you're here BUT what i will say is that given where, you are and given the fact that you are a young, single mom, you KNOW and, i know and the, world knows there are major challenges you're going to face to build.

41:44 A life what we want to do is to start giving you and your child a sense of identity that based on science that no one's going to be able to take away from your, say no you're, not that because it's all going to be built INTO your. Dna code that there are scientists all around the world discovering new things, every day so that this is this is. Real science and when you learn what you are ON the, dna side you can then start thinking about how you want to leverage that to build the life you want.

42:25 To have and that's what will provide, is, coaching counseling and guidance to help you get where you want. To go that's a, long statement but that's just that's really, in ESSENCE what i would, Say right and. It's, in phases. You know, you know you start out with making sure the immediate needs are taken, care of and then you start talking with, them about, you know what their future can be and giving them guidance on, you know here's. A plan let's let's start setting up a plan to actually take those steps to. Get there and then these are the things that you need. To do you need to finish and get your high. School, diploma oh if you want to, do this you're going to need a four year degree or a technical college or skills training. Or something and then, you know even working with, em employers, you know because it may take a while and, they're like what have you been doing all?

43:30 This time i've been preparing SO that i can come in and be the best employee that you've. Ever hired how? About that, You know and so, you know working with employers to give them opportunities to be able to, you know step into jobs and things. Like that and then, you know making sure that the children are taken care of and the childcare services are there and just depending on, their ages, you know they may be, in daycare they may be. In kindergarten, you know making sure that we incorporate transportation and different things. LIKE that i know that their services or used to be services where you would get bus passes and different things so that you were able.

44:21 To travel so being able to provide, those opportunities so those girls can dream, and become like, you said what is INSIDE, Their dna this is inside of who. You are, you know don't give up and throw away what you can be because it's inside. Of you you don't even have to dig. For it and in fact a lot of people miss it because they don't know what's IN. Their dna and they might get, a job but they're unhappy because it's not what they really were built. To do. Solving problems is that what you, love doing then that's what we get you involved in certain areas where you get to do nothing but solve problems and use all the technology to. Do it and so that's. Really important let.

45:16 Me give a Couple of let me give a couple of examples so your audience has a sense there's a gene variant for. Being, shy well if you know you're, genetically shy you can adjust how you act in groups and how you, meet people because it's when you're a genetic. It's different there's a genetic variant for not learning. From mistakes what do we call a kid who doesn't learn? From mistakes we call. Them stupid but the father whose son tested positive for the gene went to the school and said to, the teacher he's, not stupid he doesn't learn. From mistakes show him how to do it right the.

45:57 First, time right. There's a there's another gene, For agreeableness and if you have two copies of the, minor gene you don't go along to. Get along it doesn't mean you're, a jerk it doesn't mean. You're rude but when someone says let's do this to, Go well i'm. Not sure but if you know that, about yourself you can understand how you could begin fitting. In right so the world because people tend to judge us based on what we do without, higher understanding whether it's something we learn or something we were.

46:38 Born, with, Right right and that's. REALLY important, i mean there's so many, you know different, different things and it does give guidance to the path that. You take and because you're fulfilling what's what you know is inside, of you. You're happier you're happier about. The work you're happier about, Your life you're happier about your destiny of your children because you know what's in you has now been passed on to them and you now know how to nurture those characteristics so that they can have the best life and have the best direction in. Their lives, AND so, I mean i'm just so excited About Fresh start science because it does give a helping hand to, people that like, you said wouldn't probably never have a chance of meeting their dreams Without fresh start, being there being there to one thing let them feel so much more positive about theirselves or what they're wanting.

47:48 To do. So, go ahead. What anything else you want to? GO over i was just going, To, say hey So Fresh start science is something that you're working, on now and, you know it's just a matter of time of getting it launched and making it available to. Young MOTHERS and i know the audience out there hearing how positive this is going to be or they're going to want to. Be involved share your contact information so they know how to, reach.

48:30 You okay and the website is being rebuilt so if they go on, the web they're not going to be able to see anything, right now but, for me the easiest email actually There several one is they can Go to LinkedIn and they can see my Profile on LinkedIn as long as They spell frederick the, right way which is WITHOUT, an em WITHOUT. A. K right they can also send me something to F As frederick Diaz And DAVID abramson F d Abramson At Golden thread tech goldenthreadtech. Dot, Com okay and if they send me something and say that they heard me on, YOUR presentation i will acknowledge with a reply because sometimes, you know if the email goes to spam or, gets diverted you. Never knew, but yeah if you said that you will saw, The presentation.

49:31 I'll Respond and i'm open to suggestions and thoughts because this is. A journey it's about doing something that's in a. Sense different each individual part has been done independently by people putting a package like, this TOGETHER and i think it's, relatively new so we have a lot. To learn and by keeping it as, a Nonprofit which i'm going to process of reviving these, young women we already know economically can't afford to simply pay a coach or, a consultant so the total cost of the interaction including the genetic testing has to be done, through support and so people on the call know the cost of genetic testing today for a test that will identify seven hundred thousand genes is less than one, Hundred dollars so we're not talking big.

50:35 Money anymore and even though a lot of those genes no, one has the research hasn't identified the specific traits. Of interest once we start building, our population we will identify other things that. Are important so it's a part of it is to do research to build a learning curve so that we can continue. To, Improve, right yeah well. That's wonderful this has. Been great i've been wanting to get this information out because changing lives and helping others is, you know my PURPOSE why i, was BORN and i know that's why you, were born and so being a part, YEAH right.

51:22 I know people in the audience say. Want validation so for what, It's worth i've got about forty years of teaching at different Universities Including, Johns, Hopkins, American you GEORGETOWN and Gw And. Loyola baltimore so you don't go you don't go into teaching because you're going to get, rich, quick? Right, Right, ABSOLUTELY well i just want to thank our audience for joining us today here An A, sharp OUTLOOK and i know that you have been just thrilled to hear about this, new venture this out there that you can be a part of being able to help those that.

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