Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner of CA: Inside the Fight to Protect America's Kids

[upbeat music] I believe, you know, media's the greatest cultural communicator of our time.

It's the largest communicator of our cultural values, and I do believe that there is a disconnect, that there is a toxicity, that there is a danger in the narrative that we are communicating, not just to United States children, but to the globe's children.

We already know what helps.

Connection is the cure.

It's our deep, meaningful relationships that give us hope and healing.

Welcome to This Helps.

I'm Marlon Morgan, licensed professional clinical counselor and founder and CEO of the national nonprofit Wellness Together.

Join us as we practice authentic and vulnerable conversations that inspire us to go deeper with the people in our own lives.

Today we're gonna hear from an expert in identity, culture, youth, youth mental health.

She knows about making movies, changing the narrative, helping us as a collective species, uh, to kinda explore on a deeper level some of the things that we suck at.

And she is going to help us make those things right.

So you may think I'm just talking about some kind of famous filmmaker or, you know, maybe a, an actress or an actor that made a huge, uh, contribution to Hollywood in a different way, an unexpected way.

Uh, you'd be right.

But we're also talking about Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner California.

Ever heard of it? It's a state, and it's my state.

It's our state, and I love it, and I love what she's done with the place.

So I hope you stick around, listen to the conversations.

You can hear me asking about what it means to be a real man to someone who's not a man, but definitely knows what she's talking about.

And she also had some great parenting tips for my two boys.

So stick around if you're a parent, if you're an educator, if you don't live in California or if you do.

Look, she's classy, but she's also really smart, so you can't expect her not to notice some of the things that she's talking about.

And I'm with you.

I'm with you.

So come with us on a journey through some expected, some unexpected, all of which totally rule.

Enjoy the show.

[upbeat music] I believe, you know, media's the greatest cultural communicator of our time.

It's the largest communicator of our cultural values, and I do believe that there is a disconnect, that there is a toxicity, that there is a danger in the narrative that we are communicating, not just to United States children, but to the globe's children.

We already know what helps.

Connection is the cure.

It's our deep, meaningful relationships that give us hope and healing.

Welcome to This Helps.

I'm Marlon Morgan, licensed professional clinical counselor and founder and CEO of the national nonprofit Wellness Together.

Join us as we practice authentic and vulnerable conversations that inspire us to go deeper with the people in our own lives.

Today we're gonna hear from an expert in identity, culture, youth, youth mental health.

She knows about making movies, changing the narrative, helping us as a collective species, uh, to kinda explore on a deeper level some of the things that we suck at.

And she is going to help us make those things right.

So you may think I'm just talking about some kind of famous filmmaker or, you know, maybe a, an actress or an actor that made a huge, uh, contribution to Hollywood in a different way, an unexpected way.

Uh, you'd be right.

But we're also talking about Jennifer Siebel Newsom, first partner California.

Ever heard of it? It's a state, and it's my state.

It's our state, and I love it, and I love what she's done with the place.

So I hope you stick around, listen to the conversations.

You can hear me asking about what it means to be a real man to someone who's not a man, but definitely knows what she's talking about.

And she also had some great parenting tips for my two boys.

So stick around if you're a parent, if you're an educator, if you don't live in California or if you do.

Look, she's classy, but she's also really smart, so you can't expect her not to notice some of the things that she's talking about.

And I'm with you.

I'm with you.

So come with us on a journey through some expected, some unexpected, all of which totally rule.

Enjoy the show.