A JUNETEENTH LIVE EVENT
FREEDOM THROUGH PARENTING LIVE
JUNETEENTH EDITION
Breaking Generational Cycles.
Building Generational Freedom.
A live Juneteenth event centered on parenting, healing, emotional freedom, education, identity, and the generational cycles we inherit but rarely confront.
Meet Your Host: Kaleesha Washington
Host of the Don’t Screw Up Your Kids Podcast | CEO of Parenting Paradigms | Master Educator
Kaleesha Washington is a master educator, university professor, and award-winning school principal who spent over a decade mastering human connection and community cultur, even ranking as the #1 state-tested teacher in her school.
Her ultimate test came when she was a teen mom, however, raising two children while fighting to earn two Bachelor’s and two Master’s degrees.
The Turning Point: In 2018, Kaleesha stepped into entrepreneurship. By 2019, with her first grandchild on the way, she made a radical choice to leave full-time school leadership. She refused to keep abandoning her own bloodline to build someone else's.
The Paradigm Shift: As the CEO of Parenting Paradigms and host of the Don’t Screw Up Your Kids Podcast, Kaleesha now helps parents completely change how they think about parenting, making it easier to raise happy, successful, and well-behaved kids.
The Mission: Today, as a full-time entrepreneur, mother of two successful adult children, and grandmother of five, she bridges the gap between proven school strategies and real, everyday family connection.
Meet the Experts
Dr. Paula Burch Jackson
Executive Coach & Ministry Leader
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Dr. Paula Burch Jackson, affectionately known as Coach PBJ, serves as an Elder of Berean Christian Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia, under the leadership of Senior Pastor Kerwin B. Lee. She is a woman of faith, servant leader, speaker, author, and Empowerment Strategist whose life’s work is rooted in helping others heal, grow, and walk boldly in their God given purpose.
With over three decades of senior leadership experience at the CDC, a Master’s degree in Human Services with an emphasis in Life Coaching, and a doctorate degree in Ministry from Deeper Bible College in Ontario, CA, Dr. Jackson brings both spiritual insight and practical wisdom to every space she enters.
Through ministry, mentoring, speaking, writing, coaching, and her work as founder of Coach PBJ Speaks, Dr. Jackson challenges people to think about what they are thinking about and teaches them how to chase, face, and embrace the shadows that shape their identity. Her message is simple yet transformative. When you change the way you look at things, the way you see things change. ou see things change.
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Dr. Leona Allen
Chiropractor and Health Strategist
Dr. Leona Allen is a chiropractor, metabolic health strategist, speaker, author, and founder of Freedom Health Systems. With over 25 years of clinical experience, she helps high-performing adults who look like they have it all together on the outside but are silently struggling with weight gain, fatigue, poor sleep, chronic pain, blood sugar concerns, and a body that is no longer keeping up with the life they are building.
After navigating her own health crisis with prediabetes, witnessing her father lose his eyesight and leg to diabetes, and losing her mother to breast cancer, Dr. Leona made it her mission to help people recognize the warning signs before their health declines.
She is also the host of The Heal Deal Podcast with Dr. Leona, where she educates and empowers listeners to heal their bodies, restore their energy, and create freedom in their health and life.
Shari Paskel
Insurance and Wellness Coach
Shari, born and raised in Inglewood, California and Chicago, Illinois, is a current MBA student, Lupus warrior, single mom of two, and founder of the upcoming app The Wellth Studio.
At 26 years old, a routine blood test for a life insurance policy revealed something was seriously wrong. Months later came a Lupus diagnosis that changed everything. But Shari didn’t stay there. She healed through food, lifestyle, and faith and went on to have two children she was told she shouldn’t have. That health crisis launched her career in insurance.
For Shari, insurance is not just a career. It is an extension of her calling. Over the last 11 years she has sat with families navigating loss, diagnoses, surgery, and treatment. That is credibility no degree can give you.
Shari also navigated foreclosure, abuse, divorce, and financial hardship, rebuilding her entire life as a single working mother, doing all the things, for everyone, often alone. Instead of staying stuck, she got to work. Now through The Pivot Method and The Wellth Studio, she helps women turn around their health and finances. Not perfectly, but with simple systems built for real women living busy lives. She’s here today because she believes this deeply: Your hardest season was never just for you.
Dr. Darlene "Dr. Dee" Williams
Grief Therapist
Rev. Dr. Darlene “Dr. Dee” Williams is an executive leader, educator, entrepreneur, and transformational strategist with nearly 30 years of experience in nonprofit, healthcare, public-sector, and higher education leadership.
Dr. Dee is the Founder and CEO of Darlene Williams Consulting, LLC and Restoring Bountiful Joy, LLC, where she helps leaders, organizations, and communities strengthen leadership capacity, navigate change, and promote healing and wellness.
A respected educator and speaker, Dr. Williams holds dual doctorate degrees in Public Policy & Administration and Religious Education. Her work has earned numerous honors, including the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award and recognition as one of Crain’s New York Most Notable Black Leaders.
Nate and Kim Newman
Business Coaches
Nate & Kim Newman are accomplished entrepreneurs, business coaches, and founders of Newman Prosperity Group (NPG). As leaders in the travel and personal development industries, they have helped thousands of individuals create additional income, build successful businesses, and develop the mindset needed to achieve lasting success.
With over a decade of experience in entrepreneurship and leadership, Nate and Kim are passionate about empowering others to break through limiting beliefs, create financial freedom, and build a legacy for their families. Their mission is simple: help people transform their thinking, expand their vision, and create lives filled with purpose, prosperity, and impact.
Through coaching, training, speaking, and mentorship, they continue to inspire individuals across the country to dream bigger, take action, and achieve more.
On June 19th, Kaleesha is hosting Freedom Through Parenting Live—a powerful live broadcasting event designed to give parents the exact tools to break negative family cycles, reclaim their time, and set their children up to win.
Friday, June 19, 2026 | 9am PST/12pm EST
Registration required for event access details, reminders, and updates.
Conversations From Our MLK Day Edition
Real Conversations. Real Impact
Anaiah Younger
Ultra Processed Food Crisis
Philicia Hastings
Teen Mom To Entrepreneur
Eddie Alexander II
Single Father of 5
Greg and Taryna Nolan
Blended Family of 10
Chevonna Gaylor, LMFT
Trauma Leaves Clues
Kenny DuBose Jr.
Protecting Your Family
Angela and Conrad Mercano
Mother/Son Relationships
Kaleesha Washington, Host
Multi-Generational Homes
Why This Conversation Matters
Freedom is not only political.
It is emotional.
It is generational.
It lives in the homes we build, the children we raise, the wounds we normalize, and the cycles we choose to break.
This Juneteenth, Freedom Through Parenting Live brings together powerful voices for honest conversations about parenting, identity, healing, education, emotional freedom, and the patterns passed from one generation to the next.
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