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Podcast: Anchored by the Sword
Episode: Protecting Childhood: Healthy Dance, Mental Health, and Advocacy for Our Kids with Mary Bawden!
Description: Today on Anchored By the Podcast, I’m joined by Mary Bowden—dance educator, advocate, and the Executive Director and Founder of Dance Awareness: No Child Exploited.Mary is also the founder of Soul to Sole Choreography and the author of Dance is Prayer in Motion, and this conversation is one every parent, caregiver, aunt, uncle, grandparent, and educator needs to hear.We talk honestly about the growing trend of hyper sexualized children’s dance—why it’s not just a “dance issue,” but a mental health and public health issue. Mary explains how e...