I was thrilled with the opportunity to engage in this thought-provoking and powerful conversation with Karen Hinton, formal journalist, political operative, seasoned media professional, and author. Please join us as we discuss: * Karen’s insights on empowering women and honoring one another’s truths * her personal journey through a traumatic brain injury, memory loss, and recovery * her work in the political arena and personal experience with “penis politics: women, men & power” * her philosophies on writing as a tool for recovery * and so much more! Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunes,Blubrry,Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube. Bio: “Mississippi native Karen Hinton is a nationally-recognized media professional in Washington and New York. Best known for her role as press secretary to both former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hinton played what Politicodubbed the “Helen of Troy role”in the clash between Cuomo, now the former Governor of New York, and Mayor de Blasio. TheNew York Timescalled the clash “one of America’s ugliest political feuds.”The Wall Street Journallauded“the wisdom she dispensed in a Southern twang”in dealing with the strutting and chest pounding of New York’s two most powerful leaders. Hinton cut her teeth as the press secretary for the first Black Congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction in 1986. The Democratic National Committee hired her in 1989, serving a similar role for Ron Brown, who was the first Black Chairman of the DNC and a key political strategist to elect Bill Clinton as President. In 1995, Hinton joined the Clinton Administration as press secretary for Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. During that time, President Clinton began to face charges of womanizing (and worse). When Clinton’s defenders tried to dismiss the women as “traile...