Kjessie & Andre Essue

Multicultural Family Hub

Kids EN ↓ 32 episodes

Join us, Andre and Kjessie, at Multicultural Family Hub. We bring together multicultural families with children so that we can connect to one another, and create joy, ease, and beauty in our family lives. We're bringing you our kitchen table conversations where all the juicy stuff gets spilled. We'll be chatting about tools we've found to be helpful, tell funny stories, break down books and podcasts we've been listening to, and dive into questions posed by the community.

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Kjessie & Andre Essue

Episodes

How to Make Friends & Doing the Splits- Ep. 7 03.04.2025 32:54

This week it was something one of our twin's said. His summation of how to make friends blew us both away. Andre shares his unorthodox methods about how he chooses his next book. Hint: Floor books. We learn our daughter's method for doing the splits and making meaningful change. Join us for this laughter filled episode on moving, education, and having a growth mindset.

How do I get them to do what I want?- Ep. 6 25.03.2025 45:29

How do I get them to do what I want? This is the question that we all want the answer to. Andre & Kjessie break it down in a journey from My Big Fat Greek Wedding to the power of curiosity. This is a must listen, share it with a friend!

Feeling Lonely? 12.03.2025 14:43

Real talk about loneliness. This week Kjessie & Andre share about their experience with loneliness as a multicultural couple. Kjessie shares a particularly intense experience when she realized that being a mixed couple was going to be a different, sometimes lonely journey. Luckily, this is why Multicultural Family Hub exists, to create a space for you!

Shakira, Kendrick, Hip Sockets & Dance Ep. 4 25.02.2025 13:00

It all started with a hip roll. This week Kjessie & Andre dig into the culture of movement and expression. They go from Zootopia, Shakira, to the 2010 World Cup Shakira, to Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance, to yin yoga and hip sockets. This wide ranging conversation highlights cultural stories about dance and movement. You don't want to miss it.

The Story of a Stable Job Ep. 3 18.02.2025 16:52

What does having 1 million jobs say about you? Did your culture give you a story about how you should be working, providing, and being stable? This week we break down the different stories around work Andre & Kjessie were give and how they're letting those stories go, adapting them and blending them to make it work for their multicutural family.

Welcome to Kitchen Table Conversations! Ep. 1 04.02.2025 7:21

Welcome to our Kitchen Table Conversation! Kjessie and Andre introduce themselves, tell the origin story of Multicultural Family Hub and what they're all about.

The Spicy Chili Episode 2 27.01.2025 18:44

This week in our Kitchen Table Conversation, we bring in the Spicy Chili. This is the moment when everything goes from running smoothly to absolutely sideways. Kjessie shares her downward spiral, and Andre brings in some tools to stop the tailspin.