ATLANTA – Featured guests and segments on Good Day Atlanta for May 13, 2024:
Advice for handling the summer vacation shift
Summer break is always an exciting time for children, but navigating the transition from spring to summer can catch some families by surprise. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Jody Baumstein shares some ways you can make the change easier for your children.
Jody Baumstein of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta shares tips to help families navigate end-of-school-year transitions: Transition and change can be hard on the entire family, especially at this time of year. Between graduations, final testing, saying goodbye to school friends, and preparing for the summer, kids and parents may both be feeling overwhelmed. To help navigate these changes and share tips for how parents can help kids cope, Jody Baumstein offers a timely conversation and tips for staying resilient.
Yandy Smith Harris and Porsha Williams’s big collaboration
Powerhouse reality TV celebrities and entrepreneurs Porsha Williams and Yandy Smith Harris are collaborating with a major department store and working on new movie and TV projects. They sat down with Sharon Lawson to talk about everything from the new business opportunity to their busy lives.
Yandy Smith Harris and Porsha Williams talk about their new partnership with Bloomingdale’s and Harris’s new film ‘The Deadly Getaway’: “The Deadly Getaway” tells the story of an upwardly mobile couple who travel to a glamorous campsite destination for a romantic weekend getaway that quickly turns nightmarish. Jacob (Jason Weaver) plans to propose to his girlfriend of two years, Hope (Smith), but the arrival of her obsessive ex-boyfriend, Derrick (Jeff Logan), and his girlfriend, Jada (Tressa Azarel Smallwood) complicates things. Tensions and jealousy mount as Derrick becomes inappropriate with his flirtations. Things get even worse when the owners of the Away Pod go missing and Hope discovers Derrick has a dark secret he’s keeping from them all. Wanted by the police for a botched robbery and murder, there’s nothing Derrick won’t do to protect his secret, even if it means killing his precious Hope. Stranded in the woods with a target on their backs, Hope and Jacob become the hunted and must fight their way out of this nightmare if they want to stay alive.
How to deal with Mother’s Day grief
Mother’s Day can be a time when feelings of grief are stirred up for a number of reasons. Licensed marriage and family therapist Shontel Cargill shares tips with Joanne Feldman about how you can identify and manage grief.
Mother’s Day and mental health for those grieving or struggling: Shontel Cargill is a licensed marriage and family therapist and regional clinic director who specializes in maternal mental health, relationships and coping skills. She is also the president of the Georgia chapter of Postpartum Support International.
Fans frustrated over Anita Baker’s cancellation
Fan blasted Grammy Award-winning superstar Anita Baker after he abruptly cancelled her concert in Atlanta minutes before showtime. Entertainment contributor DeAsia Robinson shares all the details about how concertgoers can get refunds.
DeAsia Robinson gives the latest in entertainment news: Fans found out about the cancelation of Anita Baker’s Atlanta show just minutes before the show was supposed to start. Fans took to social media to voice their frustrations. Entertainment contributor DeAsia Robinson has the details.
