Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP 281: What I Wanted Every Kid in My Office to Know
My guiding north star when I was a therapist working with kids (and grown-ups) was always helping them not just get to know their brain and how it wo…
4 hours ago
EP 280: Either You Co-Regulate or You De-Escalate: An Interview with Chrissy D’Agostino
Episode 280
You've probably heard "a dysregulated adult can't co-regulate a child" a hundred times. But if you've ever been stuck in a store with a screaming kid…
1 week ago
EP 279: Is There a Behavior Intervention Flowchart??
Episode 279
You want the flowchart. Of course you do! If X, then Y would be something to follow when there's no bandwidth left to think it through in the moment.…
2 weeks ago
EP 278: So Many Services! How to Prioritize?
Episode 278
OT on Tuesday, a speech eval callback on Wednesday, play therapy on Thursday, a school meeting on Friday that's really just another appointment in di…
3 weeks ago
Ep 277: This Kind of Shame Doesn't Heal Alone: A Parent Guest
So many struggling and overwhelmed parents feel like their biggest problems are their kids' behaviors and the chaos that's taking over their family. …
4 weeks ago
EP 276: Cues of Safety: How to Help when Nothing is Ever Right
Every morning (or afternoon or evening) feels like just one long stream of complaints. Breakfast isn’t right, the bowl isn’t right, SOMETHING is alwa…
1 month ago
EP 275: Does Lowering Demands Ever Cause More Stress?
Episode 275
Screens. Sugar. Anything that feels really good. The advice to just "lower the demand" can fall really short because for some kids, more access bring…
1 month, 1 week ago
EP 274: The Only Three Things You Actually Need to Remember
Every behavior. Every parenting moment that feels impossible. It all comes back to three sentences — the three core tenets that distill how relationa…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP 273: What this Framework Asks of Helpers
Episode 273
You know that kid who just can't stay in the therapy room? They leave, wander around, get into things that aren't theirs, or are maybe even destructi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP 272: Where Do I Even Start? A Brand New Listener's Roadmap
When life is overwhelming and your kid's behavior makes no sense — and feels like it's getting worse — even the best resources get hard to use. You'r…
2 months ago