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229: Nurturing Grit — The Art of Failing Forward, with John Willson
Episode 229
Everyone needs grit for self-actualization. Without experiencing that we can do hard things and be okay on the other side, we don’t feel truly succes…
2 years, 9 months ago
228: Shifting Away from a Rules & Limits Mentality, with Dayna Abraham
Episode 228
Our culture is pretty rigid and it calls for parents to be rigid in their parenting as well — you set rules and limits, kids break them, you punish t…
2 years, 10 months ago
227: The Trauma of Parenting and How to Heal, with Dr. Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH
Episode 227
Parenting itself can be traumatic — it feels like the weight of the world is on your shoulders to protect your child while also teaching them to live…
2 years, 10 months ago
226: 5 Tools to Foster Self-Regulation, with Sarah Wayland, Ph.D. & Penny Williams
Episode 226
One of the struggles we hear from parents again and again is that their child lacks self-regulation. Being with a kid who can’t self-regulate day in …
2 years, 10 months ago
225: Beating Overwhelm: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time, with Heather Chauvin
Episode 225
It’s hard not to get overwhelmed when parenting neurodivergent kids. The chaos, the school meetings, the appointments, the seemingly never-ending nee…
2 years, 11 months ago
224: Hiding in Plain Sight: Understanding Less-Obvious Autism, with Donna Henderson, Psy.D. & Sarah Wayland, Ph.D.
Episode 224
Though our understanding of autism has greatly expanded, many autistic individuals are still missed or misdiagnosed. Not all autistics are severely o…
3 years ago
223: Feeling Stuck in the Stuck of Stuck, with Penny Williams
Episode 223
We talk a lot about strategies for when our kids get stuck, but what about us? Parents can certainly feel stuck too. I’m feeling it to the nth degree…
3 years ago
222: Managing the Overwhelm in Neurodiverse Families, with Kelly Fradin, M.D.
Episode 222
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by your child’s behavior, numerous possible interventions, school struggles, medication trials, and your feelings about …
3 years ago
221: The Suicide Epidemic, with Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW
Episode 221
The rate of suicide in children is rising sharply, not at a true crisis point. It’s something we worry about as parents, and rightfully so. Especiall…
3 years, 1 month ago
220: Helping with Executive Functioning While Also Empowering Independence, with Franki Bagdade, M. Ed. LLMSW
Episode 220
Parents and teachers often worry that if they help a kid with lagging executive functioning skills that the kid won’t develop skills for independence…
3 years, 1 month ago