Phyllis Fagell has worked in both public and private schools with students in grades K-12. She currently works as the school counselor for Sheridan School in Washington, D.C. and provides therapy to children, teens and adults in private practice. Phyllis is also a journalist and the author of Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond -- and How Parents Can Help . She’s a frequent contributor to the Washington Post and other major news outlets, focus...
Dec 07, 2021•27 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Khara Croswaite Brindle is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Burnout Consultant in Denver, Colorado. Khara enjoys various roles as a serial entrepreneur, professional speaker, professor, Financial Therapist and author of Perfectioneur: From Workaholic to Well-Balanced: One Therapist's Workbook to Get You There . You can find Khara at her website . Hosted by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler....
Nov 23, 2021•25 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Dana Ponsky began her career in education and advocacy more than 20 years ago. Her first professional experiences were at the University of Michigan , the University of Miami , and Barry University as a career counselor and then as an assistant director and director of orientation, leadership, and first-year programming. After working with first-year college students, Dana began to wonder how students were being supported in their high schools and what they were doing to be prepared for college....
Nov 09, 2021•36 min•Season 5Ep. 4
KJ Dell'Antonia is the author of the viral New York Times essay Why I Didn't Answer Your Email . She is the former editor of the NY Times' Motherlode blog and the author of the book How to Be a Happier Parent . Her debut novel, The Chicken Sisters , is a NYT best seller, a selection in Reese Witherspoon’s book club. It is a humorous exploration of the same themes she focuses on in her journalism: the importance of finding joy in our families, the challenge of figuring out what makes us happy and...
Oct 26, 2021•24 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Dr. Tim Jordan is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, he is the author of She Leads: Raising Girls Who Advocate , Influence and Lead . In this book, Dr. Tim reveals practical, common-sense guidance gleaned from his experience working with girls. He is an international speaker and consultant, founder of Camp Weloki for Girls – and as the brother of five sisters! Hosted by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler....
Oct 12, 2021•31 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Karen Alpert is the writer of the popular blog Baby Sideburns . You may have seen a few of her more viral posts like " What NOT to F'ing buy my kids this holiday " and "Caillou sucks so bad, here's another blog about why I hate him." She spent fifteen years working for national advertising agencies until she was promoted to her newest favorite job-- Mommy. She is a NYT best selling author of the books, I Heart My Little A-Holes , I Want My Epidural Back and now her latest book, Mamas Don’t Let Y...
Sep 28, 2021•29 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Clay Drinko, Ph.D. is an educator and the author of Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You Calm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty . Clay earned his Ph.D. in drama and theatre studies and has two Master’s degrees and for the past decade has researched improvisation and its applications. Clay’s research explores improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition while comparing these theories to current findings in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and phil...
May 11, 2021•24 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Dr. Caitlyn Collins is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research examines social inequality and gender inequality in the workplace and in family life. Dr. Collins conducted an interview study of 135 working mothers in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the United States. These four countries offer distinct policy approaches to reconciling work-family conflict. She examined how different ideals of gender, motherhood, and employment are embedded in these poli...
Apr 27, 2021•27 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Dr. Lisa Bravo aka "teen whisperer" is a highly acclaimed psychotherapist, speaker, author, and teacher. She holds a doctoral degree in behavioral health and maintains a private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona, as an expert in family dynamics and adolescent behavior. Dr. Bravo also spends time training the next generation of counselors, most recently through the graduate counseling program at Arizona State University. She is a regular consultant to various media and news outlets, academic instit...
Apr 13, 2021•26 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is a multi-award-winning psychology and education instructor who specializes in resiliency, navigating stress and change, leadership, and personal wellness in the workplace. Described as transformational, engaging, and thought-provoking, Robyne’s keynotes provide practical strategies grounded in global research and case studies that help foster resiliency within others and ourselves. Robyne is available for consultation, training and professional development opportunities...
Mar 30, 2021•25 min•Season 4Ep. 7
As a Coach with Boot Camp for New Dads for 12+ years, Schuyler Totman has listened to thousands of guys mansplain breastfeeding. But these aren’t just any guys: they’re experienced “Vet Dads” who bring their 4-month-olds back to Boot Camp, and share insights gained since their baby was born. He has learned to ask these “Vet Dads” about breastfeeding specifically, because almost all agree that supporting mom through breastfeeding brought greater challenges than supporting her through the birth. B...
Mar 16, 2021•31 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Dr. Michele Borba is an educational psychologist, best-selling author of many books most notably UnSelfie , and TODAY show contributor who has spoken to over one million participants on five continents and to countless media about child development issues. She blends 40 years of teaching and consulting experience with the latest science to offer sound, realistic advice to parents, teachers and child advocates about helping children thrive. Dr. Borba’s latest book Thrivers is an urgently needed g...
Mar 02, 2021•31 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Joann Crohn is a parenting expert who helps moms feel confident in different areas of parenting - from raising empowered kids to accomplishing personal goals. An accomplished writer, podcast host and speaker, appearing in national media and founder of the blogging site, NoGuiltMom.com . Joann is a former elementary school teacher with a Master's degree focused in Curriculum and Instruction as well as a Board Certified in Middle Childhood Education. Hosted by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler....
Feb 16, 2021•31 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Natalie Silverstein is the author of Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back , volunteer and passionate advocate for family service. Natalie holds a Masters in Public Health from Yale University and after a 15-year career in hospital administration, managed care and healthcare consulting, she now works as a freelance writer and editor with a particular focus on the non-profit sector and community service. In September 2013, Natalie launched the first local affiliate of Doing Good Tog...
Feb 02, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Raised by two psychologists, Tessa Stuckey has a natural deep interest in human interaction and genuine relationships. Now, a therapist herself, Tessa works with teenagers, and has decided to take on parenting from a new perspective. Tessa coaches and presents to parents her research on today’s teen depression, anxiety and suicide rate focusing on parent/child connection. Tessa and her husband, Joseph, live in Houston, Texas where they are actively raising their four sons and continuing the figh...
Jan 19, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Carrie Dorr is a Successful Entrepreneur, the former founder and CEO of Pure Barre, Health + Wellness Expert, Seasoned Franchisor, Authentic + Engaging Speaker, Wife, Mom of 3 and Philanthropist. Her background started as a professional dancer, choreographer and law school graduate. In 2001, she started Pure Barre I believe out of the basement of her home, and eventually out of mine and it went on to become a highly successful franchise. Most recently she has created a 2 workout Methods- O44 MET...
Jan 05, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 1
W. Brad Johnson is the author of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace , the first practical, research-based guide for how to be a male ally to women in the workplace. Filled with firsthand accounts from both men and women, and tips for getting started, the book shows how men can partner with their female colleagues to advance women's leadership and equality by breaking ingrained gender stereotypes, overcoming unconscious biases, developing and supporting the talente...
Nov 17, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Karissa Rund is a super survivor, a speaker and a storyteller. She feels uniquely suited to talk about suffering and overcoming darkness because her life has had more than its share of tragedy. Her mother died of breast cancer when Karissa was just 11 years old, she survived the Columbine shooting as a high school freshman. When she was 20, she became a war widow when her husband and high school sweetheart was killed in action in Iraq. At 31, she was diagnosed with “terminal” Stage IV cancer. Ka...
Nov 03, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Lydia Rueger is a writer and editor for Colorado Parent magazine. After many years of writing children’s books on the side, she has released her first picture book, Victor and the Vroom , about a regular car with a not-so-regular engine, based on her son’s diagnosis of ADHD. Victor learns that yes, his engine was built exactly the way it was supposed to be built, and also yes, there are many things he can do to help make the most of his powerful engine. Hosted by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler....
Oct 20, 2020•24 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Shannon Brescher Shea is devoted to telling authentic stories about green living and parenting. She's the author of the environmental parenting advice book Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources to Raise Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children and writes the parenting blog We'll Eat You Up, We Love You So . After receiving a master's degree from Oxford University in Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy, she worked for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S....
Oct 06, 2020•29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
When Women Vote is a new book from Stephanie Donner and Amber McReynolds that highlights the challenges Americans, particularly women, face when trying to vote in the current voting system, and the amazing things that happen with reform. They make the case for further voting reform and for removing bias in the voting process by sharing stories and experiences of women voters and leaders throughout the United States, and discuss what that entails on this week's podcast. Stephanie Donner has spent...
Sep 22, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Parenting youth athletes by providing strategies to help ease pressure and anxiety- by America's most decorated soccer player of all time, Christie Pearce Rampone and Dr. Keane a neuropsychologist have written a book called Be All In: Raising Kids for Success in Sports and Life . Christie Pearce Rampone is the most decorated American professional soccer player of all time. She has played in five FIFA Women’s World Cups, winning in 1999 and 2015. In addition, she is a four-time Olympian and a thr...
Sep 08, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 2
With 40 years of experience in emergency services leadership and over 600 authored articles, “Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19” is Taigman’s second book. The techniques in his book are distilled from practices Taigman has been teaching since analyzing the factors that minimized post-traumatic stress disorder among those who had worked during 9/11. Mike’s expertise includes stress management, resilience, EMS street survival, patient-centered leadership, and effective qua...
Aug 25, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Dr. Bruce Perry is the senior fellow of the Child Trauma Academy. A major activity of the CTA is to translate emerging findings about the human brain and child development into practical implications for the ways we nurture, protect, enrich, educate and heal children. This model has been discussed as optimal for promoting social change in our current complex world. Solving problems which involve parenting, education, the law, child protection systems, mental health, law enforcement and a host of...
Jun 23, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. Over her 15-plus-year career, she’s helped thousands of leaders become more self-aware and successful. With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Tasha is the principal of The Eurich Group , a boutique executive development firm that helps companies—from start-ups to the Fortune 100—succeed by improving the effectiveness of their leaders and teams. She does executive coaching, executi...
May 26, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Dr. Sharon Saline a clinical psychologist in private practice in Massachusetts who is a top expert in how ADHD, learning disabilities and mental health issues affect children, teens and families. Dr. Saline has worked extensively with schools on mental health issues in the classroom, interpreting psychological evaluations and improving teacher/parent communication. Her unique perspective, namely growing up in a household with a sibling who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined with decades of c...
May 12, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Sheryl Gould is a Parenting Expert and author who has been coaching moms for over 15 years. She is the founder of Moms of Tweens and Teens, an international organization supporting moms to grow in their self-awareness, become more effective parents, and build stronger connections with their adolescents and families. Recently, she has written a book, SOS: A technology guide book for parents of teens and tweens, and due out this summer, You’re Not Crazy, You’re Not A Bad Parent, and No Your Teen R...
Apr 28, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Dr. Kathleen Smith is a licensed therapist and author of the book, Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down . She is a graduate of both George Washington University and Harvard University and she’s written for popular websites. Kathleen runs her own private therapy practice in Washington, DC, and is the host of the TV show Family Matters. Hosted by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler....
Apr 14, 2020•24 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Dr. Aditya Nagrath is a visionary leader on a mission to change the way that the world teaches mathematics. He graduated from the University of Denver with a dual major in Mathematics and Computer Science, while working full time as a software developer. After a decade at the University, Dr. Nagrath founded Elephant Head Software where he led a team of engineers to bring over 35 different product lines with over 50 different applications to market. In 2016, Dr. Nagrath co-founded Elephant Learni...
Apr 01, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Ryan Harris played offensive tackle on the Super Bowl 50 Denver Broncos champion team and is taking his life lessons to offer insights, inspiration and practical tools to help others overcome uncertainties to accomplish their goals. He endured nine surgeries over a ten year NFL career and shares how he did it in his book, Mindset for Mastery: An NFL Champions Guide to Reaching Your Greatness. Hosted by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler.
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 5
