Bridgett Miller is an educator, remedial therapist, presenter, parent consultant and an authorized facilitator of the Neufeld Institute. She combines nearly two decades of personal experience as a teacher and parent to support adults to nurture the children in their lives using their heads and their hearts. Bridgett is the author of “What Young Children Need You to Know: How to see them so you know what to do for them” which just came out, and the creator of Look with Love and Parenting with Int...
Jul 03, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Today’s show is all about Getting Kids to Listen and Talk from a an expert who knows best - a speech pathologist by the name of Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and is now a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Roseberry-McKibbin is also currently a part-time itinerant speech pathologist in the San Juan Unified School District where she provides direct services to students from preschool t...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 33
All the way from the United Kingdom, Rebecca Shaikh shares about the Aware Parenting philosophy. She is a certified Level 2 Aware Parenting teacher, and her passion lies in helping parents find ways to discipline without the use of punishments or rewards. She taught as primary school teacher for 17 years before having her first child. She is now the mother of two children (ages 7 and 4). She completed an MA in Counselling in Education and has an Oncology Certified Nurse qualification in Gentle S...
Jun 19, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Anna Seewald of authenticparenting.com talks about the CALM formula that can help parents when they find themselves in difficult situations with kids. She has a podcast of her own called The Authentic Parenting Podcast. With a background in psychology and education and having worked with children for 18 years, she helps conscious moms and dads to become calm and connected to themselves and their children through trauma-informed education. She believes in helping children by helping parents. She ...
Jun 12, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Hayley Francis Cann, BMT, MTA, NMT currently provides music therapy services to Katarokwi/ Kingston, ON and Area in Canada. Throughout her life, Hayley enjoyed performing in various ensembles and choirs in the community and volunteering at hospitals and seniors homes. This lead her to pursue a career involving music and connecting with people in a meaningful way. She studied at Acadia University to obtain a Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT). In this programme she received advanced training in pian...
Jun 05, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Katie is a dually-certified Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on creating a healthy brain-environment and is passionate about empowering children and their parents to overcome life’s obstacles. Katie’s mantra is: Wellness, structure, awareness and a healthy brain equals a happy child. Influenced by her neuroscience background and experience working at some of the nation’s most highly-regarded agencies and schools, Katie is driven to help children re...
May 29, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 29
We will listen to a very personal sharing of parenting stories and childhood experiences from today’s guest - Agata Dela Cruz. She is a mother dedicated to applying emotional intelligence and growth mindset with herself and her son. As a full time working mom, first time parent and wife, she faces her own emotional challenges and obstacles and shares personal experiences as opportunities for learning and personal growth. We also talked about holding space - an important part of socio-emotional i...
May 19, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 28
We will discuss tools that get kids to listen today that are also our guest’s passion - Building rapport, providing age appropriate preparation and teaching coping skills to children, siblings and parents. Stephanie Applehanz is a Child Life Specialist with extensive experience creating and implementing plans of care for children and their families to use during their hospital stay and upon returning home. She enjoys collaborating with members of multiple interdisciplinary teams to advocate and ...
May 12, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Arcadia Kim is the founder of Infinite Screentime, a movement dedicated to dispelling the negative connotations of screentime and building a community of coaches, educators, and child advocates that helps to raise the screen-smart kid. Arcadia has her MBA from Harvard Business School and BA from Wellesley College where she majored in Theatre and Film. She was also a retired Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts Los Angeles, where she had the privilege of working on blockbuster titles such a...
May 05, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 26
We have an energetic show today with Katherine Jara and she will talk about online learning, a topic that is very timely with the surge of virtual schooling currently happening all over the world. She has 10 years of experience working as an English teacher and being a workshop presenter in 3 national and international English as a Second Language (ESL) conferences in Brazil. She is proven to be a creative, enthusiastic and proactive professional of the area and as evidenced by our interview, sh...
May 01, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Krickett Jones Halpern will give us an insight on teaching growth mindset to young kids. She is a Child Development Specialist, author-illustrator, mother, founder and CEO of Drum to LEARN, Inc., and Krickett Enterprises, all using the creative arts as vehicles to help guide children develop healthy methods of expression, coping skills, and greater confidence. In 1996, Krickett received her bachelor’s degree in Child Development from California State University of Northridge. She has more than 2...
Apr 28, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Brita De Stefano, a pediatric Physical Therapist and owner of a mobile, in-home and virtual practice called Progress Through Play which supports children from birth to 5 years old. She offers traditional physical therapy along with infant developmental wellness. Brita graduated from Tulane University with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience in 2007 and then attended Emory University where she received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT). She went on to complete a one year pediatric physical ...
Apr 24, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Marcela Collier is a Licensed Therapeutic Provider within the state of Arizona, mom of twins, and helps parents understand what their children communicate through their behaviors. She is the creator of The Parenting With Understanding program that takes parents from “I don’t know what I am doing,” “I’ve tried everything and nothing is working,” to responding with what their children exactly need. In the show, she talks about how to identify challenging behaviours, how to be “need detectors” as p...
Apr 21, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 24
This episode is about Mindfulness and Meditation with Tracie Osborne. She is a Mindful Parenting Coach and Conscious Living Specialist. Her 14+ years of wisdom, experience, and mindfulness have transformed countless parents and kids around the world. Tracie works with moms and kids through group coaching or 1-on-1 coaching. She also facilitates 30 day no yelling challenges, workshops, and classes and the #noyelingmovement campaign on social media. She also host a weekday mindful parenting journa...
Apr 17, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 23
On this episode, we have a leading expert in emotional development to talk about getting kids to listen. She is Alyssa Blask Campbell, also the CEO of Seed and Sew, LLC. She speaks to people around the world, hosts a podcast called Voices of Your Village and was featured in publications such as The Washington Post, Kids VT and Family Education. Alyssa is deeply passionate about building emotional intelligence in children, stating, “It’s never too early or too late to start.” Alyssa’s show up as ...
Apr 10, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Analise Lotz is a Child Life Specialist in Colorado working in the Emergency Department. She holds two bachelor degrees in psychology and religious studies from the University of New Mexico and is a trained mental health therapist with a master's degree in counseling and psychological services from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Analise has been a Child Life Specialist for 8 years with experience working at children's hospitals in Utah, Arizona, and Minnesota as well as for Make-a-Wish. Y...
Apr 03, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Sami Bell is a wife, mom, teacher, and mentor. Professionally, her degree is in Elementary Education with additional studies in Early Childhood Education and a focus on child development and child psychology. Personally, she overcame a volatile childhood and rewired her brain to eliminate strong triggers and harmful patterns so she could become the mother she wanted to be. She uses these experiences to guide other parents through the journey towards a more peaceful enjoyable relationship with th...
Mar 27, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Beril Ozay is a dually certified child life specialist and a recreational therapist. Beril told stories about her work as an infant and toddler development specialist and managing behavioural issues with teenagers. She also shared her knowledge on utilizing community and social resources for parents who seek to educate themselves about parenting strategies and engage in self-development activities. Beril is very animated and passionate in imparting her expertise and welcomes anyone to contact he...
Mar 20, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Myla Leinweber, from British Columbia, is a former kindergarten teacher with a Masters in Education. Currently, she helps parents of young children navigate parenting challenges and find more joy in parenting, and ultimately life. Her goal is to eliminate 'mom or parent guilt' and empower parents to be confident in parenting situations. Her practice is based on positive psychology, and the model that she uses is to find the strengths in the family and work and build from those, rather than offer...
Mar 17, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Anne is a psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience working with children, families and adults. Trained as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW and a Registered Play Therapist – Supervisor, RPT-S. She is also an Access Consciousness® Certified Facilitator and #1 International Best Selling Author. In addition to her therapy practice, she travels across the country and around the world, facilitating workshops and speaking to groups of parents, school staffs, and medical and mental health...
Mar 13, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Cassandra Treges started working with kids as a nanny and pursued her passion about child behavior and development by studying Child Psychology. She keeps herself up to date with the current parenting, behavioural, brain and child development research and information. She is also a homeschooling mother and has been helping parents to communicate better with their children through home visits, online consultation and mini courses. Her mission is to help parents address behavioural issues in homes...
Mar 10, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Krysten Taprell is a psychologist from Australia who have worked for 20 years with children and families. She has implemented social and emotional learning programs in primary schools and authored a children’s book about coping with nightmares, which will be released this year. There is so much to learn from her, to name a few, she mentioned about understanding children’s brain development, valuing the kids’ feelings as people like all of us, co-regulating with kids during a tantrum and allowing...
Feb 28, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Sarah R. Moore is a published writer and the founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting. Certified by the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring, she works alongside bestselling parenting author Elizabeth Pantley. She also spent a year observing Teacher Tom, a leading practitioner of ‘democratic play-based’ education. She has extensive experience teaching and raising little kids, including highly sensitive children, with play-based and positive parenting. Before you listen to this episode, you ...
Feb 25, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 14
How do we get kids to listen? It is time to learn from the best resource - a kid! In this episode, 6-year old Stream Buggy tells us why timeouts don’t work and what adults could do to help children when they are having a hard time. She also shares a game that she plays with her mom, Sarah, to get chores done around the house. As they say, children are the best teachers, so make sure to hear and follow Stream Buggy’s parenting advice for all adults. After this show, check out Sarah Moore’s episod...
Feb 21, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This podcast is about the importance of play when children are in vulnerable situations. Today’s guest, Colleen Cherry, is a Masters Level Child Life Specialist with a Certification in Thanatology, (Death education and bereavement). Its tough stuff to talk about, but when a child is terminally ill, or loses a family member, its crucial to have somebody there who knows how to navigate that in a way thats developmentally appropriate for kids. She provides medical and diagnosis education, palliativ...
Feb 18, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Dr Angela Dixon is a prenatal and pediatric focused chiropractor. Moms see her to have healthy pregnancies that lead to healthy deliveries. Parents bring their kids to her clinic for a variety of reasons including but not limited to hyperactivity/ADHD, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, anger/aggression, developmental delays, ear infections, colic, trouble nursing, bed wetting, trouble with classroom learning, and so much more. Let’s listen to learn how Dr Angela helps children function bette...
Feb 09, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 11
During more than 30 years of public health experience, Kathie Williams has worked in Africa and the U.S. in health care delivery, maternal and child health education, nursing education, development of health literacy materials, and accessing health care for refugees resettled in the United States. Dr. Williams holds a B.S. in Nursing from Duke University, M.P.H. in public health nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a DrPH in Health Promotion Education and Behavior fro...
Feb 07, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Sara Sharnoff Chesley helps teenage girls with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, life transitions and self expression. Sara was born and raised in Columbia, SC, graduated with Psychology Degree from Indiana University and a Masters of Science in family therapy from the University of Massachusetts Boston. After working at an adolescent outpatient eating disorder clinic in Waltham, MA, she moved to Charleston, SC to continue working as a licensed therapist with individuals, couples, and famil...
Feb 04, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Shawna Adams is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and is an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) specialist. She has worked with children with Autism in the home, clinic, and school settings. Starting in her second year of graduate school, she began working with individuals through the child welfare system by teaching parenting behavior management classes as well as assisting with in-home behavior management for foster, adoptive, and biological families. She received her degrees of Bachelor o...
Feb 04, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Rachel Tomlinson is a Registered Psychologist in Australia. She has experience working with adults and children in a variety of settings, including; generalist counseling, play therapy, education settings, residential support and attachment/parenting groups. Rachel presents at national conferences and provides expert commentary to journalists on mental health topics. She is a parenting expert with a book, Teaching Kids to be Kind (by Skyhorse Publishing) that has just been released. Her amazing ...
Jan 24, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 7
