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#28 Conscious Parenting: Creating Connection with Your Child and Freedom in Your Life
Parenting Well Podcast
05/30/22 • 41 min
I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host. And today, you are listening to The Parenting Well Podcast. Today’s well source is Nina Cruz. Nina is a certified Conscious Parent Coach, Social Worker (BSW), and Meditation Teacher who’s made it her mission to support parents through shifting archaic parental paradigms, many of which contribute to increased stress, anxiety, overwhelm, and feelings of disconnection for themselves, their partners, and their children. Her approach to coaching revolves around trauma-informed care that puts others at-ease, providing a safe space for everyone to facilitate their individual healing and growth.
In this episode, we talk about:
- The difference between conscious parenting and parenting from a place of control
- Holding onto a child's essence
- The danger of labels
- Learning to identify your own triggers
- Parenting from consequences vs. punishments
- Working with your child to set boundaries
- Helping your child process emotions
- Strategies for managing stress and anxiety
- Showing up for your child
- Recognizing negative patterns of behavior and creating positive ones
- Self care and self acceptance
Resources
- Nina's Website
- Email: [email protected]
- Skype: live:b293f210b2ad1e38
- LinkedIn: /in/nina-cruz-351a6097
- Nina's Instagram: @ninacruzcoach
- Free Discovery Session
- 12 Days of Presence Program
- Book - Dear Mamma: Self Care Letters from One Mamma to Another
- Channel on "The Wild Network"
- Wild Network Masterclass on "How to Parent with Purpose
- Transformational 6 month Coaching Program: Creating the Parent You Want to Be
- Private Facebook Group: /ninacruzconsciouscoaching, with the following trainings: - 5 day Conscious Parent Bootcamp - 5 day Unlimited Unstoppable You Workshop - 3 day Mindset Matters Masterclass - Parenting with the Law- how to align with universal laws to turn parenting mayhem into magic. - Pop Up training sessions on varied tops - Guided Meditations
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#20 Reduce Stress Regardless of Your Circumstances
Parenting Well Podcast
01/28/21 • 34 min
Welcome to the Parenting Well podcast with Parent Engagement Network! I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host. And today, you are listening to Parenting Well, where we know that parenting well is challenging and that all parents are the best parents they know how to be. The foundation for raising happy, healthy youth is for us as parents to fill our own well with useful, reliable, credible information, tools and strategies. This leaves us more engaged, educated and empowered to support our children in being strong, resourceful, confident and resilient in the face of life’s many challenges and adventures.
So, let’s fill that well!
Today’s well source is Isabelle Tierney. Isabelle is a licensed therapist, a stress management specialist, and an international speaker. She has two master’s degrees, a license in marriage and family therapy, and a certificate in energy healing. Over the last 25 years, she has maintained a thriving private practice and built an international speaking platform. After struggling with life-depleting stress herself, she discovered a path to the peace, love, and joy that lives at the core of all of us. Isabelle is committed to teaching this path to people all over the world with her “Feel Good Life” methodology.
This podcast covers:
- Isabelle's Feel Good Methodology
- The impact of stress on your physical and mental health
- How to take control of your own well-being
- Concrete strategies for getting out of the "red zone"
- How to manage stress internally
- What to do if you can't get out of the "red zone"
- How to change the physiology of your brain so that you respond differently to stress
- Ways to model stress reduction and problem solving effectively
Resources
- Website: The Feel Good Life with Isabelle Tierney
- Course: The Feel Good Life Foundational Course
- Blog: The Feel Good Life Blog
- Challenge: Break Through Your Comfort Zone and Uplevel One Key Area of Your Life
- Blog Post: How to Stop Fighting in 5 Minutes or Less
- Book: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza
- Book: Relax More, Try Less: The Easy Path to Abundance by Tim Grimes & Neville Goddard
#1 - Dr: Travis Rieder: Pain, Opioid Addiction & Recovery
Parenting Well Podcast
11/05/19 • 51 min
I'm Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL guest is Dr. Rieder. He is a philosopher by training, bioethicist by profession, communicator by passion, and author of the book, “In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids.” In Pain describes Dr. Rieder's sudden and intimate run-in with the health care system that left him dependent on oxycodone. In this podcast, we discuss:
- The nuances of pain
- Prescribing opioids for trauma, post-surgical pain, and long-term pain
- Opioid tolerance, dependence and addiction
- Naloxone
- Drug use and the developing brain
- How parents can advocate for their child if opioids are prescribed
- Parenting and building protective factors
- The moral obligation of the health care system to both manage pain and reduce harm.
#35 The Myths of Certainty and Control in Parenting
Parenting Well Podcast
10/09/23 • 41 min
Welcome to the Parenting Well podcast with Parent Engagement Network! I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host. And today, you are listening to Parenting Well, where we know that parenting well is challenging and that all parents are the best parents they know how to be.
Today's Well Source is Jenny Hecht. Jenny is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Yoga Teacher with over 20 years of experience working with middle and high school-aged youth and adults in a variety of settings. Her practice is grounded in strengthening distress tolerance skills through mindfulness practices and a supportive examination of the thought patterns that limit an individual's potential. Her approach is relational and client-centered, with a focus on the specific goals of each individual and working in partnership towards them. She has a passion for supporting the social-emotional needs of neurodivergent individuals and consulting with professionals who work with this population. Jenny participates in expert panels, provides workshops and parent presentations, professional development within school districts, and is a trainer for a curriculum called Sources of Strength. She also sits on the Board of Directors for Colie's Closet, a non-profit peer education organization that educate students about depression and suicide.
In this podcast, we talked about:
- What it means to feel safe and secure and how that has changed over the years
- Parenting in a world with endless access to information
- Being vulnerable and transparent to create trust and connection with children
- Enjoying the parts of life you can control
- Strategies for articulating emotions and self-regulation
- Finding meaning in the day-to-day and not just the long game.
Resources:
- Jenny Hecht - jennyhecht.com
- Book: Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of the Human Experience by Brene Brown
- Free App: How We Feel
#2 - Avani Dilger: Substance Use, Addiction & Healthy Alternatives to Drugs & Alcohol
Parenting Well Podcast
11/25/19 • 43 min
I'm Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Avani Dilger, MEd, MA, LPC, CACIII. Avani is the founder and executive director of Natural Highs: Healthy Alternatives to Drug & Alcohol Use. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Addiction Counselor, a Somatic Psychotherapist, and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). She specializes in substance abuse treatment with adults, teens-at-risk, and their families.
In today’s show, Avani shares her expertise around substance use, addiction, brain science and healthy alternatives for youth. Specifically, we will discuss:
- Alternative forms of treatment for substance use and addiction
- Why some people become addicted to substances and others do not
- Brain science
- Trauma and its relationship with addiction
- Treatments for symptoms of trauma that can lead to addiction
- The Icelandic Model
- Maintaining a relationship with your kids
#11 Resilience: The Key to a Stress Free and Flourishing Life
Parenting Well Podcast
01/20/20 • 40 min
I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Wendy Van Besien. Wendy is an inspiring positive psychology practitioner that weaves together critical examples, expertise, and easy to apply steps that will motivate you to reach your potential and live a flourishing life.
In this podcast, Wendy shares how to:
- Develop and foster resilience
- Deal with everyday disturbances
- Tap into people's strengths
- Relieve stress and anxiety
- Use neuroscience to understand our response to challenges
- Change limiting beliefs, assumptions and interpretations that impede your success and happiness
- Live a flourishing life
Resources:
- The father of Positive Psychology: Dr. Martin Seligman
- Ted Talk: Brené Brown - The Power of Vulnerability
- Brené Brown: Dare to Lead and other works
- Book: Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
- Ted Talk: Developing a Growth Mindset
- Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Co-founder of the Happiness Whole Being Institute
- Book: Kristin Neff - Self Compassion
- Ted Talk: Kristin Neff - The Three Components of Self Compassion
- Book: Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel
#41 Gender Play and Possibility: Expanding into Their True Version of Being Nonbinary
Parenting Well Podcast
10/01/24 • 27 min
“A lot can change when a parent recognizes when they might be acting from a place of - I want you to confide in me because it confirms my self image as a trusting, caring parent. Versus, when parents operate from a perspective of - I want you to confide in me to the extent that it affirms your own self-image and helps your own growth.” Ray Watson
Welcome to the Parenting Well podcast with Parent Engagement Network! I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host and today’s well sources are Ray Watson
Raye Watson (they/them) is a 23-year-old writer and designer living in the Denver metro area. Between grassroots nonprofits and student organizations, they’ve led hundreds of hours of workshops and fallen in love with storytelling for change. Drawn to social justice by their experiences as a queer student and artist, Raye lives happily in the intersection between art, academia, and advocacy. Their diverse body of work is connected by themes of design thinking, disability equity, and gender freedom. Their whole vibe is less "sex, drugs, rock and roll" and more "naps, meds, mellow jazz."
Raye Watson’s monologue - “Gender Play & Possibility” shares an experience of negotiating limiting and pathologizing narratives to access gender-affirming care. But on the other side of transition, their new freedom to expand into their true version of being nonbinary - an experience, not of neutrality, but multiplicity.
In this podcast, we talk about:
- The variety of narratives a person experiences in the transition to non-binary or transgender.
- The difference between body dysmorphia and dysphoria.
- Issues surrounding the medical necessity of having gender dysphoria to qualify for treatment
- Gender euphoria perspectives and how informed consent models put transgender people at the authority of their own experience.
- Movement from dysphoria to liberty and freedom
- Finding authenticity of gender alongside your humanity
- How parents and young people can work together to stop the cycle of invulnerability.
- Using progressive disclosure in your parenting.
- Creating spaces for young people to engage in support groups, leadership opportunities, etc as an invitation to try different things on and see what fits.
Resources:
- Event: Transformative Stories from Transgender and Nonbinary Leaders
- Website: Modus Theater
- Email: Modus Theater
- PFlag: Our Trans Loved Ones
- All socials can be found at: @MotusTheater
#3 - Trina Faatz: The CRAFT Program - An Intervention Model Approach to Reducing Substance Use
Parenting Well Podcast
11/25/19 • 41 min
I'm Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Trina Faatz. Trina is an advocate for child welfare and family wholeness. She is certified as a Peer Recovery Coach to work with parents and teens struggling with the challenges of substance use. Now, as the facilitator of the Boulder County Substance Advisory Group, and leader of young people in recovery panels, she brings a personal and humane approach to intervention and hope.
In today’s show, Trina will talk about the challenges young people face and how a cutting-edge program called CRAFT is helping parents navigate substance use in today’s world. Specifically, we will discuss:
- The challenges young people face when it comes to substance use
- How social media can have positive and negative impacts on substance use
- Fentanyl
- Substance use and brain development
- Recognizing substance use in your child
- Skill building: understanding triggers, communicating, establishing rewards/consequences, and strengthening the parent-child relationship
- A parent’s role in increasing or decreasing a child’s substance use
- Resource: Chart: Understanding Substance Use Experimentation
- Resource: Natural Highs: Healthy Alternatives to Drugs & Alcohol
- Resource: The CRAFT Program: Community Reinforcement and Family Training
- Resource: The Effekt Training: To increase parents’ attitudes, norm-setting and monitoring about alcohol
- Resource: Reach Out for Change – CRAFT Classes
#4 - Dr. Robert Valuck: Opioids, Benzodiazepines, and Harm Reduction Strategies
Parenting Well Podcast
11/25/19 • 49 min
I'm Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Dr. Rob Valuck. Dr. Valuck is a Professor in the Departments of Clinical Pharmacy, Epidemiology, and Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Schools of Pharmacy, Public Health, and Medicine. He is also the Director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CePOR) at the School of Pharmacy. Finally, Dr. Valuck is the coordinator of the Center Director of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, created by Governor Hickenlooper in 2013 to address the prescription drug abuse problem with a collaborative, statewide, interagency approach.
In today’s podcast, Dr. Valuck shares:
- The history of prescribing opioids
- The potential harm of over prescribing opioids
- Safe use of opioids for pain reduction
- Use and misuse of Benzodiazepines
- Details about the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
- Harm reduction strategies
- Take back system for returning unused meds
- Recognizing use of prescription drugs in the home
- Predictors of use disorders: ACES: Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Resource: Speak Now: A program for communicating with your child about drug use
- Resource: Take Meds Seriously
- Resource: Bring Naloxone Home
#42 Developing Healthy Peer Relationships with Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
Parenting Well Podcast
10/16/24 • 34 min
Welcome to the Parenting Well podcast with Parent Engagement Network! I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host and today’s well sources are Abbie Lewis and Ray Garcia.
Abbie is a youth violence prevention educator at Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN.) Abbie teaches the Peers Building Justice violence prevention curriculum to middle and high school students in Boulder Valley School District. Abbie has 10+ years of teaching experience and approaches youth violence prevention education with compassion and an excitement and joy to work alongside young people, while promoting equity and amplifying youth voice.
Ray is the Creating Protective Environments Project Coordinator with SPAN. A part of the Education team, Ray also teaches topics connected to dating and sexual violence prevention throughout Boulder Valley School District. Ray has been working with youth for over 12 years, and teaching for more than 6. Ray believes that people of all ages need skills and development surrounding relationships, boundaries, and consent in order to lead safe and healthy lives. Ray approaches his work with excitement, curiosity, and an eagerness to highlight the experiences of youth.
Abbie and Ray’s talk for the Human Kindness Initiative is on October 29, 2024 from 6:30-8:30 at the Want Boulder Location
In this podcast we talk about:
- Boulder Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
- Understanding the spectrum of healthy relationships
- Building communication, trust and empathy, while understanding warning signs
- Not living with gender stareotypes
- Undersatnding and defining boundaries with others - while taking accountability when you cross someone's boundaries
- Warning signs of an abusive relationship
- Understanding and applying consent
Resources:
- Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence
- Boulder and Broomfield counties’ domestic violence organization
- www.safehousealliance.org
- Crisis line: 303-444-2424
- Rocky Mountain Equality
- LGBTQIA+ services for youth and adults in the Colorado Front Range
- Support groups, ally groups, mental health counseling, peer community groups, adult trainings
- https://www.rmequality.org/
- OASOS
- Boulder County Public Health’s LGBTQIA+ youth-serving organization
- Peer youth groups, leadership opportunities, advocacy, support, and referrals, adult trainings
- [email protected]
- Boulder Valley Health Center
- Reproductive and Sexual Health clinic and education for youth and adults.
- https://bouldervalleyhealth.org/
- TGTHR
- Youth shelter located in Boulder and Denver
- Office: 303-447-1206
- Shelter: 303-447-1207
- Moving to End Sexual Assault
- Sexual violence resource network
- movingtoendsexualassault.org
- Crisis line: 303-443-7300
- Text: BRAVE to 20121
- Colorado Crisis Line, 988, I Matter
- Provides support with different mental health crises
- Dial 988
- The Trevor Project
- A national mental health and crisis support resource for LGBTQIA+ youth.
- Text: START to 678-678
- Crisis Line: 1-866-488-7386
- LoveisRespect.org
- Resources and activities about healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships, boundaries, consent and safety planning.
- Text: LOVEIS to 22522
- Safe2Tell.org
- Resource for anonymous reporting
- Title IX
- This includes gender-based violence such as sexual violence (sexual harassment and sexual assault), dating violence and stalking.
- A law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools and federally funded programs.
- Entitles students to accommodations promoting safety and support in schools
- BVSD Title IX information and reporting: https://www.bvsd.org/parents-students/health-and-wellness/health-promotion-and-prevention/sexual-assault-prevention
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How many episodes does Parenting Well Podcast have?
Parenting Well Podcast currently has 42 episodes available.
What topics does Parenting Well Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Parenting, Kids & Family, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Parenting Well Podcast?
The episode title '#28 Conscious Parenting: Creating Connection with Your Child and Freedom in Your Life' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Parenting Well Podcast?
The average episode length on Parenting Well Podcast is 38 minutes.
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Episodes of Parenting Well Podcast are typically released every 38 days, 20 hours.
When was the first episode of Parenting Well Podcast?
The first episode of Parenting Well Podcast was released on Nov 5, 2019.
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