13 - Gauging the Good, the Bad and the Ugly with GRIT

In this episode, you get to meet Mike Adorjan, an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary who currently researches youth, cyber-risk and information communication systems. Mike’s research delves into questions of mental wellbeing as well as the ‘good, bad and ugly’ regarding social media. If you grew up in Clarkson/Lorne Park during the 80s and 90s, you may also know him as “Miketendo”! In their most existential conversation to date, Mike explains how his GRIT allows him to navigate the “terribly wonderful” job of raising young children while knowing what he knows about the internet’s impact on children and youth. Mike is crystal clear that headlines are intentionally general and regular communication is the most effective way to learn about your children’s habits, hopes and hearts. Mike’s GRIT words are Gratitude, Responsibility, Intention and Twist! Haze left the conversation with some profound insights on the ways that GRIT can live in someone’s body as well as someone’s mind. Peter got some perspective on the ways in which monitoring can be less about surveillance and more about awareness/presence. What’s in it for you? Tune in and be prepared to take notes! Mike references several “must read” books including: Cyber-risk and Youth: Digital Citizenship, Privacy and Surveillance. By Michael Adorjan and Rosemary Ricciardelli. Published in 2019 by Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Cyber-risk-and-Youth-Digital-Citizenship-Privacy-and-Surveillance/Adorjan-Ricciardelli/p/book/9780367663209 Focusing. By Eugene Gendlin. Published in 1978 by Bantam Books. Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives. By John Laub. Published in 2003 by Harvard University Press. Somatic Reality: Bodily Experience and Emotional Truth. By Stanley Keleman. Published in 1982 by Center Press.