Simple Families Denaye Barahona Ph.D.
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- Kids & Family
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Simple Families offers solutions for living well with children. In this show, we focus on child behavior, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load. As a Mama with a doctorate in Child Development, Denaye’s perspectives are grounded in research, but more importantly real life.
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Perfectionism ft. Clarissa Ong Ph.D.
The chances are good that you are familiar with perfectionism. Either you have experienced it yourself, you have a partner or parent with these tendencies, or perhaps you have a child touched by perfectionism. In today's episode, I'm chatting with Clarissa Ong Ph.D. She's a professor and the co-author of the book The Anxious Perfectionist: How to Manage Perfectionism-Driven Anxiety.
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Gifted and Distractible ft. Julie Skolnick
There are many misconceptions about what it means to be 'gifted'. Today's guest, Julie Skolnick, explains to us that giftedness usually comes with considerable challenges. She also shares ideas and insight on how to support and educate children who are gifted, but also have challenges (sometimes called twice-exceptional).
LINKS
Julie's Book, Gifted and Distractible
Julie's Website, With Understanding Comes Calm
Episode with Ross Greene, founder of CPS and author of The Explosive Child
GHF Empowering Gifted Families
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Interracial Friendship
Many of the guests on this show are authors—especially of non-fiction books. Although we often rely on non-fiction to teach us, sometimes the greatest lessons actually come through diving deeper into the life experiences of characters in a novel. Today, I’m speaking with authors Christine Platt and Catherine Wigginton Greene. Christine and Catherine have co-authored a brand new book that tells the story of an entertaining and thought-provoking interracial friendship between two mothers, De'Andrea and Rebecca. You can find Rebecca, Not Becky anywhere books are sold.
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Building Community ft. Michelle Kennedy
Once upon a time, building a village to raise a family probably felt simpler. The village was likely the (literal) neighbors and family members who lived right around the corner. But in today's world, our communities are more complex and diverse. The people we lean on may live nearby, but they also may live on the other side of the globe. I'm joined by Michelle Kennedy, the founder of the app Peanut, to talk about building community in motherhood.
Peanut's Invisible Mother Campaign
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The Comfort Crisis ft. Michael Easter
In today's episode, author Michael Easter, shares his work and theories on the topic of comfort. He posits that the growing rates of mental and physical health challenges may be rooted in the fact that we are living more comfortable lives than ever before.
As parents, we strive to keep our kids as comfortable as possible when they are infants. But, perhaps we should ask ourselves if continuing on that path will negatively impact their future resilience.
Connect with Michael + his books:
The Comfort Crisis
The Scarcity Brain
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Uncomfortable Things
As adults, we often avoid uncomfortable situations and even frequently rescue our children from uncomfortable experiences. We know, however, that experiencing discomfort can result in growth and resilience. Have you gotten uncomfortable recently? Maybe you should.
Links from the episode
Simple Families Podcast Episode 298: Accommodating your kid's anxiety
Simple Families Podcast Episode 318: Child Anxiety
Simple Families Podcast Episode 302 & 303: Analog Curious I & II
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Customer Reviews
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Great!
Love Denaye’s perspective and thoughtful presentation of topics that relate so much to where I am as a parent and a person. And she got me hooked on Native!
Havening
I listened to the havening episode with interest as I didn’t know anything about it. Used it for the first time with my 3.5 year old this weekend who was freaking out about new sandals. It worked like a charm!! Very impressed and so easy too. My 1.5 year old may be a bit young for it but I’m working on using it with her too as daycare is a challenge for her right now. Thanks so much for your thought provoking episodes!