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*Disclosure- The OvercomingTrauma episode may trigger unanticipated feelings as it explores trauma intervention. Listen with care.

Jessica Heavin, Licensed Professional Counselor unpacks the complex trauma support role when working with a child, teen or adult. Learn how to plant the seed of good intention, good timing, professional crisis intervention or trauma resolution. 

Guest: Jessica Heavin, Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Employee Assistance Professional, Certified in Critical Incident Stress Management

Guest: Meredith Walton Waddel, Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology, BS in Secondary English Education
Happiness! We seek it, chase it, and just know it is right around the corner. As the world continues to move at a fast pace with information coming at us at a rate much faster than we can process, mental wellness is a rising concern. How do children find happiness? It starts with the adults in their life. Meredith Waddel shares highlights from the 4-year comprehensive Health and Wellness curriculum she developed for school age children on intentional practice to achieve lifelong sustainable happiness. Meredith shares real life applications of the five pillars: relationships, kindness, gratitude, physical body, quiet and gratitude you can use today. Discover your happiness and the happiness in a child.

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Guest: Kassie Allison, MOT,OTR/L Owner Greenhouse Pediatric Therapy
Kassie Allison, MOT, OTR/L is back as we take a deeper dive understanding neurodiversity and how it unfolds as a child becomes an adult. Understanding what it looks like and what it is not Kassie guides us through what support can look like when working with an adult who does day-to-day with neurodiversity.

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Guest: Jessica Heavin, Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Employee Assistance Professional, Certified in Critical Incident Stress Management
*Disclosure- The Learning With Trauma episode may trigger unanticipated feelings as it explores examples of trauma. Listen with care.

What is trauma? How is trauma internalized? Could trauma impact children more because they have less control or power? Hard questions. Candid conversation. Join us as Jessica Heavin, Licensed Professional Counselor explores all of these questions and how trauma can impact learning. Why? Because it it may be the root cause of your child's learning differences.

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A dinner plate for breakfast? Why not! Get the breakdown on nutrition, brain inflammation, and how sugar crashes impact how your kiddo learns. Grab a notepad as you will not want to miss the big take-aways to make mealtimes easier, more enjoyable and healthier with tips from parenting coach Alisha Alessi Barnes. Tune in and feel confident that you know how you can set up your children to be at their best each and everyday!  

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In this heartwarming episode Sean dismantles stereotypical beliefs of disability into extraordinary abilities. Touching on happiness as a choice, understanding everyone's experience is different and we are more alike than different it is guaranteed you will leave this podcast a changed person.