KarateBuilt Martial Arts

Greg Moody
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Welcome to KarateBuilt Martial Arts Podcasts! We will be covering critical information for families, kids, and adults on: • Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community • Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success • Increasing safety and personal fitness KarateBuilt... Building Students Future! Building Success for Life!

  1. 6d ago

    The Phone Isn’t the Problem! Social Media Rules For Parents! with Chief Master Greg Moody and Senior Master Laura Sanborn – AUDIO

    Parents worry about how much time their children spend on phones, tablets, and social media. But the real problem isn't the technology itself. It's what children aren't doing while they're using it—and what happens when parents model the very behaviors they're trying to prevent. In this audio episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed counselor at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to explore how smartphones and social media affect childhood development and what parents can do about it. Drawing on research from psychologist Jonathan Haidt and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Greg and Laura discuss the effects of excessive screen time on sleep, attention, relationships, and emotional well-being. They also explain why setting limits isn't enough—parents must model healthy technology habits while helping children develop independence, capability, and meaningful connections. Topics covered include: • Why excessive screen time can interfere with healthy childhood development • The relationship between social media, anxiety, depression, and attention • Jonathan Haidt's recommendations for delaying smartphones and social media • Four major concerns: reduced sleep, less social interaction, fractured attention, and difficult-to-break habits • Practical family rules for phones, bedrooms, meals, and social media • How to respond when children say, "Everybody else has a phone!" • Why parents must model the behaviors they expect from their children • The importance of free play, independence, and face-to-face relationships This episode is for parents, grandparents, educators, and anyone helping children develop healthy habits in a technology-filled world. The goal isn't to eliminate technology. It's to raise children who can use it responsibly without becoming dependent on it. For more information visit KarateBuilt.com and DrGregMoody.com.

  2. Oct 13 ·  Video

    The Phone Isn’t the Problem! Social Media Rules For Parents! with Chief Master Greg Moody and Senior Master Laura Sanborn

    Parents worry about how much time their children spend on phones, tablets, and social media. But the real problem isn't the technology itself. It's what children aren't doing while they're using it—and what happens when parents model the very behaviors they're trying to prevent. In this episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed counselor at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to explore how smartphones and social media affect childhood development and what parents can do about it. Drawing on research from psychologist Jonathan Haidt and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Greg and Laura discuss the effects of excessive screen time on sleep, attention, relationships, and emotional well-being. They also explain why setting limits isn't enough—parents must model healthy technology habits while helping children develop independence, capability, and meaningful connections. Topics covered include: • Why excessive screen time can interfere with healthy childhood development • The relationship between social media, anxiety, depression, and attention • Jonathan Haidt's recommendations for delaying smartphones and social media • Four major concerns: reduced sleep, less social interaction, fractured attention, and difficult-to-break habits • Practical family rules for phones, bedrooms, meals, and social media • How to respond when children say, "Everybody else has a phone!" • Why parents must model the behaviors they expect from their children • The importance of free play, independence, and face-to-face relationships This episode is for parents, grandparents, educators, and anyone helping children develop healthy habits in a technology-filled world. The goal isn't to eliminate technology. It's to raise children who can use it responsibly without becoming dependent on it. For more information visit KarateBuilt.com and DrGregMoody.com.

  3. Aug 6

    The Good-Parent Illusion! Why “Keeping Them Safe” Was Never the Job! with Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D. and Senior Master Laura Sanborn (Audio)

    Every parent wants a safe child. The trouble starts when safety becomes the whole job instead of the floor the rest of the job gets built on. In this audio episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed psychotherapist at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to take apart the belief that keeping a child safe from everything is what good parenting looks like. The conversation maps where the real risk lives: not the rare emergency every parent pictures, but the everyday conflict, exclusion, and small failure that happen constantly. Greg and Laura draw on martial arts classes, school, and family life to explain why the target is an adult who is safe, capable, connected, and still growing. Topics covered include: • Why violence and abduction are real risks but rarely what a child actually meets • How everyday conflict and small failures add up to more damage than the rare emergency • The four levels of a launched adult: safe, capable, connected, and still growing • Why safety is the minimum requirement and was never the goal • The test for any skill: if you stopped providing it, could they do it themselves? • How a dropped ice cream cone at Disneyland taught a six-year-old to solve his own problem • Why authority drops as a child grows while responsibility still feels like yours • The phrase that settles it: am I protecting my kid, or protecting myself? This episode is for parents, grandparents, educators, coaches, and martial arts instructors raising capable, connected young adults, and especially for parents who want to know when helping has turned into rescuing. For more information visit KarateBuilt.com and DrGregMoody.com.

  4. Aug 5 ·  Video

    The Good-Parent Illusion! Why “Keeping Them Safe” Was Never the Job! with Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D. and Senior Master Laura Sanborn

    Every parent wants a safe child. The trouble starts when safety becomes the whole job instead of the floor the rest of the job gets built on. In this audio episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed psychotherapist at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to take apart the belief that keeping a child safe from everything is what good parenting looks like. The conversation maps where the real risk lives: not the rare emergency every parent pictures, but the everyday conflict, exclusion, and small failure that happen constantly. Greg and Laura draw on martial arts classes, school, and family life to explain why the target is an adult who is safe, capable, connected, and still growing. Topics covered include: • Why violence and abduction are real risks but rarely what a child actually meets • How everyday conflict and small failures add up to more damage than the rare emergency • The four levels of a launched adult: safe, capable, connected, and still growing • Why safety is the minimum requirement and was never the goal • The test for any skill: if you stopped providing it, could they do it themselves? • How a dropped ice cream cone at Disneyland taught a six-year-old to solve his own problem • Why authority drops as a child grows while responsibility still feels like yours • The phrase that settles it: am I protecting my kid, or protecting myself? This episode is for parents, grandparents, educators, coaches, and martial arts instructors raising capable, connected young adults, and especially for parents who want to know when helping has turned into rescuing. For more information visit KarateBuilt.com and DrGregMoody.com.

  5. Jul 13

    Teens: Trading Rules for Boundaries! With Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D. and Senior Master Laura Sanborn – AUDIO

    Every parent wants to raise a capable, independent teenager. The challenge is that the tools that worked when they were little stop working the moment a teen can drive, refuse, and decide things for themselves. In this episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed psychotherapist at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to take on the stage most parents find the most frightening: the teenage years, ages 12 to 17, when a parent's authority falls fast while the responsibility to provide stays high. The conversation explores why the teenage brain runs a strong gas pedal and unfinished brakes, how the rules you used to enforce give way to boundaries you hold, and why tolerating the natural consequences you can no longer prevent is the real work of this stage. Through real-life examples from martial arts classes, school, first jobs, and family life, Greg and Laura explain why strong teenagers are built by handing independence over on purpose, not by controlling every outcome. Topics covered include: • Why a parent's authority drops faster than their responsibility during the teen years • The teenage brain: a strong "gas pedal" for exploration and unfinished "brakes" for judgment and impulse control • The difference between rules you can enforce and boundaries about your own availability • Why most of what used to be a rule now has to become a boundary • How to set a boundary without trying to control or manipulate a teenager • Why tolerating natural consequences, like a lower grade, teaches responsibility better than rescuing • The hidden trap of nagging and rescuing, and how it quietly trains dependence • Helicopter and lawnmower parenting, and the obstacles teenagers actually need in order to grow • The leadership rule of emotion: the emotions you show are the ones they need, not the ones you feel • Why calm and consistent beats loud and harsh, backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics • Why a first job is one of the best gifts you can give a teenager • The three critical moves of effective boundaries: setting, holding, and tolerating • How the whole arc trades rules for boundaries as a child grows into an adult • Why your restraint, not your control, is what gets a teenager ready to launch This episode is for parents of teenagers, grandparents, educators, therapists, coaches, and martial arts instructors who want to raise capable, confident, and independent young adults. It is especially valuable for parents feeling the anxiety of the teen years and struggling to know when to step in and when to let go.

  6. Jul 9 ·  Video

    Teens: Trading Rules for Boundaries! With Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D. and Senior Master Laura Sanborn

    Every parent wants to raise a capable, independent teenager. The challenge is that the tools that worked when they were little stop working the moment a teen can drive, refuse, and decide things for themselves. In this episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed psychotherapist at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to take on the stage most parents find the most frightening: the teenage years, ages 12 to 17, when a parent's authority falls fast while the responsibility to provide stays high. The conversation explores why the teenage brain runs a strong gas pedal and unfinished brakes, how the rules you used to enforce give way to boundaries you hold, and why tolerating the natural consequences you can no longer prevent is the real work of this stage. Through real-life examples from martial arts classes, school, first jobs, and family life, Greg and Laura explain why strong teenagers are built by handing independence over on purpose, not by controlling every outcome. Topics covered include: • Why a parent's authority drops faster than their responsibility during the teen years • The teenage brain: a strong "gas pedal" for exploration and unfinished "brakes" for judgment and impulse control • The difference between rules you can enforce and boundaries about your own availability • Why most of what used to be a rule now has to become a boundary • How to set a boundary without trying to control or manipulate a teenager • Why tolerating natural consequences, like a lower grade, teaches responsibility better than rescuing • The hidden trap of nagging and rescuing, and how it quietly trains dependence • Helicopter and lawnmower parenting, and the obstacles teenagers actually need in order to grow • The leadership rule of emotion: the emotions you show are the ones they need, not the ones you feel • Why calm and consistent beats loud and harsh, backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics • Why a first job is one of the best gifts you can give a teenager • The three critical moves of effective boundaries: setting, holding, and tolerating • How the whole arc trades rules for boundaries as a child grows into an adult • Why your restraint, not your control, is what gets a teenager ready to launch This episode is for parents of teenagers, grandparents, educators, therapists, coaches, and martial arts instructors who want to raise capable, confident, and independent young adults. It is especially valuable for parents feeling the anxiety of the teen years and struggling to know when to step in and when to let go.

  7. Jun 13

    Support Without Rescuing – How Parents Build Strong, Capable Kids! with Chief Master Greg Moody and Senior Master Laura Sanborn – AUDIO

    Every parent wants to help their child succeed. The challenge is knowing when helping becomes rescuing. In this episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed psychotherapist at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to discuss one of the most important parenting skills of all: supporting children without removing the very challenges they need to grow. The conversation explores how parental responsibility changes as children mature, why helicopter parenting often produces the opposite of its intended result, and how healthy boundaries help children develop confidence, independence, and resilience. Through real-life examples from martial arts classes, school situations, and family experiences, Greg and Laura explain why strong kids are built through challenge—not protection from every difficulty. Topics covered include: • Why parental authority and responsibility naturally change as children grow • The hidden costs of helicopter parenting and constant intervention • How rescuing children prevents confidence, focus, and independence from developing • Why parents shouting instructions from the sidelines often undermine learning • The concept of “independence with safety” as a parenting framework • How allowing children to prepare, struggle, and sometimes fail builds long-term success • The difference between rules, boundaries, consequences, and punishment • Why natural consequences teach responsibility more effectively than punishment • The three critical elements of effective boundaries: setting, holding, and tolerating • How parents accidentally teach dependence by over-managing homework, activities, and responsibilities • Why meaningful skills such as martial arts, swimming, and language learning require parental commitment through periods of resistance • The powerful story of a student with significant physical challenges whose growth exceeded expectations because her parents refused to limit her potential • Why tolerating a child’s frustration is often an act of love rather than neglect • How less rescuing creates stronger children and significantly less stress for parents This episode is for parents, grandparents, educators, therapists, coaches, and martial arts instructors who want to help children become capable, confident, and resilient. It is especially valuable for parents struggling with the balance between protecting their children and preparing them for the real world. For more information visit KarateBuilt.com and DrGregMoody.com.

  8. Jun 12 ·  Video

    Support Without Rescuing – How Parents Build Strong, Capable Kids! with Chief Master Greg Moody and Senior Master Laura Sanborn

    Every parent wants to help their child succeed. The challenge is knowing when helping becomes rescuing. In this episode, Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D., founder of KarateBuilt Martial Arts and a licensed psychotherapist at Integrated Mental Health Associates, joins Senior Master Laura Sanborn to discuss one of the most important parenting skills of all: supporting children without removing the very challenges they need to grow. The conversation explores how parental responsibility changes as children mature, why helicopter parenting often produces the opposite of its intended result, and how healthy boundaries help children develop confidence, independence, and resilience. Through real-life examples from martial arts classes, school situations, and family experiences, Greg and Laura explain why strong kids are built through challenge—not protection from every difficulty. Topics covered include: • Why parental authority and responsibility naturally change as children grow • The hidden costs of helicopter parenting and constant intervention • How rescuing children prevents confidence, focus, and independence from developing • Why parents shouting instructions from the sidelines often undermine learning • The concept of “independence with safety” as a parenting framework • How allowing children to prepare, struggle, and sometimes fail builds long-term success • The difference between rules, boundaries, consequences, and punishment • Why natural consequences teach responsibility more effectively than punishment • The three critical elements of effective boundaries: setting, holding, and tolerating • How parents accidentally teach dependence by over-managing homework, activities, and responsibilities • Why meaningful skills such as martial arts, swimming, and language learning require parental commitment through periods of resistance • The powerful story of a student with significant physical challenges whose growth exceeded expectations because her parents refused to limit her potential • Why tolerating a child’s frustration is often an act of love rather than neglect • How less rescuing creates stronger children and significantly less stress for parents This episode is for parents, grandparents, educators, therapists, coaches, and martial arts instructors who want to help children become capable, confident, and resilient. It is especially valuable for parents struggling with the balance between protecting their children and preparing them for the real world. For more information visit KarateBuilt.com and DrGregMoody.com.

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Welcome to KarateBuilt Martial Arts Podcasts! We will be covering critical information for families, kids, and adults on: • Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community • Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success • Increasing safety and personal fitness KarateBuilt... Building Students Future! Building Success for Life!

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  • Creator
    Greg Moody
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    150
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright KarateBuilt L.L.C.
  • Show Website
    KarateBuilt Martial Arts