Welcome to the Parenting Well Podcast with the Parent Engagement Network! I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host. This podcast provides perspectives on parenting, so that you can fill your well with information, strategies, and resources that help you raise healthy, happy humans. Filling your well leaves you engaged, educated and empowered to support your children in being strong, resourceful, confident and resilient in the face of life’s challenges and adventures. Let’s fill that well!
Episodes
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Today’s well source is Deborah Farmer Kris. Deborah is a writer, teacher, parent educator, and school administrator. She writes for PBS KIDS, MindShift - an NPR learning blog, and Intrepid Ed News. She is the author of the book, “I Love You All the Time” which helps parents and caregivers communicate the one message children most need to hear: that they are unconditionally loved. Deborah has two kids of her own. As you can imagine they test her theories about child development all the time. She’s passionate about providing nuggets of practical wisdom that helps kids and families thrive.
In this podcast we discuss:
- Building an emotional vocabulary.
- Validating all children's emotions.
- Identifying, normalizing, and navigating emotions.
- Being curious about a child's behavior as a form of communication.
- Recognizing emotional reactions as an opportunity and an invitation to be closer.
- Using inductive discipline to link behaviors to natural consequences.
- Creating the context for children to express themselves when they are ready.
- Using the listen, limit, listen technique to curb misbehavior.
- Viewing stress as a natural human condition that can be productive.
- Understanding the brain's response to stress.
- Making children feel they are truly loved, welcomed, and appreciated.
We hope today’s conversation has added to your parenting well, and that the information and insights shared will help you in raising happy, healthy humans! If you are inspired, there are also options to make a donation or become a sponsor on our website, www.penbv.org
It was an honor to have you join us and until next time, Happy Parenting!
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
We all have a good heart and we all deserve to be trusted.
Today’s Well Source is Bill de la Cruz. Bill is an exceptional mediator and leader who has been guiding individuals and groups through the process of personal transformation for more than 30 years. He is passionate about helping individuals and groups build self-awareness, enhance relationships, and folstor positive and sustainable personal growth. His approach to bias work grew out of his own experiences attending hundreds of self-help trainings and self-help books that instructed him to “do the work”. However, they failed to define what “the work” should look like. From this, he has developed daily practices that continue to support his personal growth and self-awareness, and he is committed to sharing these with others.
This Podcast Covers:
- The “why” behind ending stereotypes, division, and judgements
- Doing your own work instead of blaming others
- Using self awareness and critical self reflection to have productive conversations
- Showing up with vulnerability
- Developing daily practices
- Understanding the difference between intentions and impact
- Developing strategies to let go of judgements and biases that lead to shame and blame
- Addressing situations that make you feel judged
- Finding the origination point of your biases
- Recognizing the narratives that drive your behavior
- Avoiding the defend, justify, or fix conversations
- Healing from trauma
Resources:
Website: Bill de la Cruz: Belonging and Inclusion Thought Leader
Book: Finding the Origination Point: Understanding Our Biases to Create a More Peaceful World
Podcast: Origination Point
You can email Bill at inclusiontalk@comcast.net
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Today’s well source is Tom McSheehy. Tom is a licensed social worker and licensed teacher in Colorado and Illinois. He is also the founder of the Teaching Heart Institute, an organization dedicated to connecting the worlds of education and mental health and supporting teachers and parents in developing children’s and teenagers’ Social Emotion Intelligence. Further, he is the author of the book, Infocus: Improving Social and Emotional Intelligence, One Day at a Time. This is a brain-based manual that guides teachers in doing quick, daily lessons that develop the Social Emotional Intelligence of their students. Tom is one of the presenters of our upcoming Stress & Anxiety Conference of May 1st and 2nd. We want to thank our sponsors, Premier Members Credit Union, Centennial Peaks Hospital, and Sandstone Care Addiction Treatment Center for their generous sponsorship. You can visit our website, www.penbv.org to get yourself registered
RESOURCES:
Tom’s Website: Teaching Heart Institute
Parent Book Resources from Tom
Books & Resources from Tom: Infocus: Parents can use books in conjunction with teachers
Study: Google Study on Soft Skills (SEL)
Study: Terrie Moffit study on impulse control or self-control
Book: The Development of the Unconscious Mind by Alan N. Schore, Ph.D.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
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
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
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 Karen Alonge. Karen is an Interpersonal Communication Consultant. She has been providing interpersonal and parenting consulting to volunteers, staff, management in education, social services, corrections, counseling, law, health care, and non-profits like PEN since 2006. Karen uses an evidence-based strategy called motivational interviewing to help her clients “choose their words wisely”
This podcast covers how to:
- use motivational interviewing techniques in your communication.
- recognize typical communication breakdowns.
- set age appropriate expectations.
- reduce power struggles in your relationship.
- use communication to manage behavior problems.
- articulate your concerns without telling your kids what to do.
- help kids develop and learn how to access strategies that work for them.
- raise a critical thinkers.
- navigate change.
- leave your child free to move, think, and change without judgement.
Resources:
- Karen's Website: Karen Alonge Interpersonal Communication Consultant
- Karen's Blog
- Website: Dr. Ross Greene
- Self-help book on motivational interviewing: Finding Your Way to Change
- Parenting Advice Website
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
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 Kathy Valentine. Kathy is the chairperson of the HOPE Coalition of Boulder County and has been on the coalition since its beginning in 2005. She is a retired school counselor and gave many workshops on depression and suicide awareness to various staffs while working. Kathy is also the Executive Director of Colie's Closet, a BVSD high school peer education program dealing with depression and suicide. Kathy is passionate about educating the entire community about risk factors around these issues and is excited to bring today’s panelists and community members together to begin the discussion about the importance of connection in our lives.
This podcast covers:
- Resources for managing depression
- The role stigma plays in support services
- How to recognize warning signs of depression and what to do about it
- Some of the risk factors of depression
- The difference between being sad and having clinical depression
- Strategies for managing depression when you feel like you are "spiraling"
- What to do if you are worried about your child
- How kids should respond to their friend's depression
- The importance of self care, modeling, and talking to your children regularly
Resources:
Website: The Hope Coalition of Boulder County
Resource: National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Resource: COVID-19 Mental Health Resources
Resource: Warning Signs of Depression
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
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 Paige Trevor. Paige is a Certified Parent Educator and the owner of a business called Balancing Act since 2010. This was inspired by a desire to help people clear the clutter from their life. Having seen the impact of disorganization within businesses and families, Paige used her blend of empathy, humor, cheerleading, and, as she likes to describe it, “a wee bit of tough love” to help families clear the way for more satisfying lives.
This episode covers:
- Finding the magic middle in discussions
- Solving problems together
- Supporting your kids mental health
- Establishing effective routines
- Planning vs. doing your day
- Managing conflict
- Reducing stress and anxiety
- Having fun together
- Building close relationships
- Taking care of yourself
- Holding a family meeting
- Parenting through challenging situations
RESOURCES
- Paige's Website: Balancing Act
- Paige on Twitter
- Paige on LinkedIn
- Book: The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears by Lawrence Cohen
- Book: Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You by Julie Morgenstern
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Today’s well source is Stephanie Small. Stephanie is a licensed clinical social worker and nutritionist. She believes that diet and supplements have a profound effect on our mood, clarity, sleep, and much more. Therefore, her work is a unique blend of nutrition, somatic, and intuitive practices. Stephanie is one of the speakers at our upcoming virtual stress & anxiety conference on January 29th and 30th. You can sign up for her workshop and others from our website, www.penbv.org
In this episode, we discuss:
- What mental health nutrition is.
- How physical and mental health are connected.
- How mental health nutrition is different than conventional treatment.
- The process of engaging in mental health nutrition.
- How mental health nutrition can support someone with disordered eating.
- The importance of gut health.
- What intuitive eating is and how gratitude supports healthy well-being.
Resources:
Website: Stephanie Small
Course: Stephanie Small - Mental Health Nutrition: Foundations
Podcast: Genetics, Mental Health & Nutrition with Christina Veselak and Dr. Dave Vigerust
Book: The True Power of Water: Healing and Discovering Ourselves
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
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, were we know that parenting well is challenging and that all parents are the best parents they know how to be. We firmly believe that 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.
So, let’s fill that well!
Today’s well source is Jonathan Mooney. Jonathon is an award winning writer, entrepreneur and activist. Jonathan didn’t learn to read until he was 12 years old. His new book is called Normal Sucks: How to Live Learn and Thrive Outside the Lines. As a neurodiverse writer, advocate and father, Jonathan shares a confessional and often hilarious story of his life, offering the radical message that we should stop trying to fix people and start empowering them to succeed.
Website: https://www.jonathanmooney.com
Book: Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive Outside the Lines
Program: Eye to Eye Mentoring Program
Book: The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
For more information or to make a donation, visit www.penbv.org
Happy Parenting
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
I am Dr. Shelly Mahon, your host, and today’s WELL source is Whitney Walpole. Whitney is the co-author of the book: “The Sweet Spot: Leveraging Your Talents in Leadership and Life.” She has been a trusted partner and professional leadership coach to hundreds of business owners and executive teams. Prior to this, she was a 7th grade English teacher and started her own private school focused on engaging children to take more responsibility for themselves, as well as their creativity and learning. She has a passion for children and parenting and raised two kids of her own using the tools from this book. You can reach her at whitney@culturecounts.biz
In this podcast, we talk about:
- What your sweet spot is and why it’s a powerful thing to know.
- The characteristics of the 7 Talents or Archetypes: Server, Priest, Artisan, Sage, Warrior King, & Scholar.
- How to use the book to identify your 3 archetypes.
- Practical tips to live into your archetypes
- Why your archetypes impact the way you show up and function in the world.
- How we mask the archetypes of those around us.
- Why knowledge of archetypes impacts how you interact with your child, monitor your own emotions, and support your child in understanding of themselves.
- The importance of self – care and using your sweet spot to know what you need most.
- The journey of self-discovery and appreciating yourself and others.
Resources:
- Whitney’s Website: Culture Counts