As a licensed clinical psychologist with advanced degrees in psychology, education, and nutrition, Dr. Nicole Beurkens is a leading holistic child psychologist. She has dedicated her 25 year career to providing parents with researched based strategies that get to the root of children’s attention, anxiety, mood, and behavior challenges so they can reach their highest potential. She runs a multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment clinic and is a best selling author, published researcher, award winning therapist, media expert, and experienced mother of 4. We talk about how kids and teens have been affected by the pandemic and what state their mental health is in with everything that has happened recently, and then how we address this issue and the solutions we ought to use.

Covid-19 and mental health relating to children 1:19
Mental health and adolescents 7:19
The effects of social media and pornography 12:05
Having open conversations with children 23:31
Eating together is often healthier 27:40
Nutrients for mental health 31:22

“We’ve gotta be able to not take their reactions at face value and not take them personally. That’s such an issue I see parents fall into, whether it’s toddlers or teens, with so many things that come up is when we let our own emotions get involved and when our kid says something mean to us, “I don’t wanna talk to you!” or “Get away from me!” or whatever, we take it really personally and in fact it’s not personal. Their response has to do with what’s going on with them at the time.” 24:28

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