Beating Your Kids at Games (0:00:00)

 

Tired of losing to your kids in another game of go fish just to keep them happy? Well maybe you’re actually doing more harm than help to your kids’ egos in the long run. Of course we want to show our kids encouragement and pride, but if we start to do it in excess, our kids may become too reliant on it. But how do we find this balance between honesty and love as parents? Lucky for us, today we get to talk with Dr. Matt Albert, executive director at the Center for Reflective Communities. He works with parents and mental health professionals to enhance relationships between children and caregivers.

 

 

 

Holiday House Refresh (0:34:55)

 

The days are shorter, the nights are colder, and autumn is coming to an end. We’re leaving behind the season of crunchy leaves on the sidewalk and going into the season of snow on the sidewalk—to our kid’s joy but to the dismay of those who have to shovel them. But the change of seasons calls for more than just breaking out the snow shovel and ice melt. It’s also a time for a house refresh as we enter winter and the holiday season. Here to discuss with us a house refresh entails and her tips to do it right is friend of the show Carrie-Ann Rhodes.

 

 

 

Emotional Self-Care (0:52:48)

 

We’re heading into the holiday season right now. And while we all love Thanksgiving, and Christmas and celebrating the New Year, the holidays can also be a time of extreme stress. And when you combine that stress with the lack of sunlight as well as isolation due to COVID-19, these next few months can cause serious mental and emotional strain. So, what can we do to take care of our emotional health this holiday season? Here to share her thoughts with us is Tiffany Lovell, a mental health expert.

 

 

 

Clothing and Confidence (1:11:00)

 

Sayings like “dress for the job you want; not the job you have” and “look good, feel good” are heard all the time. While these phrases may seem cliché, research into the impact clothes have on behavior now suggests that there may actually be a grain of truth in these sayings. Studies tell us that the clothes we wear affect our behavior, including our confidence and stress levels. But how? What’s the connection? To find out, we’ve invited Dr. Dawnn Karen, a fashion psychologist, to help us better understand the link between our clothes and our state of mind.

 

 

 

Re-approaching Co-Parenting (1:28:24)

 

One of the most difficult things about parenting is figuring out how you and your partner are going to work together to keep the household running smoothly. Who will do the grocery shopping, the household chores, and finances? And how will you manage everything on top of working a job?  Coming up with a system that works for you and your spouse has become harder with both parents at home. I think the pandemic has changed what expectations we have for our co-parent and the roles we want them to fulfill. So, we invited Dr. Rebecca Schrag Hershberg to help us figure out a healthy way to re-approach co-parenting. Rebecca is the founder of Little House Calls Psychological Services and a friend of the show.