Creative Parenting –
Nina was captivated by NYTimes Bestselling Author, Edan Lepucki's recent NYTimes article, "Don't Play With Your Kids...Seriously" and in this conversation Nina and Edan break down how to create space and structure for creative play and then let the kids go it on their own! We also talk about how Edan's innate creativity as a novelist appears in her parenting.

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Links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/magazine/kids-play.html

https://www.edanlepucki.com/

https://www.instagram.com/edanlepucki/

Creative Parenting –
In this conversation with Creative Influencer, Malynda Hale, Nina and Malynda talk about the power of art to help broaden minds and connect to the heart. Malynda talks about what it has meant to be a pandemic mom and how she sings to her daughter--she even gives us a little bit of a lullaby!!
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Links:
https://www.instagram.com/malyndahale/ https://twitter.com/malyndahale https://www.facebook.com/malyndahalemusic https://www.malyndahale.com/

Creative Parenting –
As a Cirque Du Soleil Clown, the Head of the Clown School in San Francisco and a father, Jeff had opportunities to learn to listen in all sorts of ways! Nina and Jeff discuss the critical importance of always being in learning mode with our kids and students and why they have just as much to teach us as we have to teach them.
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Jeff Raz Photo by: Joshua Raz

Creative Parenting –
Nina and Esther discuss the secrets of parenting with TRICK: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Esther reminds parents of the critical importance of failure as a parth to learning and why, in her classroom, "do it again" became a mantra that helped her students thrive.

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Links:
https://raisesuccessfulpeople.com/ | Twitter: @EstherWojcicki

Creative Parenting –
Join Nina Meehan discussing imagination with Dr. Wendy Mogel. 

In this episode Nina and Dr. Mogel talk about how vital play and creativity is for families.  Dr. Mogel invites parents to be curious, calm and captivated listeners as their children explore the unconscious through dreams or imagination through story.  They discuss how creativity is essential at the core of the highest level of interaction for children and parents because children live in the world of imagination and play.  

DR. WENDY MOGEL is a clinical psychologist and New York Times best-selling author. She serves on the scientific advisory board of Parents Magazine.  In her new podcast Nurture vs Nurture, Dr. Mogel provides guidance to parents around the world.

In a starred review Publisher’s Weekly described her—now classic—first book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, as “Impassioned, lyrical and eminently practical...a real treasure.” Her second release, The Blessing of a B Minus, addresses the challenge of parenting teenagers in a culture of increasing anxiety and rapid change. 

Her most recent book, Voice Lessons for Parents: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Listen, offers guidance for communicating with children across the expanse of childhood and adolescence.

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Links: 

Website: https://www.wendymogel.com/

Podcast: https://armchairexpertpod.com/nurture-vs-nurture-with-dr-mogel

Social: https://www.facebook.com/WendyMogelPhD/

Twitter: @drwendymogel

Amazon Book: https://smile.amazon.com/Voice-Lessons-Parents-What-Listen/dp/1501142402/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1630005947&sr=8-1

Creative Parenting –
Creative Parenting with Nina Meehan is a new podcast for parents who are looking to bring more joy, fun and ease to the day to day of parenting! Nina, an award-winning theatre director, internationally recognized arts educator and mom of three, shares ideas, tips and tricks on infusing creative play and imagination into your home life. Over the past 20 years. Nina has created a toolkit that engages children in their language of story, games, movement and art.  She has used this toolkit while serving over a million kids and adults as the CEO and founder of Bay Area Children’s Theatre and in her own home.  In this podcast, she speaks to creatives and experts alike who have unique and exciting perspectives on parenting – from artists to fellow parenting experts and everyone in between. They discuss how to celebrate imagination and creativity!