This week, Paola and Leslie sit down with BCBA Carolyn Newtson Lukas to explore how behavior science, proactive planning, and a positive mindset can transform family travel, especially for children with autism and other neurodivergent needs. Drawing from her experiences traveling internationally with her two autistic sons, Carolyn shares practical strategies rooted in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) that help families prepare for success before they ever leave home. Listeners will learn how motivational assessments, visual supports, reinforcement systems, antecedent interventions, and shared decision making can reduce challenging behavior, increase independence, and create more meaningful travel experiences. She also discusses how parents can build resilience, navigate unexpected disruptions like missed flights, and maintain emotional regulation during stressful situations.

The conversation highlights the power of systems, environmental design, and proactive planning to create successful outcomes. It also demonstrates how the same behavioral principles used to improve organizational performance can help families build structure, flexibility, and lasting memories. Whether you are planning your first family vacation, a behavior analyst looking for real-world applications of ABA, or a leader interested in how behavior systems drive success, this episode offers practical tools, inspiring stories, and actionable strategies to help turn travel challenges into opportunities for growth, confidence, and connection. Tune in to discover how intentional preparation and behavior science can help your family thrive while traveling.

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📧 To advertise on this podcast please e-mail: [email protected] Carolyn is a BCBA with over 20 years of experience in the ABA field primarily with in-home ABA services. She holds a master’s in psychology from Pepperdine University and earned her BCBA certification in 2019. She is currently in her final year of doctoral studies at Capella University, where she is pursuing her PsyD, expected completion in 2027. Carolyn is also a mother of two children on the autism spectrum and enjoys a travel-rich family life, exploring the world with her husband, who works in global hospitality.

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Keywords: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), BCBA, autism travel tips, traveling with autistic children, neurodivergent family travel, behavior science, Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), family vacation planning, autism parenting, positive behavior support, reducing challenging behavior during travel. 

In this episode of EveryDay ABA, Brittanny, Leslie, and Paola explore how leaders can build resilient, high-impact teams by combining complementary personalities, clear roles, and evidence-based team development strategies. Drawing from their real-world leadership experience and even reality TV casts like RHORI, the hosts break down how different personality types can either accelerate performance or create friction when not intentionally aligned. They explain why successful teams thrive when reliability, accountability, organization, and responsibility are intentionally distributed across diverse roles rather than concentrated in similar thinkers.

The conversation revisits the Tuckman Model from last week’s episode and how understanding these stages helps leaders anticipate conflict instead of avoiding it. The hosts emphasize that the storming phase is not a setback, but a necessary step toward cohesion when properly managed. Together, they highlight why hiring for complementary strengths leads to more innovative and adaptable teams. 

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Keywords: ABA, OBM, BCBA, team building, high performing teams, Tuckman model stages, forming storming norming performing, leadership, team dynamics, hiring for team fit

EveryDay ABA provides Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) consulting to improve organizational performance across healthcare, education, and behavioral health systems. We partner with leadership teams to optimize workforce systems, standardize performance, and build high-performing cultures through staff training, leadership development, mentorship, and coaching. Our work reduces

Why do some teams work seamlessly together while others become trapped in conflict, miscommunication, and frustration? In this episode of EveryDay ABA, Paola introduces Brittanny and Leslie to Bruce Tuckman's stages of team development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning. Together, they explore why the challenges teams face are often signs of growth rather than indicators of failure.

From workplace to friendshipS, the hosts examine how group dynamics evolve over time and why the storming phase is one of the strongest predictors of long-term success. Listeners will learn how role confusion, communication breakdowns, passive-aggressive behavior, and power struggles fit into the natural process of team development, as well as what leaders can do to help teams move forward instead of getting stuck.

Whether you're a manager, educator, or simply someone who works closely with others, this episode provides practical insights into leadership, conflict resolution, psychological safety, and building high-performing teams. If you've ever wondered why conflict seems inevitable or how to use it as a catalyst for stronger, more cohesive teams, this conversation offers a new perspective on teamwork and collaboration. The strongest teams are not the ones that avoid conflict. They are the ones that learn how to grow through it.

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EveryDay ABA provides Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) consulting to improve organizational performance across healthcare, education, and behavioral health systems. We partner with leadership teams to optimize workforce systems, standardize performance, and build high-performing cultures through staff training, leadership development, mentorship, and coaching. Our work reduces burnout and turnover, increases employee engagement and accountability, strengthens leadership effectiveness, improves operational efficiency, and drives measurable revenue growth through data-driven systems that align behavior with business outcomes.

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Keywords: BCBA, Applied Behavior Analysis, RBT, ABA, Team development, team building, leadership skills, conflict resolution, workplace communication, team dynamics, psychological safety, high-performing teams, organizational behavior management, OBM, Tuckman's stages of team development. 

On this episode, Paola and Brittany sit down with nutritionist Lesya Holzapfel to explore a question many high-achieving women never ask: What if your exhaustion, irritability, poor sleep, and difficulty maintaining healthy habits aren't a motivation problem at all, but the result of hormonal burnout? Through a behavior science lens, they examine how chronic stress, disrupted sleep, fluctuating hormones, and elevated cortisol can alter mood, decision-making, energy levels, and even the ability to follow through on the behaviors we know are good for us. Lesya breaks down the science behind hormone imbalance, cortisol dysregulation, perimenopause, and burnout while explaining why so many women find themselves trapped in cycles of fatigue, emotional reactivity, weight gain, and overwhelm despite their best efforts. Together, they discuss how environmental factors, biological variables, and daily routines interact to shape behavior and overall well-being. 

Listeners will learn practical, evidence-informed strategies including optimizing sunlight exposure, adjusting caffeine timing, improving sleep hygiene, using nutrition to support hormone regulation, and creating sustainable lifestyle systems that work with the body instead of against it. Whether you're a working professional, entrepreneur, caregiver, or mom who feels like you're constantly running on empty, this episode offers a powerful framework for understanding the connection between hormones and behavior while providing actionable steps to restore energy, improve self-management, and build a healthier, more resilient life.

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What if a simple 1% error rate is quietly costing your organization thousands of dollars each year?

In this episode of Everyday ABA, Paola and Brittanny explore how Lean Six Sigma can help leaders, behavior analysts, healthcare professionals, educators, and business owners reduce errors, improve efficiency, and strengthen accountability. As Brittanny works through her Yellow Belt certification, she shares practical lessons on identifying process breakdowns, eliminating waste, and building systems that consistently deliver better results.

Discover how Lean Six Sigma tools can be applied beyond manufacturing to behavioral health, compliance, leadership, education, and everyday workplace operations. Learn why small process failures often have the biggest impact on performance and how continuous improvement can transform team productivity, customer outcomes, and organizational success.

If you're interested in leadership development, organizational behavior management (OBM), process improvement, quality management, workplace efficiency, or performance management, this episode delivers actionable strategies you can start using immediately.

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EveryDay ABA provides Organizational Behavior Management (OBM), Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) consulting to improve organizational performance across healthcare, education, and behavioral health systems. We partner with leadership teams to optimize workforce systems, standardize performance, and build high-performing cultures through staff training, leadership development, mentorship, and coaching. Our work reduces burnout and turnover, increases employee engagement and accountability, strengthens leadership effectiveness, improves operational efficiency, and drives measurable revenue growth through data-driven systems that align behavior with business outcomes.

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Keywords: BCBA, Applied Behavior Analysis, Lean Six Sigma, ABA, Process Improvement, Leadership Development, Organizational Behavior Management, OBM, Workplace Efficiency, Performance Management, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Team Performance, Productivity Improvement.

This week Paola, Brittanny, and Leslie continue part 2 of their Atomic Habits series, breaking down James Clear’s book Atomic Habits and why lasting change has less to do with motivation and more to do with the systems people build every day. 

Through the lens of ABA and behavior science, they unpack the four laws of behavior change—make it obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying—and reveal how tiny, consistent habits can quietly reshape health, relationships, productivity, and identity over time. 

From habit stacking and visual cues to minimizing response effort and tracking meaningful progress, the hosts share practical, real-life examples that make behavior change feel achievable instead of overwhelming. This episode delivers science-backed strategies with the perfect mix of insight, relatable stories, and laugh-out-loud moments that make learning about behavior change genuinely fun to listen to. 

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This week, Paola, Brittanny, and Leslie break down the life changing principles from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear and explore why real behavior change has less to do with motivation and more to do with systems, environment, and tiny daily habits. Using relatable examples, the hosts connect the science of habit formation to practical everyday life through the lens of ABA and behavioral psychology. Listeners will learn how habits are built through cues, cravings, responses, and rewards, why response effort matters, how immediate reinforcement shapes long term success, and how changing your environment can make healthy behaviors easier and more automatic.  

Paola, Brittanny, and Leslie also dive into the powerful role of identity in behavior change, exploring how the stories we tell ourselves directly influence the habits we maintain. Whether you are a behavior analyst, parent, educator, leader, or someone trying to improve routines, productivity, self discipline, or mental wellness, this episode delivers practical strategies rooted in behavior science that make lasting change feel achievable. If you are interested in self improvement, ABA principles, habit stacking, behavioral systems, productivity, and creating sustainable routines that actually stick, this EveryDay ABA episode will give you actionable tools to start making small changes that lead to major life transformation.

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This week, Paola & Brittanny dive into the powerful connection between self compassion, mental health, and behavior change through an honest conversation about perfectionism, burnout, anxiety, and the way we speak to ourselves every day. Using an ABA lens and insights from Kelly Grimes’ book The Art of Self-Nurturing, they explore how chronic negative self talk, people pleasing, and self criticism can reinforce stress and emotional exhaustion rather than growth. Through relatable personal stories, they break down how small shifts in internal dialogue can improve emotional resilience, confidence, relationships, and overall well being. 

Listeners will walk away with practical self care strategies, mindfulness tools, and actionable ways to reframe harmful thought patterns, regulate emotions, and build healthier habits rooted in kindness instead of shame. 

Whether you are struggling with burnout, high functioning anxiety, perfectionist tendencies, or simply feeling overwhelmed by life, this episode offers an empowering conversation on self nurturing, emotional wellness, and learning how to treat yourself with the same compassion you give everyone else. 

Tune in for an honest discussion on self worth, stress management, mental health, and the behavior science behind creating a healthier relationship with yourself. 

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This week Paola, Brittanny, and Leslie explore a powerful truth during Mental Health Awareness Month. Movement is not just about fitness. It is one of the most effective and overlooked tools for improving your mental health.

Joined by running coach Lisa, this episode challenges traditional ideas about exercise. This is not about weight loss or discipline. It is about emotional resilience, stress relief, and mental clarity. You will hear how simple movement can help you process overwhelm, burnout, and even grief in real time.

If you feel stuck, mentally drained, or frustrated with self care that does not work, this conversation will change how you think about your body and your mind. Lisa explains why consistency matters more than intensity and how movement can become a form of self respect instead of pressure.

This episode connects behavior science with real life in a way that is practical, relatable, and immediately usable. You will walk away seeing movement as a tool you can use anywhere to reset your mood, clear your thoughts, and take back control of your day.

If you want a simple, sustainable way to improve your mental health, press play and start moving forward today.

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In this episode, Brittanny, Leslie, and Paola break down how endless scrolling, notifications, and social media are quietly shaping your stress levels, attention, and burnout cycle. Your phone might be draining your energy more than your schedule ever is. If you feel tired, unfocused, or emotionally flat even when you have not “done much,” the real culprit might be constant digital overstimulation hiding in plain sight. You will learn how the brain gets pulled into a loop of dopamine-driven phone checking, why cortisol stays elevated from constant alerts, and how to use simple ABA-informed behavior strategies to interrupt the cycle. From increasing response effort to reduce impulsive scrolling, to creating healthier boundaries with screen time and blue light, this conversation gives you practical tools to reset your nervous system and reclaim mental clarity. If you are ready to feel more present, less reactive, and more in control of your attention, this episode will help you shift from overstimulation to intentional living.

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Keywords: BCBA, RBT, BCaBA, applied behavior analysis, overstimulation, phone addiction, social media addiction, burnout, dopamine loop, cortisol stress, screen time habits, ABA strategies, behavioral science, mental health, nervous system regulation, blue light exposure, habit change, attention control, stress management