Happy Thanksgiving week! To celebrate all the upcoming family time, Whitney and Drew sit down with Dr. Keith Klostermann to get a behind-the-scenes look at family therapy from an actual family therapist: who goes, what happens when they’re there, and how to find a therapist. We also share some thoughts on talking with kids about scary and complicated news plus the hilarity (and pointlessness) of school pictures.

Resources & Links from this episode:

-- NY Times op-ed on talking to kids about terrorism: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/opinion/is-it-normal-to-have-two-terrorist-attacks.html?_r=0

-- Turkey Confidential 2015: http://www.splendidtable.org/episode/turkey-confidential-2015

-- Whitney’s daughter doing her best Larry David impression: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g6YhPy3G6mbAv-YMiyUeufNITUnF9VMENhfqdGfwMHA/edit?usp=sharing

-- HBO’s In Treatment: http://www.hbo.com/in-treatment

-- Drew’s Thing: Rob Bell and his awesome podcast at http://robbell.com/

-- Whitney’s Thing: Raising Raise-Conscious Children at http://www.raceconscious.org/

Drew and Whitney interview Kristen MacNeil, a behavior analyst, about the gentle parenting movement and her work bringing gentle parenting practices to others. We also expose a lie about Christmas and give an update to the question everyone is asking: does Whitney still itch? The answer is not pretty.

Resources & Links from this episode:

-- Kristen’s website: http://gentleparentingwny.com/

-- Gentle Parenting of WNY Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/754692121251200/

-- The Other Baby Book: http://www.theotherbabybook.com/

-- Janet Lansbury’s website: http://www.janetlansbury.com/

-- Dr. Laura Markham’s Aha Parenting: http://www.ahaparenting.com/

-- L.R. Knost: https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsbooks/

-- Rebecca Eanes: http://www.positive-parents.org/

Whitney’s PERSON/THING - Janet Lansbury’s podcast, which can be found here: http://www.janetlansbury.com/podcasts/

Drew’s THING - IKEA’s “The Other Letter” commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ3ePGr8Q7k&feature=youtu.be

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Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license.

Episode 2: Parent Crush on Rich & Alyssa Mattingly

Whitney interviews a couple of ex-military, homeschooling, professional photographers in this debut Parent Crush feature. Rich and Alyssa Mattingly own Nickel City Studios, and we kind of want them to adopt us. Is that possible? Plus, find out why Whitney itches so much and help Drew figure out if his Halloween costume is acceptable.

Notes:

-- Drew’s beard: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bIxx_MUDIsPJRTCeEt6rIaGPvsacgtQ0rxZsZShkLXc/edit?usp=sharing

-- Nickel City Studios, Rich and Alyssa’s wedding photography business: http://www.nickelcitystudios.com

-- More Than Twenty, Rich and Alyssa’s family portrait business: http://www.morethan20.com

--O’ahu and all other Bills Backers bars: http://www.buffalobills.com/fans/billsbackers/backer-locator-map.html

-- Whitney’s Place: Toronto Islands, http://www.torontoislands.org/

-- Drew’s Thing: Hoop and Stick actually has a wiki page, who knew? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoop_rolling

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Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license.

Episode 1 - Who Are We? An introduction

Drew and Whitney offer an introduction to the podcast and themselves as parents (and non-parent people too). Find out what topics they expect to explore, and their picks for Person, Place, or Thing.

Notes:

-- Drew's Buffalo Comedy Sportz: http://www.cszbuffalo.com/

-- Whitney's outdoor exploration group, Go Outside Moms and Dads: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GoOutsideMomsDads/

-- a bluetooth speaker option NOT from Williams Sonoma: http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Bluetooth-Wireless-Blueberry-HX-P230BL/dp/B007R6HUEE/ref=sr_1_69?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1445024440&sr=1-69&keywords=bluetooth+speaker

-- Hiking at the Niagara Gorge (American side): http://parks.ny.gov/parks/attachments/ArtparkNiagaraGorgeTrailMap.pdf

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Just a Phase is produced by Whitney Crispell. Theme music is "Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)" by spinningmerkaba, and used under a Creative Commons license.