Mentally Flexible

Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD | Hunt, Gather, Parent


Listen Later

My guest today is Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD. Michaeleen is a global health correspondent for NPR’s Science Desk and the author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans. Michaeleen has a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Berkeley, California, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Caltech. For the past decade, Doucleff has reported on disease outbreaks and children’s health for NPR. Before that, Doucleff was an editor at the journal Cell, where she wrote about the science behind pop culture. 


Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:

- Key elements of parenting we have lost in the Western world

- Children’s innate capacity for helpfulness and autonomy

- How the child world and the adult world has been separated

- Ways parent and child interests can be harmoniously integrated

- The value of doing less as a parent

- And the importance of allowing a child’s authentic interests to be expressed 

—————————————————————————

Michaeleen’s website: https://michaeleendoucleff.com/

Hunt, Gather, Parent: https://a.co/d/j0KxJg0

—————————————————————————


Thank you all for checking out the episode! Here are some ways to help support Mentally Flexible:


Sign up for PsychFlex through the Mentally Flexible link! PsychFlex.com/MentallyFlexible


You can help cover some of the costs of running the podcast by donating a cup of coffee! www.buymeacoffee.com/mentallyflexible


Please subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It only takes 30 seconds and plays an important role in being able to get new guests.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mentally-flexible/id1539933988


Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyflexible/


Check out my song “Glimpse at Truth” that you hear in the intro/outro of every episode: https://tomparkes.bandcamp.com/track/glimpse-at-truth

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Mentally FlexibleBy Tom Parkes, LCSW

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

75 ratings


More shows like Mentally Flexible

View all
On Being with Krista Tippett by On Being Studios

On Being with Krista Tippett

10,389 Listeners

Tara Brach by Tara Brach

Tara Brach

10,436 Listeners

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

1,834 Listeners

The One You Feed by Eric Zimmer

The One You Feed

2,500 Listeners

The Psychology Podcast by iHeartPodcasts

The Psychology Podcast

1,829 Listeners

The OCD Stories by Stuart Ralph

The OCD Stories

750 Listeners

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria by Matt Cicoria

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

627 Listeners

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression by Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression

803 Listeners

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

2,462 Listeners

Therapist Uncensored Podcast by Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

1,387 Listeners

Psychologists Off the Clock by Debbie Sorensen, Jill Stoddard, Yael Schonbrun, Michael Herold & Emily Edlynn

Psychologists Off the Clock

322 Listeners

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel by Esther Perel Global Media

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

14,818 Listeners

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler by Everything Happens Studios

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

5,045 Listeners

A New Way of Being by Simon Mundie

A New Way of Being

54 Listeners

Evidence-Based: A New Harbinger Psychology Podcast by New Harbinger Publications

Evidence-Based: A New Harbinger Psychology Podcast

50 Listeners