0:00:00 Staying Active as a Working Parent

As parents, we’ve all felt at different times in our lives, especially now, how difficult it can be to stay active while juggling all of our other responsibilities. When planning out our days, we have to make time for work, cooking, cleaning, taking the kids to school and soccer practice. And we squeeze in the gym at the end of the list for “if we have time”. But working out and staying healthy is important for many of us. We want to make it part of our daily routine. But how do we do it, not only as a parent but also as a working parent? Here to help us out is the founder of MOMables, Laura Fuentes.

 

0:35:26 Gift Giving

Now that we’ve passed Thanksgiving, we’ve officially entered gift giving season! Time to start thinking about your shopping list for your kids, significant other, and all those distant friends and family that you feel obligated to include. The question is, what do you get them? Cash is too impersonal but you also don’t want to get them something they won’t like. And should we include a gift receipt in the bag? And how do we know if our kid’s have graduated from toys to clothes and CDs? While one of the best times of the year, clearly the gift giving season requires a little navigation. Here to help guide us on all things gifts for this holiday season is friend of the show Carrie-Ann Rhodes. 

 

0:52:45 Gifted Kid Burnout

Do any of these sound like you? Refusing to ask for help, easily bored, need for constant validation? Then you might be a burned-out gifted kid. Recently, a bingo chart was going around the internet with a list of items that indicate you might be a “gifted burnout.” When a child is gifted, it’s natural to want to foster and celebrate that. We give them special education, music lessons, and extra big books to read. But these things can also add extra pressure to our kids, resulting in burn out later in life. So what is gifted burnout and how can we help our gifted children avoid it? Here to share her advice with us is psychotherapist and gifted educator and expert Paula Prober. 

 

1:12:38 Benefits of Theater

Many have disregarded theater, calling it boring and old fashioned, and yet despite the criticism, theater has survived for thousands of years teaching us valuable lessons. From the ancient Greeks to Shakespeare to Hamlet, theater has survived and thrived. However, as technology’s influence continues to grow and, in the world today, one must ask what the theater has to offer in today’s society. Here with us today is Heater Nathans, a Theater professor from Tufts University, to tell us about the benefits that theater has to humanity and its importance.

 

 

1:28:46 Relationship on the Rocks

All of the extra time we have spent at home this year has proved interesting, right? We’ve been productive and learned new skills, and also lazy as we binged new shows. We’ve felt motivated, and then discouraged. Our skin has never looked better, and yet it has struggled other days. And then there’s our relationships! By spending almost all of our time together, some relationships have flourished, and others have taken a hit. For many, the pandemic has caused stress with unemployment and extra at-home responsibilities. And for others, the time together has emphasized habits and behaviors you were once able to overlook. Whatever your situation, and whether your relationship is on the rocks or not, we’ve enlisted the help of an expert with over 40 years of experience conducting couple’s therapy to share advice on how to nourish our relationships. Here with us today is Joan Childs.