Amber Trueblood is a licensed marriage and family therapist, an MBA and a best-selling author.

She also has more than 25 years of experience in the mental health space.

She is the co-founder of the MECA project, aimed at helping teens and young adults thrive. MECA stands for Mentally and Emotionally through Conscious Awareness.

Amber is a mother of four sons.

Her second book is called The Unflustered Mom: How Understanding the Five Anxiety Styles Transforms the Way We Parent, Partner, Live, and Love.

It was published in June 2023.

Timestamps: 

•  1:48 - What is an anxiety style?  
•  3:10 - How to determine one’s anxiety style
•  6:57 - Ways in which an anxiety style can impact parenting

Socials:

• @officialambertrueblood (IG) 
• @getstretchmarks (FB)

Dr. Erika Bocknek is Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, and a practicing couples and family therapist.

She is the Associate Editor of the Infant Mental Health Journal and serves on the editorial boards of Adversity and Resilience Science and Infancy. 

She has published over 50 peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters for professional audiences

Dr. Bocknek is also a mother of three.

Timestamps: 

• 1:17 - Definition of social-emotional learning
• 1:43 - How parents can adopt a social-emotional learning approach 
• 9:28 - A starting point for parents to introduce social-emotional learning 

Socials: 

• @drerikaconvo (IG)
• @drerikaconvo (Twitter)

This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Kirsten Jones, performance coach, motivational speaker, author and mom about the decline in youth sports participation and the role and impact of parents.

Dr. Tim Naimi is the Director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, professor at UVic’s School of Public Health and Social Policy, and an alcohol epidemiologist.

He is one of three scientists at UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research who were part of an expert committee that crafted the proposed new guidelines warning of the risks associated with more than two alcoholic drinks per week.

He is currently supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Centres for Disease Control in the United States for his research on binge drinking and youth drinking, among other areas.

Dr. Naimi is a father of two teenage daughters and is based in Victoria.

Timestamps: 

• 3:00 - The science behind new proposed national alcohol consumption guidelines 
• 6:30 - The physiological effects of alcohol on the body
• 10:00 - Binge drinking and youth drinking in light of new scientific findings

Socials: 

• @UVic_CISUR (Twitter)
• @UVic.CISUR (Facebook)
• @Uvic_PHSP (Twitter)
• @PHSPuvic (FB)