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Where They're Planted episodes
- 53: Grace, Not Guilt: What If I Don’t Like My Kid Right Now?
Jen discusses the often-unspoken reality that parents can deeply love their children while not liking them at times. She explores developmental changes that make kids feel like “strangers,” how children’s behaviors can reflect parents’ unmet needs and loss of self in early parenting, and offers practical ways back to connection.
Deepening Into Parenting Membership
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
26 min - 52: How Parenting Needs to Shift in the Teenage Years with Sarah Dimick
Sarah Dimick returns to talk with Jen how parenting teens can sometimes be super challenging and the reasons why it feels so tricky. Jen and Sarah discuss what is happening at this age from a brain development perspective and why teens tend to push back on much of what we say in their questions for autonomy. They give strategies for how to set effective boundaries and ways to create moments of lasting connection during these years.
Deepening Into Parenting Membership
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
36 min - 51: Setting Your Child Up for Summer Camp Success with Jamie Gale
Jen talks with experienced summer camp director, Jamie Gale, Jamie Gale to discuss how parents of neurodivergent kids can help set their kids up for success at summer camps. Jamie and Jen discuss what information to share with camp about kids and their needs, how to work with camp staff before and during camp to ensure a positive experience and what parents can do if there are bumps in the road.
Deepening Into Parenting Membership
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Contact Jamie Gale:
Website: www.jamiegalellc.com
Jamie’s Camp: Creative Soul Camp
Camp Counselor Training - The Star Counselor
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
31 min - 50: The Story in Our Mind Matters: Changing the Narrative in Parenting with Shannon Stuckey
Shannon Stuckey returns to the podcast to discuss how the brain creates narratives to predict safety and make sense of experiences, which become core beliefs that shape parenting. Jen and Shannon explain how early caregiver interactions can program beliefs and emphasize that unspoken beliefs and nonverbal “energy” affect sensitive and neurodivergent kids. Jen and Shannon suggest way to make changes to improve the parenting experience and to help children grow healthy self-narratives.
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske and Shannon Stuckey
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Resources:
Link to Water Experiment
Deepening Into Parenting Membership
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
39 min - 49: Beyond What the Kids Say: Communicating with Our “Big Feelings” Kids - Part 2
In this second part of Jen’s two-part series on communicating with your kids who have big feelings, Jen discusses the more nuanced factors of communication that pack a punch in creating success and connection with your child. She explains how non-verbal communication, timing and pacing and family communication patterns can impact outcomes and connection with kids and gives practical strategies for improving these approaches.
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
28 min - 48: Communicating with Our “Big Feelings” Kids: Part 1
In this first episode of a two-part series, Jen discusses communication strategies that are effective and lead to connection and understanding with our kids, especially those who tend to have big feelings that they express in big ways. Jen explores the topics of active and reflective listening, how regulation affects communication, and the "power of the pause."
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
33 min - 47: Emotional Resilience: What It Is and How to Help Your Child Develop It
Jen talks about emotional resilience both from a developmental and relational lens. She discusses was emotional resilience is NOT and offers strategies that parents can use to foster emotional resilience in their kids.
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
28 min - 46: Giftedness through an Occupational Therapy Lens
In this follow up episode, Jen discusses how she supports giftedness in children through an occupational therapy lens. She shares some key elements of how giftedness can present and some common developmental patterns, as well as ways to assist gifted children both in therapy and at home.
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Resources:
Hopelessly Gifted Podcast with Mark Talaga
Center for Identify Potential
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
29 min - 45: Understanding Giftedness in Your Child with Mark Talaga
Jen is joined by counselor for the gifted, Mark Talaga to discuss the concept of giftedness and what it means to have asynchronous development, often referred to as "2E". We learn how parents can best support their gifted kids to help them reach their full potential.
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Contact Mark Talaga:
Center for Identity Potential
Hopelessly Gifted Podcast
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
29 min - 44: This One's for the Moms: Growing and Changing while Mothering
Jen explores the complicated experience of being a mom while parenting unique kids. She discusses what it means to raise kids while also trying to grow and change as adults and how this impacts our child’s development and sense of self.
**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.
Host: Jen Bluske
Producers: Jamie Gale and Jen Bluske
Contact Jen Bluske:
Clinic Website
Thriving Parents Collective Website
Where They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.
www.litpathstudios.com | IG: @litpathstudios
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About Where They're Planted
From the publisher's feed
Where They’re Planted is a podcast for parents and care providers of unique children to gain skills, understanding and support. Listeners learn how to help children with developmental, emotional or behavioral challenges, neurodiverse brains, or difficult early life experiences bloom where they’re planted. Host Jen Bluske, occupational therapist and parent coach, offers rich insights using brain science, nervous system tools, collaborative strategy sessions and a deep understanding of the developmental process.
The Where They’re Planted Podcast is a Lit Path Studios Production.