Welcome to the Raising Mentally Healthy Kids Podcast. With the increase in mental health statistics regarding kids and teens, along with climbing suicide rates, Michelle is passionate about equipping parents to understand and talk with their kids about the mental health issues they encounter in our culture every day.
Listen as she addresses issues the children you love face daily and learn tips to help them navigate the emotional and social struggles of these turbulent times. You CAN raise mentally healthy kids!
4 Principles That Help You Parent More Positively with John Trent, PhD and Dewey Wilson, PhD
These 4 Principles That Help You Parent More Positively with John Trent, PhD and Dewey Wilson, PhD can help get your family back on track. I hope this episode will give you some positive parenting tools to work through the struggles you might be facing during these difficult times. 4 Principles That Help You Parent…
How Understanding Personality Types Can Reduce Conflict in Your Home with John Trent, PhD and Dewey Wilson, PhD
Do you want to reduce conflict in your home but struggle to know how? This episode will help you understand how personality types can affect the ways in which you relate to your family and what to do to make peace a reality. How Understanding Personality Types Can Reduce Conflict in Your Home As parents,…
Raising Relationally Intelligent Kids with John Trent, PhD & Dewey Wilson, PhD
Today we’re talking about Raising Relationally Intelligent Kids and I think this is such an important topic. I’m grateful to have John Trent and Dewey Wilson here to explore this topic with us. With our children often connecting over screens, we have a felt need in our culture to help them develop relational intelligence. In…
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Helping Your Child Grieve the Loss of a Pet with Sissy Goff, M. Ed., LPC-MHSP
Today we’re talking about helping your child grieve the loss of a pet. Sissy Goff is joining me again as we share how to support your child through this difficult time. I know you’ll be encouraged by her insight. Helping Your Child Grieve the Loss of a Pet with Sissy Goff, M. Ed., LPC-MHSP Often…
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What to Do When Your Child Has Worry and Anxiety with Sissy Goff, M. Ed., LPC-MHSP
Today we’re talking to Sissy Goff about what to do when your child has worry and anxiety. This conversation is so timely as rates of anxiety and depression skyrocket among our youth. I hope this conversation helps you face the struggles right where you are.
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Treating Your Child’s Diagnosed Eating Disorder with Ashley Ariail LPC, CEDS
In this episode of Raising Mentally Healthy Kids, we’re discussing Treating your child’s eating disorder with Ashley Ariail, LPC, CEDS.
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What to Do if You Think Your Child has an Eating Disorder with Ashley Ariail LPC, CEDS
Do you know what to do if you think your child has an eating disorder? This week I talk with Ashley Ariail LPC, CEDS about eating disorders.
Understanding Healthy Eating and Eating Disorders with Ashley Ariail LPC, CEDS
This week we are talking about understanding healthy eating and eating disorders with Ashley Ariail LPC, CEDS.
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Teaching Your Kids to Be Thought Detectives with Dr. Caroline Leaf
Teaching Your Kids to Be Thought Detectives is the subject of the second half of my interview with Neuroscientist and Mental Health Expert Dr. Caroline Leaf. We’re continuing our discussion of how we can learn to retrain our brains by systematically managing our thoughts, feelings, and choices. In this episode we dig into how invalidating…
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Retraining Your Brain with Dr. Caroline Leaf
Retraining Your Brain with Dr. Caroline Leaf Retraining Your Brain with Dr. Caroline Leaf is our topic this week in Raising Mentally Healthy Kids. Did you know that by managing your mind you can change your physical brain? In this episode, I’m speaking with Neuroscientist and Mental Health Expert Dr. Caroline Leaf about how understanding…
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Helping Your Kids Manage Back to School Emotions & Anxiety with Melissa Clark, LPC-S
Helping Your Kids Manage Back to School Emotions & Anxiety In the first half of my conversation with Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor Melissa Clark, we discussed how we can prepare our kids to return to school well and help them manage back-to-school stress. In this episode, we’re focusing on asking our kids the right…
Preparing Your Kids for Back to School with Melissa Clark
https://counselorthoughts.libsyn.com/preparing-your-kids-for-back-to-school-with-melissa-clark One of the things I’ve been asked most about this fall is how we as parents can help prepare our kids to return to school. For this episode, I’ve invited my friend and Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor Melissa Clark to help. We’re going to talk about how we can help empower our children…
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Raising Kids with Mentally Healthy Brains with Dr. Daniel Amen
https://counselorthoughts.libsyn.com/your-brain-is-always-listening-with-daniel-amen-part-2 In the second half of my interview with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen we’re breaking down some of the hidden influences covered in his book Your Brain is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups. We also discuss the impact of regular exercise on mental health as well as offer…
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