Kids Need People Who Don't Give Up On Them with Jorie Das

Sep 29, 2026

For some kids, the most powerful support is not one more program. It is an adult who keeps showing up.

Jorie Das is the Executive Director of Friends of the Children Los Angeles, an organization doing something that immediately got my attention: pairing children who have experienced significant adversity with paid,...

Radical Acceptance of Children's Own Wisdom with Jenn Glacel

Sep 22, 2026

If we spend childhood teaching a kid that adults know their body, needs, and limits better than they do, it is a pretty big leap to expect self-trust to magically appear in adulthood.

Jenn Glacel is back on the podcast, and this time we are talking about what she calls radical acceptance of children’s inner knowing or...

Partner Relationships and Complicated Kids with Caron Starobin

Sep 15, 2026

When your child needs so much from you, your relationship with your partner can quietly become one more thing that gets put on the back burner.

There is always something more urgent. A school issue. An appointment. A meltdown. A sibling who also needs something. A decision that has to be made. Caron Starobin’s...

Trust Yourself with Allyn Miller

Sep 8, 2026

You cannot teach your child to trust you while constantly second-guessing yourself.

There is no shortage of parenting information out there. Books, podcasts, influencers, experts, schools, research, and your neighbor’s cousin all have thoughts about what you should be doing with your child.

And sometimes all that...

When Talk Therapy Isn't Enough with Dr. Julie Lopez

Sep 1, 2026

Understanding the problem is not always the same as changing the pattern.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Julie Lopez, founder of Viva, for a conversation about trauma, implicit memory, brain-based therapies, and why talk is not always the language the nervous system understands.

Julie starts with a story from...