“Actions may speak louder than words," writes the researcher Angela Duckworth, "but actions and words together send the clearest message of all.” In this episode, Michelle Larson, marriage and family therapist associate, and Amanda Suarez, school psychologist, talk about why it's so essential for families to explore values together. When we talk about what's most important to us, we make it easier to live aligned with those values.
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Intentional Family Time Builds Relationships, Meaning, and Connection
One of the values that we have at Uplift Kids is helping families be intentional together, and this can look many, many different ways. Without *some* intentional time, there can be drifting apart and a lack of meaning. So we wanted to talk about ways to be intentional.One of the sources that we've pulled from in this episode is a book called The Intentional Family by a family therapist named William Doherty. Doherty talks about the need to balance rigidity and flexibility.This approach — an approach that might be called a "wisdom approach" — is something that we explore and hold to consistently at Uplift Kids. It's a "both-and" approach rather than an "either-or" approach. And so the idea here is that we want to find a way to have a bit of structure and flexibility, meaning *some* time together.In this episode we explore ways to make intentional time together.
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Help Kids in a Polarized Political Climate
While kids typically don't need to (or want to) talk about political policies, there are things parents can do to help them talk about differences in healthy and productive ways. In this episode, Amanda Suarez (school psychologist) and Michelle Larson (marriage and family therapist associate) give practical ideas to help kids listen and speak about what matters to them.
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Making Friends in a Digital Age (+ Parenting Workshop)
How do you help kids make friends in a digital age, especially when digital communication can be so fraught. Amanda, Michelle, and Jon talk about guidelines that can help parents and kids alike. Join our parenting workshop in Utah on October 5th. We'd love to meet you in person alongside other parents interested in expansive spirituality and timeless values. See details: https://upliftkids.org/workshop/
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Self-Advocacy (+ Announcing Day Camp, Oct 4)
Amanda Suarez (school psychologist) and Michelle Larson (marriage and family therapist associate) talk about how to best help kids develop the skill of self-advocacy so they can be clear about their wants and needs. We also announce a family day camp in Utah on October 4th. See details: https://upliftkids.org/uplift-family-day-camp/
With new episodes every other week, the Uplift Kids podcast helps families start conversations about timeless values and expansive spirituality. Listen as Jon Ogden interviews Amanda Suarez, a school psychologist and conscious parenting coach, and Michelle Larson, a marriage and family therapist associate.
We look at what the emerging science and wisdom traditions teach about how to navigate big feelings as well as how to integrate practices that nurture spiritual health at home. For more, see: https://upliftkids.org/
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