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/
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Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn — and Face
In this episode, Amanda Suarez (school psychologist) and Michelle Larsen (marriage and family therapist associate) talk about common responses to stress and trauma — and how to develop a wise, confident, and calm response to such situations instead.It all pairs well with our printable on the topic in our social and emotional library, found at:UpliftKids.org/SEL
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Calming Breathing Strategies — And Why They Matter!
*Note that we've switched to new episodes every other week. In this episode we talk about our latest printable in our social and emotional library — a printable that outlines 6 breathing strategies that can help kids find a sense of calm throughout their lives. It's a useful way to get through an emotionally overwhelming moment at home, with friends, at school, or anywhere!
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Help Kids Respond Instead of React
How can you help kids respond to problems instead of react to them? School psychologist Amanda Suarez and marriage and family therapist associate Michelle Larson talk about a timeless concept conveyed simply in one of our original printables that families can use at home with kids. See our printables for members: https://upliftkids.org/social-and-emotional-skills-printables-for-kids/
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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