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Sunshine Parenting

Nov 22, 2019

In this episode, Sara Kuljis is back to talk about giving kids meaningful compliments and focusing on our kids' strengths. We recently hosted our Raise Thriving Kids workshop in Newport Beach where we spent the day discussing positive parenting tools. Since then, we've received a lot of positive feedback, especially on...


Nov 15, 2019

What comes before gratitude in our children? In this episode, Sara and I discuss how we can prepare our kids to become grateful people. Sara and I talked about gratitude last year in this episode about Growing Gratitude.

Big Ideas

  • As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, it is important to remember that we can cultivate a...


Nov 8, 2019

In this episode, I'm speaking with Suzanne Tucker of Generation Mindful, a website dedicated to helping kids learn how to regulate their emotions.

Big Ideas

  • While working as a physical therapist, Suzanne realized there was much more going on in people's wellbeing than just the physical body. The whole health approach...


Nov 1, 2019

In this episode, I'm talking with Dr. Ruth Gerson, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at NYU's Langone Medical Center, about helping teens who have been exposed to trauma.

Trauma is, by definition, when an experience feels so threatening to one's safety and well-being that it overwhelms one's ability to cope. Human...