We discuss the importance of starting mental and emotional health conversations with children from a young age, highlighting the benefits for their emotional development and future stability and happiness.
In today’s episode, Rebecca Rolland, a Harvard lecturer and author, emphasizes that these discussions should be ongoing and developmentally appropriate, ... Show More
Aug 21
Conquering Social Anxiety in College
Ever feel like your fear of judgment is holding you back from college life? In this no-nonsense episode, host Gabe Howard teams up with ADAA member expert Ken Goodman, LCSW, to cut through the noise and tackle social anxiety head-on. Discover how everyday moments — like dropping ... Show More
25m 1s
Aug 14
Schizophrenia Unmasked: Facts, Myths, and Lived Reality
What do you really know about schizophrenia? Guest host Rachel Star Withers — who lives with schizophrenia — takes us beyond the headlines and horror movies in this powerful, honest, and enlightening episode of Inside Mental Health. Joined by neuropsychologist and schizophrenia r ... Show More
30m 44s
Aug 7
OCD, Trauma, or Both? Understanding the Overlap
Is it trauma? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Or both? Can trauma trigger OCD? Can OCD feel like trauma? In this episode, Dr. Nathaniel Van Kirk, a ADAA member and leading clinical psychologist and trauma expert, joins Gabe Howard to unpack the complex relationship between t ... Show More
19m 42s
Apr 2023
Lisa Damour, PhD On The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Adolescence has always been a difficult phase of life, but today’s teenagers are navigating a world that is vastly different from any generation before them. From social media to cyberbullying, from political polarization to climate change, the challenges facing teenagers today a ... Show More
2h 8m
Sep 2023
[Mindfulness For Kids 1] Calm Reminder
Join Hunter Clarke-Fields and Dr. Christopher Willard in this special series of mindfulness practices for kids! Mindfulness offers kids a powerful tool for managing the pressures of school, peer relationships, and the increasing digital distractions, ultimately promoting their ov ... Show More
8m 58s
Sep 2022
The Myth of Normal and Toxic Culture - Dr. Gabor Maté
Today's guest is a brilliantly original thinker and bestselling author on addiction, trauma, parenting, and the social context of human diseases and imbalances - Dr. Gabor Maté. Contrary to mainstream medicine, he asserts that most health issues and diseases aren't individual pro ... Show More
38m 59s
May 2024
How Smartphones Are Rewiring Our Brains, Why Social Media is Eradicating Childhood & The Truth About The Mental Health Epidemic with Jonathan Haidt #456
Today’s episode is about a topic that I am truly passionate about - the introduction of social media and smartphones into all aspects of our lives - and what impact this is having on us individually, collectively and, perhaps most urgently, what impact is this having on our child ... Show More
2h 4m
Apr 2019
Lisa Damour, PhD On Parenting Teens Under Pressure
“We run the risk now of raising a generation that is stressed about being stressed, and anxious about being anxious.”Lisa Damour, PhD
Today’s expedition takes us into the beautifully mysterious world of parenting, with a specific lens on navigating the perplexing vicissitudes of ... Show More
2h 18m
Jan 2019
What Do Kids Need? Part 2 - Expert Roundtable [148]
Hunter talks to Cathy and Todd Adams, Alison Canavan, and Julie Bjelland about: 1. What advice would you give yourself when you were a younger, struggling parent? 2. What do kids need? 3. How do we give that to them? Todd and Cathy Adams are the hosts of the Zen Parenting Radio p ... Show More
1h 8m
Oct 2021
How To Raise Children In An Unjust World w/Dr. Traci Baxley EP 1179
Today’s guest is Dr. Traci Baxley! She’s a professor, consultant, parenting coach and speaker. As an educator for over 30 years with degrees in child development, elementary education, and curriculum and instruction, she specializes in diversity and inclusion, anti-bias curriculu ... Show More
1h 26m