Beyond Risk & Back

Love & Logic and REALLY Risky Teens

Dr. Charles Fay and Aaron Huey review the essentials of Love and Logic and how it can provide a clear path of boundaries, consequences, and responsibility for ANY child. Dr. Fay is a parent, internationally recognized author, consultant and highly skilled public speaker. Millions of educators, mental health professionals, and parents world-wide have benefited from his practical and down-to-earth solutions to the most common and frustrating behaviors displayed by youth of all ages. These solu...

Teens and Sex-Ed.

Talk about bodies, sex, birds, and the bees to your kids and teens. Leave space for family values. Leave space for your teen's ideas and values...that are in development. Mandi Nuttall is a former high school health teacher and collegiate volleyball player at BYU and has since adopted the self-proclaimed titles of a taxi driver, nutritionist, doctor, therapist, personal trainer, cancer fighter, interior designer, janitor, photographer, chef, all since marrying her soulmate and becoming a m...

Permission to Heal

27 years as a High School Teacher, Marci Brockman is the author of Permission to Heal and this show helps clear the way for self-care. Empathy begins with the sharing of our stories. In this podcast, we engage in meaningful, deeply human conversations to inspire connection, compassion, understanding, and whole-hearted wellness. We all need to learn to give ourselves the grace and space to heal from trauma, breathe through the tough stuff, and create meaningful lives and love. Only we can gi...

Talking with SAFY.

Foster Parenting - My talk with SAFY   Since our founding in Lima, Ohio in 1984, their work has rested on a single, radical idea – children belong in families. Every child and family deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential.  They are an extraordinary team of 500 employees in seven states including Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio and South Carolina who provide safety and healing so families and children can build resilience and thrive.  Ariel Dew has worke...

Online Learning and Teens

Online Learning and Teens Mark Taylor the founder of "Educator on Fire" is bringing the heat! This conversation is to support parents whose kids have struggled to get back into the "joy" of learning. Mark is the Vice-Chair of the National Association for Primary Education and is bringing his knowledge across the pond to help parents back into the saddle of keeping kids engaged at school    

NLP and your Teen

Neuro - Linguistic Programming Gemma Bailey brings her toolbox of parenting techniques as she is the founder of "NLP for Kids". Gemma Bailey (born 3rd march 1979) is best known as a therapist who uses NLP and hypnotherapy with a specialism in working with children and young people. After training as a Nursery Nurse at Oaklands College, St Albans, she went on to work in a variety of child care settings including day nurseries, schools, crèches, and kids camps, and then became the youngest ...

Katherine Sellery and the Conscious Parenting Revolution

One of Beyond Risk and Back's most popular guests! 3 time TEDx speaker, Katherine brings us the nuts and bolts of conscious parenting when our teens are struggling. Finding your center in yourself instead of your child's behavior!

Welcome to the ADHD Village!

In this episode of Beyond Risk and Back, I bring out one of my favorites! Lara Dawn is not just an expert in ADHD children and how to support them, she is a mom of ADHD children and has ADHD herself. She is also the founder of the ADHD village and spends her time gathering experts on ADHD from all over the globe to educate her village! She's done it again with 35 more experts! This is a FREE summit coming up that you need to register for ASAP!  https://summit.calmingtheadhdfamily.com/Aaron ...

The Somatic Experience-

Brett Hill Mindfulness, communication, and Somatic understanding. This is a show about tools to "come back home" to the moment. The Language of Mindfulness is his podcast and the subject of his TedTalk, and upcoming book! https://www.languageofmindfulness.com/mindfulness-coach/

Working from the Inside Out

Have you ever heard of "Tapping"? EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy and Tapping is a WONDERFUL experience. We explore it as a technique and teach you the basics because this is something you can do at home.   ANN HINCE is our narrator and instructor here! From finding her mother dead on the bathroom floor at 16 years old to RESHAPING her body through her personal growth work and therapeutic interventions, she brings her expertise to you.   You can find more about Ann at www.annhince.com

Coffee over Suicide

I have the host of Coffee over Suicide Podcast, Chris Parker Howard, on to talk with humor, honesty, and a deep message about suicide.   Who he is is best Summed up in his own bio... "I used to wonder if I was stranded on a desert island, without anti-depressants or mood stabilizers, would my own brain be the thing that kills me? I spent a lot of time trying different coping mechanisms for my particular cocktail of manic depression, social anxiety, OCD, and ADD, and I have come up with a ...

Brains, Medications, Mental Health and.... how LOVE can change everything.

Dr. Heim will quickly become your favorite source for understanding the human condition. He has become mine. Just listen and you WILL understand.   https://www.drchristianheim.com/ Dr. Heim is an award-winning Psychiatrist, Music Professor, and Churchill fellow. During his 18 years of continuing psychiatry practice, he has heard the stories of 1000s of people. Combining science, entertainment, and large doses of Australian humor, he speaks from a place of deep compassion and authority on...

Gamer Dad and his Gamer Kids.

Video Games are not what they used to be...but are they dangerous? What's really happening when your child logs on to a game?   Jed Shaffer is a dad who uses video games as a connection with his kids and he gives us an insight to online language, sexism, racism, and the potentially violent behavior that takes place. Have you ever heard of "S.W.A.T-ing"?   Knowing that his own children are online, what are his strategies to keep the connection and experience healthy and fun?   Should ki...

Understanding Anxiety- The Survivor Perspective.

What is the difference between willingness and capability when it comes to dealing with anxiety?   Since Covid began, adolescents 13-17 reporting anxiety symptoms have skyrocketed to 25%. The brain spin is crippling.    Do you have knowledge of it or do you understand it?   Kyle Mitchell grew up with it. Survived it. Thrives with it. Kyle is a teen mental health advocate, podcast host, upcoming TEDx speaker, and, most importantly, severe social anxiety survivor and overcomer.   Kyle ...

The Future of My Scars

When children self-harm, we often are afraid of what they will have to tell people about their scars when they get older. How will they explain it to a friend, future spouse, a boss? How could they do this to their bodies and their future?   WHY would a child ever do this?   "I am not my mental health trauma. I am me."   I met with Amy Minh Hạnh Corey on the birthday of her 8th year of sobriety from self-harm who can explain it to use from a young-persons point of view, and WHY she cut...

Finding Light in the Darkness

Spirituality is EASY when things are going well.   So how do you find your spiritual side when your teen is running away, cutting, using, and suffering from mental health issues.   How do you find the Light in the Darkness? How do you tend to your Faith when you are in Fight or Flight?   Stan Lewis the Host of the "Fearless Parenting" podcast brings us support when the price of our family struggling with addiction, mental health, and behavioral health issues begin to cost us... our ...

Autism- The more we understand, the more we accept.

  This week's guest! Emily Ansell Elfer Editor of Autism Parenting Magazine brings us the expertise she has gained through her experience of putting together a monthly magazine for parents.   Emily Ansell Elfer, BA Hons, Dip is Editor of Autism Parenting Magazine, where she coordinates an extensive group of therapists, autism specialists, and writers to publish news and professional guidance for families affected by autism. An NCTJ-qualified journalist, Emily’s work is published in newspa...

Actually, your teen IS reading.

Dr. Brassel is known as the Jim Carrey of reading. Danny Brassell is America's Leading Reading Ambassador...who grew up hating reading. Do kids read more or less now? How do you get teens who don't read...to LOVE reading? Does the internet count? "Captain Underpants is the gateway drug to Shakespeare." Since 1996, Danny has taught at California State University. A tenured professor in the Teacher Education Department, he works with beginning teachers and administrators. He has taught co...

Permission to Heal- The journey from wanting to allowing.

Once you begin to understand that your experience as a parent was informed by your parents, and their parents...and their parents...then what?    Marci Brockmann,  a high school teacher for 27 years, tells her story of childhood pain and walking away from the legacy of trauma passed down in her family, generation after generation after finally giving herself...permission to heal.   Now it's your turn.   Marci Brockmann is a multi-passionate woman – an artist, an author, a podcaster, an...

”Getting to Zero: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships”

Jayson Gaddis is a favorite guest on Beyond Risk and Back because of his work in relationships. Founder of the Relationship School in boulder colorado, Jayson is also the author of the newly released "Getting to Zero: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships".   Chances are most of us deal with conflict on a daily basis with friends, family members, lovers, partners, and even co-workers, and when unresolved it can affect every single aspect of our lives, from self-con...

Your Patterns Predict Your Path. Kolbe Testing Kids

Kolbe Testing was originally a brilliant business tool to understand employee strengths and utilizing them in the RIGHT place in the business. It is literally a tool to find out HOW people solve problems.   I've taken multiple Kolbe tests through the years and took one again recently. My guest interprets my results!   Gail Swift was part of the team that helped Kolbe create a testing procedure for kids as young as 3...and the results are AMAZING.

Bio-Hacking Struggling Teens...Essential Oils and the Woo Woo episode

No, I'm not joking. Before you roll your eyes, you need to know that I am a believer in essential oils and use them a lot.    After I heard about my guest, I had to ask her: Do they work with families that struggle? What is Bio-Hacking and can we use oils to hack our teen's brains? Is it actually a real thing? Like... with science? ...and every left hook question I could think of to understand this...woo-woo stuff. Melody Watts thinks so and I brought her on the air to talk about ANO...

The Addicted Child

Wilderness Programs v. Residential Treament. Examples of changes when drug abuse begins. Transport? Is Cannabis actually dangerous for children? ...and what parents can do...step by step. Richard Capriola, Author of "The Addicted Child- A Parents Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse" is my guest this week! Richard has been in the recovery industry for a long time now and can give parents a REAL insight into what is happening with teens and addiction.   You can find out more about Ric...

Eating Disorders- Learning how to say NO to the disorder.

Strategies from a survivor. 9% of the population will have an eating disorder in their lifetime. Faith Alicia helps THIS father and his careless comment understand how and why eating disorders work and hurt families. She also provides the support to get back on track.

Emotional Intelligence

Brian Clate and I talk about emotional intelligence in children, teens, and adults. Brian is a behavioral coach who focuses on emotional intelligence.  

Autism from the point of view of one who HAS the gift.

Sam Mitchell is the host of the popular podcast "Autism Rocks". Hearing about Autism from the perspective of a 19-year-old WITH Autism, was eye-opening, to say the least!   Caution Explicit Language!

Porn in Every Teen's Pocket- how to protect your home.

The number of questions I receive about protecting the home from porn and the anarchy of information the teen has access to inspired this episode. Ryan Becker is an IT security consultant and more importantly, a parent.   Let's listen to the specialist discuss how he protects his home and children.

GO TO SLEEP! (I'm talking to you!)

Dr. Melissa Milanak is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and her work on sleep is making waves in the mental health industry...and WHY not? You are only going to spend 230,000 hours doing it...at least, you are SUPPOSED to! Let's get our sleep patterns BACK ON TRACK.

Before you medicate...

Dr. James and Nurse Veronica Seberger are working hard to prove that many mental health issues don't need meds, a clear brain map. Can skills replace pills?   Unbelievable research proving true! 

The ADHD Toolbox

Of of the few people I can be myself around is Bob Deitrich. He is at the CENTER of the spiderweb when it comes to ADHD experts and strategies for families. A good friend and a GREAT GUEST.   If you have a family with the ADHD blessing/curse, this episode is a must!

Autism. Working with families on the Spectrum.

Confronting Mental Health and Addiction through Food and Movement

Depression, Anxiety, Cannabis, Covid, Opiates... Naltrexone?

What an amazing episode with a Nurse from the frontlines in a mobile clinic helping addicts kill the craving!

How a child can change a community, without ever talking.

During his abbreviated 22-year life, Graham Gardner was unable to speak or to walk on his own. Yet he forged meaningful relationships wherever he went. His cerebral palsy forced him to rely on other people — sometimes complete strangers — for absolutely everything. Yet he accepted his reality, lived in the present moment, reveled in relationships, and exuded radiance around him. Graham personified joy and he lived love.    My interview with his father, Dr. Steven Gardner.   This powerful...

rRest...the ART of Self-Care

rRest is a system of self-care designed by Dr. Sholes As a UCSF-trained neuroscientist, medical hypnotherapist, and mom, Dr. Cindy Sholes brings a unique skill-set and approach to personal growth and transformation. During her 17 year mission to transform mental wellness, she has worked with thousands of parents and teens helping them find advantages in their adversity so they can see themselves as positive creators of their life.   She is the creator of rREST, rapid Reprogramming of Emotio...

Online Behavior. WHY we can't stop. What parents Can do.

WHY IS TECH SO ADDICTIVE? Did they do this on purpose? Do they know what's happening to our children? Do they care?   Who are  "They"?   Catherine Knibbs is an Interpersonal Neurobiological practitioner using theoretical integration of Neuroscience and Attachment and synthesizing this with Transactional Analysis and Functional Medicine approaches with Technology. She is one of a kind in this field! Online Harms & Cybertrauma Advisor, Consultant, Author, and Gaming/TechTherapist. Clinica...

Gen-X Parents

Stigmas and stereotypes are surrounding every generation. We can look back and notice the differences in Boomers' social culture, vs. Millennials, vs. Generation-I. But, what about parenting?  Today I am joined by Dr. Louise Stranger to discuss who Generation-X are as parents and how we have raised Millenials.

Perfection.

Perfectionists are extraordinary people.  Their vision, determination, and commitment to only the very best has allowed seemingly unreachable ambitions to be realized and ground-breaking techniques to be discovered. Without them, the world as we know it would be virtually unrecognizable. But their dedication comes at a price.  The pursuit of perfection is often so intense that mental and physical health is frequently compromised, with the continual feelings of never being good enough sendi...

Tehya's Story

"When you are Happy, you enjoy the music. When you are Sad, you understand the lyrics." This quote about Bipolar begins to express the rollercoaster life of someone who lives with it. The extremes and the relief of the middle. Waiting for the other shoe to drop and the repair process in the aftermath. Bipolar is the healing or the curse of dancing...depending on the person's current state.   This is Tehya's life. Early diagnosis. Early Medication. Early trauma. a lifetime of recovery work,...

A Family is Only as Sick as It's Secrets

John Ingham tells his harsh truth story of growing up as an addict in a family of addicts. Be Advised: Explicit Language. "My gateway was my family." Transparency and Truth, John paints the picture of recovery that feels familiar to a lot of us and relieves the pressure of feeling like you are alone in your struggle. Starting at 8 years old and now supporting teens in recovery getting into college. An inspiring story of family love, drug use, and moving on.

Killing the Dragon

Smoking Cigarettes has been deemed just as addictive as using Heroin; my guest today refutes this claim. John De Miranda has been substance-free for over 40 years and has dedicated his life to researching and understanding the Nicotine Industry. Today, he wants to call parents and our culture out on how we educate our youth around the subject of substance use and distinguish myth from fact when it comes to addiction and experimentation.

Thrown to the Wolves

I meet with adolescent therapist Ozzie Cabral to learn the true NATURE of being with a traumatized teen...and work with his WOLVES.   It is one of the most impactful trainings I have ever had.

He's Got his Mothers Eyes and His Fathers Trauma.

We pass down alot to our children, genetically and emotionally. As parents, we try to figure out where our child's behavior comes from, especially when they are acting out and struggling. My guest today will guide us through the concept of Epigenetics, the study of how trauma is passed down through generations.  Carolyn Ross, a Board Certified Medical Doctor and specialist in addiction disorder, dedicates her practice to understanding the effects of Epigenetics and how parents can build aw...

Never Certain

How do we navigate uncertainty? What can we hold on to when things are out of our control. I get to sit down with Dr.Renee Baribeau and Dr.Lauren Costine to break down what "certainty" actually means and how we can adapt our emotional, mental and physical needs while living in an uncertain world.

Incarceration or Recovery?

Times are changing, and we are seeing laws surrounding legal punishment of drug crimes change all over the country. How do we decide as a nation who gets incarcerated and who gets sent to rehab? And, how is this affecting YOUR struggling teen? My guest is David Dawd, from the Department of Corrections, discusses how legislation and laws are changing the way we look at addiction in our penal system.

What is Right With You?

Let's shake up the "norm" of psychology. It is often our way, as human beings, to ask, "what is wrong with me?" "What is wrong with my kid?" "What is wrong with my marriage?"  Today, let us ask, "What is RIGHT?"  Jean Campbell accompanies me to discuss Positive Psychology, the practice of focusing individuals on their progress and positive impact, rather than focusing on the negative. She will explain why this is so vital for parents to understand with their teens and see it affecting clien...

The Wounded Healer

What is a wounded healer? As mental health care professionals and as parents, can we serve and heal our children and clients if we ourselves are not healed?  Today I am joined by expert Sarah Buino as she dives into the wounded healer concept and how to navigate a mentorship role when you yourself may have a lot of internal work to do...

Medicating Normal

Should we medicate our kids? Should we STOP medicating our kids? How do we, as parents, make the right decisions for our struggling teens when it comes to prescription drugs? Today my guests are Lynn C. and Angela, both filmmakers and mental health professionals tackling the topic of medicating children.

Trauma vs. Complex Trauma

My guest today is Elizabeth Davis, a specialist in Intensive Trauma Therapy including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Art Therapy, and more. In this episode of Beyond Risk and Back Elizabeth will walk us through what Complex Trauma is, how it presents in our teens, and what resources there are to address it.

The Birds and The Bees in Rehab.

Today, I deep dive into the benefits and logistics of sex-positive education with expert Anne Hodder. In this episode, we explore why teens not only need but deserve to have a healthy, honest, and comprehensive physical education. But how? Anne walks me through how staff and health care professionals can support Residence and teens with this topic and what parents need to know about sexual education and recovery.