Scrambled: The Children‘s Mental Health Podcast
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsAnxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma: Children are impacted by all of these and more. Scrambled: The Children’s Mental Health Podcast is here to normalize talking about mental health and provide listeners with psychoeducation about children’s mental health. Hosted by a former television broadcaster and father alongside a therapist and mom, you will hear relatable discussion, learn about mental health, receive recommendations and tips, and enjoy guest interviews with families who have or are living with childhood mental health issues
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Episodes
Episode 78 - 'Parenting on Different Paths'
July 17, 2024 10:15 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MBNikki and Chad discuss practical strategies for navigating differences between co-parents and other adults working with children who might not see eye to eye regarding how behaviors and symptoms should be managed.
Episode 77 - 'First Aid for Mental Health'
July 03, 2024 10:15 - 20 minutes - 46 MBChad and Nikki recently attended a Youth Mental Health First Aid course and share their experience in this episode.
Episdoe 76 - 'Anxiety Hacks'
June 19, 2024 10:15 - 33 minutes - 77.3 MBThere are a lot of tools a kid can use in their mental health toolbox. In this episode, Nikki & Chad offer 14 hacks that could help you or your child shake anxiety at the onset.
Episode 75 - 'Fear of Public Speaking and Other Panic Disorders'
June 05, 2024 10:15 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MBThe fear of public speaking is one of the most common fears there is. But that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Panic Disorders.
Episode 75 - 'Fear of Public Speaking and Other Anxiety Disorders'
June 05, 2024 10:15 - 43 minutes - 99.7 MBThe fear of public speaking is one of the most common fears there is. But that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Panic Disorders.
Episode 74 - 'Parenting OCD'
May 22, 2024 10:15 - 36 minutes - 83.1 MBChad and Nikki are joined by Natasha Daniels of AT Parenting Survival. Natasha hosts a podcast and has published books, all about OCD. She is also the parent of children with anxiety and OCD. In this episode, she shares her professional and personal take on OCD in children and teens.
Episode 73 - 'OCD 101'
May 08, 2024 10:15 - 45 minutes - 104 MBChad and Nikki are joined by Dr. Stephen Whiteside, Board-Certified Psychologist and Director of the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, to talk about OCD diagnosis and treatment in children.
Episode 72 - 'No,You Are Not Ruining Your Children'
April 24, 2024 10:15 - 27 minutes - 62.5 MBNikki and Chad discuss strategies parents can use to build resilience against the impact of life’s typical challenges, or in other words, “How Not to Ruin Your Kids in 10 Easy Steps.”
Episode 71 - 'Parenting a Sibling of Trauma'
April 10, 2024 10:15 - 38 minutes - 87.4 MBNikki and Chad are joined by Nicole Wheatley, whose youngest child was diagnosed with brain cancer when her eldest daughter was just 3 years old. Tune in for a conversation about raising the siblings of children who have experienced trauma.
Episode 70 - 'Inherited Trauma'
March 27, 2024 10:15 - 42 minutes - 98.3 MBJustin Black, co-author and co-founder of Redefining Normal, joins Chad and Nikki for a conversation about generational trauma.
Episode 69 - 'ACES: Adverse Childhood Experiences'
March 13, 2024 10:15 - 18 minutes - 43.5 MBNikki and Chad discuss the Adverse Childhood Experiences study from 1994, exploring the potential impact of ACEs on long term health and well-being.
Episode 68 - 'Healing From Trauma'
February 28, 2024 11:15 - 33 minutes - 77.1 MBThree time returning guest, Dr. Jessica Patel, Clinical Child Psychologist, joins Chad and Nikki to discuss treatment options for childhood trauma.
Episode 67 - 'How Trauma Shows up in Children'
February 14, 2024 11:15 - 27 minutes - 62.7 MBDr. Jessica Patel, Child Clinical Psychologist, returns to Scrambled to discuss the many ways trauma can manifest in children.
Episode 66 - 'Coping Skills for Parents'
January 31, 2024 11:15 - 49 minutes - 114 MBNikki and Chad share tips for coping with meltdowns and other parenting challenges.
Episode 65 - ’Trauma 101’
January 17, 2024 11:15 - 39 minutes - 91.5 MBDelving into the profound topic of trauma, Chad and Nikki embark on a thoughtful exploration by providing foundational insights into trauma and related disorders.
Episode 64 - ’Taking Care of Business’
January 03, 2024 11:15 - 44 minutes - 102 MBMandy Harvey, Speaker and Trauma Healer, joins Nikki and Chad to start a conversation about trauma that will continue into several future episodes in 2024.
Episode 63 - ’Giving the Gift of Self-Esteem’
December 20, 2023 11:15 - 42 minutes - 96.2 MBIn the last episode of 2023, Chad and Nikki talk about self-esteem development in children. They share tips for helping the kids in your life build a healthy and stable view of themselves, one of the best gifts you can give!
Episode 62 - ’Look Who’s Talking: Music for the Mind’
December 06, 2023 11:15 - 25 minutes - 58.9 MBIn this Look Who’s Talking Episode, Nikki and Chad are joined by Brian Kroening and Tom Fugelburg, two dads from Minneapolis making music for mental health. Tom and Brian share how they joined forces to create a musical movement for children’s mental health. To sign up for their newsletter, visit seeking-permssion.com.
Episdoe 61 - ’When is it OK to Lie to Your Children?’
November 22, 2023 11:15 - 26 minutes - 59.8 MBIn an episode relevant to parents with kids of all ages, Nikki and Chad discuss lying. More specifically, are there times that lying to your kids is okay?
Episode 60 - ’Having Difficult Conversations with Children’
November 08, 2023 11:15 - 39 minutes - 90.6 MBChad and Nikki are joined by Sara Olsher, children’s book author and illustrator and founder of Mighty and Bright, for a conversation about how to talk to kids about heavy subjects like divorce, cancer, and death.
Episode 59 - ’ADHD Treatments’
October 25, 2023 10:15 - 37 minutes - 85.6 MBIn this third and final episode of our ADHD series, Dr. Tanya Royster returns to the conversation with the most current information about how psychiatry treats ADHD in children as well as a few non-medication treatment options that can help kids and families.
Episode 58 -’Diagnosing ADHD’
October 11, 2023 10:15 - 36 minutes - 83.8 MBIn the second installment of our ADHD mini-series, Dr. Tanya Royster returns to talk with Nikki and Chad about the process of diagnosing ADHD and the implications for this mental health disorder for kids and families.
Episode 57 - ’ADHD Explained’
September 27, 2023 10:15 - 39 minutes - 90.4 MBIn part 1 of a 3 part series, Chad and Nikki are joined by psychiatrist Dr.Tanya Royster who explains what ADHD is and is not, along with tips for recognizing the three different types of this disorder in kids.
Episode 56 - ’Does Anxiety Look Different Between Boys and Girls?’
September 13, 2023 10:15 - 23 minutes - 54.5 MBWe've talked before how anxiety can be a shapeshifter, but initially, does it show up different in boys and girls and is it easy to spot?
Episode 55 - ’How to Quickly De-escalate a Child’
August 30, 2023 10:15 - 49 minutes - 114 MBWith the foundation for healthy coping discussed in the last episode, Chad and Nikki move on to quick ways for parents, and other adults, to de-escalate anxious, frustrated, or otherwise dis-regulated kids at home or school.
Episode 54 - ’Simple Coping Skills for Back to School.
August 16, 2023 10:15 - 47 minutes - 108 MBIt's back to school time, and Nikki and Chad do a deep dive into what it takes to have effective coping skills and share a couple simple-to-use coping skills to try as we face back to school anxiety or stress.
Episode 53 -’Fight Back’
August 02, 2023 10:15 - 45 minutes - 104 MBScrambled welcomes Mike Oglesbee, author, coach, and hypnotherapist for Episode 53. Chad and Nikki explore alternative approaches to treating mental health symptoms while showcasing the work Mike is doing to help others.
Episode 52 - ’It’s Complicated: OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome, & ADHD’
July 19, 2023 10:15 - 33 minutes - 76 MBIn the 52nd episode of Scrambled, Chad and Nikki talk about the interesting and often complicated relationships between three childhood mental health conditions: OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome, and ADHD.
Episode 51 - ’Are You Creating Your Child’s Anxiety?’
July 05, 2023 18:41 - 41 minutes - 94.2 MBNikki and Chad highlight those little things parents do and don’t do that can create anxiety for our kids in episode 51.
Episode 50 - ’Inspiration’
June 21, 2023 10:15 - 24 minutes - 55.3 MBChad’s son joins Scrambled for this milestone episode to share his experience of anxiety and what has helped him. Nikki and Chad also answer listener questions about the podcast, selective mutism, and how to guide growth-minded adults in your child’s life.
Episode 49 - ’Traveling Different’
June 07, 2023 10:15 - 32 minutes - 74.4 MBFor episode 49, Nikki and Chad are joined by Dawn Barclay, author of Traveling Different: Vacation Strategies for Parents of the Anxious, the Inflexible, and the Neurodiverse, to discuss obstacles to traveling with children with mental health difficulties and tips for managing those difficulties with less stress for all. Find Dawn’s book here and her blog here.
Episode 48 - ’What’s Sleep Got to do With It?’
May 24, 2023 10:15 - 33 minutes - 77.4 MBWhat does sleep have to do with childhood mental health? Only everything!
Episode 47 - ’Anxiety Through the Years’
May 10, 2023 10:15 - 42 minutes - 98.4 MBIn episode 47 of Scrambled, Nikki and Chad discuss how anxiety can change over time and what signs of problematic anxiety might appear in infants, toddlers, school age children, tweens, and teens.
Episode 46 - ’Mental Health Awareness’
April 26, 2023 10:15 - 16 minutes - 36.8 MBIn episode 46, Chad and Nikki talk about the importance of continuing to bring awareness to mental health.
Episode 45 - ’Parenting and Mental Health’
April 12, 2023 10:15 - 42 minutes - 97.9 MBParenting has evolved a great deal over time. In episode 45, Nikki and Chad illustrate that changes in how we view mental health as a society parallel the evolution of parenting over the same timeframe.
Episode 44 - ’Sensory Processing Disorders’
March 29, 2023 12:54 - 53 minutes - 122 MBLynnae, a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, joins Nikki and Chad for episode 44 and shares what Sensory Processing Disorders are, what they can look like in children, and how and when to ask for professional help.
Episode 43 - ’Anxiety Loves Avoidance’
March 15, 2023 10:15 - 34 minutes - 78.2 MBChad and Nikki discuss anxiety-related avoidant behaviors, and share ideas for navigating these challenges with anxious children.
Episode 42 - ’Putting the ME in Mental Health’
March 01, 2023 11:15 - 39 minutes - 91 MBIn this episode, Nikki and Chad share ideas for how and when to check in on your own mental health so you can be at your best while modeling healthy self-care for your children.
Episode 41 - ’Why Threats Don’t Work’
February 15, 2023 11:15 - 41 minutes - 95.8 MBEven though it may feel instinctive to threaten to take away your child’s phone or another privilege when they are being uncooperative, this episode is a conversation about why that rarely works and what you can try instead.
Episode 40 - ’Masking’
February 01, 2023 11:15 - 27 minutes - 61.9 MBMasking, a term that can be seen circulating on social media, may seem like a new idea, but it's something many people do to cover up their mental health symptoms.
Episode 39 - ’Executive Functioning’
January 18, 2023 11:15 - 38 minutes - 88.4 MBExecutive function, or the skills that help us organize, plan ahead, pay attention, control impulses, and many other important life skills are the focus of this episode, in which Chad and Nikki discuss the connection between common childhood mental health conditions and difficulties with executive functioning skills.
Episode 38 - ’Therapy vs. Medication
January 04, 2023 13:53 - 39 minutes - 90.6 MBThe title of this episode might be how many people look at therapy and medication in the treatment of mental health symptoms: see a therapist or take medicine, which is better?
Episode 37 - ’Teaching Gratitude’
December 21, 2022 11:15 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBGratitude may seem like a stretch from children’s mental health, but in Episode 37, Chad and Nikki make a case for gratitude being a fundamental building block of raising children.
Episode 36 - ’The Difference Between Mental Health Problem and Age Appropriate Behavior’
December 07, 2022 11:15 - 32 minutes - 75.5 MBSymptoms and problem behaviors are not always signs of a mental illness health diagnosis or condition. It could just be age appropriate behavior.
Episode 35 - ’Look Who’s Talking: Silverlining Stuffies’
November 23, 2022 11:15 - 22 minutes - 51.1 MBChad and Nikki are starting a new non-sequential series of episodes featuring other individuals and groups who are spreading awareness of children’s mental health.
Episode 34 - ’Family Meetings’
November 09, 2022 11:15 - 28 minutes - 64.3 MBFamily meetings are a tool that can help kids and adults practice communication skills, conflict resolution, and effective expression of difficult emotions.
Episode 33- ’Phobias’
October 26, 2022 10:15 - 25 minutes - 59.1 MBIn episode 33, Nikki and Chad discuss what a phobia is and what it's not, and what treatment might look like for someone with this type of anxiety disorder.
Episode 32 - ’The Faces of Anxiety’
October 12, 2022 10:15 - 33 minutes - 75.7 MBAnxiety can look very different from person to person and in children especially, anxiety can have a number of different faces.
Episode 31 - ’What About Me?’
September 28, 2022 10:15 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBEpisode 31 is a conversation about what happens when a child grows up with a sibling with a mental health condition.
Episode 30 - ’Getting Kids to Talk’
September 14, 2022 10:15 - 37 minutes - 32.5 MBIn their 30th episode, Nikki and Chad are joined by Dr. Rebecca Rolland, speech pathologist, Harvard lecturer, and author of 'The Art of Talking with Children' for a conversation about getting kids to talk.