Latest Biggestjob Podcast Episodes
77: Laura Gauld: Inner Leadership: What does it mean? How does it happen?
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - November 19, 2018 14:07 - 22 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsOur podcast today will explain the answers to the above questions, as we talk with Laura Gauld, Head of School and President of the Hyde School Organization. Hyde School’s Inner Leadership Program, where the journey of your unique potential begins, is the promise to all students who graduate fr...
76: Lisa Walker: A Step Parent is just as Important as a “Real” Parent
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - November 12, 2018 15:16 - 27 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“When it comes to being a step parent, there isn’t one right way, because every family dynamic is different. You’re marrying the package: you’re marrying ex-spouses; you’re marrying the kids…; the right way is your way for you.” ~ Lisa Walker The above quote is just a small piece of the wond...
75: Deborah Roffman: Becoming Your Kids’ ‘Go-To’ Person about Sex, Part 2
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - November 05, 2018 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings"Clear limits and boundaries aren’t just nice or good for children and teens; they’re bedrock.” ~ Deborah Roffman: Talk To Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids’ “Go-To” Person about Sex. In part two of our series with Debbie Roffman, she teaches us the importance of the f...
74: Deborah Roffman: Becoming Your Kids’ ‘Go-To’ Person about Sex Part 1
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - October 29, 2018 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsAre you looking for a “way in” to have the sex talk with your teen? Deborah Roffman Deborah Roffman has the answers for us in her book, Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids’ “Go-To” Person about Sex. In the preface of her book she writes: “What I hope you’ll disc...
73: Geri Goldstein: Integrity as a Catalyst for Change
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - October 22, 2018 13:52 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“Integrity is a way you live your life, a way you make decisions every day, and how you treat others… it’s the little things you do that get seen as the bigger things.” ~ Geri Goldstein Geri’s comment, above, comes from experience. There was an “elephant” in the living room in her family; a...
72: Amy Lang: Gender, Sexual Attraction, and your Teen
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - October 16, 2018 17:37 - 37 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“Do your kids know more about gender and sexual attraction than you do?” Amy Lang, of Birds and Bees and Kids (www.birdsandbeesandkids.com), and the author of Birds and Bees and YOUR Kids, and Dating Smarts: What EVERY teen needs to know to date, relate or wait!, joins us for a second podc...
71: Kristi Hugstad: R U Ok?: Teen Depression & Suicide
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - October 08, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsR U Ok?: Teen Depression & Suicide is the title of a book by author Kristi Hugstad, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist and credentialed health educator. After her husband completed suicide, Kristi bought every book on grief she found and says her living room looked like a recovery library...
70: Kirrilie Smout: Self-Harm in Teens: What Parents Can Do
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - October 01, 2018 12:38 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsWhat can parents do to reduce the chance of teens hurting themselves? Kirrilie Smout This is the title of an article (and today’s podcast) with Kirrilie Smout, clinical psychologist and founder of Developing Minds: Helping kids & teens learn life skills & manage tough times, located near...
69: Dana Suchow: Eating Disorders – What Parents Can Do
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - September 24, 2018 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsAre you worried about an eating disorder in your child? Then you’ll definitely want to listen to this podcast with Dana Suchow, national speaker and activist on eating disorders. Dana has personally overcome bulimia, binge eating, and exercise compulsion and has a firsthand understanding of how...
68: Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne, and Growing Pains
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - September 17, 2018 12:52 - 43 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“Parenting through puberty is demanding; [but] remember that your teen needs and loves you, even in the moment that he or she appears to have forgotten this fact!” This is just one of the many great reminders about parenting adolescents in a wonderful new book by pediatrician, Dr. Suanne Kowal-...
67: Shannon Evans, The Scholar Coach: Finding the Right College
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - September 10, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“What do parents of high school and college kids fear most?” This is a question I ask Shannon Evans, the scholar coach. A former teacher, Shannon turned to helping families find the right college because as a teacher, she found that kids were not often coming up with the right fit for themsel...
66: Ed and Linda Murphy: “We were drowning…”
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - September 03, 2018 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsAs a parent, have you ever felt like you were drowning? It can be a lonely feeling when your child or your family is going off-track. Where do you turn? What do you do? Ed and Linda Murphy found help at the Hyde School in Bath, Maine. And through The Biggest Job Family Program they learned h...
65: Caroline Knorr - How to raise a happy kid in the digital age
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - August 27, 2018 15:54 - 32 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsAre you worried about the effect of social media on your kids? If so, this podcast may put your mind at ease, at least about some aspects of all that kids are exposed to in the media and on devices. Caroline Knorr, senior parenting editor for Common Sense Media,* shares with us her wisdom abou...
64: Sheri & Alan Brooks – The Elephant in the Room
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - August 21, 2018 12:26 - 37 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsDo you consider yourself an honest family, but you don’t talk about the elephant in the room? Many families are like this; they avoid talking about the really tough stuff; and then kids quickly learn what it’s okay to talk about and what is off limits. Sheri and Alan Brooks sent three kids t...
63: Amy Lang: Birds + Bees + Your Kids
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - August 13, 2018 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“Providing information about sex is not the same as giving permission.” ~ Amy Lang Amy Lang has written two great books on how to talk to your kids about sex. The first one, titled Birds + Bees + Your Kids is also the name of her company: BirdsAndBeesAndKids.com. She teaches parents the impor...
62: Laura Gauld: Embrace curiosity, Mantras 96-100
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - August 06, 2018 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings"The greatest impact on children are the unlived lives of adults.” Carl Jung In our last five parenting mantras, Laura Gauld, co-author of the book, The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have, mentions this quote. “We need the help of others to get to our own greatness as parents.” The mantras in thi...
61: Kristin Harman, Exceptional Parenting: Seeing Teens in a Multidimensional Way
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - July 30, 2018 13:08 - 29 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsDo you see your teen in a way that is only one dimensional? Does your teen see you the same way? This is a question that Kristin Harman, Director of Admissions at the Hyde School, encourages parents to look at as they decide if they want to start parenting in the exceptional way that The Bigg...
60: Do the unexpected (and keep your child off guard!) Mantras 91-95
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - July 23, 2018 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsThis is a great way to help ourselves, as parents, keep our kids from manipulating us says author, Laura Gauld. The mantras in today’s podcast are: View each day as an opportunity for growth Do the unexpected (and keep your child off guard.) Let go of perfection. Take hold of excellenc...
59: Vickie Hoefle, Parenting as Partners: How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - July 16, 2018 13:02 - 37 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsWhen big parenting issues come up, do you ever think “…if only he/she would just do it my way? Then we could solve this and move on!” As you well know, it doesn’t usually happen this way. “Kids highlight the real challenge in the family: the one between the parenting partners,” writes Vicki in...
58: The word “accept” is an important part of parenting… Mantras 86-90
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - July 09, 2018 13:46 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsWe learn in today’s podcast with speaker and author, Laura Gauld, that the word “accept” is an important part of parenting. Laura talks about accepting what our own parents gave us, taking a look at how we listen, and actually reaching out and seeking honesty about how others see us. Today’s...
57: Mommy Burnout with Dr. Sheryl Ziegler
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - July 02, 2018 18:14 - 36 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsAre you trying to be “the perfect mom?” Think you’re “not very good at being a mother…?” This podcast and book are for you! Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process Although the title of this book, by Dr. Sheryl Ziegler, might sound like a book fo...
56: Your growth will be your true legacy to your child, Mantras 81-85
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - June 25, 2018 13:52 - 17 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“We will be parents until we breathe our last breath.” - Laura Gauld This parenting fundamental and the mantras that explain it teach us the importance of continuing to grow and change as parents. We are never too old to look at our own attitudes and change the ones that might be holding us b...
55: Laura Gauld: Our conscience is the compass of our destiny, Mantras 76-80
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - June 18, 2018 13:47 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“Our conscience is the compass of our destiny.” - Laura Gauld So how do we teach conscience to our kids? Advice on that, and the last five mantras of Parenting Fundamental # 4 are discussed in today’s podcast with Laura. Let your conscience be your guide. See the small moments of inspirat...
54: Rebecca Mannis Part 2, Can you teach grit?
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - June 11, 2018 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsGrit is a word that we hear a lot these days; we talk about it in the Biggest Job Workshops, and in part 2 of our conversation with Rebecca Mannis, a learning specialist who founded Ivy-Prep, we learn that grit is something that can be intentionally taught to kids. “There are ways in which we ...
53: Rebecca Mannis: Educate a child according to his nature
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - June 04, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsDr. Rebecca Mannis, a learning specialist and founder of Ivy Prep, says that each child has a natural way of learning, whether they are intellectually gifted or specifically challenged with a learning issue. Her Ivy Prep Learning Center bridges the fields of neuropsychology and education in a ta...
52: Laura Gauld: Parenting is Messy, Mantras 71 – 75
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - May 21, 2018 17:16 - 17 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“Parenting is messy,” says Laura Gauld. When I think about this, it’s really true! Parenting is messy. Just accepting this might make the job a little easier, don’t you think? We might not get so caught up in how we look as a parent or how we’re doing at the job. It’s also important to remember ...
51: Why do students beg for colleges to accept them, instead of the other way around?
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - May 14, 2018 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsThis is an intriguing question that Neha Gupta, founder of Elite Private Tutors and College Shortcuts answers on her blog at www.eliteprivatetutors.com/2016/10/students-beg-colleges-accept-instead-way-around . Neha’s enthusiasm for what she does shines through in what she shares with us about...
50: Laura Gauld: You are in this game for the long haul! Mantras 66-70
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - May 07, 2018 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratings“You are in this game for the long haul!” I know you’ve heard this said before, or in different ways, but hang on to this mantra, as it’s so important. Hang on, too, to the vision you have for your child. Sometimes they may say they don’t have a vision for themselves, or they don’t care, but t...
49: Laura Gauld: Resist Labels of Any Kind, Mantras 61-65
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - April 30, 2018 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsParenting Fundamental 4: Have faith in your child’s unique potential and the larger forces at work. This 13th podcast with Laura Gauld is a special one. (Not that they aren’t all great!) This fourth fundamental is a wonderful tool to help us as parents let go when things go off track – getti...
48: Amber Jin: Get Into Ivy
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast - April 23, 2018 13:44 - 32 minutes ★★★ - 42 ratingsDid you know that a college application only gets minutes in front of admissions officers? How do you construct an application that stands out in this sea of competition? With four million seniors each year competing for coveted spots at colleges, an application needs to effectively communicat...
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