Learn more about Mandy Harvey www.mandylharvey.com Mandy talks about how to heal past wounds to help people thrive. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy저자 Megan Gipson

Kelly Ryan explores the impact of stress on her health and well being and how meditation can be used to make us all healthier. She founded Anchor Meditation with the goal of helping share what she has learned about the impact of meditation with others. You can learn more about Anchor Meditation at www.anchormeditation.com This podcast uses the foll…

Emily Kline Ph.D. is a psychologist working with adolescents and young adults, assistant professor of Psychiatry, and co-directs a mental wellness clinic at Boston University Medical Center. In her new book, The School of Hard Talks, How to Have Real Conversations with Your (Almost Grown) Kids, Emily talks about how to have difficult conversations …

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin's new book Real Self-Care explores how faux self-care like bubble baths, pedicures, and yoga are nice but that principles around value-based decision making are true self care. How we make choices and set boundaries for ourselves has more of a ripple impact on our mental wellness than some of the actions we traditionally think ab…

Episode 109 Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth with Dr. Laura Anderson Dr. Anderson has over 25 years working with and affirming gender expansive and transgender youth. I confess that the start of our episode that I had been hesitant to record an episode about this topic out of fear of not saying the right thing, but Dr. Anderson is …

Episode 108 IFS and Connecting to True Self with Kelly Coulter, PLLC In this episode: I talk with Kelly Coulter about her use of the IFS (Internal Family Systems) framework to support clients in her private practice in Austin Texas. The IFS framework was developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz and acknowledges the multiple selves within an individual. Th…

Episode 107: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma with Ingrid Clayton PHD Ingrid Clayton’s new memoir “Believing Me, Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma” details her childhood experiences that as an adult she came to understand as complex trauma and relational abuse. As a therapist, Ingrid shares her own story and sheds…

Episode 106: Money and Love with Abby Davisson Abby Davisson is the co-author of the new release Money and Love, An Intelligent Road Map For Life’s Biggest Decisions. In our conversation, Abby explains The 5Cs, a framework she learned as a student at Stanford Business School, that serves as a research based guide in navigating big life choices. We …

Episode 105: Boundaries Over the Holidays with Juliane Taylor Shore Juliane Taylor Shore joins The Family Brain Podcast to talk about her work in helping people understand neuroscience, boundary setting and how both impact our relationships. Juliane breaks this information down in to digestible bites and helps make the term neurobiology not sound s…

Episode 104: The Mind Body Connection in Therapy with Grace Mackey I discovered Grace Mackey via Instagram @elevateyourtheapy and love the engaging way she shares what she has learned about the mind/body connection. Grace has her master’s in counseling and provides talk therapy, yoga therapy, and Reiki. She is passionate about how yoga, spiritualit…

Yael Schonbrun is the author of the recently released book, Work Parent Thrive. I talked to her when her book was just one week old and I joke with her that when she meets Hoda to tell her that I got the first interview. I think this book will strike a cord with so many people because Yael lays out why it can feel so overwhelming to manage multiple…

Episode 102: Parenting Spicy Kids with Mary Van Geffen This new season of The Family Brain Podcast focuses on “What to Expect When You Are Expecting a Teen.” I remember my early parenting days gobbling up whatever parenting books were recommended, and I found comfort in their pages, even if the reality of parenting was much more nuanced and complic…

Katherine Winter Sellery, 3x TEDx speaker, founder of the Conscious Parenting Revolution, has mentored and trained 1000s of parents in her Guidance Approach to Parenting tools and mindset. She hosts a comprehensive training for parents and caregivers, The 90 Day Parenting Reset. She has a free ebook on 7 Strategies to keep your relationship with yo…

I am celebrating my 100th episode by talking to my life long friend Meghan Judge (yes also Meg(h)an) about the reason I decided to create The Family Brain Podcast. As a therapist I understood the difficulties people go through to a certain degree, but when I lost my friend 5 years ago I was forever changed. In this episode I talk about losing my fr…

Amber Trueblood, LMFT, is a mother, speaker, author and podcaster. She helps overwhelmed moms feel more calm connected, and fulfilled by their lives. I was in a bit of a tailspin when I spoke with Amber as Texas was in the midst of an unusual snowstorm that shut down most of the state. Having said that, it was the perfect time to talk with Amber be…

I have been following The Confess Project on Instagram @theconfessproject and it is one of the most innovative mental health concepts I have ever encountered. Lorenzo Lewis came up with the idea for The Confess Project after recognizing that the mental health needs of black men and boys were not being met by conventional interventions. The Confess …

Many of my clients struggle with food and body issues, so I decided to take a class to better help support those that struggle with this (me included!) I am currently enrolled in a Be Nourished class which teaches the reasons we develop body shame and how to help heal from that. In my research I discovered Nina Manolson who is a certified Be Nouris…

Dr Roseann is founder of Dr. Roseann & Associates and The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health. She and her team treat children and adults who struggle with a wide range of conditions including but not limited to ADHD, Autism, anxiety, depression, concussions, and learning disabilities, Lyme Disease and PANS/PANDAS. Using proven holistic th…

I was not sure how I came upon Jessica’s Facebook post in September, but we talked after this recording and realized we are both a part of Be the Bridge, a faith based racial reconciliation movement founded by Latasha Morrison. In Jessica’s post, which I link to below, she expressed her discovery , via Ancestry.com, of her biological lineage to a c…

Dr. Meg Van Deusen is a psychologist practicing in Seattle, Washington and author of the book, Stressed in the U.S. 12 Tools to Tackle Anxiety, Loneliness, Tech-Addiction and More. We talk about the increase in stress and anxiety during these pandemic days, and how the prevalence of technology in our lives can add to our stress levels. We also talk…

Time is an expression of priorities feels like something I may need to tattoo on my forehead. It feels so easy to slip into the excuse of not having time for something. Sometimes that is a very real situation, and sometimes it is a matter of what I am making a priority or how I am using my time. Author and coach, Marielle Melling, has so much great…

I met Dr. Lauren Crigler at a podcasting conference for female podcasts called She Podcasts about a year and a half ago. She introduced herself and let me know that she is a pelvic floor physical therapist and sex therapist. I awkwardly took her card and thought I would not be having a conversation about sex on my podcast, and now here I am talking…

Over the past two years, I have had many Family Brain listeners (including me) ask for a guest who can talk about how to better understand/manage/embrace/enjoy? the process of perimenopause and menopause. I was thrilled to come across Dr. Kaisa Coppola as a resource. Dr. Coppola is the founder of Harmony Wellness Clinic in California, and she engag…

Sherianna Boyle is an Emotional Detox coach, a yoga instructor, and the author of 8 books. Hersignature method for helping individuals process their emotions is the CLEANSE method, and as wediscuss in this episode, emotions are useful but processing them is critical if we are to grow in ourunderstand of ourselves and those around us.You can learn m…

This episode is the last official episode in this series of coping with Covid-19 andthese pandemic days. I think it is fitting that we end talking about school and howkids learn best as that seems to be a huge place of concern for parents right now.I know I worry that my kids are not getting what they need by being in atraditional school setting bu…

My guest this week digs into parenting research so that wedon’t have to! She hosts her own podcast Your Parenting Mojoand like many of us, me included, had her child and found thatshe did not feel prepared. We talk about education and thesecrazy times of crisis schooling during Covid-19. We also discusstalking with kids about race and how to have c…

I spoke with Dr. Michelle Natinksy, a psychologist based in Austin Texas, in theearlier days of Covid 19 lock down. Schools closed and parents (like me) not surehow to operate with all the typical family supports pulled from under us. Dr.Natinsky has a compassionate and caring approach to her work with families thatI find so reassuring during these…

Paige Tonz is a mentor and guide to young elite high school and college athleteswho are looking for support in managing the demands of that balancing act. As ayoung athlete Paige saw the need for support in that space and when shegraduated decided to dedicate herself to providing the guidance she wishes shehad as a young athlete. We talk about the …

When this pandemic and crisis schooling struck, I was thinking a lot about aconversation I had with Stanford professor Dr. Denise Pope on an early episode ofThe Family Brain. Her research is all about questioning how we measure learningand what success means in schools and what better time to revisit thisconversation than during this wild ride of C…

Casey Davidson is a certified life coach who helps busy women quit drinking andcreate lives they love without alcohol. She offers one on one coaching and is alsothe host of her own podcast, Hello Someday, a show about drinking less and livingmore.During this time of Covid-19 and shelter in place orders you can not miss all thejokes and memes going …

Nancy Levin is a Master Coach and best-selling author. Her most recent bookabout boundary setting is called Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free. We talkduring the time of lock down due to Covid 19 and cover how setting boundariescan change the way you approach difficult situations.One of the points she makes that has stuck with me is that in setti…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

Kirk Martin developed the parenting approach of Celebrate Calm out of necessityin the parenting his own child. It may sound simple, but his strategy is a gamechanger. The basic principle is that you can only lead your child to calm when youfirst find that calm within yourself. I am not sure about the rest of you but 2020has not lent itself to a fee…

Jillian Murphy helps adults and children make peace with food andmovement even during stressful and challenging times. The challengeswe have faced during this global pandemic have brought to light somany issues around food and body image for many. I shared with Jillianthat when the pandemic was first starting to affect our lives here inTexas, I hit…

Patricia Young returns to The Family Brain to discuss the impact of quarantine and coping withall the implications of this global pandemic on mental and emotional wellness.Patricia is a coach for HSP (Highly Sensitive People) and when she was a guest on a priorepisode I heard back from many listeners that the they could closely relate to the way sh…

Mary Dell Harrington joins me on the Family Brain to talk about the impact of Covid 19 onyoung adults and their families. Graduations are being held online, proms are cancelled, and lifeas we know it has changed drastically. Mary Dell’s Facebook community of Grown and Flownis an online place for parents to come together around the specific gifts an…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

Marsha Stephanson founded Cater to Mom to support moms through the post-partum journey.After having her first baby, Marsha noticed that she did not feel well prepared for the mental andemotional reactions to her new role as a mother and all the physical and chemical changes that are apart of the post-partum journey. I think many moms feel this way,…

Psychologist, Dr. Rachel Barbanel-Fried (Dr. RBF) helps us kick off our series on perinatal mental health.In this episode I talk with Dr. RBF about the spectrum of issues that can often arise over the course ofgrowing a family. One of the objectives in this Family Brain series is to increase communication aroundthe challenges that women and their p…

Jen McLellan was excited to start a family but as she looked around for examples of happy plus sizedpregnant women, she found that most of those searches came up with results for a lot of gloom anddoom and cropped out bodies. Jen had a healthy birth with the help of a doula and was inspired to helpother women not feel so alone in their plus sized p…

The Family Brain series on Maternal Mental Health continues with guest, Kelly Weaver Fritz who sharesher story of navigating loss and grief after losing her three month old son, Jack.Kelly shares how she changed through the process of loss and how she hopes by sharing her story shecan help someone else.A great resource for those grieving after the …

The first episode in this Family Brain series on maternal mental health is kicked off with guest KatieCrenshaw. Katie Crenshaw is The Blue Dot Project www.thebluedotproject.org spokesperson of theyear; The Blue Dot Project seeks to raise awareness of maternal mental health disorders, proliferate theblue dot as the symbol od solidarity and support, …

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…

The Family Brain is a podcast about how the mental well being of one family member affects the entire family system. This is a supportive community to share research, resources, stories, and life hacks for keeping the family brain healthy. Hosted by Megan Gipson, LCSW, Ed.M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This podcast…