Unlock Your Child's Full Potential

Send us Fan Mail Jessica Speer is the author of the award winning, BFF OR NRF (Not Really Friends)? A GIRLS GUIDE TO HAPPY FRIENDSHIPS and MIDDLE SCHOOL - SAFETY GOGGLES ADVISED , both of which grew out of her work with kids.  Blending science, stories, and fun activities, her writing unpacks tricky stuff that surfaces during childhood and adolescence. She  focuses on helping preteens and teens na...

Send us Fan Mail This is a topic that's close to every parent's heart - raising gritty and resilient kids in a world that seems to throw curveballs at us every other day. Life can be a rollercoaster ride, and as we navigate the ups and downs, we want our children to grow up with the tools they need to face challenges head-on and come out shining like stars. Christie Darnick is the mother...

Send us Fan Mail You know what's super important in this wild world? Keeping our little superheroes safe and sound! That's why this week we talk about something cool and empowering – self-defense skills for kids! As parents, our ultimate mission is to raise strong, resilient, and self-assured children, and self-defense can play a key role in that.  My guest Mandi Pratt found herself in a...

Send us Fan Mail Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their learning differences. Dyslexia, a common learning disorder, affects the way people process language and can pose significant challenges in reading, writing, and spelling. However, with the right tools and support, children with dyslexia can thrive and unleash their true potential.  In this interview Lia Lamela an...

Send us Fan Mail Self-love is an essential foundation for a child's emotional well-being and overall happiness. By nurturing self-love from an early age, we equip children with the necessary tools to navigate life's challenges with resilience and confidence. In this interview Becky and I talk about practical tools to empower our children to embrace their individuality, celebrate their st...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another  episode from the series Amazing book takeaways. In this segment  I share concepts and ideas  I read and loved in a parenting or a personal development book that I think you could benefit from.  Have you heard of  the Miracle Morning series by Hal Elrod? His books have helped thousands of people enjoy a peaceful and focused start of their day. They are a wonderf...

Send us Fan Mail Does mentioning the word sibling rivalry trigger an immediate and intense reaction for you?  Does the dynamic between your children produce high levels of stress in your home? Trust me, you're not alone! It could be the competition between the kids, the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other, the resentment that each of them feels for the privileges of...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed your little one being deeply affected by certain sounds, textures, or environments? Or perhaps they seem to experience emotions more intensely than their peers? If these observations resonate with you, I invite you to join me on an eye-opening exploration into the world of highly sensitive children. In the latest episode of the podcast Rashida Laxmidhar unrav...

Send us Fan Mail Summer’s here, kids are out of school, bursting with energy and ready for adventures. Where I live,  summer break is 3 months and a half.  This is way too long in my opinion, my kids even yearn for school at some point. For reference, in Germany summer break is less than 2 months. Anyway, if you don’t plan to spend the whole summer at the seaside, I have some ideas for summer acti...

Send us Fan Mail Today I share an inspiring conversation with the lovely Kristina Driscoll from the "She's Brave" podcast where she helps women find their path to become brave, resilient and authentic. Kristina has learned how to be brave because she had to. Life has really thrown her some curveballs. She married her soulmate who was 24 years older than her and in 4 years they had t...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is a special one because I am not having a guest, I am not giving you the takeaways from a great book, I am tuning in solo and sharing my thoughts on the topic of helping our kids manage their emotional state. Resetting our emotional state can be a helpful practice for managing stress, anxiety, and other challenging emotions and the earlier our kids acquir...

Send us Fan Mail Today I share with  you a special talk I had with Maya, a mom of 2 girls and an anti-bias education consultant. Our topic for the interview was fostering diversity but as always it led us to discuss the parent child relationship as a whole. Maya has been in early childhood education for a long time and she has a lot of tools in her toolkit. We talked about our own unconscious pare...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to an empowering conversation about money and the ways we teach money to kids.  My guest this time  is Tania Vasallo who’s the host of The Courage To Be Podcast and the founder of The Courage To Be Happy, a global community of high-achieving women entrepreneurs working to become financially empowered and independent.  Born to a Spanish father and an American mother and rai...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another  bonus episode from the series Amazing Book Takeaways. In this segment  I share concepts and ideas  I read and loved in a parenting or a personal development book that I think you could benefit from. This week I want to share with you my takeaways from the book "Entitlemania" by Richard Watts.  The book tackles a sensitive topic, namely “How not to spo...

Send us Fan Mail Emily is a life and wellness coach for women who are exhausted and juggling too many balls. She takes a food first approach to wellness, while incorporating other aspects of healthy living.  In today's conversation we talk about how the food we feed our children directly impacts their school performance, behavior, focus, energy levels, overall mood, and immune systems. We dis...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a short but very potent conversation  with Mona Andrei, a single mother of 4 who shares her inspiring story and her transformation from a struggling single mother to an accomplished writer.  Mona is a top 100 humour blogger, columnist, the author of SUPERWOMAN: A Funny and Reflective Look at Single Motherhood and she is also the host of the Single Moms with Moxi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to today’s conversation with Cheryl Pankhurst. Cheryl is a Special Education Specialist and for the last 25 years her mission has been to support  teenagers with any type of disability or social emotional  challenge and help  them navigate the often tricky path starting in grade 9 all the way  to post-secondary opportunities. Cheryl’s mantra is "Kids do Well When They...

Send us Fan Mail How to Create a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World Welcome to another  bonus episode from the series Amazing book takeaways. In this segment  I share concepts and ideas  I read and loved in a parenting or a personal development book that I think you could benefit from.  You probably are familiar with the book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey. A Ti...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode we welcome Rain Elizabeth Stickney. Rain Elizabeth is a spiritual counselor and meditation teacher in private practice who has been offering her services of presence and healing for over 15 years. Beginning in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, she now lives on the east coast moving from pandemic online offerings back into in person sessions and group...

Send us Fan Mail Lisa is a mother to two incredible teenagers, the owner of Mapleton CranioSacral Therapy, and host of the Real Life Momz Podcast, which gives moms a voice to tell their stories and share their expertise and resources through real conversations.  Lisa has been a self-learner of the law of attraction through constant reading and implementing the practice. She has creatively applied...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a short bonus episode that's part of the series "Amazing book takeaways". In this segment  I share concepts and ideas  I read and loved in a parenting or a personal development book that I think you could benefit from. The idea is to learn from the best in their fields and expand our parenting toolkit.  Today I am excited to talk about Angela Duckworth’s...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is dedicated to anybody who's got a special needs kid who they’ve been frustrated and frightened for and concerned about, and told that there's nothing they can do and that it is hopeless.  Few people know the challenges faced by parents of neurodiverse children better than today’s guest Darci Hawxhurst. Her daughter Haylie nearly died of spinal meningitis a...

Send us Fan Mail Because many of you mentioned that having a loving and trusting relationship with your  kids is a top priority, I decided to use our time this week to share a few simple and effective tools I use to create an environment where my girls feel safe and supported, and how I make them feel seen, heard, and loved.  Of course we have our ups and downs, we have times when we feel disconne...

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation Kristi shares how taking care of her tween daughter who stayed at home with a broken leg for a few months turned out to be a great opportunity to build rapport with her.  We also talk about setting limits, helping kids develop their  independence, creating space where they feel safe to take on challenges, fail and then try again. Kristi shares some powerful to...

Send us Fan Mail Talia Jackson is a relationship therapist with 18 years of practice and the host of the podcast "We are not fine “ where she and her co host  explore the ins and outs of relationships while having so much fun.  Talia is the most considerate, warm and inviting person. Talking to her was like a healing therapy session.  Some of the topics we touched upon are how to have a good...