Voices of Parenting

How do we raise resilient, confident kids in an imperfect world? In this episode, Mussi talks with Keren Eliezer, LSW —social worker, Nurtured Heart Approach trainer, and mother of five—about building strong connections with our children, navigating challenging school systems, and creating the kind of home that helps kids thrive wherever they go. Keren shares her personal journey with NHA and how...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to experience an Inner Wealth Mentoring session? In this special episode, you'll get an inside look at Mussi Diskin's unique mentoring process as she gently guides a client through an Inner Wealth session. Blending compassionate coaching, meaningful reflection, and a calming guided meditation, this episode offers a firsthand experience of the transformative wo...

Mussi is back this week with Scott Lindstrom to explore the connection with the self. What if the goal isn't fixing behavior, achieving compliance, or becoming someone different—but helping people become more fully themselves? How do we learn to accept and explore parts of ourselves we spent so many years trying to hide? What do we do when we feel safe enough to be ourselves? Together, they di...

What does it mean to be truly attuned in a relationship? In this powerful conversation, Mussi sits down with Scott Lindstrom to explore the heart of the Nurtured Heart Approach and why it has become such a meaningful part of Scott’s life. Together, they revisit the Three Stands, discuss the power of creating meaningful moments in meaningful relationships, and reflect on how self-awareness and pers...

In this conversation, Mussi Diskin and Freddy Mendoza explore the Nurtured Heart Approach through a grounded discussion on parenting, teaching, and discipline. Freddy shares a guiding idea of “softening in order to strengthen,” reflecting on how flexibility and clear boundaries can build more resilient relationships than rigid or punitive control. Together, they examine how fear-based discipline o...

In this episode, David Burke, Founder and Director of Serenity Mesa Youth Recovery Center, shares how discovering the Nurtured Heart Approach transformed the way he connects with young people in recovery. Working with adolescents who often come from difficult, traumatic, and challenging backgrounds, David found that the approach offered a powerful new framework for building trust, strengthening re...

In this deeply personal and powerful conversation, Mussi Diskin sits down with Heather Meyer to explore how the Nurtured Heart Approach can support us through chronic pain, chronic illness, grief, exhaustion, and life’s invisible struggles. What happens when we turn the approach inward? Together, Mussi and Heather explore how the principles of Nurtured Heart—inner wealth, recognition, boundaries,...

In Part 2 of this conversation, Howard Glasser shares how the Nurtured Heart Approach is transforming foster care and children’s mental health systems. Howard explains how giving parents, foster families, educators, and professionals the tools to work with intensely challenging children has led to stronger families, fewer broken placements, and better long-term outcomes for kids. Together, Howard...

What if the chaos isn’t something to escape—but an invitation to become the simplicity within it? In this inspiring conversation, Howard Glasser shares the passion behind the Nurtured Heart Approach and explores how challenging behaviors can become opportunities for connection, growth, and transformation. Howard talks about becoming grounded within the chaos, growing your own inner wealth, and dis...

Back with Sima Krohner, we get real about one of the biggest parenting challenges: what to do when everything feels like it’s spiraling—tantrums, screaming, and frustration taking over. Instead of getting stuck reacting to what we don’t want, this episode flips the script. We dive into the Nurtured Heart Approach and how a simple but powerful shift in energy, language, and focus can completely cha...

Speech therapist Sima (Susan) Kroner shares how her journey as both a mother and clinician led her to the Nurtured Heart Approach—and transformed the way she supports children. She explores the power of building self-esteem at a foundational level, helping kids develop true “inner wealth,” and why real learning goes far beyond simply teaching skills. Sima also highlights key elements of the approa...

Part 2 with occupational therapist Renee Courier is all about practical tools you can use in the moment. When kids feel overwhelmed, what actually helps? This episode breaks it down. We explore simple, effective somatic (body-based) strategies to help children reset their minds and bodies, along with ways to recognize dysregulation and respond with confidence. Renee shares how to gently redirect s...

Why do some kids melt down over seemingly small things? In this episode, occupational therapist Renee Courier breaks down how children’s brains develop, including the reflexes we’re born with and how they’re meant to integrate over time. She explains what happens when those reflexes don’t fully evolve—and how that can impact a child’s ability to process emotions, handle sensory input, and stay reg...

This week I'm back with Randi Goldfarb for more interesting discussions about rethinking our approach to behaviors, growth, and true self-worth. What if we saw children as inherently good instead of expecting misbehavior? In this episode, we shift from punishment to teaching, talk about managing our own frustration, and explore how to support growth without becoming fixated on one behavior. A...

What if the qualities we often try to “fix” in children are actually their greatest strengths? In this episode, I talk with Randi Goldfarb about her experience bringing the Nurtured Heart Approach into the classroom. Together we explore a powerful shift in perspective: instead of pushing away big emotions and big energy, we can learn to recognize and nurture the good that’s already there. Randi sh...

What happens when the work you’re learning starts working on you? If you enjoyed part 1 of this conversation, stay tuned for more insights. In this episode, Shaindle Blitzstein shares how discovering the Nurtured Heart Approach didn’t just change how she parented or communicated—it changed her. What began as a search for something better became a complete shift in how she sees herself, manages her...

What if the morning battles aren’t about school? What if they’re not about defiance? In this honest and powerful conversation with Shaindle Blitzstein, we unpack a mother’s journey from frustration and control to empathy and transformation through NHA. The shift didn’t begin with her child. It began with her. If you feel stuck in daily power struggles and don’t know what else to try, this episode...

Can you help children with challenging behaviors without bribes, sticker charts, or constant rewards? In this episode, I sit down with Yiska Zelikovich, an experienced teacher, to talk about the Nurtured Heart Approach and how it shifts the focus from managing behavior to building inner confidence and successful outcomes. We explore what positive reinforcement really means, why external rewards ca...

Continuing the conversation with Heather Meyer, we explore where our strengths actually come from. We look at how vulnerability, fragility, and emotional sensitivity shape resilience, self-awareness, and connection over time. This episode examines common assumptions about strength and challenges the idea that intensity or sensitivity need to be managed, fixed, or minimized. We discuss how these tr...

How often do we try to help by calming, correcting, or cheering someone up—without realizing we’re silencing what they actually need to express? Join us as Heather Meyer unpacks the Nurtured Heart Approach and shows how holding space for difficult emotions can create true connection. This episode explores how honoring emotions—rather than fixing them—builds emotional safety, strengthens relationsh...

In this weeks podcast I am back with my good friend, Mushka Rom. Together we talk about the importance of letting go and how it not only benefits you, but your family as well! Tune in to hear everything we have to say! To contact Mushka you can reach out to her via her email Mushco. Manc@Gmail. Com. For more from me visit my website MussiDiskin.com or email me at EnergizingHearts@gmail.com Check o...

In this weeks podcast, I am chatting with an old friend of mine, Mushka Rom. Mushka talks about how Nurtured Heart helped her as a mother, how the "reset" helped her connect better with her children, and how it can help others as well. Tune in to hear all that she has to say! To contact Mushka you can reach out to her via her email Mushco. Manc@Gmail. Com

In this engaging conversation, Mussi Diskin and Marcie Towle explore the principles of the Nurtured Heart approach, emphasizing the importance of presence, intentionality, and emotional awareness in parenting and relationships. They discuss the challenges of long-term relationships, the need for pauses and resets, and how our default wiring can lead us back to negativity. The conversation highligh...

In this weeks podcast, I am back with the one and only Celeste Elsey. Celeste is a Nurtured Heart trainer, a licensed special educator, and an author of an amazing book called "Greatness Kids Initiative". In todays podcast Celeste talks about how setting clarity in the classroom is super important and how you can set clear rules, even when students don't follow any of them. Tune in t...

In this weeks podcast, I am back chatting with Celeste Elsey. Celeste is a Nurtured Heart trainer, a licensed special educator, and an author of an amazing book called "Greatness Kids Initiative". She talks about the advice she gives others when they have difficult students that they struggle to connect with. Tune here to hear her amazing advice! To get in contact with Celeste, you can r...