Voices of Parenting

If you’re wondering how you can practically apply Nurtured Heart Principles into your workplace, this conversation is for you. Karla demonstrates how leaders can navigate conflict, imposter syndrome, burnout, and difficult conversations without taking away someone’s ownership. Instead of jumping in to solve problems, she shows how recognizing a person’s greatness can transform the very thing they’...

This week, Mussi sits down with Dr. Karla Shockley to explore what happens when the Nurtured Heart Approach leaves the home and enters the workplace. How do you lead with empathy and create successful environments without micromanaging? What changes when people feel truly seen for their strengths while still being held accountable? Dr. Karla shares how she brings Nurtured Heart into leadership—cre...

You don’t want to miss this episode! If you’re wondering how to prepare you children  This week, Rivkie and Mussi get personal about the messy, imperfect reality of parenting. They talk about bad moods, stress, losing your cool, and what changes when we stop expecting ourselves to be perfect. From learning to give ourselves grace, to owning our mistakes, to teaching our kids not to take other peop...

What if the most powerful thing you can change in a difficult parenting moment isn’t your child’s behavior—but your own energy? In this episode, Mussi sits down with Nurtured Heart coach and trainer Rivkie Brownstein, for a conversation about what they love most about the Nurtured Heart Approach. Together, they explore how our thoughts, fears, assumptions, and emotional state shape the way we resp...

This is part 2 of our conversation last week with Yiska. Mussi invites Yiska to look beneath her anger and discover what’s fueling it: deep love, fierce protectiveness, and a powerful determination to give her child the best life possible. Together, they explore how the Nurtured Heart Approach can help us stop fearing our most intense emotions and instead harness their energy, uncovering the stren...

What happens when life feels so overwhelming that you wonder if the Nurtured Heart Approach is even working anymore? In this deeply honest conversation, Mussi sits down with Yiska, a longtime Nurtured Heart practitioner navigating an extraordinarily difficult season of life. Together, they explore anger, conflicting emotions, surrender, and what it means to stay present when you simply don’t have...

What happens when two people stop trying to sound like the experts and simply show up as humans? In this deeply honest conversation, Mussi sits down with Marcie Towle to pull back the curtain on what it really looks like to live the Nurtured Heart Approach—not perfectly, but authentically. They talk about messy parenting moments, the power of community, why connection matters even when we're n...

What if lasting change doesn't come from shame or punishment—but from knowing there's nothing fundamentally wrong with you? In this thought-provoking conversation, Mussi and Coach Abe explore the deeper message of the Nurtured Heart Approach: separating a person's worth from their behavior. They discuss why shame keeps us stuck, how inner worth creates lasting transformation, and what...

In this episode, we welcome back Yocheved Rottenberg — author, IFS therapist, Nurtured Heart Approach trainer, and therapeutic writing facilitator — for a deeply meaningful conversation about healing, inner child work, and reconnecting with the parts of ourselves we may have lost along the way. Yocheved shares how her work blends therapeutic writing with the Nurtured Heart Approach to help people...

What if the greatest harm isn't the broken rule—but the story we attach to it? In this episode, Mussi and returning guest Freddy Mendoza explore how shame, blame, and negative narratives shape our relationships far more than rules or consequences ever could. Through thoughtful stories and practical examples, they discuss what it means to replace punishment with teaching, criticism with curiosi...

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...