126 Your Child Has Imaginary Friends? Deborah Greenhut Tells A Parent’s Story To Using These Friends For Healing And Learning

Hey Friends~  Does your child have Imaginary Friends?  Are you concerned?  Today's guest shows how to create and use those friends for a purpose - to bring about health and healing. This episode shares a delightful story of an insightful doctor with amazingly superb advice for this particular child.  This episode is a feel good story that will inspire your creativity in helping your child.  It is an episode you will love.  Always cheering you on!  Dinalynn   CONTACT the Host, Dinalynn:  [email protected] CONTACT THE GUEST: [email protected] ABOUT THE GUEST: Speaker, Author, Educator and three-time family caregiver, Deborah S. Greenhut, PhD is passionate about sharing her experiences to help other family caregivers consider carefully the boundaries they need for effective family caregiving. Deborah's recently published book, "The Rational Caregiver," an Amazon Best Seller and Top New Release this year, shares her framework for approaching caregiving with rational awareness, acceptance, and responsibility to achieve do-able results in your caregiving assignment. In 2022, Deborah published a novel based on her own experience, "The Hoarder's Wife," about a struggling relationship that imploded after 35 years due to a mental health crisis.  Deborah teaches memoir writing to seniors at the Rutgers University Osher Lifelong Learning Program. Dr. Greenhut graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury College, and holds a PhD from Rutgers University. Her professional life has alternated between university teaching and corporate training for more than 50. years.   RESOURCES from The Language Of Play Join the FREE Interactive Webinar! May 13, 2024  10 AM CST   https://dinalynnr.systeme.io/workshop-free-2ddd5182 Sign up for my newsletter! https://tinyurl.com/vkvspbx4 Sign up for FREE 21 Days of Encouragement in your inbox ! https://tinyurl.com/5n8f4att Join my new FREE Facebook Community : https://tinyurl.com/4pe8m9za Have Questions about Working together?  Sign up for a 15 min "Let's Meet Session" on zoom!  https://tinyurl.com/5xbhkr6x For Speaking Engagements or For 1:1 or Group Parent Coaching (virtual or live), contact me at [email protected]   If You Liked This Episode, You Will Want To Listen To These Episodes: 88 Why Is Imaginary Play So Important? 91 Using Play Dress Up To Teach Life Skills! 105 Building Language Through Imagination And The Christmas Story, part 1 106 Building Language Through Imagination And The Christmas Story, part 2