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Kids with Big Emotions Podcast — 123 episodes

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123 The Hidden Stressors Impacting Kids’ Emotions with Safiya

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122 How to help your child in the Middle of a Meltdown

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121 Behavior is a Signal, Not the Problem with Amy Dooley

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120 When Simple Tasks Turn Into Big Struggles

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119 From Meltdowns to Connection with Megan Hamm

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118 You Can’t Lead Your Child Out of Chaos If You’re Still In It

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117 Helping Kids Take Control of Learning with Josh Aronovitch

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116 What If It’s Not Bad Behavior—But a Stress Response?

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115 Helping Kids Regulate and Thrive with Melissa McIntosh

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114 When Kids Overachieve or Underachieve: What Parents Miss

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113 Supporting Sensitive Kids with the Power of Gemstones with Kristina Rajes

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112 Why Procrastination Isn’t “Just” Laziness

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111 PDA, Autism & Misdiagnosis: What Parents Need to Know with Amanda Preston

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110 Understanding Your Child’s Stress Animal Is the Key to Calmer Days

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109 From Perfectionism and High Achievement with Jenn Abbatiello

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108 Beyond Behavior: What’s Really Going On

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107 Finding Strength in the Everyday with Rose Couse

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106 When the ‘Good’ Kid Isn’t Fine

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105 What Most Schools Miss About Learning with Allison Bourke

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104 Your Child is Not “Too Much” – They’re Exactly Enough

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103: How Your Story Creates Community with Courtney Hobbs

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102 The Test Says One Thing About Your Child—But Is It Right?

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101 Balancing Parenthood, Work, and Self-Care with Amy Ballantyne

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100 Why Anxiety in Kids is at an All-Time High

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99 From Meltdowns to Milestones: Helping Kids Manage Big Emotions with Shauna B

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98 Thinking Differently: When Your Child (or You) Feels Misunderstood

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97 Parenting Is a Work in Progress With Reesa Morala

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96 When to Push, When to Pull Back: Parenting Kids with Big Emotions

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95 Perfectly Imperfect: Parenting Through Life’s Ups and Downs

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94 EF Series: Cognitive Flexibility - Why Perfectionism and Inflexible Thinking Go Hand in Hand

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93 EF Series: Initiation - Why Getting Started Is Hard for Some Kids—and How to Help

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92 Decoding Homework Meltdowns - Why Smart Kids Struggle With Homework

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91 Juggling It All in 2025 Managing Expectations and Realities in Parenthood

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90 EF Serie: Inhibition - Helping Kids Pause and Think Before Acting

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89 EF Series: What is Working Memory Part 2 -NON Verbal Working Memory

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88 EF Series: What is Working Memory Part 1 -Verbal Working Memory

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87 A Neurodiverse Christmas: Embrace the Joy and Manage the Overwhelm

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86 EF Series: Attention Struggles Aren’t Always ADHD

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85 EF Series Perception: Emotional Regulation 101

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84 Celebrating Your Child’s Neurodiverse Superpowers

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83 The Invisible Stress That Could Be Behind Your Child's BIg Emotion

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82 Navigating Big Emotions Around Halloween

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81 Why Your Child Needs More Than Just School Support

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80 Overcoming Parental Burnout

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79 From Punishment to Connection: A New Path to Parenting Success

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78 The First Step to Helping Your Child

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77 How Stress Sneaks Into Your Body Without You Realizing It

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76 Getting Your Gifted Child the Support They Need At School

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75 How To Handle The First Week Of School Emotions

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Ep 74 Homeschooling - Who Says You Have to Teach?

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Ep 73 How to Support Your Frustration With Your Distracted Child

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Ep 72 To The Mom At The Pool Whose Kid Was Struggling…

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Ep 71 Punishment Isn’t The Answer: Rethinking Discipline for Emotional Kids

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70 What’s Your Child’s Stress Type? Dolphin, Shark, Clownfish, or Turtle

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Ep 69 Loving Our Neurodiverse Kids and Mourning the Life We Imagined

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68 The Unspoken Challenges of Parenting Kids with Big Emotions

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67 Supporting Kids' Emotions By Giving Them More Responsibility & Ownership Of Their Day

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66 Kids Are Not Bad by Nature: Redefining Expectations and Behaviour

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65 Beyond the Grades: Decoding Report Cards For Kids With Big Emotions

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64 A Parents Influence on Their Child's Big Emotions

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63 Why Some Kids Struggle with Losing

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62 Hidden Stressors That Can Cause Kids Anxiety & Outbursts

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61 Kids With Big Emotions

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60 You Have The Power To Release The Pressure In Your Life with Leah Pardee

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59 Breaking the Norm: Rethinking Everyday Stress

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58 Resilience in the Face of Pain With Coach Sarfaraz Khan

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57 Understanding the Depth of Unseen Traumas

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56 Letting Go of Agenda-Driven Stress

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55 Take The Stress Out Of Your Marriage: Nancy Ma Interview

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54 Exploring Stress Relief Through Cold Showers

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53 Do You Know What Makes You Happy?

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52 IFS is not the only solution to improve Sleep & Stress

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51 Navigating Sleep Challenges with IFS

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50 How IFS Protectors Shape Your Stress Response

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49 Untold IFS Stories: Embracing the Exiles Within

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48 From Calm to Chaos: Embracing the Power of Self in IFS

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47 When Polarized Parts Steer Your Sleep & Stress Off Course

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46 Understanding Your Sleep & Stress Protectors

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45 Wrestling with Internal Resistance When Implementing Stress and Sleep Strategies

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Ep 44 Sleep, Stress, and Empowerment: The Revelation That Brought Me Back

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Ep 43 How Health Tracker Data Shapes Supplement Decisions

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Ep 42 When Your Gut Says No To Sleep: Using Oura and Whoop to Decode Your Sleep Quality

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Ep 41 Good Stress vs. Bad Stress - Finding Balance for Success

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Ep 40 Mastering Recovery: Your Path to Peak Performance

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Ep 39 The Power Of Sleep Metrics For Focus, Energy & Performance

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Ep 38 HRV The Primary KPI To Track So You Can Excel Under Pressure

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Ep 37 Achieving Peak Performance in Any Field with Sara Votore

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Ep 36 How to Maximize Energy, Focus Performance

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EP 35 How Sleep & Stress Can Lead To Addictions With Viktoria Hamma

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EP 34 From Struggle to Strength: A Mother's Tale of Resilience with Rayne Smyth

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EP 33 Sleepless in Burnout: Exploring the Link between Restless Leg Syndrome and Exhaustion

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EP 32 Navigating Loss: Angela Gentile's Insights on Overcoming Burnout and Finding Hope

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EP 31 Parenting Under Pressure: Balancing Your Burnout and Your Child's Intense Emotions

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EP 30 Navigating the Storm: Insights on Parental Burnout from Lara Johnson

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EP 29 Stress: The Hidden Culprit Behind Gut Troubles

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Ep 28 Virginia Rasmijn's Battle With Hand Immobility & Burnout From Corporate Stress

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EP 27 What's the link between Constant Colds, Allergies, and Nagging Injuries with Long-Term Stress?

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EP 26 - How Burnout Caused a Lawyer To Lose Sight In One Eye: Philippa Robinson's Burnout Story

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EP 25 Why is Sleep the Secret Weapon Against Burnout?

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EP 24 From the Boardroom to the Hospital Bed: Amayra Morales’ Burnout Journey

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EP 23 When to leave or stay in a toxic workplace?

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EP 22 - Battling Burnout on the Path to Success with former CEO Guyla Greenly

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EP 21 - How I Raised My Overall Stress Tolerance In One Day!!

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EP 20 Burnout's Role in the Onset of Cancer with Vincent VanOhm

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EP 19 Anger Plays A Huge Role In Burnout. Here's why?

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EP 18 Dealing with Anger and Burnout in the Workplace: Rhi Woodburn's Perspective

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EP 17 Putting Your BS to the Test: Would It Stand Up in a Courtroom?

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EP 16 Lessons Learned from Ret. Fire Chief Arjuna George's Burnout

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EP 15 Burnout Coach vs. Practitioner: Which Path Is Right for You?

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EP 14 Reclaiming Health and Wellness: Tonia Winchester - A Naturopath's Journey Through Burnout

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EP 13 Avoiding Burnout: How the Whoop Band and Oura Ring Can Help You Train Smarter

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EP 12 The Dark Side of Overtraining: Lessons Learned from Leks Vucko

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EP 11 When Your Voice is Ignored: How to Advocate for Yourself and Seek Support

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EP 10 Breaking the Stigma: Simon Rinne's Experience with Burnout

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09 Regaining Control: First Steps for Beating Burnout

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08 Why my son was born in Burnout because of me.

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07 Pushing day by day, just making it through

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06 Why The Whoop Day Stress Monitor Is A Burnout Game Changer

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05 Is Jenna Kutcher’s Biohacking for you?

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04 Beat burnout even when you can’t add more to your plate

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03 When you say YES, what are you saying NO to?

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02 Are You Confusing Sleep Struggles With Burnout?

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01 Stop Guessing & Beat Burnout Now