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Returning to Us — 237 episodes
Sound, Rhythm, and a Needed Pause
Repair without Weakening Authority
Revisiting The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
Why Accountability Feels Threatening
How Regulated Leaders Make Better Decisions in High-Stress Systems
Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
A Fresh Look at the Five Ives Framework in the Workplace
Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
Clarity as a Safety Cue
When Leaders Become the Stressor
Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision-Making
The Pause Between Now and Next
Leading from a Regulated Core
Designing Rhythms that Regulate
When Culture Dysregulates
Growth & Feedback Without Fear
Onboarding as Co-Regulation
Policy as a Nervous System
Meetings That Calm, Not Drain
The Regulated Organization: What It Means to Be a Regulated Organization
Retain: Sustaining Staff, Culture, and Capacity
Reinforce- Ensuring that Change becomes Cultural Muscle Memory
Reset: Moving from Relief to Real Transformation
Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma-Impacted Organizations
The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures That Breathe
No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
“Why wasn’t I good enough?”: Walking Away from What Wasn’t Meant for You
Can’t Sleep, Can’t Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
Spaces that Regulate
Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
How to Get Kids to Cooperate Without Power Struggles
What Happens When Consequences Backfire
Helping Children Catch your Calm with Nervous System Co-Regulation
Chaos to Connection
Part 2: Behavior isn't the Problem
Part 1: Behavior isn't the Problem
Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives
What are the Five Ives?
Oxytocin: Your Brain’s Natural Balancer
Understanding Heart Rate Vulnerability: Tools for a More Regulated Nervous System
From Stuck to Safe: A Deeper Dive to Rewiring Your Nervous System After Freeze & Fawn
Why Freeze State Happens in Two Different Ways (and Why it Matters)
Can Play REALLY Help You to Regulate?
Daily Habits for a Healthy Nervous System
Nature's Role in Nervous System Regulation
Rhythms That Regulate
The Power of Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm Your Nervous System
Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset Your System
Polyvagal Theory - what in the world is it and why should I care?
Vagus Nerve: The Key to Calm
How Stress Changes Your Brain and Body
The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
Micro Changes Macro Results
Sounds That Heal
I just can’t stop talking about the nervous system
Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps
Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
A 5-Category Regulation Framework - Five Ives!
Surviving the Storm: Balancing Recovery with Forward Momentum
Surviving the Storm: Using the Window of Tolerance After a Natural Disaster
Surviving the Storm: Calming Your Nervous System After a Natural Disaster
Problem Solving Recurring Behaviors and Triggers
Window of Tolerance
Regulation Strategies to Use Right Now
Creating a Calm Down Space
Teaching Emotional Regulation to Toddlers
Children's Storybooks on Abuse (Part 3)
Children's Storybooks on Abuse (Part 2)
Children's Storybooks on Abuse (Part 1)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 7)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 6)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 5)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 4)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 3)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 2)
From Chaos to Calm - Helping Kids Regulate (Part 1)
Calming & Coping Mechanisms RE-RELEASE
Changing the Culture of Childhood Abuse
Finding Balance in Your Life
5 Minute Meditation
HIIT Workout in 5 minutes or Less
Low-Impact Workout in 5 Minutes or Less
Rest to Sweat in 5 Minutes
The 5-Minute Workout
Tiny Habits: Flow State, Be More Like Your Children
Tiny Habits: Breathwork
Tiny Habits: Get Into Nature
7 Things to do to Create a Habit
The Align Method Daily Five
Nervous System 101
Listener Q&A: Lauren Answers Your Most Burning Questions
Communicating in a Way That Gets Kids to Listen
Suspension and expulsion - why it isn’t helpful and what is
Manage Your Stress or It Will Manage You
Five Things That Drive Unwanted Behaviors
New Year and New Family Goals
A Slow Christmas
Managing Emotions and Behaviors Around the Holidays
A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
Emotional Brain Parts and How Executive Functioning Heals It
Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
Trauma 101
Life Online - Teaching in a Digital-First World
Perfectionism: It’s leading to procrastination
Assessing in Education
Collaboration in the Classroom (Part 2)
Collaboration in the Classroom (Part 1)
Memory Hacks for Better Productivity
Curb Your Multitasking with the Pomodoro Method
Space Design with the Brain in Mind
Interview with Sean Inderbitzen & Jessica Doering: Dysregulation and Polyvagal Theory
How to Get and Keep Student's Attention
How Emotional States Impact Learning
How Does a Child’s Brain Actually Work?
How the Brain Stores Information
Questions and Answers, Round 2!
How Selfish Are You Really?
How to teach based on what we know about the brain (Pt. 2)
How to Teach Based on Our Knowledge of the Brain (pt.1)
Question & Answers
Book Study Series: Limitless part 2
Book Study Series: Limitless part 1
How Trauma Travels
Book Study Series: “What Happened To You” pt. 3
Book Study Series: “What Happened To You” pt. 2
Book Study Series: “What Happened To You” pt. 1
Burning Teacher Questions Pt. 3
Teacher Questions - Pt. 2 of 3
Teacher Questions - Pt. 1
Building your family system
Building Resilience and Self-Esteem
How On Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior? Pt. 3
How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior? Pt. 2
How On Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior?
How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 2
How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Part 1
Instilling Intrinsic Motivation In Your Kids
How to Make Kids Cooperate
Helpfulness: How to Make Kids Helpful
A Challenge For All - Goals 2023
Resources for Well Being
Self Care Quiz and Continuum
How to Begin Healing the Educator Mental Health Crisis
A Silent Epidemic: Mental Health Crisis in Education
Overcoming Test Taking Anxiety
Interview with Jake Ryan: How to Become the Source of What You Seek
The effects of chronic stress and abuse
Why Is My Child Anxious and How Do I Help?
Are schools failing our kids?
Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
What is emotional abuse?
How to Effectively Counter Demotivation in Kids (and adults)
Biology, Memory, and Motivation
Emotional Regulation with Dr. Ambroes Pass-Turner
How to Combat Perfectionism and Increase Your Joy
Putting Self-Care into Practice with Routines
Grit, Growth, Mindset and Intrinsic Motivation with Matthew Davidoff
Self Care Big 5: Movement & Exercise
Self Care Big 5: Socialization
Self Care Big 5: Water and Sleep
Self Care Big 5: Food
Small changes that lead to a calmer (and happier!) you
How to Build Confidence in Your Kids and The Great Transition: A Conversation with Nellie Harden
Listener Questions!
Achieving and Maintaining Emotional Balance
Decoding Unwanted Behaviors
Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel
Effective Communication: The Power of a Written Note
Improve Communication: Information instead of Instructions
Improve Communication: Less is More
Positive Communication: Try Some Humor
Improve Communication by Giving Kids Choices
Positive Communication using the "I See" Strategy
Body Language: An Important Part of Effective Communication
Ways to Neutralize or Gain Energy: For Adults!
Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
Kids, Behavior, and Therapy: A Conversation with Alyssa Mairanz
Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System
Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
Your Brain's Cortisol Control Hub - The Hypothalamus
Your Brain's Memory Storage Command Center - The Hippocampus
Meet the Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain: The Amygdala
The Brain in the Palm of your Hand: Dan Siegel’s Hand Model
Emotions & Your Money: Elizabeth Ralph from The Spiritual Investor Program
Fight or Flight: How your Brainstem protects you
Educational Equity, Remote Learning & Cognitive Empathy: An Engrossing Conversation with Educator & Researcher Matthew Davidoff
The Barking Dog: Our Emotional Brain
The Wise Owl: Better known as your Thinking Brain
Self-Care: Finding your Core Values
Create Personalized Rituals for your Self-Care Routine
How Personality Type Affects Your Self-Care Routine
Healing Trauma through Equine Assisted Learning & Mentorship: A Conversation with Equine Specialist Rebecca Britt
Why is Self-Care So Important?
Does Food Affect Mood?
Play, Relationships & Connection: A Conversation with Early Childhood Intervention Specialist Renee Pena Lopez
Lighting and Room Design: How it affects mood, focus, and concentration.
Temperature and Room Design: How it affects learning, productivity, and stress response.
Aroma & Room Design: How it affects energy level, mood, and emotions.
Using Color in Room Design: How it affects actions, learning, and retention.
Consider Sound in Room Design: How it affects focus and learning.
Food & Mood Regulation: Our conversation with Justina Hertzler, RN & Herbalist
Sensory Integration AKA Sensory Motor Strategies for Kids
The Classroom During Covid: An Interview with Katie Deppen, certified Early Childhood Educator.
How Food impacts the Brain and Emotions
Integrate Health into your Lifestyle: A Conversation with Health Coach Lindsey Kaszuba
Exercise and how it relates to Emotional Regulation
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Breathing Techniques for Calming
Sensory Need – Fifth of the 5 Needs Areas
Physical Need - Fourth of the 5 Needs Areas
Control - Third of the 5 Needs Areas
Relationships and the Need to Feel Connected – Second of the 5 Needs Areas
Self Regulation – First of the 5 Needs Areas
Trauma's Effect on Children: A Conversation with Early Childhood Specialist Catherine Dennis
Problem Solving
Calming & Coping Strategies
Categorizing Emotions
Calming Corner for both Adults & Kids
4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence
How Humor Heals
Food and the Brain
Hacking our Biology to Respond to Impulsive Behaviors
The Neuroscience of Emotions
Why Behaviors Occur - The 5 Needs Areas
The Behavior Hub-Who We Are
Why we named this podcast "Returning to Us".