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Greater Good Science Center Podcasts: The Science of Happiness. What does it take to live a happier life? Learn research-tested strategies that you can put into practice today. Hosted by award-winning psychologist Dacher Keltner. Co-produced by PRX and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.
Sample Episodes include: How to Switch Off Your Critics; Helping Kids Think About the Good; Staying Close While Physical Distancing; From Othering to Belonging; A Cure for Loneliness; How to Reconnect with Your Partner; Do You Want to be More Patient? and more.

Parent School with Polly Ely, MFT: With compassion and a judgment-free delivery, Polly Ely guides parents through the twists and turns of parenting at every age and stage, teaching them (often through stories of her own fumbles) HOW to be in charge and be relaxed at the same time. She writes and speaks as a supportive ally to parents and partners, naming and normalizing the sometimes harrowing journey of parenting and giving parents actual routes out of the places where they feel lost.
Sample Episodes include: Hierarchy: Recognize When It’s Flipped, Learn To Get Back on Top; Worry Love: How Our Protective Instincts Can Make Children Chronically Anxious; The Power of 15: A Simple Tool for Family Connection; Lyin’ Cheatin’ & Stealin’: Looking at the Bigger Picture When Truth Goes Off Track; Prioritizing Partnerships: Who Comes First, and more.

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry: Lynn Lyons, therapist, author, and speaker, is an expert on helping parents, kids, and teens manage anxiety. She advises parents on how to better manage their worry and big feelings so they are modeling healthy emotional awareness. In each episode, Lynn answers listener questions and gives parents strategies for developing the traits that are their kids’ best defenses against anxiety and depression later in life: flexibility, resilience, autonomy, and problem solving.
Sample Episodes include: Holiday Grief From COVID Chaos: A Pep Talk; Social Anxiety, Teens, And A Pandemic; Unpacking your family’s baggage about anger, grief, and worry; Reassurance Traps: How to Know When Anxiety Is In Control; What I Wish Everyone Knew About Gratitude, and more.

The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired: One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out—in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships—is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them. In an age of scheduling demands and digital distractions, showing up for your child might sound like a tall order. But as bestselling authors Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson reassuringly explain, it doesn’t take a lot of time, energy, or money. Instead, showing up means offering a quality of presence. And it’s simple to provide once you understand the four building blocks of a child’s healthy development.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: AACAP Resource Centers empower consumers through patient education. They contain consumer-friendly definitions, answers to frequently asked questions, clinical resources, expert videos, and abstracts from the JAACAP, scientific proceedings, and facts for families relevant to each disorder.

Challenge Success Parent Resources: Through parent education courses, workshops, and videos, parents benefit from hearing university-based research translated into practical, everyday strategies that they can use to help guide their parenting behavior and raise kids who will thrive.

Children’s Health Council: Wide range of psychological services and supports for families and young children through young adults.

Child Mind Institute: An independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders, Child Mind Institute works to deliver the highest standards of care, advance the science of the developing brain, and empower parents, professionals, and policymakers to support children when and where they need it most.

Embrace Race: As US racial divisions and inequities grow sharper and more painful, the work of envisioning and creating systems of authentic racial inclusion and belonging in the United States remains a work in progress. Embrace Race believes that reversing the trend must begin in our homes, schools, and communities with our children’s hearts and minds.

Caminar Mental Health: A nonprofit, community-based agency that has been empowering and supporting individuals and families to move toward resilience, wellness, and independence for more than 50 years, Caminar delivers high-quality prevention, treatment, and recovery services to those with complex mental health, substance use, and co-occurring needs.

Greater Good Science Center: The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

Common Sense Media: Common Sense Media is a leading source of entertainment, literature, and technology recommendations for families. Parents find guidance and comfort in the expert reviews and objective advice.

Facing History and Ourselves: Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.