Being there for your kids
by Jonathan C. Robinson, PhD
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About this podcast
Parenting is the most important job we have for which we almost never have any training. This podcast offers glimpses into effective parenting choices and communication.
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- What Me Worry - The Wonder of Wonder · 4 min · Episode 363We spend a lot of time going around with "what if" questions about ourselves. What if always brings on anxiety. How about trading in your "what if" statements for "I wonder"…
- Psychotherapy as Both Art and Science · 4 min · Episode 362When you assess how your life is going and decide that starting psychotherapy could be helpful in finding symptom relief and making healing changes, how do you know what kind of…
- From Stuck to Soaring · 4 min · Episode 361Being stuck sucks. We usually stay stuck because we're used to it and can't imagine life ever being better. Helping patients soar in the light is the goal of mentalligent…
- Being grateful for the bad stuff is part of healing · 4 min · Episode 360It's easy to be grateful for the good stuff in our lives. We got lucky. We're living right. We're making good decisions. But what about the bad stuff. That's what keeps us stuck…
- Looking for Stress Relief--Try Becoming a Mompreneur · 4 min · Episode 359Did you know you could become a "Mompreneur?" It's a fun and lucrative way to stay at home and provide for your children, while also adding to the family income. My good friend…
- Positivity as a Source of Healing · 4 min · Episode 358Do you typically find yourself bogged down in what's wrong? Or are you in search of what's right in your life. Focusing on the positive can make a huge difference in affect…
- Life Choices that Change Who You Are · 4 min · Episode 357Lots of life choices chang who we are. Where to go to school. Who to marry. Having children. Add to the list your choice to get started in counseling or psychotherapy. In this…
- Are You Loving Yourself? · 3 min · Episode 356Loving yourself is both a skill and an art. It leads to increased self-esteem and self-confidence. It helps you soar as you overcome adversity. With mentalligent psychotherapy…
- Are You Raising Capable Kids? · 4 min · Episode 355We need a degree, certification, license, or other such credentials to do our jobs. We get nothing to help us learn to be good parents. What's with that? In this podcast, I'm…
- Kids Say the Darnedest Thinngs · 3 min · Episode 354The most wonderful, curious, and confusing thing about parenting is what kids come up with. Each exchange is a challenge. Do you impart wisdom? scold? challenge? Or do you just…
- Are You Benefiting from Neurogenesis? · 4 min · Episode 353There's a word you don't hear very often. When your brain is working as it is supposed to, it's shutting down often used but unhealthy neuropathways and shifting to new…
- How grateful are you? · 4 min · Episode 352Being grateful is not just a moment. It's a mindset. Having an attitude of gratitude can set the context for each of your days. I know. You are grateful for your spouse, for your…
- Be Mindful. Get More Out of LIfe · 4 min · Episode 351Mindfulness is one of those funky words that only shrinks use. However, most of us know how to be present, to focus on your now. In Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT) this helps…
- Have You Ever Failed At Something? · 4 min · Episode 350Sadly, or happily, all of us fail at something. Sometimes we fail often. I would contend, however, that there is no such thing as failure, only an arbitrary limitation of…
- Stop Being Stuck. Start Soaring · 4 min · Episode 349We all know what being stuck is like. How about soaring? Birds with large wingspans fly on thermal updrafts with their wings out, catching the current and soaring up and up on…
- Same Ol' Same Ol'? · 4 min · Episode 348Does it feel like you are always walking through deep mud? Slogging along but not getting very far. Going in the same direction but not getting very far? Does it feel helpless?…
- Your Stuff - Burden or Bridge? · 4 min · Episode 347Things happen, ya know? We don't ask for the bad stuff. It just happens. For people with stress, anxiety, or depression, those things become a burden that weighs them down. What…
- Are You Clueless? · 4 min · Episode 346If you are living your life, not knowing that there is a problem, and you don't know that you don't know, then you are clueless. If they haven't already, hopefully a good friend…
- Is Being the Strong One Working for You? · 4 min · Episode 345Being strong emotionally in relationships is mostly a blessing to both you and your partner, until it isn't. If you are the one always doing the right thing, always putting your…
- A New Word for you, Eudaimonia · 3 min · Episode 344Eudaimonia is a Greek word that captures "Self-Flourishing." When you are eudaimonic, you are embracing who you are, living in the moment, being self-compassionate, and finding…
- A Cautionary Tale of AI · 3 min · Episode 343AI, that is Artificial Intelligence, is here to stay. It's our job to use it wisely. I have resources to help you do just that. Don't let AI take control of you. Be you and stay…
- Don't Let Anger Geth the Best of You · 4 min · Episode 342Did you know? While anger is probably the single most prevalent negative feeling, it is ALWAYS a secondary feeling. We can rant and bluster with the best of them, only to cover…
- Nix the Blame Game · 3 min · Episode 341When something goes wrong in your life, it's easy to fix blame, either on yourself or on others. While you may be right, how helpful is the blame game? Usually, it just stirs up…
- From Stuckness to Soaring · 3 min · Episode 340Being stuck in life is no fun. Ho hum. What's new? Or worse, more trouble. Why do I keep doing that? When you realize that you are stuck in a life that's going nowhere, begin…
- My Place or Yours? · 4 min · Episode 339This is a pivotal question in a growing relationship. Kinda taking it all to the next level. Taking time to talk through such questions with your partner and your therapist gives…
- Are You Ready? · 4 min · Episode 338Starting psychotherapy is a big deal. Something's happened in your life and it's not going well. You know therapy is an option, but you're not sure it's "right for you." You've…
- Bummed Out? · 4 min · Episode 337Many of our life occurrences can leave us feeling bummed out. Part of soaring is not letting the bad stuff linger. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on…
- Are You Living on the Edge · 4 min · Episode 336Living on the edge is a precarious place to be. Not sure of your footing. Having to hold on. Too much going on. Feeling overwhelmed. People find themselves living on the edge…
- Are You Nuts? · 4 min · Episode 335Life nowadays can be so overwhelming and crazy that it feels like you are going nuts, but probably not. However, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over…
- Focus on the Positive · 3 min · Episode 334It's true. What you pay attention to grows. Focus on the negative, negative grows. Focus on the positive, and the positive grows. While we do need to address feeling overwhelmed…
- Don't Take It Personally · 4 min · Episode 333Ya know, each of us has so much going on all at once that life can be overwhelming. Making sense out of it all can be really hard. Other people's words can be hurtful and…
- Take a Chill Pill · 4 min · Episode 332Life can get so hectic so quickly sometimes that we all just need to breathe. Today's youth tell us to "Just take a chill pill." Good advice. In my new book, The Healing Journey…
- What you Focus On Grows · 4 min · Episode 331Your choice. Focus on the negative and it grows. Focus on the positive and it grows. The negative spirals you down and into your stuck-ness. The positive spirals you upward on…
- Note to Self · 3 min · Episode 330Your daily activities determine how you reach your goals and how you feel about yourself. When you are in a downward spiral of stuck-ness, there's not much movement. Progress is…
- Mind Your Own Business · 4 min · Episode 329Sorry for messing with you to get your attention. Your business is your own, but I do want to talk about your mind and how you can traverse stages on your healing journey…
- Turn Your Hardship from a Curse into a Blessing · 3 min · Episode 328We all endure hardships of one sort or another. If we let them, they will turn into downward spirals that leave us feeling helpless and alone. What if you could take all of that…
- Gratitude Affects Attitude · 4 min · Episode 327When we grumble about what's wrong in our life, we stay on a downward spiral. I call it the "Woe is me." Eeyore syndrome. It's hard to function while grumbling, and grumbling…
- Can You Be Worry-Free? · 4 min · Episode 326We all worry, about all sorts of stuff. Is it possible to be worry-free? It is if you learn to trade in any budding worry for curiosity. When you do that, your "what if" worry…
- New Beginnings for a New Year · 4 min · Episode 325As we let go of the past and look forward to the future for a new year, we become more hopeful. Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT) offers you that hope on your healing journey…
- Do You Get the Holiday Blues? · 3 min · Episode 324Everybody gets sad one time or another and for various reasons. What you do with that sadness can define your quality of life. The holidays are often occasions when feeling sad…
- How about moving from fake happy to real happy? · 4 min · Episode 323Are you one of the gazillion people who consistently wear masks? You know, the mask that hides what you are really feeling? Mask-wearers often engage in happy talk with others…
- Do You Want to Get or Give? · 4 min · Episode 322Clinical depression lives in about 20% of our population. Yet, we are one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Clearly, money doesn't buy happiness. One of the sources of…
- Is Your Skying Falling? · 4 min · Episode 321ONe of the most difficult things for folks who are stuck is to overcome absolute thinking. Chicken Little ranted in a panic about his conviction that the sky is falling. This is…
- Moving from Being Stuck to Soaring · 4 min · Episode 320Being a one and done thinker is the origin of your stuckness. As you become more curious, you challenge your stuckness and open the door to being more resilient. More options…
- How to Get from Here to There · 5 min · Episode 319Your healing journey begins with challenging your mindset. There are 5 paths to take, navigating each path clears the way from your stuckness to soaring, becoming who you want to…
- It's Okay to Be Messy · 3 min · Episode 318Are you messy? Does being messy keep you from staying focused? Getting things done? If so, what can you do about it? News flash!! It's okay to be messy. Messy is a descriptor…
- Plant Seeds and Your Garden will Grow · 4 min · Episode 317Seeds are the beginning of everything. Plant them and stuff grows. Gardens we know about. Let me introduce you to the seeds that grow your stress resilience. Check it out…
- Getting from Here to There · 4 min · Episode 316Do you remember the old definition of insanity? Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. With counseling and psychotherapy, we help…
- Getting to Know You, No, Really Know You · 4 min · Episode 315When we're building a new relationship, we spend time getting to know each other. We plan, do stuff together, have fun. But really, that stuff is all about getting to know you…
- Your Words Matter · 4 min · Episode 314How many of your encounters ended badly because of misunderstood words? I bet it's way too many. It's really true that your words matter. When you have to add, "I'm just messing…
