No topics are off limits with Jamie Goodspeed and Dr Jennifer Hopkins. Jamie is an Energy Healer working with Reiki, meditation, and tapping and longs for people to learn about other modalities of healing. Dr Jennifer Hopkins, integrative medicine specialist, with a passion for biohacking the human body, a diligent researcher, health advocate, and wellness enthusiast. This raw and real podcast explores holistic wellness and self-empowerment from a unique perspective. From alternative therapi ...
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Dr. Ross Greene, originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions model and author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings, provides guidance to parents on understanding and helping kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges...along with his co-hosts Kim Hopkins-Betts (Director of Outreach at Lives in the Balance) and parents Jennifer Trethewey, and Stella Hastings.
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Navigating Toxic Relationships: Understanding and Overcoming Toxic Dynamics
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It's quite prevalent to find ourselves in toxic relationships. Dr Jen and Jamie discuss what draws us in and why do we stay? Toxic dynamics can extend beyond romantic partnerships to friendships and even family bonds. Join us for a casual chat about TOXIC relationships!By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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Cell Phone Shock: Unraveling the Hidden Risks of Phone Radiation
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Join Dr. Jen and Jamie as they explore the startling effects of cell phone radiation, uncovering its impact on brain, thyroid, and fertility levels.By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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Makeup Ain't So Pretty: Beware of Your Beauty Regimen
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In this episode, Dr. Jen and Jamie discuss the unspoken ingredients hiding in your daily beauty regimen. Our skin, the body's largest organ, absorbs the chemicals we apply, shaping our health and possibly even connecting to illnesses and cancer.By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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America is Drinking Mold, Toxins and Pesticides: AKA Coffee
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Unveil the brew: What's lurking in your morning mug? Dr. Jen and Jamie spill the beans on coffee's unknown ingredients, dive into the perks of picking organic, explore better brew alternatives, and champion conscious choices.By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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Cultivating Wellness: Harnessing the Power of Fasting
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In this installment, Dr. Jen and Jamie delve into the significance of fasting, exploring its advantages, guidelines for breaking a fast, and additional insights including gut health, clarity, increased energy, and more.By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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In this episode Dr Jen and Jamie talk about the importance of loving yourself first before you can love anyone else. Their rabbit hole this week is kindness, affirmations, relationships and growth!By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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In this episode, Jamie delves into the history of Reiki and explores the concept of energy healing from both the practitioner's and clients' perspectives. Dr. Jen also shares instances where she suggests energy healing for clients.By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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Pain to Purpose- Who are Dr Jen and Jamie
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Welcome to the inaugural episode! Join Dr. Jen and Jamie as they delve into their backgrounds and the journey that led them to this point. Witness how their pain led to be their purpose.By Dr Jennifer Hopkins and Jamie Goodspeed
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In the March edition of the CPS Podcast, we take a deep dive into Plan C (in the CPS model, Plan C refers to putting an expectation on hold, at least for now). While those familiar with CPS recognize that Plan C is a very important part of prioritizing expectations -- and stabilizing some kids -- putting expectations on hold is frequently misinterp…
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Vitamin Vigilance: Navigating Vitamins Safely
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In this episode, Dr. Jen and Jamie delve into the mysteries surrounding the contents of your vitamins. They emphasize the significance of assessing for vitamin deficiencies prior to purchasing supplements, and offer insights on where to find high-quality products and what factors to consider.By Dr Jen and Jamie
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In this episode, Dr. Jen and Jamie explore the process of finding the ideal practitioner tailored to your needs. They emphasize that factors such as insurance coverage, convenience, and copays should not solely dictate your choice. Instead, they advocate for considering integrative medicine, energy healing, and other modalities as crucial elements …
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The CPS Podcast: Is the New ABA Really New?
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On this month's program, we took a deep dive into "new" Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and whether its emphasis on assent and compassion really changes anything. Featuring guests Cindy Andree-Bowen and Shani Mandel.By Dr Ross Greene
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Coping Strategies: Are We Teaching Kids to be Early or Late?
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The special topic on today's program was Coping Strategies: Are We Teaching Kids to Be Early or Late? Unfortunately, many of the coping strategies we're teaching kids these days teach them to cope once they're already frustrated. That's late. What should we be empahasizing instead? Teaching kids how to identify, anticipate, and solve the problems t…
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Today's program -- Voices of the Neurodivergent Community: What We Need You to Know -- features an interview with Jenny Hunt, a published multidisciplinary researcher that focuses on medicine, medical law, and ethics. Recently, they shifted their interest to Neurodiversity and go by the online name Autistic Sighentist.…
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Why is There Disproportionality of Punitive, Exclusionary Discipline in Schools?
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Our guest hosts, Alex Spencer (formerly principal of the Alternate Learning Centers in the New York City Public Schools) and Ben Jones (Director of Legal and Policy Initiatives at Lives in the Balance) described their personal experience with and data related to the disproportionate use of punitive, exclusionary discipline with Black and Brown stud…
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On the first Tuesday of every month, at 11 am Eastern time, from September through May, Dr. Ross Greene and Lives in the Balance Director of Outreach Kim Hopkins cover a wide range of topics related to how we understand and treat our kids -- especially those with concerning behavior -- and the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model. Whethe…
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We had an update from one previous caller (Plan C for the win!), an email about how to use the model with toddlers, and another caller who is worried about her 18 year-old son who seems to have regressed considerably. Check out the advice given about the CPS Model across a range of ages! We will be back in September - You can call into the program …
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We were able to clear some of our email backlog in today's episode and talk through how a grandparent could bring up CPS to her daughter who is parenting a challenging child, what to do when solutions don't work, and using the model with a kiddo who appears to be cognitively rigid. Have a listen!By Dr Ross Greene
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Interesting discussion about how step 1 - the Empathy Step - of the CPS Model helps us to understand the inner worlds of our children and how they perceive things...which often can be very different from how we adults perceive things. Important not to skip this step if we are going to help them durably solve problems! Hear the surprising informatio…
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Thanks to two callers, we were able to talk through some of the key things that get in the way of Plan B getting off the ground - have a listen!By Dr Ross Greene
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Dissecting an Attempt at Plan B with a 15 Year Old
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Happy New Year! Thanks to a caller, we were able to visit many important aspects of the CPS Model by hearing about an early attempt at Plan B with her 15 year old son.By Dr Ross Greene
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Amazing discussions with our two callers today, both parents whose kids are struggling with school. We covered many of the nuances of solving problems collaboratively, but it all starts with making sure you're clear on what's making it hard for a kid to meet a particular expectation.By Dr Ross Greene
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There's always some detective work to be done when Plan B doesn't go as well as hoped. Our team responded to some inquiries about that on today's podcast, but -- as is often to case with Plan B -- the team needed more info to be maximally helpful. The team was in rare form today...By Dr Ross Greene
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Thanks to a caller, we got a wonderful gift by helping to restore her hope, perspective, and energy for Plan B! Lots of good info about how to go from Plan C to Plan B, plus ALSUP and drilling tips.By Dr Ross Greene
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When Solutions Aren't Mutually Satisfactory
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On our last program before the Summer break, we talked with two callers about what to do when solutions aren't truly mutually satisfactory.By Dr Ross Greene
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Is Plan B a Way to Get My Expectations Met? ...and other great questions!
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We covered a few emails on today's program, including one from a parent that sparked a great conversation about whether Plan B is a way to get the adult's expectation met - the answer is "possibly" - listen for details! Also, trouble shooting screen time-related Plan B.By Dr Ross Greene
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Disrespect? Solve the Problem that's Causing It
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An abbreviated (30 minutes) program today, but lots of territory covered...including how to apply Plan B to disrespectful behaviors. (Hint: you won't be working on the disrespect directly.)By Dr Ross Greene
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What are Your High-Priority Unsolved Problems?
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You can't solve everything at once, so you'll have to be selective in choosing problems to start solving first. The algorithm: safety, frequency, and gravity. Thanks to a mom who called in, you'll get a real-life example on this program.By Dr Ross Greene
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What to Do When a Child Becomes Physically Aggressive
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The standard advice is defuse, de-escalate, and keep everyone safe. But Collaborative & Proactive Solutions goes further than that. It's crucial to identify and solve the problem that caused the child to become physically aggressive in the first place. Once the problem is solved, the child won't become physically aggressive in response to it anymor…
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Lots of helpful topics covered today including adjusting the model for kids with language difficulties, drilling for information, wording unsolved problems, and more!By Dr Ross Greene
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