Episode 92: Understanding Anxiety in Kids
Sissy and David start off the series of discussions centered around Sissy's book, Raising Worry Free Girls, by talking about what parents need to understand about anxiety in kids.
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Episode 91: Helping Kids Understand Their Emotions with Dylan Dreyer
Meteorologist and TODAY Show co-host Dylan Dreyer speaks with Sissy and David about how seeing the parallels between weather and emotions in her three young boys led her to write her Misty the Cloud series of books.
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Episode 90: Navigating Education and Parenting Twins
Anne and Nate Morrow talk with Sissy and David about parenting twins, adoption, school community, teachers, football, and taco rings.
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Episode 89: How to Prepare Kids for Our Rapidly Changing World
Sissy and David speak with bestselling author Madeline Levine about how she's seen parenting change during her four decades of working as a clinician, consultant, and educator in Childhood Development, and how we can best prepare our children and ourselves for a rapidly changing world.
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Episode 88: Combat Anxiety and Stress in Kids by Helping Them Find Purpose
As we kick of a new year, Sissy and David discuss how giving our kids a sense of purpose can help them combat anxiety and stress, regulate anger, and ward off depression. And Melissa wraps things up by answering the important question: what is our purpose?
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Episode 87: The Importance of Childhood Experiences with Sally Lloyd-Jones
Author of The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones, speaks with Sissy and David about how her own childhood experiences with her family and church led to her passion of writing for children.
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Episode 86: What Kids Need Right Now: Holiday Edition
'Tis the season for non-stop holiday events, family travel, and breaks in our healthy routines, so Sissy and David share some practical ways we can help spread more cheer and less anxiety for our kids during this Christmas Season.
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Episode 85: How to Find and Share Joy in Parenting
Ellie and Drew Holcomb bring their Christmas spirit and loads of joy to the Daystar house in this week’s episode, to have a conversation with Sissy and David about lessons they’ve learned from their parents as well as their kids, and how music is their favorite gift to share with everyone.
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Episode 84: Teaching Kids to Ward Off Anxiety by Focusing on Who They Are Not What They Do
After stepping away from a thriving career in TV, Paula Faris shares how she tries to help her kids focus more on who God created them to be and less on what they work to accomplish.
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Episode 83: Navigating Pain and Suffering with Others
Pastor and author Scott Sauls shares a message of hope for parents from his new book, Beautiful People Don't Just Happen.
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Episode 82: What I Wish I Knew About Adoption with Jamie Ivey
In this bonus episode in honor of National Adoption Day on November 19, Jamie Ivey shares what she wishes she and her husband knew when they started the adoption process, and talks about her new parenting podcast.
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Episode 81: How to Help Kids Move Past Challenges Toward Growth
Former Daystar staffer Pace Verner and her husband Brandon join Sissy and David to talk about their experiences with their own parents and their four kids, and how facing challenges leads to growth.
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Episode 80: Help Kids Develop Social Connections While Overcoming Anxiety with Dr. Michael Thompson
This week Sissy and David's guest is Michael Thompson, PhD, who has worked with thousands of kids in more than 700 schools around the world and is the author of multiple best-selling books. They discuss how parents can help kids develop social connections, while facing challenges without anxiety.
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Episode 79: Building Strong Emotional Connection for Kids with Their Parents and Peers
In David's new book, Raising Emotionally Strong Boys, he talks about the two P's that play a primary role in our kids' lives when it comes to relationships and human connection: Parents and Peers. He and Sissy discuss what they see kids and parents dealing with regularly, and offer some practical ideas that can help in developing and maintaining those connections. Melissa also shares her personal experience with our God-given desire for intimacy.
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Episode 78: Recovering from Trauma and Strengthening Your Soul with John Eldridge
Recorded this summer while Sissy was away at Hopetown, David interviews author John Eldredge about his most recent book, Resilient, and why strengthening our souls for the days ahead is as equally important as recovering from past trauma.
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Episode 77: Making Intentional Family Time a Priority
Sissy and David get to sit down with their dear friends and our first “Parents in the Trenches” for this season, Tina and Sterling Barrett, to hear how they have juggled work, activities, and intentional family time over the years with their two college-aged kids.
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Episode 76: What Kids Need From Parents to Support Their Mental Health with Dr. Jeri Fitzpatrick
This week on the podcast, we’ve got one of our favorite and one of Nashville’s most respected psychiatrists, Dr. Jeri Fitzpatrick. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this conversation around what she’s seeing in her offices these days, what she believes kids need from their parents to support their mental health and why and when medication might be important.
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Episode 75: How to Help Kids Navigate Emotions
Have you ever wondered how to navigate emotions with your kids? We will be discussing this topic throughout this season of the podcast. In this episode, Sissy has a little fun and interviews David about his new books that released this summer on raising emotionally strong boys. She also discusses girls and emotions and how David's tips can help them as well. If you haven't grabbed a copy of his new books, check out the links below!
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Episode 74: What Kids Need Right Now: Fall Edition
Join in on this quarterly conversation to hear the three things Sissy and David are seeing the most right now with kids and learn about the practical ways we as caregivers can help them grow in these areas.
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Episode 73: Raising Emotionally Strong and Worry Free Kids
Need effective tools to help your kids overcome worry and anxiety and build strong emotional health? Sissy Goff and David Thomas are back with Season 5 of the podcast to help you navigate all of the emotions!
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