Being there for your kids

Being there for your kids

Jonathan C. Robinson, PhD

Episodes 314
Avg. Duration 3m
Activity Highly Active
Since Feb 2018
Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
59%
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

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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Recent Episodes

Bummed Out?

Apr 10, 2026 3m

Many 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 the Path to the Good…

Are You Living on the Edge

Apr 04, 2026 3m

Living 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 when they use a lot of…

Are You Nuts?

Mar 27, 2026 4m

Life 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 again and expecting…

Focus on the Positive

Mar 20, 2026 3m

It'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 and put the negative…

Don't Take It Personally

Mar 14, 2026 3m

Ya 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 explosive, especially if you…

Take a Chill Pill

Mar 08, 2026 3m

Life 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: Overcoming Adversity…

What you Focus On Grows

Feb 27, 2026 4m

Your 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 your healing journey to…

Note to Self

Feb 20, 2026 3m

Your 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 slow. To begin upward…

Mind Your Own Business

Feb 13, 2026 4m

Sorry 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, actually changing how our…

Turn Your Hardship from a Curse into a Blessing

Feb 07, 2026 3m

We 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 mess that is yours…

Gratitude Affects Attitude

Jan 31, 2026 4m

When 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 affects your…

Can You Be Worry-Free?

Jan 23, 2026 4m

We 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 questions become "I…

New Beginnings for a New Year

Jan 08, 2026 3m

As 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. Check out how high…

Do You Get the Holiday Blues?

Dec 12, 2025 3m

Everybody 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 can overwhelm us and…

How about moving from fake happy to real happy?

Dec 05, 2025 3m

Are 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. Playing the game of…

Do You Want to Get or Give?

Nov 21, 2025 3m

Clinical 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 stuckness is having a…

Is Your Skying Falling?

Nov 14, 2025 4m

ONe 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 a folklore example of…

Moving from Being Stuck to Soaring

Nov 07, 2025 3m

Being 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 equal more opportunities…

How to Get from Here to There

Oct 31, 2025 4m

Your 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 be. Today's podcast…

It's Okay to Be Messy

Oct 23, 2025 3m

Are 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, not a definer. If you…

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Being there for your kids has published 314 episodes since February 2018, covering topics in Education, Kids & Family.

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Being there for your kids is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 3m.

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