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S4 EP2: Living in a Material World - Spotlight People, Scapegoats, & Staying Clever (opens the original)
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What happens when someone seems to value your talent, creativity, or helpfulness more than they value you? In “Living in a Material World: Spotlight People, Scapegoats, and Staying Clever,” I explore something I desperately needed an adult to explain when I was young: other people do not necessarily think the way you do. That does not mean everyone is bad, and it certainly does not mean kids should become frightened or suspicious. It means we can keep our good hearts while learning to notice pat
S4 EP1: True Colors: Potentiality & 8 Hidden Superpowers for a Brand-New School Year 🌈💎 (opens the original)
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TRUE COLORS: 8 Hidden Superpowers for a Brand-New School Year 🌈💎 Season 4 is here! 🎉 And we’re starting with a radical idea: what if some of the things we’re quickest to label as “problems” in middle schoolers are actually unfinished strengths? In this episode, Suzanne explores potentiality—the difference between what something is right now and what it still has the capacity to become. Because an argumentative kid might be developing the persistence of an advocate. A hyper-observant kid may be b
S3 EP16: SEL Summer Camp Week 6 - The Last Campfire: Saving Big Hearts a Seat | Skills Wrap Up (opens the original)
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🏕️ In the final episode of our SEL Summer Camp series, we bring together everything we’ve explored about the middle school years: the developing adolescent brain, screens and environment, emotions, anxiety, anger, resilience, identity, and belonging. This episode is about understanding the whole middle schooler. 😳 Behavior does not happen in isolation. It happens inside a developing brain, a body, a family, a peer group, a school, a culture, and a community. When we stop asking only, “How do I s
S3 EP15: SEL Summer Camp Week5 - Deep Dive into Anger, Reactivity & Rage | Why Tweens Explode (And What to Do Instead) (opens the original)
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🍎Apple Listeners: The show’s ratings were hacked & dropped to 3.1 rating from 4.9. It is under investigation currently. If you could help out & provide a positive star rating, it would mean everything! So grateful! Best, Suz & Steve🐶 —————————————————-In this special Deep Dive episode , Suzanne is joined once again by therapist Jessica Ragnio, MSW, LICSW , for one of the most important conversations of the Summer Camp series. Together, they explore what is really happening beneath explosive beha
S3 EP14 - SEL Summer Camp Week 4: Garden of Weedy Thoughts: Helping Middle Schoolers Bust Cognitive Distortions & Calm Anxiety (opens the original)
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🍎Apple Listeners: The show’s ratings were hacked & dropped to 3.1 rating from 4.9. It is under investigation currently. If you could help out & provide a positive star rating, it would mean everything! So grateful! Best, Suz & Steve🐶 ———————————- 🌱 Garden of Weedy Thoughts: Helping Middle Schoolers Bust Cognitive Distortions & Calm Anxiety Why does your middle schooler suddenly believe everyone is judging them ? Why can one awkward interaction at school turn into “Nobody likes me!” ? And why do
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