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E121 - Jessica Welch - Co-Parenting and Custody Battles

This week's guest was a single mom for 10+ years with little to no involvement from my children's fathers. She has 3 kids with 2 different fathers 1 who passed away and the other there is an ongoing custody battle
She is here to tell her story and hopefully help other single parents who are fighting custody battles and difficult co-parenting situations.
Find Jessica here;
www.instagram.com/itsjessicawelch

E120 - Angela Greensill - Pandemic Affected Comedian Turned Children’s Author

What can I tell you about this week's guest …..
Angela is a seasoned performer with 3 Melbourne Comedy Festival Solo Shows under her belt. She has been a support act for many of the big names of comedy and she was a finalist in the Kings of Comedy contest and a preliminary finalist in Melbourne in the Raw Comedy contest. More recently she has been a writer for, ‘Mainland Tonight’, and ‘Pitch’.  Angela is known for her razor-sharp wit and has been pleasing audiences in all the best venues in Melbourne.
Angela has a rare auto-immune condition, so when covid hit she had to lay low until they found a vaccine. It gave Angela a chance to focus on writing. Rather than her usual comedy writing, Angela enjoyed where her brain went when writing for children. Angela first started writing funny little stories for her niece but soon realized there was a bigger audience for her stories. Angela’s main aim as an author is for children to laugh while they learn. Angela grew up on a farm in regional Queensland and this experience flavours her writing for a unique storytelling experience. The innocence of simpler times. She found it soothing while the world seemed to be going insane.
During the first year, she published 4 illustrated children’s books and her books are getting rave reviews on Amazon and are beautifully illustrated using the latest in digital technology.
Angela’s books are perfect for parents who want to feel good about their choices and for children who love a good story. Your child will ask for them again and again and, sometimes, that will be a good thing.
Find Angela here
www.linkedin.com/in/angela-greensill-a209a966
www.facebook.com/Angelagreencomedian
www.angelagreencomic.wordpress.com

E119 - Doug Noll - Listening Others Into Existence - Emotional Competency

This week's guest is appearing on the show for a second time, Doug Noll is a mediator and peacemaker who teaches people how to listen and validate others' emotions, which he calls Listening Others Into Existence.
He believes everyone has a deep need to be heard and validated and that listening and validating someone's emotions is the most powerful and precious gift you can give, costing you nothing.
Our culture however teaches us that emotions are bad, and we have learned from our parents to repress our emotions. This causes people to feel uncomfortable when someone is crying or angry, not knowing how to console a grieving friend, dealing with a screaming child, or avoiding hard conversations. As a result, people do not live in emotional safety, are scared of emotions, and are even afraid to admit to their fears, leading to misery, unhappiness, and despair, especially in relationships.
Doug's life became one big struggle as he was born nearly deaf, almost blind, and crippled with two club feet. He learned that emotions were not safe, and he became numb to his emotions. However, his work as a mediator and peacemaker forced him to confront human emotion straight on, and he discovered how to listen to others into existence. He taught inmates serving life sentences how to be peacemakers in maximum security prisons and then taught his skills at the highest levels of government in Washington, D.C. Today, he focuses on teaching emotional competency and de-escalation skills based on how our brains are hard-wired, which he believes is a solid foundation of empirical neuroscience.
Find Doug here;
www.facebook.com/DouglasNoll
www.linkedin.com/in/dougnoll/
www.twitter.com/dougnoll
www.dougnoll.com/emotional-competency/toxic-person-at-work
www.dougnoll.com/

E118 - Sivan Hong - Writing about Neurodiversity

This week’s guest Sivan Hong's career spans over two decades in several industries and professions, including holding esteemed positions as a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and a former partner at The Bridgespan Group.
However today, Sivan authors and illustrates the best-selling children’s book series The Super Fun Day Books, including Benny J. and the Horrible Halloween, George J. and the Miserable Monday, Emily D. and the Fearful First Day and Avery G. and the Scary End of School.  Her inspiring books focus on neurodiverse children, who overcome their challenges with perseverance and bravery.  The Super Fun Day Books have even been featured on NBC and News12.
Sivan also serves as a Trustee on the Boards of the Rita Allen Foundation, Multicultural Children’s Book Day, and the ASPCA.  
Find Sivan here; 
www.sivanhong.com

E117 - Richard Capriola -Drug and Alcohol Teen Use Post Pandemic

It feels like this guest is becoming a regular……Last year we had an awesome gentleman on to talk about the addicted child and the book he had written to help parents recognise the signs and then understand what the next steps are should their child be addicted to substances and or other things.
Then Richard Capriola came back on the podcast to talk to us about his investigations on how the pandemic had impacted teen substance abuse and teen mental health.
And today Richard has come along to the podcast to tell post-pandemic how teen substance abuse and mental health is improving or failing.
Find Richard here;
www.helptheaddictedchild.com

E116 - Jessica Rhys Griffith - COO to Super Mum - How To Be A Single Mum And A Business Woman

This week’s guest has been a single parent for the last 10 years alongside being a director and then Chief Operating Officer for a consultancy business. Throughout that time, she has juggled the challenges of building a supportive and positive home environment for herself and her child whilst handling the increasing demands and expectations of an executive role in what has become an increasingly volatile world.
She has worked through various situations that at times have felt overwhelming; trying to create more time, being present for the right people at the right time, managing her guilt for not always being there for her daughter, being concerned with comparing herself to others and what her daughter might be missing or losing out on, and struggling to be the role model she want to be for her daughter. Not only all that but she has felt challenged at work about her dedication, felt vulnerable to criticism, felt the need to work twice as hard as others to prove her worth, and struggled with visibility and setting boundaries to find a harmonious balance between home and work. 
Jessica Rhys-Griffiths has always been motivated by working with individuals and teams to achieve their best and so she is here today because she wants to take what she has learned and support others in similar situations to find their way to be their best selves and be successful at home and work.
Find Jessica here;  
www.jessicarhys-griffith.com
www.linkedin.com/in/jessrhysgriffith

E115 - Diane Windsor - Teaching Children from a Single Parent Household About Healthy Relationships

This week’s guest Diane Windsor is coming on the podcast for a second time to chat about how to guide your teenager about relationships.
She has been a single mom twice and has been thru 2 divorces…and she has been in marriage counseling for more years than she was married. 
She is passionate about helping mothers (especially single mothers) tell their stories. She was a leader of the single-parent support group for 8 years until covid and during her journey, she has become an accomplished author; her work focuses on topics that are important to single moms. Diane has published the following books:
Stuck
Smoke Screen
How to Relationship – A Relationship Guide for Teens with Divorced Parents
Find Diane here
https://www.motinabooks.com/?page_id=37
https://www.facebook.com/motinabooks/
 

EP114 - Dr Vic Manzo - Unleashing Your Potential

This week’s Guest is Dr. Vic Manzo and he is a Business and Spiritual Mindset Coach, Certified Paediatric Chiropractor, Holistic Wellness Coach, 3x Author, and Podcaster.He helps individuals lead a fulfilled and soul-filled life effortlessly by sharing principles of ancient wisdom, and spiritual truths while bridging the gap with science: Universal Laws, Quantum Physics, and Neuroscience.
Dr. Vic is the author of 3 books, with the most recent one being, "Decoding The Matrix: Powerful Tips for Unleashing Your Potential and Accelerating Your Spiritual Awakening"He also has two podcasts, "The Mindful Experiment" which is ranked top 1% globally, and "The Mindful Chiropractor," a podcast focused on the Chiropractic profession.
And now a new dad!
Find Dr Vic here 
www.linkedin.com/in/drmanzo
www.facebook.com/drvicmanzo1
www.EmpowerYourReality.com/podcast
 
www.empoweryourreality.com
 

EP113 - Elaine Belson - People Pleasing and How To Stop

This week’s guest obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1987 from the University of Maryland and her master’s degree in Social Work in 1993 from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and has been a clinical social worker for 30 years
In addition to this, she decided to join the Army at the age of 42 because she wanted to be part of something bigger than herself and have a bigger impact and during her time served in Afghanistan, from 2008-2010.
She is an expertise in the following topics: anger management, anxiety, coping with chronic pain, depression, domestic violence, eating disorders, grief/loss, low self-esteem, parenting, relationships, stress, substance abuse, trauma, women's issues, and work issues and she has provided trauma services for Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, bank robberies, military deployment and has helped children and teens cope with academic challenges, bullying, divorce, peer pressure, and low self-esteem.
Find Elaine here
www.anchor.fm/elaine-lcswcwww.itscomplicated.blog
 

EP112 - Stacy Quick - My Child Has OCD

This week’s guest has experience with parenting three children with anxiety and OCD.
Stacy Quick had OCD as a child and she has been a Licensed Professional Counsellor for the last 10 years who specializes in the treatment of OCD at her clinic NOCD/treatmyocd.com
Find Stacy here
www.treatmyocd.com/therapists/128474/stacy.quick
www.linkedin.com/in/stacyquickundone
www.instagram.com/stacyquick.undone