Make It a Great One with Dr. Dan: #1 Podcast for Inspiring Conversations to Live and Lead On Purpose

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and today Dr. Dan speaks to Meghan Riordan Jarvis, a trauma-informed psychotherapist specializing in grief and loss, about her recent Chicago Tribune OpEd Why aren’t we talking about the role of grief and loss in the ‘Great Resignation’?. Meghan’s powerful piece about grief and trauma during the pandemic – and in her own life – shines a light on mental health, increasing emotional fluency, and navigating complex emotions.As a trauma-informed psychotherapist, Meghan Riordan Jarvis MA, LCSW works to normalize grief and teaches us how to manage the neurobiological impacts of loss. A writer, podcast host, and sought-after consultant with over twenty years of clinical experience, Meghan also helps individuals and groups explore the impact of emotion on personal and professional relationships. Using a wide variety of trauma modalities, Meghan helps clients identify and integrate both unexpected loss and desired change.Dr. Dan and Meghan close their impactful and important conversation with the reassurance that even though as humans we will all experience grief, we are all wired to heal and eventually we will.Meghan’s essays have been widely published and her memoir will be released in 2024. For more information about Meghan’s work, podcast, and writing workshops please visit her website:  www.meghanriordanjarvis.com and follow her on Instagram.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Wondery, or wherever you like to listen!Don’t forget, you can hear every episode one week early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the @WonderyMedia App.For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merch: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this new episode Dr. Dan talks to podcasters and moms Ashley Hearon-Smith and Keri Setaro, hosts of the Momtourage podcast. The two are honest about parenting fails and the struggle to be selfless mothers plus they share some great parenting advice, too.This is a fun, funny, and lively episode featuring two hilarious Moms who are keeping motherhood real - no matter what. Dr. Dan and Ashley and Keri discuss careers, pregnancy, parenting, and so much more.  This episode proves to parents everywhere that they are not alone, and we are all in this together!For more information visit the Momtourage website: www.momtouragepodcast.com and follow Ashley and Keri on Instagram @momtouragepodcast.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen!Don’t forget, you can hear every episode one week early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the @WonderyMedia App. For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merch:www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-sho Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan interviews Muretta Moss, actress, stepmom, and host of the Counter Parenting Podcast. Muretta’s Counter Parenting podcast is a weekly show that aims to empower and inform listeners about all the charming (and not-so-charming elements!) of co-parenting – from a step-parent’s perspective. After noticing the many resources available for co-parenting and divorce with little for step-parents, Muretta stepped up to fill the gap. Her podcast features interviews with people involved in all aspects of co-parenting and offers listeners tools to live authentically while co-parenting.Muretta Moss is also an accomplished actress and writer.  Follow her on Instagram.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen!Don’t forget, you can hear every episode one week early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the @WonderyMedia App. For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merch:www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Originally aired April 26, 2022 It’s time for another “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” bonus episode. Dr. Dan and audio engineer Phil Rossi answer listener questions about teasing, nudity rules, and more.Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting!) every month on our exclusive “Sitting Down With Dr. Dan” special bonus episodes. Remember to submit your parenting questions by emailing podcast@drdanpeters.com or sending them to us via social media (we love DMs). We want to hear from you – and we might feature your question on a future bonus episode. Our new bonus episodes drop in our regular podcast feed that last Tuesday of every month.Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Wondery, Amazon Music, or wherever you like to listen. Remember you can hear every episode one week early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the @WonderyMedia App.For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.comwww.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merch:www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shopDr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan has an inspiring conversation with his colleague and friend Dr. Andy Garrett about identity, authenticity, living with purpose, uncertainty, and thriving.Dr. Garrett teaches us that when our life, work, and relationships reflect choices we have freely made – that are authentic to who we are and that align with what is most important, meaningful, and purposeful to us – we thrive.Dr. Dan and Dr. Andy discuss that we all can grow the life, the family, the love, and the success we strive for and we can teach our children how to do the same.  This episode will help listeners think about their identity, uncertainty, and ultimately creating their own plans to live life on purpose.With a doctorate in clinical psychology and extensive studies in life coaching and consultancy, Dr. Andy Garrett is at the forefront of a revolutionary movement towards personal growth. Dr. Andy uniquely emphasizes a positive psychology approach that utilizes established individual or relational strengths rather than underscoring what may be pathological or dysfunctional. In blending this approach with cognitive behavioral psychology, existential psychology, and solution-focused strategies, he provides a transformative brand of therapy.For more information please visit Dr. Andy Garrett’s website at www.ag-thrive.com.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.For more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merchwww.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan welcomes back psychologist, expert, and author Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. to discuss her new book Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids.Mona Delahooke, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate, relationship-based neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences. In Brain-Body Parenting, Dr. Delahooke offers a radical new approach to parenting based on her clinical experience as well as the most recent research in neuroscience and child psychology.  Dr. Delahooke is also the author of the award winning book Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges. Follow Mona Delahooke and read her popular blog at www.monadelahooke.com.Listen to Dr. Dan and Dr. Mona’s first episode (Rethinking Challenging Behaviors) here.  Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Wondery or wherever you get your podcasts.For more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merchwww.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today Dr. Dan talks to author and mother Rachel Barenbaum about her new novel ATOMIC ANNA (including the novel’s timely relevance to the war in Ukraine); why she is passionate about raising girls to embrace math, science, sports (Rachel was a D1 athlete in college); the complexity of the motherhood journey (including struggles between generations of mothers and daughters); and what defines family (for many there is the family we are born into and the family we choose or create).Rachel’s first novel A Bend In The Stars was a New York Times Summer Reading Selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and a Boston Globe Bestseller.  Her second novel ATOMIC ANNA is out now.Rachel Barenbaum is a prolific writer and reviewer whose work has appeared in the LA Review of Books, the Tel Aviv Review of Books, LitHub, and DeadDarlings. She is an Honorary Research Associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University and is a graduate of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator. She is also the founder of Debut Spotlight and the Debut Editor at A Mighty Blaze.  In her former life, Rachel was a hedge fund manager and a spin instructor. Rachel has degrees from Harvard in Business and Literature and Philosophy.Learn more about Rachel Barenbaum on her website www.rachelbarenbaum.com.  Watch Rachel’s A Mighty Blaze series and buy her books wherever books are sold.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.For more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merchwww.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan welcomes the mother and daughter team Marci and Courtney Ober, founders of the KrazyGirl Project, to bust myths about mental health and the stigmas around it.  As a result of the COVID pandemic, anxiety, depression, and mental health challenges have reached epic proportions over the last two years affecting adults, teens, tweens, and children. Marci Wolff Ober (LMFT) and her daughter Courtney founded the KrazyGirl Project, a 501(c) 3 charitable entity, in 2020 with the mission to promote mental wellness and education, free of charge, worldwide. They are also the authors of the book THE KRAZYGIRL (& GUY) PARENT SURVIVAL GUIDE: Helping Your Child of Any Age Thrive with Mental Health Challenges and host the Krazy Girls Ignite podcast.Marci Wolff Ober, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, mental health educator and advocate. Marci has worked with a wide variety of clients, in roles ranging from family therapist to clinical director of a major psychiatric hospital and is also a certified yoga teacher. For the past twenty years she has concentrated her efforts on her private practice while raising her family in northern New Jersey. Courtney Ober is a college senior working toward her PhD in clinical psychology. Having experienced the pain and confusion of her own mental health challenges at a young age, Courtney shares her poignant story and unique perspective about what it takes to be healthy and well, as a young person in the age of artificial Insta-perfection.For more information visit: www.krazygirlproject.com; listen to the podcast; buy the book.Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.For more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merchwww.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Dan speaks to anti-racist educator, founder of Check Your Privilege, and author Myisha T on today’s episode. Their conversation will deepen listeners’ awareness of unconscious bias and educate parents and families everywhere.Myisha T. Hill is a mental health activist, speaker, and entrepreneur who is passionate about mental wellness and empowerment for all. She founded and runs the advocacy site Check Your Privilege. Myisha works with organizations and community groups taking white people on a self-reflective journey to explore their relationship with power, privilege, and racism.Check Your Privilege  is a global movement that supports individuals on their journey of becoming actively anti-racist. Through the organization’s online workshops and events they aim to deepen the awareness of how unconscious bias, and the interlocking systems of domination, affect the mental health of Black, Brown, Indigenous, marginalized Persons of Color. Additionally, Myisha T.’s book Check Your Privilege: Live Into the Work invites readers to embark on their own anti-racism journey.  For more information please go to visit Check Your Privilege and follow Myisha T on Instagram @ckyourprivilege.  Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode)Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter)Listen, subscribe, rate, review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you like to listenFor more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merchwww.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Originally aired March 29, 2022Welcome to a “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” bonus episode.  Host Dr. Dan and Podcast Producer Laura Rossi answer questions about Russia and Ukraine, new babies joining families during the pandemic (and a discussion about masks, teens, acne), and a must-listen-to discussion about perfectionism. Dr. Dan answers your questions about parenting (and adulting!) every month on our exclusive “Sitting Down With Dr. Dan” special bonus episodes. Remember to submit your parenting questions by emailing podcast@drdanpeters.com or sending them to us via social media (we love your DMs). We want to hear from you – and we might feature your question on a future bonus episode. Our new bonus episodes drop in our regular podcast feed that last Tuesday of every month.We love hearing from you! Thanks for listening!  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Wondery, Amazon Music, or wherever you like to listen. Remember you can hear every episode one week early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the @WonderyMedia App.For more information:www.exactlyrightmedia.comwww.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merch:www.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shopDr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices