A registered clinical psychologist, Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D., has worked with children, adults and families for over 40 years. The author of numerous books, DVDs and audios, he is best known for his ground-breaking book, 1-2-3 Magic: 3 Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting, which has sold over 2 million copies and is now in its 6th edition.https://www.123magic.com/

Arielle Cohen is an author and advocate for children’s emotional intelligence. She holds an MA in Jewish education and is a former class room teacher and principal. She also has a background in real estate. Her first book deals with self-confidence and her second book, expected later this year, is about relationship management. Her aim is to publish 25 books and reach 11 million children, raise their emotional intelligence to a level of success in relationships, family and life in general. Re...

Valerie is a Pediatric Sleep Coach, a mindful mother to three children, a lover of the outdoors, all emotions and anything sweet! Since 2013, Valerie has been working one to one with families, coaching and helping them restore the sleep and tranquility into their home. She works with families with children whose ages are birth - 6 years who are not sleeping well at night and/or during the day, coaching and teaching them about the science of sleep and improving sleep for the child ...

Rochelle Kaikai has refined her skills as a Registered Clinical Social Worker in a variety of settings including community mental health agencies, schools, counselling services, and the criminal justice system. Rochelle is the founder of Rooted Thistle Counselling, which provides counselling services to moms and moms-to-be of all ages as they navigate the challenges of motherhood. Her strong skills in the areas of individual counselling, goal setting, symptom management, crisis intervention, ...

Dr. Emily Rogalski a clinical and cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She currently serve as Associate Director of the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer Disease and as Imaging Core Leader of our NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Her research falls under the broad umbrella of aging and dementia and uses a multimodal approach to investigate two aging perspectives: ...

J. Claire K. Niala is a mother and writer whose life and work oscillates between Kenya & the U.K. We talk about why African babies don't cry, African culture, and much more. https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/guest/claire_niala.html

In this episode I provide a review of evidence on current issues surrounding increased infertility, decreasing sperm counts, and our exposure to harmful toxins in everyday life. I then discuss strategies we can employ to help rectify these unsettling trends. The evidence and information presented in this episode comes from Dr. Shanna Swan's recent book, Count Down: How Our Modern World is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of...

Aimee Buckley is the CEO and Chief Academic Officer at Study Help Inc, an online educational platform that connects students with credentialed teachers. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and completed her teacher credentialling education at California State University, Sacramento. Aimee is passionate about making quality educational instruction accessible to all children.https://study.help/

Vanessa Barker is the owner of and an instructor at Streamline Swim School. During the year, she is a student at York University pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Education Degree. For the past 5 summers, she has taught lessons and leadership courses following the Lifesaving Society program. Before becoming an instructor and trainer, she was a provincial-level competitive swimmer, and coached her high school team. Additional resources:@StreamlineSwimmingLessons on Facebookh...

Abigail Tucker is author of the book Mom Genes, which explores the hard science behind our tenderest maternal impulses, the ways a new mom's brain gets permanently rewired, and whether we are destined to mimic our own mothers. Abigail is a New York Times best selling author. She is also a correspondent for Smithsonian, and her work has been featured in The Best American Science and Nature writing. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut with her husband and four equally amazing children. We talk ...

Heather is a white settler queer woman with a passion for outdoor play, nature, and social justice, and fully supports the work of the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada (CNAC) has undertaken to repair relationships with the Indigenous communities and people we have harmed by imposing a settler colonial way of being with the Land. As the Executive Director of CNAC, Heather follows the lead nature gives us - empowering others to thrive. We talk about the basics of forest schools, related rese...

Julia Imanoff helps humanity flourish by promoting healthy social connections, especially those between parent and child. She is a Perinatal Nurse Specialist, Doctoral Student at the University of Calgary, Co-founder and CEO of COLO Families, and a busy mom of 2 small boys. As a researcher, she is interested in experiences that can help or hinder parent-infant relationships. For example, her Doctoral research explores women's experience of traumatic births and the subsequent impact on parent-...

Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, author, speaker and creator of Learning Strengths ™. Andrew has worked with more than 500,000 young people on core elements of resilience - connect, protect and respect (CPR) and building The Resilient Mindset, which he define as "the happy knack of being able to bungy jump through the pitfalls of life to rise above adversity and obstacles”. Having worked with people who were at their last hopes, Andrew has always been inspired to he...

Ben Furman is a Finnish psychiatrist and internationally renowned teacher of solution-focused brief therapy and coaching. You can find more information about Ben at his website www.benfurman.com and about the Kids’Skills method that he developed with his colleagues in the 90s at www.kidsskills.org. Ben also has a YouTube channel with a playlist focusing on Kids’Skills which can be reached at www.youtube.com/benfurmantv. He has authored some 30 books many of which have been translated to multi...

Chandan Narayan is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at York University. His work broadly focuses on speech sounds and their perception by adults and infants, the nature of how caregivers talk to infants, and how speech acoustics and perception contribute to language change. We talk about how infants and children learn language, the use of "baby talk", how speaking multiple languages impacts learning, and how to promote language development in children.

Julie started homeshooling her daughter in 2003 and thought it would last until their daughter was in grade 2 or 3. That journey continued for another 17 years, teaching her eldest right through high school and her other 2 kids through grade 10. It’s been the best investment she and her husband have ever made. Family is important to Julie. So are good books, cinnamon buns, peonies, lattes and great friends…in no particular order. We talk about the benefits and challenges of homeschoolin...

Julia Beth Kowaleski is an accredited music therapist (MTA) and has advanced training in neurologic music therapy (NMT). She is founder of Julia's Place Music Therapy and current president of the Music Therapy Association of Ontario. We discuss music therapy, neurologic music therapy, and how these therapies are implemented. Links:www.juliasplacemusictherapy.com/www.linkedin.com/in/julia-beth-kowaleskihttp://www.musictherapyontario.com/

Ts’e Duna is from the Nacho Nyak Dän First Nation, but answers to Louise ProfeitLeBlanc. Originally from the village of Mayo in northern Yukon, she moved with her husband and adopted grandson to Quebec in 2002 to work as the Indigenous Arts Coordinator for the Canada Council for the Arts. Her primary responsibility was to expand and improve access to granting programs for Indigenous Artists and to increase cultural awareness, paying particular attention to the needs of northern and isolated I...

Elisabeth Neumann is a researcher and writer passionate about Okinawan longevity. She is currently writing a book on how women across the world can live longer, healthier lives based on the traditional Okinawan model. We discuss the research on longevity, and how to promote longevity in our lives, and the lives of our children.

Ravi Singh is the founder of Webformers, a boutique Digital Marketing Agency based in Vaughan. He helps clients plan, organize and execute their entire online digital marketing strategy, including everything from web design, pay per click marketing, search engine optimization and other services that help clients professionally build their online presence, generate new leads and convert those leads to sales. He is also a father and devout Sikh. He plans to raise his daughter in the Sikh faith....