Post Pandemic Socializing: Dipping Your Toes In The Water
It's been fantastic seeing folks again and dipping my toes back into the world. But even in the 'before' times I needed quiet time by myself to regenerate and get back into the social whirl. After a y...
18 Apr 20213min
Keeping What’s Good About This Crazy Year
One of the things that has been so frustrating about lockdown is that it is so clear that disabled people and folks in pain could have been served better. My son now (finally) has good days every week...
12 Apr 20216min
Challenge Support & Love
When your child is hurting, all you want to do is wrap them in cotton wool and protect them in every way you can. But what if that's not what they need? From Challenge, Support, & Love by 1step2life...
8 Apr 20214min
How Do Doctors Build Trust?
Many people who live with persistent pain, chronic illness, long COVID or other medically complex conditions have strong feelings about doctors. Some of those feelings are good. Others . . . . not so...
1 Apr 20213min
When Your Child Says They're In Pain - BELIEVE THEM!
Believing your child in pain builds your relationships and helps them keep going because they know you have their back. Discusses the importance of trust for building and maintaining your relationshi...
30 Mar 20219min
Supporting Parents of Teens & Children In Pain
The 1step2life app was designed by me - a developmental psychologist whose son lives with severe chronic pain. Even though I'm an international expert on parenting, I knew that everything I was doing ...
18 Mar 202110min
Balancing Challenge & Support
Kids thrive when they experience the maximum of challenge and the maximum of support and feel your unconditional love. In this podcast, I talk about psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner and findings on ...
15 Mar 20219min
Quieting Your Inner Voices So You Can Hear What They Say
Sometimes our distress at our child's pain is so overwhelming that it can drown out theirs. When that happens, we can increase their distress because we do the wrong thing and doing 'meet their needs...
11 Mar 20213min
