In episode 5 of Raising You, I chat to the beautiful Chelsea Pottenger about all things mental health and anxiety. Chelsea offers some wonderful tips on how we can help our little ones through their own ups and downs and support them to build resilience and self efficacy. 

Chelsea is an international motivational speaker, meditation and mindfulness coach and has recently released her book "The Mindful High Performer". She also has fantastic courses available on Insight Timer. She is an ambassador for R U OK & the Gidget Foundation and an absolute breath of fresh air!  Goodies mentioned in this episode: Check out the App for children - Smiling Minds here

Information on Insight Timer here

watch Carol Dweck Ted Talks here 

grab a copy of The Mindful High Performer here

Stay up to date with behind the scenes and upcoming episodes on @raisingyou.podcast 

Thanks for listening x

In episode 4 of Raising You, I chat to the wonderful Dr Bianca Klettke about online safety and how we can educate our children to be safe online and how to navigate their online world. 

Bianca is a researcher and leading academic in the field of cyberpsychology and her most recent research focused on how to keep kids safe online; including online behaviours such as sexting, pornography and cyber bullying.

This is a great episode for parents and carers with children of any age and offers some great tips and advice on how we can support our little ones to understand their online world and how to have open discussions with them about potential risks they might come across. 

Goodies mentioned in this episode include:

- eSafety Commissioner - check it out here

- Raising Children Network - lots of great resources here

- Officer Gomez - facebook account here

- Raising You Online Safety Contract here

Stay up to date with behind the scenes and upcoming episodes on @raisingyou.podcast 

Thanks for listening x

This week I talk to a paediatric speech therapist, Brigid, about all things speech and language! Brigid gives an amazing overview of what 'typical' speech and language might look like in our little ones, when we should expect that they might start to communicate and when we might need to seek the support of a speech therapist. 

Goodies mentioned during this episode are linked below:

• Check out Speech Pathology Australia Communication Milestones here 
• Find a Speech Pathologist here
• Check out Speech Sound Development information here
• Raising Children Network here

Follow Brigid on instagram @littlechirp_sp 

Thanks for listening! x

On the 2nd episode of Raising You I chat to the beautiful Kristi McVee about protective behaviours and what we can do to keep our little people safe from child sexual abuse. 

Kristi is full of practical advice, tips and resources to help educate our children in protective behaviours and what we can do as parents to keep our little ones safe. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

https://www.cape-au.com/ 

https://safe4kids.com.au/ 

books mentioned:

Operation KidSafe: A detectives guide to child abuse prevention - by Kristi McVee - https://www.amazon.com.au/Operation-KidSafe-detectives-guide-prevention/dp/0645026859 

Jayneen Sanders Children’s Books - https://e2epublishing.info/jay 

Girl Stuff - https://kazcooke.com.au/book/girl-stuff-8-12/ 

follow Kristi on instagram @kristimcvee 

There will be a giveaway linked with this episode - follow along on instagram @raisingyou.podcast for entry details. 

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In the very first episode of Raising You, I chat to Dr. David McIntosh about Sleep Disordered Breathing and the enormous impact it’s having on development, behaviour, attention, and focus.

Sleep Disordered Breathing effects 20% of children, but only 1 in 10 are diagnosed and provided treatment.

In this episode, David covers the following questions:

-What is sleep disordered breathing?

-How is it connected to behaviour and inattentiveness?

-How young does it present in children?

-What are the signs that parents can look out for?

-What are the treatment options?

And so much more!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Snored to Death - Dr David McIntosh: buy here

Breathe - James Nestor: buy here

Follow along on Instagram at @raisingyou.podcast to stay up to date with upcoming episodes.

Thanks for listening!

Raising You is a brand new podcast for anyone who is fumbling their way through the chaos and unknowns of raising little people. 

In the very first episode of Raising You, get to know your host (Lauren) who you’ll hopefully be listening to on a regular basis! 

Follow along on instagram at @raisingyou.podcast to stay up to date on upcoming episodes! 

Welcome, and happy listening! x