As we approach the end of the school year and look forward to summer, now is a good time to schedule a consultation appointment to review your child's growth and challenge areas to plan for success in the future.
Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan: New Podcasts on Mommy Blogging, Freeing Women's Behavior, Cleaning Our Trauma, and On Being an ADHD Mom
Dr. Dan spoke with four new guests in the last month: comedian Ellie Hino, podcaster Yemi Penn, author Elise Loehnen, and blogger Jill Smokler. One new bonus episode was also posted, discussing answers to listener questions.
She’s Got Issues with Jill Smokler
Dr. Dan interviews the woman who's been described as "the Anna Wintour of motherhood” and one of the first “mommy bloggers” Jill Smokler! Jill launched Scary Mommy as a blog in 2008, sold her hugely successful platform in 2015 (to a media company), and recently launched She’s Got Issues, a new magazine and podcast geared towards women in their 40s - GenX Women.
On this fantastic episode, Dr. Dan and Jill talk about her new platform She’s Got Issues, parenting, her New York Times bestselling books and much more.
Parent Footprint listeners everywhere will enjoy this iconic episode!
Elise’s work and writing explores the ways the patriarchy lands in the bodies of women and embeds itself in our consciousness. Her Pulling the Thread podcast focuses on pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are—and then putting those threads back together.
On this episode Dr. Dan and Elise discuss how with awareness, we can begin to recognize patterns of self-restriction, break the story, and move ourselves and each other toward freedom and balance. This paradigm-shifting interview is a special episode listeners will turn to again and again.
Listener Questions About Imaginative Play, When Teens Close Their Doors, #TeacherTok, and More
This is April’s Sitting Down With Dr. Dan bonus episode. Dr. Dan and audio engineer Phil Rossi talk about when your child’s imaginary play is worrisome, self-esteem, teens who want to be in their room alone with the door closed, and #TeacherTok on TikTok.
Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode.
The Importance of Cleaning Our Trauma with Yemi Penn
Dr. Dan and guest Yemi Penn discuss trauma (in all its forms) on this powerful, paradigm-shifting episode. Yemi Penn is an author, documentary producer, TEDx speaker, engineer, and a mother. She works tirelessly to raise the vibration of acknowledging and healing our individual – and therefore – our collective trauma. In her podcast Decolonising Trauma and her documentary Did I Choose My Trauma?, Yemi encourages us all to use our trauma as a catalyst for transformation instead of transference.
Dr. Dan and Yemi talk about her mission to disrupt the status quo to evoke radical change. Yemi helps us dissect trauma to build and develop shame resilience and is passionate about empowering others.
Stories About Being an ADHD Mom & More with Comedian Ellie Hino
Dr. Dan interviews comedian Ellie Hino about parenting, ADHD, being a weird wife (!), and much more.
Ellie is a self-described “super fun mom, a mediocre wife, and an all around delight.” Dr. Dan talks to Ellie about her silly, honest comedy and her take on the naked truths of married life and motherhood.
It’s your last chance to register FREE for "Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview of Everything in 60 Minutes" with Dr. Lisa Hancock, an autism specialist who works with children, adults, and couples. Learn about strengths, weaknesses, common misperceptions, and common misdiagnoses. Why might an actual diagnosis be important? What is the difference between school criteria for special education due to autism and a medical diagnosis? What do assessments involve? Dr. Hancock will also discuss non-typical presentations of ASD (gifted, AFAB, PDA) and address challenges and interventions across the lifespan. Be sure to join us tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15, at 12 pm PDT.
Dr. Dan Peters will be one of the speakers at the upcoming GHFGifted Home Education virtual conference, taking place June 7-9.
The organizers state, “It’s time to REframe, REcenter and REflect at the 4th annual Gifted Home Education virtual conference!” Speakers include Dr. Dan Peters of Summit Center, Paula Prober of Your Rainforest Mind, Dr. Austina DeBonte of Smart is Not Easy, and Sam Young of Young Scholars Academy. Registration at the community level is free.
Join Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) in Berkeley, CA this July 11-13 for adventures, community building and experiencing the joys of giftedness at their annual conference.
Keynote speakers include Paula Prober, psychotherapist and author of Your Rainforest Mind, and Frank C. Worrell, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Dan Peters will speak, and Summit Center is a conference sponsor. Pre-conference workshops on July 10 will provide continuing education for professionals from the APA.
SENG is offering a $50 discount to the Summit Center community. For $50 off of your SENG registration, please use the promo code SENG24Summit when you register.
“Decolonizing in general is just to de-link from a dominant and single story. It’s to really shift perspectives and walk around the room [to see] what an alternative meaning could be to something that we have just assumed was ‘XYZ’ for decades and centuries.”
– Yemi Penn, on Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan Podcast