
Family Dialogues
- Episódios
- 45
- Publicação
- semanal
- Último episódio
- 10 nov 2026
Sobre o podcast
When love feels strained, kids are struggling, and your home feels divided, it’s easy to wonder if peace and joy are still possible. The Family Dialogues Podcast reminds you they are. Each episode is a guide back to connection, helping couples heal, parents unite, and families grow stronger together, even when life gets messy. Listeners love this podcast because it starts where true change begins: with the partnership at the center of the home. Dr. Taniesha Burke helps parents rebuild love, trust, and teamwork so children can thrive in the security of a united family. You’ll gain proven, evidence-based strategies for nurturing emotional growth, fostering resilience in your kids, and creating a home that feels safe and joyful again. As a research psychologist, parenting coach, and mother of three, Dr. Burke brings both academic expertise and lived experience to every conversation. Her background in family relations, child development, and spiritual life coaching, combined with insights from world-class guests, offers practical wisdom you can apply right away. Whether you’re rekindling love, restoring peace, or building a stronger bond with your children, The Family Dialogues Podcast is your companion for raising families that stay connected, grounded, and full of joy no matter what challenges come your way.
Episódios 45
Why Couples Keep Having the Same Fight: Break the Marriage Conflict Cycle | Ron & Nan Deal
Why do loving couples keep having the same arguments? What if the real problem isn't money, parenting, or communication, but the emotional wounds and triggers beneath the conflict? In this episode of Family …
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Why do loving couples keep having the same arguments? What if the real problem isn't money, parenting, or communication, but the emotional wounds and triggers beneath the conflict?
In this episode of Family Dialogues, marriage therapist Ron Deal and his wife, Nan Deal, authors of Mindful Marriage, reveal how childhood wounds, emotional dysregulation, and unhealthy reaction patterns can quietly damage even loving marriages.
Drawing on 40 years of marriage, attachment science, neuroscience, and biblical wisdom, Ron and Nan share practical strategies to break recurring conflict cycles, rebuild emotional safety, and strengthen trust and connection.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- Why couples repeat the same arguments and how to break the cycle.
- How childhood experiences and emotional triggers shape marriage conflict.
- The four-step Mindful Marriage approach to managing emotional reactions.
- How to replace blame, defensiveness, and withdrawal with self-awareness and healthier responses.
- Why love alone isn't enough and how to rebuild trust after betrayal.
- How to strengthen your marriage even when your spouse isn't ready to change.
Whether you're navigating marital conflict, feeling emotionally disconnected, or simply wanting a stronger relationship, this conversation offers hope and practical tools for a healthier, more connected marriage.
Resources Mentioned:
- Mindful Marriage by Ron Deal, Nan Deal, Terry Hargrave, and Sharon Hargrave.
- Free Mindful Marriage Assessment — Identify your emotional triggers and conflict patterns.
- Mindful Marriage Conferences: Workshops for couples seeking stronger relationships.
- Ron Deal's Website: Free resources, articles, assessments, and upcoming events.
Subscribe to Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke for evidence-informed conversations on marriage, parenting, emotional well-being, and building stronger families.
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Overwhelmed & Burned Out? How Parents Can Reduce Stress and Find Calm | Kristin Faith Evans
Feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or burned out as a parent even when you’re doing everything you can? Kristin Faith Evans shares practical ways to calm your nervous system, reduce parental stress, and …
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Feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or burned out as a parent even when you’re doing everything you can?
Kristin Faith Evans shares practical ways to calm your nervous system, reduce parental stress, and become more present with your children without adding more to your already full schedule.
In this episode of Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke, award-winning author, licensed master social worker, and disability parent Kristin Faith Evans returns to discuss her new book, The Frazzled Parent’s Guide to Less Stress.
Kristin explains how chronic stress affects the brain, body, parenting, and relationships, and why small moments of mindfulness can make a meaningful difference. You’ll learn how to use diaphragmatic breathing, breath prayer, nervous system regulation, Christian mindfulness, and simple daily resets to respond to your children with greater calm and compassion.
We also discuss:
- Why technology and constant notifications can increase parental stress
- How parental stress can affect children’s emotional well-being
- Signs that stress may require professional support
- How to calm yourself before reacting to your child
- Kristin’s Pray, Ponder, Practice, and Plan approach
- How Christians can practice mindfulness through a biblical lens
- Setting boundaries and saying no when your family is already at capacity
- How stress management can strengthen your marriage
- What couples can do when both partners are overwhelmed
- Why starting with one tiny habit may be more effective than trying to overhaul your life
Kristin’s message is simple: self-care and stress management do not have to become another assignment. Sometimes change begins with one breath, one pause, and one fully present moment.
Resources Mentioned
- The Frazzled Parent’s Guide to Less Stress by Kristin Faith Evans
- Website: Disability Parenting — disabilityparenting.com
- Instagram: @disabilityparenting
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When Your Child Gets a Life-Changing Diagnosis: Finding Hope Through Grief | Angela Ricketts
What happens when the future you imagined for your child suddenly changes? How do you hold onto hope while grieving what may be lost? Author and mother Angela Ricketts shares how her son’s diagnosis with …
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What happens when the future you imagined for your child suddenly changes? How do you hold onto hope while grieving what may be lost?
Author and mother Angela Ricketts shares how her son’s diagnosis with choroideremia, a rare inherited retinal disease that causes progressive vision loss, transformed her parenting, marriage, faith, and understanding of resilience.
In this deeply personal conversation on Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke, Angela takes us from the moment doctors discovered something was wrong with her five-year-old son’s eyes to the realities of raising a teenager who is gradually losing his sight. She shares why parents need permission to grieve after a child’s diagnosis, why isolation can make an already difficult journey harder, and how finding community helped her family move forward without denying their pain.
Angela and Dr. Burke also explore parenting a child with a chronic illness or disability, caregiver grief, sibling empathy, maintaining a marriage under medical stress, faith, resilience, and finding hope after an unexpected diagnosis. Angela explains how she and her husband learned to become vulnerable with each other, reconnect as a couple, and “fall apart together” rather than carrying their grief alone.
Her experience eventually inspired Never Lose Sight and Sight Stones, a nonprofit supporting research into rare retinal diseases; a reminder that grief and gratitude, pain and purpose, can exist at the same time.
In this episode:- Processing an unexpected diagnosis for your child
- Parenting through chronic illness, disability, and progressive vision loss
- Helping children understand a diagnosis without defining themselves by it
- Why parents should not navigate grief alone
- What family and friends should and should not say after a diagnosis
- Supporting siblings of children with chronic conditions
- Protecting your marriage during caregiving stress
- Holding grief, gratitude, faith, and hope at the same time
- Turning a painful family experience into advocacy and purpose
- Sight Stones — SightStones.org
- Never Lose Sight by Angela Ricketts — available on Amazon
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Sight Stones on Instagram
- Sight Stones Facebook
- Sight Stones on YouTube
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ADHD Is Affecting Your Whole Family: How to Reduce Conflict & Reconnect | Dr. Tamara Rosier
ADHD doesn’t affect just one person; it can shape the emotional climate, routines, communication, and relationships of the entire family. Dr. Tamara Rosier explains how ADHD families can move from chaos …
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ADHD doesn’t affect just one person; it can shape the emotional climate, routines, communication, and relationships of the entire family.
Dr. Tamara Rosier explains how ADHD families can move from chaos, resentment, and shame toward emotional regulation, healthier boundaries, and stronger connection.
In this episode of Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke, ADHD expert, coach, and author Dr. Tamara Rosier explores what happens when ADHD is part of family life, whether it affects a child, parent, spouse, or several family members.
Dr. Rosier explains why emotional regulation needs to come before organization, using her memorable “emotional pool” metaphor to help families understand big emotions, meltdowns, shutdowns, and conflict.
She also discusses how overfunctioning and underfunctioning develop in ADHD households, why parents may need to allow children to experience appropriate consequences, and how couples can divide responsibilities according to their strengths rather than resentment or unrealistic expectations.
The conversation also explores ADHD in women, including late diagnosis, perimenopause, hormonal changes, shame, and the grief some women experience when they finally understand why life has felt so difficult.
You’ll also learn:
- How the window of tolerance affects ADHD emotional regulation
- Practical ways to move out of hyperarousal or shutdown
- How to correct children without reinforcing shame
- Why collaborative problem-solving can work better than constant correction
- How to move from survival thinking to transformational thinking
- Dr. Rosier’s three-step conflict repair process: Reach, Repair, Reconnect
- Why protecting the relationship matters more than getting every parenting moment right
Whether you are parenting a child with ADHD, navigating ADHD in your marriage, or recognizing these patterns in yourself, this conversation offers practical tools for creating a calmer, more connected ADHD family.
Resources & Programs Mentioned- Dr. Tamara Rosier: TamaraRosier.com
- ADHD Center of West Michigan
- Pathways to Success – Cindy Goldrich
- Book: You, Me and Our ADHD Family by Dr. Tamara Rosier
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How to Get Your Teen to Open Up: The Power of Holding Space with Emily Ricks
Want your teenager to talk to you without every conversation turning into advice, arguments, or shutdowns? Parenting coach Emily Ricks explains how “holding space” can help parents build trust, improve …
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Want your teenager to talk to you without every conversation turning into advice, arguments, or shutdowns?
Parenting coach Emily Ricks explains how “holding space” can help parents build trust, improve communication, and stay connected with their teens even during conflict.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with certified life and parenting coach Emily Ricks, host of the Parenting Teens podcast, about one of the most powerful skills parents can use when raising teenagers: holding space.
Instead of immediately fixing the problem, dismissing a teen’s feelings, or agreeing with everything they say, Emily encourages parents to pause, listen with curiosity, and create room for teenagers to explore what they think, feel, and want to do.
You'll learn:
- What it really means to hold space for your teenager
- Why fixing, rescuing, or dismissing can shut down parent-teen communication
- Simple phrases such as “Tell me more” that encourage teens to keep talking
- How to validate emotions without automatically agreeing with your teen’s interpretation
- Why parents need to regulate their own emotions before difficult conversations
- How vulnerability, apologies, and repair can rebuild trust with your teenager
- What to do when your teen gives one-word answers or doesn't want to talk
- How to offer advice without taking over your teenager’s decision-making
- When holding space is appropriate and when parents need to set clear boundaries around risky behavior
- Why trusting the “long game” matters when your teenager seems distant or resistant
Emily also reminds parents that mistakes do not have to define the relationship. Parents can acknowledge when they reacted poorly, apologize, and create a new opportunity for connection. Sometimes, rebuilding trust begins with simply saying, “I’m ready to listen.”
And when your teenager seems to be pulling away? Emily encourages parents to zoom out. Raising children is a long-term relationship, and seasons of distance do not mean the relationship is lost.
Connect with Emily Ricks- Emily Ricks Coaching: EmilyRicksCoaching.com
- Parenting Teens Podcast
- Instagram: Emily Ricks Coaching
- Facebook: Emily Ricks Coaching
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How to Communicate With a High-Conflict Ex: The BIFF Method for Co-Parenting | Bill Eddy
Struggling with toxic texts, hostile emails, or constant conflict with your co-parent? Learn how to respond without escalating the fight. High-conflict expert Bill Eddy shares the BIFF method: a practical …
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Struggling with toxic texts, hostile emails, or constant conflict with your co-parent? Learn how to respond without escalating the fight.
High-conflict expert Bill Eddy shares the BIFF method: a practical communication strategy to help separated and divorced parents stay calm, set boundaries, and protect their children from ongoing conflict.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Bill Eddy, co-founder of the High Conflict Institute, former child and family therapist, family law attorney, mediator, and author of more than 20 books.
Bill explains why texts and emails can quickly intensify high-conflict co-parenting and how the BIFF method (Brief, Informative, Friendly, and Firm) can help parents respond strategically instead of emotionally.
You’ll learn:
- How to respond to blaming, hostile, or provocative messages from an ex
- Why defending yourself can sometimes escalate co-parenting conflict
- The three A's to avoid in BIFF responses: advice, admonishments, and apologies
- When you should respond—and when it is better not to respond
- How to set firm boundaries without sounding hostile
- How to document difficult interactions factually if conflict may become a legal issue
- Why children can absorb a parent's anger toward the other parent
- How to communicate with a child who is rejecting or distancing themselves from one parent
- How BIFF skills can also improve communication with spouses, teenagers, and other family members
Bill emphasizes that children can absorb a parent's emotions during divorce and separation, particularly when they repeatedly hear anger or negative messages about the other parent. His central message for parents: communication does not have to be driven by fear, anger, or the need to win. With practice, parents can become more deliberate about what they need to communicate and what outcome they want from the conversation.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode- High Conflict Institute: website, articles, courses, and resources
- BIFF for Co-Parent Communication by Bill Eddy
- Don’t Alienate the Kids: Raising Resilient Children and Avoiding High-Conflict Divorce by Bill Eddy
- Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Bill Eddy
- New Ways for Families — co-parenting/divorce program
- New Ways for Couples and Families — communication program for intact families
- New Ways for Life — program for youth ages 12–17
- It’s All Your Fault — High Conflict Institute podcast
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Teen Eating Disorders: Warning Signs, Treatment & How Parents Can Support Recovery | Jennifer Hope Longenecker
When your teenager is struggling with an eating disorder, knowing what to say and what not to say can make a profound difference. Jennifer Hope Longenecker shares what parents need to know about warning signs …
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When your teenager is struggling with an eating disorder, knowing what to say and what not to say can make a profound difference.
Jennifer Hope Longenecker shares what parents need to know about warning signs, treatment, relapse, family support, and helping a teen move toward recovery without blame or shame.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Jennifer Hope Longenecker, trauma-informed mental health coach, mother, and co-author of Held in the Dark: A Mother Daughter Guide to Navigating an Adolescent Eating Disorder, Treatment and Recovery.
Drawing from her family's experience supporting her daughter through an eating disorder, Jennifer discusses the subtle early warning signs of eating disorders in teenagers, including avoiding family meals, restrictive eating, excessive exercise, secrecy around food, and changes that can easily be mistaken for normal teenage behavior.
Jennifer and Dr. Burke explore anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and restrictive eating, as well as how parents can begin a conversation when they suspect something is wrong. Jennifer also explains why finding a professional who specializes in eating disorders, rather than simply having experience with them, can be critically important.
They also discuss:
- How diet culture and body talk at home can influence children and teens
- Why families may need to stop labeling foods as “good” or “bad”
- What to say instead of commenting on a teen's weight or appearance
- How an eating disorder can affect siblings, marriage, and the entire family system
- Why parents may need individual or couples therapy while supporting their child
- The importance of a multidisciplinary eating disorder treatment team
- Residential treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient programs (IOP)
- Why relapse does not erase previous recovery progress
- How parents can support recovery without becoming the “food police”
- Managing parental guilt, shame, and self-blame
- Why recovery often involves ups and downs rather than one straightforward path
Jennifer reminds parents that needing additional treatment does not mean their child has lost everything they previously accomplished; it can simply mean they have reached a hurdle that requires more support.
Her message to families is one of hope: recovery is possible, parents are an important part of the treatment team, and neither teenagers nor their families need to navigate an eating disorder alone.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode- Held in the Dark: A Mother-Daughter Guide to Navigating an Adolescent Eating Disorder, Treatment and Recovery — Jennifer Hope Longenecker
- Held in the Dark five-question parent quiz
- F.E.A.S.T. — eating disorder education and support resources for families
- Jennifer Hope Longenecker on Instagram
- Jennifer Hope Longenecker's website
- Jennifer's Facebook support group for parents and teens navigating eating disorders
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How to Parent With More Joy: 8 Practices for Calmer, More Connected Families | Marguerite Orane
What if becoming a calmer, more connected parent doesn’t require changing your children, but changing how you lead yourself? Leadership expert Marguerite Orane shares practical ways to reduce parenting stress …
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What if becoming a calmer, more connected parent doesn’t require changing your children, but changing how you lead yourself?
Leadership expert Marguerite Orane shares practical ways to reduce parenting stress, create more joy at home, and build stronger relationships with your children.
Parenting can leave us exhausted, overwhelmed, and reacting in ways we later regret. But what if some of the same practices that help great leaders thrive could also transform how we lead our families?
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with executive leadership coach, author, and Harvard MBA Marguerite Orane about bringing her eight essential practices for leading with joy into parenting and family life.
Marguerite explains the difference between happiness and joy, why children naturally bring joy into family life, and how parents can unintentionally suppress that joy through fear, stress, overcontrol, and constant correction.
You’ll discover how practices such as reflection, forgiveness, acceptance, asking for help, silence, celebration, grounding your day, and making peace with time can help you become a more intentional and emotionally grounded parent.
Marguerite also shares practical strategies for real family life, including:
- A simple six-minute morning ritual for mind, body, and spirit that can help parents begin the day more grounded.
- Why asking for and accepting help is essential, especially when parenting feels overwhelming.
- How moments of silence can prevent conflict from escalating with children or partners.
- Why celebrating who your child is, rather than only what they achieve, can strengthen family connection.
- Why comparing siblings can steal joy and damage relationships.
- How parents can connect with teenagers by taking genuine interest in what brings them joy.
- Why taking care of yourself is not separate from good parenting; your children are watching how you live.
Whether you are raising toddlers, navigating the teenage years, parenting adult children, or trying to break patterns of stress and reactivity, this conversation offers a thoughtful reminder: joyful parenting does not mean pretending everything is perfect. It means becoming more conscious about how you respond, connect, and lead your family.
Resources Mentioned- Marguerite Orane’s Website
- Marguerite Orane on LinkedIn
- Marguerite Orane on Instagram
- Transform Your Leadership: Eight Essential Practices for Leading with Joy
- Wednesday Joy Mail / Joy Reset Newsletter Marguerite Orane’s weekly newsletter
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Teen Burnout: Why Teens Are Exhausted and How Parents Can Help Them Recover | Dr. Naomi Fisher
Is your teenager exhausted, unmotivated, overwhelmed, or suddenly struggling to cope with school and everyday life? Teen burnout may be their brain and body signaling that the pressure has become too much. In …
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Is your teenager exhausted, unmotivated, overwhelmed, or suddenly struggling to cope with school and everyday life? Teen burnout may be their brain and body signaling that the pressure has become too much.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Naomi Fisher about teen burnout, academic pressure, stress, social media, sleep, and how parents can help teenagers recover without making them feel like they are failing.
Dr. Fisher explains why burnout isn't simply laziness or a lack of motivation. She describes it as a response to prolonged stress, often showing up as exhaustion, lack of motivation, feeling incapable, and seeing everything through what she calls “mud-colored spectacles.”
In this conversation, you'll learn:
- Why today's teenagers may be especially vulnerable to burnout and chronic stress
- How school pressure, exams, perfectionism, comparison, and social media can contribute
- Why removing everything a struggling teen enjoys may actually make burnout worse
- How to use the “bucket” approach to identify what drains your teen and what replenishes them
- Why rest, sleep, play, friendships, hobbies, and unstructured time matter
- How parents can support a struggling teenager without becoming another source of pressure
- Ways to advocate for greater flexibility at school
- Why burnout can become an opportunity to rethink success and build a more sustainable life
One of the most important shifts for parents is moving from “How do I get my teenager back on track?” to “What would a sustainable way forward look like for this particular young person?” Dr. Fisher emphasizes that parents don't always need to fix the problem; sometimes their most important role is to stay alongside their teenager, maintain hope, and continue communicating that their value is bigger than their academic performance.
Resources Mentioned- Dr. Naomi Fisher's Website
- The Teenager's Guide to Burnout by Dr. Naomi Fisher
- The Teenager's Guide to Taking Control of Your Education by Dr. Naomi Fisher
- Let's Talk Neuroscience Podcast — Dr. Naomi Fisher & Dr. Danny Drinkwater
- Dr. Fisher's Instagram
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AI, Deepfakes & the Attachment Economy: Protecting Kids in a Digital World | Julia von Weiler
AI is changing childhood, and the risks go far beyond screen time. What happens when technology stops competing only for your child’s attention and starts competing for their attachment? In this episode of …
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AI is changing childhood, and the risks go far beyond screen time. What happens when technology stops competing only for your child’s attention and starts competing for their attachment?
In this episode of Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke, psychologist and child-rights expert Julia von Weiler joins Dr. Taniesha Burke to examine what parents need to know about AI, deepfakes, online safety, child privacy, AI chatbots, and digital relationships.
Julia explains why families may need to rethink everything from sharing children’s photos online to allowing kids and teens to build relationships with AI companions. The conversation explores the shift from the “attention economy” to the “attachment economy,” in which AI systems can appear supportive, empathetic, and endlessly available, potentially changing how developing children understand relationships and human connection.
They also discuss AI-generated deepfakes and child sexual abuse material, children’s right to their own image, the risks of “sharenting,” and why parents need to understand technology well enough to guide, not simply restrict their children.
ulia’s practical starting point for overwhelmed parents is simple: examine your own technology habits, talk openly with your children about how they use AI, and intentionally create regular moments of undivided human attention.
Connect with Julia von Weiler
Resources & Organizations Mentioned
- Center for Humane Technology
- Your Undivided Attention Podcast
- The Amazing Generation — Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price
- The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt
- Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now — Jaron Lanier
- Internet Watch Foundation
- INHOPE
- Canadian Centre for Child Protection
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- AI Justice League
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Is Dopamine Hijacking Your Child? Screen Time, Ultra-Processed Food & Raising Healthier Kids | Michaeleen Doucleff
Why does your child keep reaching for screens even when they’re no longer having fun? And why can ultra-processed snacks be so difficult to resist? NPR science correspondent and Dopamine Kids author Michaeleen …
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Why does your child keep reaching for screens even when they’re no longer having fun? And why can ultra-processed snacks be so difficult to resist?
NPR science correspondent and Dopamine Kids author Michaeleen Doucleff explains what parents misunderstand about dopamine and how to help children build healthier habits without constantly battling over screens and food.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Michaeleen breaks down the neuroscience of dopamine, screen addiction, social media, video games, ultra-processed foods, motivation, sleep, and family connection.
Michaeleen also challenges parents to reconsider a powerful assumption: just because children desperately want more screen time does not mean it is making them happier.
Instead of simply taking pleasurable things away, she encourages families to build lives filled with more satisfying offline experiences, stronger relationships, better sleep, nourishing food, and meaningful family memories.
Resources Mentioned- Dopamine Kids — Michaeleen Doucleff
- Hunt, Gather, Parent — Michaeleen Doucleff
- Michaeleen Doucleff’s website — resources and newsletter
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How to Help an Addicted Loved One Without Enabling Them | Amber Hollingsworth
When addiction enters a family, everyone is affected, but families are not powerless. Addiction expert Amber Hollingsworth explains how parents, spouses, and loved ones can respond strategically without …
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When addiction enters a family, everyone is affected, but families are not powerless. Addiction expert Amber Hollingsworth explains how parents, spouses, and loved ones can respond strategically without sacrificing their own well-being.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, we explore the complex dynamics of substance use disorder, addiction recovery, family boundaries, enabling, and supporting a loved one with addiction.
Amber explains why confrontation, monitoring, gathering evidence, and repeatedly rescuing someone from the natural consequences of substance use can unintentionally reinforce the cycle. Instead, she shares how emotional regulation, empathy, realistic boundaries, and allowing appropriate natural consequences can help create conditions for change.
We also discuss teen substance use, including marijuana, vaping, inhalants, and misuse of accessible medications, and why honest, ongoing conversations are more effective than fear-based warnings. Amber encourages parents to lead with curiosity, maintain credibility, and create an environment where teenagers feel safe telling the truth.
In this episode, you’ll learn:- Why addiction can destabilize the entire family system
- The difference between natural consequences and punishment
- How helping can unintentionally become rescuing or enabling
- What healthy boundaries with an addicted loved one actually look like
- Why empathy does not mean condoning harmful behavior
- How to talk with teenagers about drugs, alcohol, marijuana, and vaping
- Why “bargaining” can be part of the addiction recovery process
- When distancing or no contact may be necessary and why it should not be used as a threat
- How families can find the right support without involving people who may make the situation more difficult
- Why families have more influence in the recovery process than they may realize
- Amber’s central message is one of hope: you are not powerless. Families can influence change when they understand addiction and learn to respond thoughtfully rather than reactively.
- Put the Shovel Down — Amber Hollingsworth’s YouTube channel
- Hope for Families Recovery Centre
- Family Recovery Academy
- Amber's Instagram
- Amber's Facebook
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Raising Bilingual Children: Protecting Home Language, Identity & School Success
Can speaking more than one language confuse a child? In this episode, bilingual education specialist Ms. Yulia explains why parents do not need to abandon their home language and how they can support children …
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Can speaking more than one language confuse a child? In this episode, bilingual education specialist Ms. Yulia explains why parents do not need to abandon their home language and how they can support children learning the majority language without sacrificing identity and connection.
Learn practical strategies for raising bilingual and multilingual children, navigating schools, advocating for your child, and creating a language-rich home even when family life is busy.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Ms. Yulia, a German and English teacher with a master’s degree in childhood education and a specialization in bilingual education. Drawing on nearly 10 years of experience supporting multilingual families, she challenges common myths about bilingual child development, language acquisition, multilingual education, and home-language use.
We discuss an important challenge facing immigrant and expat families: children sometimes being judged academically based on their proficiency in the country’s majority language rather than their broader abilities. Ms. Yulia explains why parents may need to advocate for appropriate academic placement and why schools need to distinguish between a child who does not yet have the language to express what they know and a child who does not understand the underlying concepts.
For parents raising children across languages and cultures, this conversation offers encouragement and practical tools to support bilingualism, multilingualism, language development, cultural identity, and educational success without fear or guilt.
Resources MentionedHello Multilinguals – Ms. Yulia’s website for consultations and multilingual-family resources.
English for Young Learners Parent Guide – A resource created by Ms. Yulia with activities, routines, resources, and links for families supporting English and other home languages.
Instagram – Hello Multilingual Classroom – Bilingual and multilingual education advice, family experiences, myths and facts.
TikTok – Hello Multilingual Class
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Overwhelmed Working Mom? Project Management Strategies to Reduce Mental Load with Nionila Ivanova
Feeling overwhelmed trying to manage work, motherhood, family responsibilities, and your own goals? What if project management strategies could help you reduce the mental load and create more harmony at home? …
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Feeling overwhelmed trying to manage work, motherhood, family responsibilities, and your own goals? What if project management strategies could help you reduce the mental load and create more harmony at home?
In this episode of Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Nionila Ivanova, certified Project Management Professional, entrepreneur, and founder of IT Project Management Training for Women, about applying project management principles to work, parenting, and family life.
Nionila challenges the idea of perfect work-life balance, encouraging parents, especially working mothers, to pursue work-life harmony instead. She shares practical strategies for setting boundaries, identifying non-negotiables, advocating for flexible or remote work, protecting family time, and managing competing priorities without constantly feeling depleted.
You’ll also discover how familiar project management tools can make family life more manageable, including the Eisenhower Matrix, MoSCoW prioritization, the Pomodoro Technique, shared calendars, delegation, risk planning, and clear communication. Nionila explains why parents should involve children and partners in household responsibilities rather than carrying the entire physical and mental load themselves.
The conversation also explores women in leadership, entrepreneurship, career changes, and working in tech, including why motherhood can develop valuable skills in communication, adaptability, stress management, and leadership.
In this episode:- How to create realistic work-life harmony
- Setting boundaries at work and at home
- How working parents can advocate for flexible or remote work
- Using project management to organize family life
- Reducing the mental load through delegation
- Teaching children responsibility through age-appropriate household tasks
- Using the Eisenhower Matrix and Pomodoro Technique for time management
- Improving communication with shared family calendars
- Making career changes and entering the tech industry as a mother
- Developing an entrepreneurial mindset and learning to pivot after failure
- IT Project Management Training for Women: ITPM.training
- Eisenhower Matrix – prioritizing tasks by urgency and importance
- MoSCoW Method – Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Won’t Have prioritization
- Pomodoro Technique – focused work periods followed by short breaks
- Shared Digital Calendars – coordinating appointments, activities, and family responsibilities
- Return-to-Work Programs – programs for professionals re-entering the workforce
Connect with Nionila Ivanova: ITPM.training
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Stop Arguing, Start Negotiating: How to Save Your Marriage | Joe Dillon
Most marriages do not break down because love disappears; they unravel after years of unresolved decisions, growing resentment, and conversations that repeatedly become arguments. Divorce mediator Joe Dillon …
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Most marriages do not break down because love disappears; they unravel after years of unresolved decisions, growing resentment, and conversations that repeatedly become arguments.
Divorce mediator Joe Dillon reveals how couples can replace conflict with structured negotiation to strengthen their marriage, protect their children, and make decisions as a team.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Joe explains why arguing is focused on winning, while healthy negotiation is focused on finding a solution that respects both partners.
You will learn:
- The critical difference between arguing and negotiating in marriage
- How the dangerous “I’ve decided” pattern creates resentment and disconnection
- Why couples must discuss money, careers, parenting roles, household responsibilities, and family expectations
- How to use Joe’s POWER-UP Method to prepare difficult conversations
- Why acknowledging your partner’s perspective can reduce defensiveness
- How to make requests while offering something of comparable value in return
- Why unresolved “small” conflicts can eventually lead to separation or divorce
- How healthier conflict resolution benefits children and strengthens the entire family system
- How these negotiation skills can also support more cooperative co-parenting
Joe also shares a practical challenge: identify one important conversation you have been avoiding, write out how you want to approach it, and invite your partner to try a different way of communicating.
This episode offers practical marriage advice for couples experiencing frequent arguments, communication problems, emotional disconnection, resentment, unequal mental load, parenting disagreements, or conflict about money and careers.
Resources and Programs Mentioned- Joe Dillon’s Official Website
- Equitable Mediation Services
- Every Marriage Is a Negotiation - forthcoming book by Joe Dillon
- Joe Dillon on LinkedIn
- The Joe Dillon on Facebook
- The Joe Dillon on Instagram
- The POWER-UP Method
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How to Co-Parent With a Difficult Ex Without Losing Your Peace with Sol Kennedy
One message from a difficult ex can trigger anxiety, anger, and hours of emotional distress, but high-conflict co-parenting does not have to control your life. Learn how to communicate calmly, establish healthy …
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One message from a difficult ex can trigger anxiety, anger, and hours of emotional distress, but high-conflict co-parenting does not have to control your life.
Learn how to communicate calmly, establish healthy boundaries, protect your children from parental conflict and reclaim your peace after divorce or separation.
In this episode of Family Dialogues with Dr. Burke, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Sol Kennedy, founder of the Best Interest AI co-parenting app and host of the Co-Parenting Beyond Conflict podcast. Drawing from his own high-conflict divorce, Sol explains how reactive communication can prolong conflict and prevent parents from being emotionally present with their children.
You will learn why pausing before responding is one of the most effective co-parenting boundaries, how to move from a victim mindset toward greater personal empowerment, and how mindfulness can help regulate emotionally triggering interactions.
Sol also discusses how hidden parental conflict affects children, why children may blame themselves for a divorce, and how parents can communicate honestly without oversharing, criticizing the other parent or placing children in the middle.
The conversation explores how the Best Interest app uses AI to filter inflammatory language, provide feedback on outgoing messages, preserve child-focused information and help parents communicate more clearly even when the other co-parent does not use the app.
This episode offers practical guidance for reducing co-parenting stress, managing a contentious ex and creating a more peaceful post-divorce family life.
Resources Mentioned- Best Interest co-parenting app
- Best Interest website
- Best Interest Co-Parenting App on Instagram
- Best Interest Co-Parenting App on YouTube
- Co-Parenting Beyond Conflict podcast
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The Truth About Blended Families: Why Love Isn't Enough with Ron Deal
Blended families don't fail for lack of love; they struggle because most parents don't understand the unique challenges stepfamilies face. In this powerful conversation, family therapist and bestselling author …
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Blended families don't fail for lack of love; they struggle because most parents don't understand the unique challenges stepfamilies face. In this powerful conversation, family therapist and bestselling author Ron Deal explains why building a thriving blended family requires patience, trust, and a completely different approach to parenting.
If you're dating, remarried, co-parenting, or navigating life in a stepfamily, this episode will help you understand loyalty conflicts, discipline challenges, grief, trust, and what it really takes to create a connected family that lasts.
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why children often struggle more with a parent's remarriage than the original divorce
• How grief continues to impact children years after separation or loss
• The biggest mistakes parents make when introducing a new partner
• Why blended families need 5–7 years to develop a true sense of family identity
• How to support children experiencing loyalty conflicts between parents and stepparents
• The role of trust, safety, and emotional security in stepfamily success
• Why stepparents should focus on connection before correction
• Practical strategies for co-parenting with an ex-partner after divorce
• How to navigate discipline, boundaries, and authority in blended homes
• What couples should know before moving in together or remarrying
Whether you're considering remarriage, raising stepchildren, or trying to strengthen a blended family, this conversation offers research-based insights and practical tools to help your family thrive.
About Our GuestRon Deal is a licensed marriage and family therapist, bestselling author of The Smart Stepfamily and The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart, speaker, and president of Smart Stepfamilies. For more than three decades, he has helped blended families navigate the complexities of remarriage, step-parenting, co-parenting, and family integration.
Resources Mentioned- Smart Stepfamilies
- FamilyLife Blended
- The Smart Stepfamily (book)
- The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (book)
- Dating and the Single Parent (book)
- The Mindful Marriage (book)
- FamilyLife Blended Podcast
- FamilyLife Blended YouTube Channel
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Helping Picky Eaters Try New Foods Without Mealtime Pressure with Dr. Andrea Hartmann
How can parents help a selective or picky eater expand their food choices without turning every meal into a struggle? In this episode, Prof. Andrea Hartmann explains why the first priority is ensuring that …
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How can parents help a selective or picky eater expand their food choices without turning every meal into a struggle?
In this episode, Prof. Andrea Hartmann explains why the first priority is ensuring that children eat enough before focusing on increasing food variety. She shares a gradual, low-pressure approach that allows children to explore unfamiliar foods outside regular mealtimes, when hunger, expectations, and family tension are lower.
Using the example of trying a different brand of a familiar food, Dr. Hartmann shows how small, manageable changes can help children build confidence and become more comfortable with new tastes, textures, and food experiences.
In This Episode- Why adequate food intake should come before dietary variety
- How pressure at mealtimes can make food exploration more difficult
- Why children may respond better to food trials outside regular meals
- How to introduce small variations of familiar “safe foods”
- Practical strategies for supporting picky and selective eaters
- How gradual food exposure can reduce anxiety and increase acceptance
This conversation offers practical guidance for parents navigating picky eating, selective eating, limited food preferences, childhood feeding challenges, and stressful family mealtimes.
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How Your Adult Attachment Style Shapes Your Parenting with Annette Kussin
In this powerful episode, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Annette Kussin, author of Secure Parent, Secure Child, about how adult attachment styles shape parenting, emotional regulation, and the parent-child …
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In this powerful episode, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Annette Kussin, author of Secure Parent, Secure Child, about how adult attachment styles shape parenting, emotional regulation, and the parent-child relationship.
Annette explains how early childhood attachment continues into adulthood and influences how parents respond to their children’s needs, emotions, behavior, and struggles. The conversation explores secure, anxious/preoccupied, dismissive, and unresolved/disorganized attachment and how each can affect a child’s sense of safety, confidence, school performance, emotional development, and relationships.
This episode also highlights how parents can break generational cycles of insecure attachment through self-awareness, emotional regulation, therapy, repair, and intentional parenting. Annette offers hope for parents who want to become more emotionally available, stop personalizing their child’s behavior, and create a secure base where children can thrive.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What adult attachment is and why it matters in parenting
- How insecure attachment styles show up in everyday parent-child interactions
- The impact of parentification, emotional unavailability, and unresolved trauma
- Why rupture and repair are essential in healthy family relationships
- How parents can move toward earned secure attachment
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Why Parenting Feels So Hard: Tim Carney on Family-Unfriendly Culture, Overscheduled Kids & Raising Resilient Children
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Burke speaks with Tim Carney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, columnist at the Washington Examiner, father of six, and author of Family Unfriendly …
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In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Burke speaks with Tim Carney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, columnist at the Washington Examiner, father of six, and author of Family Unfriendly and Alienated America.
Together, they explore why modern parenting feels so exhausting, not because families are failing, but because culture, policy, neighborhoods, and youth activities have made ordinary family life harder. Tim discusses the rise of parenting burnout, overscheduled children, intensive youth sports, helicopter parenting, and the decline of free play and community support.
This conversation offers a powerful reminder that children need more than constant achievement and structured activities. They need connection, independence, neighborhood friendships, family time, and opportunities to build resilience through self-directed play.
Parents will also hear practical encouragement for creating a more family-friendly life: skipping an unnecessary practice, walking through the neighborhood, getting to know neighbors, choosing low-pressure activities, and building simple community rhythms that support families.
A thoughtful episode for parents interested in positive parenting, child development, childhood anxiety, family connection, free play, community, and raising resilient children.
Resources Mentioned:
- Family Unfriendly by Tim Carney
- Alienated America by Tim Carney
- Tim Carney on X/Twitter: @TPCarney
- American Enterprise Institute
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Raising Independent Teens: How to Stop Overparenting and Build Confidence with Cindy Muchnick
In this episode, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Cindy Muchnick, education expert, former college admissions professional, and author of The Parent Compass, about how parents can raise confident, capable, and …
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In this episode, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Cindy Muchnick, education expert, former college admissions professional, and author of The Parent Compass, about how parents can raise confident, capable, and emotionally healthy teenagers without hovering, rescuing, or overmanaging.
Cindy explains why today’s teens are facing intense academic pressure, social media stress, college admissions anxiety, and a growing struggle to develop independence. She shares how parents can move from being a “manager” to becoming a “consultant,” allowing teens to practice self-advocacy, make mistakes, build resilience, and discover their own identity.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How overparenting can weaken a teen’s confidence and independence
- Why teens need to practice self-advocacy in everyday situations
- The difference between supporting your child and rescuing your child
- How helicopter, snowplow, tiger, and militaristic parenting affect teen development
- Why parents should focus on effort, growth mindset, and resilience instead of perfection
- How digital footprints can affect college admissions, jobs, and future opportunities
- Why family meals, tech boundaries, and intentional connection matter
- How to help your teen explore interests without pressure, comparison, or parental ego
- Why the parent-teen relationship is more important than academic achievement
Recommended Resources:
Book: The Parent Compass book
Book's Website: ParentCompassBook.com
Cindy's Website: CynthiaMuchnick.com
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Capturing Your Parents’ Stories Before It’s Too Late with Neil Taylor
What if the greatest family heirloom is not a photo album, recipe, or piece of jewelry, but the sound of your parent’s voice telling their life story? In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke …
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What if the greatest family heirloom is not a photo album, recipe, or piece of jewelry, but the sound of your parent’s voice telling their life story?
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Neil Taylor, founder of Me and My Old Man. This 12-week guided conversation experience helps families record their parents’ stories in their own voice. After losing his father, Patrick, just six days before welcoming his son, Neil realized how easily family stories, traditions, memories, and identity can be lost when we wait too long.
Together, they explore why adult children often avoid asking deeper questions, how family storytelling strengthens identity and belonging, and why hearing a parent’s full life story can create compassion, healing, and deeper connection across generations.
This conversation is especially powerful for parents, grandparents, adult children, and families who want to preserve family history, strengthen intergenerational bonds, and pass down meaningful stories to children and grandchildren.
In this episode, we discuss:- Why many families wait too long to record parents’ and grandparents’ stories
- How dementia, grief, and loss can make family storytelling feel urgent
- The emotional value of hearing a parent’s voice, not just reading written memories
- How family stories shape children’s identity, belonging, and sense of legacy
- Why adult children may feel guilt, awkwardness, or hesitation when asking deeper questions
- How storytelling can humanize parents and create more compassion
- The regrets many older parents share about work, family time, and connection
- Why simple family moments often become the most meaningful memories
- Practical prompts to help parents and grandparents open up about their lives
- How Neil’s 12-week process helps families create a personal audio legacy
- Me and My Old Man
- Me and My Old Man: 10 Questions to Ask Your Parents guide
- Neil Taylor’s Instagram: Neil P. Taylor
- Neil Taylor on LinkedIn
- 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
- The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
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Is Mouth Breathing Affecting Your Child’s Sleep, Behavior & Jaw Development? | Dr. Sandra Kahn
What if your child’s snoring, mouth breathing, crowded teeth, restless sleep, bedwetting, or attention struggles were connected? In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Sandra Kahn, orthodontist and author of …
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What if your child’s snoring, mouth breathing, crowded teeth, restless sleep, bedwetting, or attention struggles were connected?
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Sandra Kahn, orthodontist and author of Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic, joins us to discuss how children’s breathing, jaw growth, oral posture, sleep quality, and facial development are deeply connected.
Dr. Kahn explains why mouth breathing is often a symptom of a deeper airway issue, how nasal breathing supports healthy sleep and brain development, and why parents should pay attention to signs such as snoring, open-mouth posture, dark circles under the eyes, restless sleep, crowded teeth, chewing with the mouth open, and emotional dysregulation.
We also explore the possible links between poor sleep, ADHD-like behaviors, bedwetting, reflux, ear infections, narrow jaws, pacifier use, soft foods, swallowing habits, and early childhood development. Dr. Kahn shares practical ways parents can observe their child’s breathing, chewing, swallowing, posture, and sleep without creating anxiety or pressure at home.
This conversation is especially helpful for parents of young children, pregnant mothers, caregivers concerned about mouth breathing, and families looking for early support before braces, sleep studies, or chronic health concerns emerge.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why children should breathe through the nose at rest and during sleep
- Red flags of poor airway function, including snoring and restless sleep
- How mouth breathing may affect jaw growth, facial development, and crowded teeth
- The connection between sleep quality, emotional regulation, ADHD-like symptoms, and bedwetting
- Why chewing, swallowing, oral posture, and tongue position matter
- How parents can talk with pediatricians, ENTs, dentists, and orthodontists about airway concerns
- Why early intervention in the first years of life can make a difference
Resources, programs, and platforms mentioned:
- Dr. Sandra Kahn’s website
- Dr. Sandra Kahn’s YouTube channel
- Book: Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic by Sandra Kahn and Paul R. Ehrlich
- Book: Breathe 4.0
- Upcoming book: NOSE
- Book: GOPEX / GoPex Program
- October 2026 - Family Reset Workshops
- Passive Flow Pacifier
- Nutrient Flow / Neutral Flow baby bottle
- Uplocker / ObLocker
- Lip Locker
- Nasometer
- January 2026 article on the use of Uplocker in children
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Childhood Money Wounds: How They Shape Your Family, Marriage & Wealth | Dr. Nicole B. Simpson
Money problems are often blamed on poor budgeting, but what if the deeper issue is financial trauma? In this powerful episode, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Dr. Nicole B. Simpson, Certified Financial Planner …
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Money problems are often blamed on poor budgeting, but what if the deeper issue is financial trauma?
In this powerful episode, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Dr. Nicole B. Simpson, Certified Financial Planner, CEO of Harvest Wealth Financial, and author of Breaking Free from Financial Trauma. Together, they explore how childhood money wounds, a scarcity mindset, layoffs, divorce, illness, debt, and family obligations can shape how parents manage money, relationships, and legacy.
Dr. Simpson shares practical wisdom on healing your relationship with money, setting financial boundaries with extended family, reducing consumer debt, preparing for aging parents, using life insurance wisely, and teaching children healthier money habits. She also explains why financial freedom begins with mindset, stewardship, and small daily decisions.
This conversation is especially helpful for parents, couples, adult children supporting family members, and anyone ready to break generational cycles around money, stress, and survival.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What financial trauma is and how it affects families
- How childhood scarcity shapes adult money habits
- Why more income does not automatically create wealth
- The pressure of financially supporting extended family
- How to set boundaries without abandoning loved ones
- The impact of consumer debt on parents and children
- Why families need honest conversations about aging, insurance, and legacy
- Simple ways to start tracking spending and rebuilding financial confidence
- How parents can teach children financial responsibility
- Why community, faith, and family support matter during uncertain times
Mentioned Resources:
- Dr. Nicole B. Simpson's website
- Harvest Wealth Financial
- Book: Breaking Free from Financial Trauma by Dr. Nicole B. Simpson
- Book: The Quiet Shift by Dr. Nicole B. Simpson
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Boys, Girls, and the Brain: What Parents Need to Know About Movement, Focus, and Learning | Dr. Michael Gurian
In this episode, Dr. Michael Gurian shares brain-based insights into how boys and girls may experience learning, movement, focus, and behavior differently. The conversation explores why some children struggle …
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In this episode, Dr. Michael Gurian shares brain-based insights into how boys and girls may experience learning, movement, focus, and behavior differently. The conversation explores why some children struggle in traditional learning environments and why understanding brain development can help parents, educators, and caregivers respond with more compassion and effectiveness.
Michael explains how areas of the brain, such as the cerebellum, influence movement, action, problem-solving, and the need for physical activity. He highlights why some boys may fidget or need to move more, while some girls may appear more able to sit still for longer periods. Rather than labeling children as difficult or distracted, this episode invites adults to better understand what may be happening beneath the behavior.
This conversation is especially helpful for parents raising boys and girls, teachers supporting diverse learners, and anyone interested in child development, positive discipline, brain-based parenting, and helping children thrive at home and in school.
Topics include: brain differences in boys and girls, child development, parenting boys and girls, movement and learning, fidgeting, focus, classroom behavior, positive discipline, emotional development, and brain-based education.
Recommended ResourcesBook: Boys and Girls Learn Differently
Book: The Wonder Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of Girls
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Parental Burnout Signs: Why You Feel Angry, Exhausted & Overwhelmed | Dr. Claire Plumbly
Burnout is more than feeling tired. For many parents, it can look like snapping at their children, feeling emotionally numb, struggling to make decisions, doomscrolling, overshopping, or moving through the day …
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Burnout is more than feeling tired. For many parents, it can look like snapping at their children, feeling emotionally numb, struggling to make decisions, doomscrolling, overshopping, or moving through the day on autopilot.
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Claire Plumbly, registered clinical psychologist, trauma expert, EMDR consultant, and author of Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You, explains how chronic stress affects the nervous system and why so many modern parents feel overwhelmed.
Dr. Plumbly breaks down the key signs of parental burnout. She also explains the difference between normal stress, chronic stress, and toxic stress, and how unmanaged stress can push parents into survival mode.
This conversation explores the hidden risk factors that contribute to burnout. Dr. Plumbly also shares practical tools for nervous system regulation.
Whether you are a working mother, overwhelmed parent, or caregiver feeling stretched thin, this episode offers compassionate, practical guidance to help you recognize burnout, protect your mental health, and rebuild patience, connection, and emotional balance at home.
Mentioned Resources & Programs- Dr. Claire Plumbly’s book: Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You
- Plum Psychology
- Instagram: Dr. Claire Plumbly
- Facebook: Dr. Claire Plumbly
- TikTok: Dr. Claire Plumbly
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Why Parents Snap: Polyvagal Theory, Parenting Triggers & Co-Regulation | Deb Dana
In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Deb Dana, author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory, about how parents can better understand stress …
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In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with Deb Dana, author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory, about how parents can better understand stress, emotional dysregulation, tantrums, shutdowns, anger, anxiety, people-pleasing, and conflict through the lens of polyvagal theory.
Deb explains how the autonomic nervous system scans for safety and danger, why parents may snap, shut down, or feel overwhelmed, and how learning to “befriend” the nervous system can help families move from reactivity to connection.
Together, they explore practical ways parents can support co-regulation during meltdowns, strengthen emotional regulation through small daily “glimmer” practices, repair after rupture, and create more emotional safety with children and partners.
This episode is especially helpful for parents who want to understand their triggers, respond more calmly to tantrums and bedtime battles, improve family communication, and raise children who can recognize and regulate their own emotions.
In This EpisodeYou’ll learn:
- What polyvagal theory is and why it matters for parents
- How the nervous system responds to safety, stress, conflict, and overwhelm
- The difference between fight, flight, shutdown, collapse, appeasement, and fawning
- Why children cannot learn lessons when they are dysregulated
- How parents can use co-regulation during tantrums and meltdowns
- Why “calm down” often does not work
- How glimmers, gratitude, and curiosity can strengthen regulation
- How couples can understand mismatched nervous system responses
- Why rupture and repair are essential for secure family relationships
- How to teach children emotional regulation by modeling it yourself
- Deb Dana’s website: Rhythm of Regulation
- Deb Dana’s book: Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
- Polyvagal Institute
- Deb Dana’s Rhythm of Regulation clinical training series
- Deb Dana’s books and cards on Amazon
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How to Raise Confident Girls Who Set Boundaries & Trust Themselves | Kate Rope
In this powerful episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Burke speaks with award-winning journalist and author Kate Rope about how parents can raise girls who trust themselves, set healthy boundaries, express emotions …
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In this powerful episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Burke speaks with award-winning journalist and author Kate Rope about how parents can raise girls who trust themselves, set healthy boundaries, express emotions safely, and grow into confident, self-aware young women.
Kate shares why the elementary years, ages 5–12, are such a critical window for building a girl’s confidence, agency, emotional resilience, and body autonomy. She explains how small everyday parenting choices such as allowing girls to make decisions, say no to unwanted hugs, express anger, and listen to their instincts can shape lifelong self-trust.
This conversation also explores the pressure girls face to be “nice,” accommodating, and pleasing, and why parents must create a home where difficult emotions such as anger, sadness, and disappointment are safe to express. Kate offers practical language parents can use to support emotional regulation without dismissing or shaming their daughters.
The episode also addresses body image, social media, online safety, father-daughter relationships, and how caregivers can help girls understand that their bodies are not for judgment, performance, or approval, but for living, feeling, moving, and protecting them.
Listeners will walk away with practical tools for raising confident, emotionally healthy, independent, and grounded girls.
In This EpisodeYou’ll hear about:
- Why girls need to learn self-trust before adolescence
- How parents can help girls express anger in healthy ways
- Why “you’re the boss of your body” should start early
- How to teach girls boundaries without guilt or shame
- Why forced hugs can send the wrong message about consent
- How social media affects girls’ body image and mental health
- Why listening, pausing, and asking better questions builds agency
- What fathers raising daughters need to understand about girls’ lived experiences
- How parents can repair mistakes and model healthy self-advocacy
- Kate Rope’s website: KateRope.com
- Book: Strong as a Girl by Kate Rope
- Book: Strong as a Mother by Kate Rope
- Instagram: @KateRopeWriter
- The Jed Foundation
- Seleni Institute
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Your Spouse Isn't Lazy, Selfish, or Unloving. They Have ADHD | Melissa Orlov
When ADHD shows up in a marriage, it can often be misunderstood as laziness, selfishness, unreliability, or a lack of care. In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with ADHD relationship …
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When ADHD shows up in a marriage, it can often be misunderstood as laziness, selfishness, unreliability, or a lack of care. In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Taniesha Burke speaks with ADHD relationship expert Melissa Orlov, author of The ADHD Effect on Marriage, about how ADHD can impact communication, trust, emotional regulation, household responsibilities, intimacy, and connection in couples.
Melissa explains why many adults first recognize ADHD patterns after a child is diagnosed, how a partner can misread ADHD symptoms, and why couples often fall into painful cycles such as over-functioning and under-functioning, resentment, criticism, emotional volatility, and the parent-child dynamic. She also discusses why education is often the first step toward healing, and how understanding ADHD can help couples move from blame and frustration toward compassion, accountability, and repair.
This conversation is especially helpful for couples who suspect ADHD may be affecting their relationship, partners who feel overwhelmed by carrying the emotional or practical load, and adults who struggle with distractibility, time management, follow-through, emotional dysregulation, or feeling constantly criticized.
Melissa reminds listeners that ADHD is not an excuse, but understanding it can provide a pathway to practical solutions. With the right tools, support, assessment, and willingness from both partners, ADHD-affected couples can rebuild trust, improve communication, and create a more connected and loving relationship. The episode also emphasizes that anyone who suspects ADHD should consider seeking a professional assessment rather than self-diagnosing.
In This Episode- How adult ADHD affects marriage and long-term relationships
- Why ADHD symptoms are often mistaken for laziness, selfishness, or not caring
- The parent-child dynamic in ADHD-affected couples
- Emotional dysregulation, resentment, defensiveness, and repair
- How ADHD impacts trust, communication, intimacy, and household responsibilities
- How to gently raise the possibility of ADHD with a partner
- Why education, support systems, and professional assessment matter
- How couples can move from blame to teamwork and reconnection
- ADHDmarriage.com
- ADHD Marriage Consulting
- The ADHD Effect on Marriage by Melissa Orlov
- The Couple’s Guide to Thriving with ADHD by Melissa Orlov
- Melissa Orlov’s Couples Seminar / Nine-Session Seminar for ADHD-Affected Couples
- ADDitude Magazine
- Melissa Orlov’s ADDitude webinar on resentment in ADHD relationships
- Melissa Orlov - Psychology Today
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Parenting ADHD with Confidence: How to Handle Defiance, Forgetfulness & Emotional Outbursts | Cindy Goldrich
Parenting a child with ADHD can feel overwhelming with the constant reminders, emotional outbursts, forgotten tasks, and daily power struggles. But what if the key isn’t more discipline… but deeper …
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Parenting a child with ADHD can feel overwhelming with the constant reminders, emotional outbursts, forgotten tasks, and daily power struggles. But what if the key isn’t more discipline… but deeper understanding?
In this episode of Family Dialogues, ADHD expert Cindy Goldrich shares practical, research-informed strategies to help parents move from frustration to connection. Learn how to support your child’s executive function challenges, reduce conflict, and build independence without shame, punishment, or burnout.
Whether you're navigating ADHD parenting, emotional regulation struggles, or daily routines, this episode offers actionable tools to create a calmer, more connected family dynamic.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Why ADHD is not a behavior problem but a skill gap
- How executive function challenges impact memory, motivation, and routines
- The powerful mindset shift: “Parent the child you have”
- Why reward charts and punishments often fail with ADHD children
- How to reduce power struggles and defiance through collaboration
- The difference between enabling vs. supporting your child
- Simple strategies to build independence and responsibility
- How to communicate effectively: “Be brief, firm, and gone”
- Tools to support emotional regulation and self-awareness
- Why connection, not correction is the foundation of lasting change
Key Takeaways:
- ADHD brains work differently; understanding this changes everything
- Children with ADHD are not lazy or unmotivated: They need skill-building support
- Strong parent-child relationships reduce conflict and improve outcomes
- Small shifts in communication and mindset can lead to major family transformation
Resources & Programs Mentioned:
- Special resource for listeners - www.PTScoaching.com/DrBurke
- PTS Coaching
- Calm and Connected Parents Program
- ADHD Parent Coach Academy
- ADHD Teacher Trainer Academy
- Eight Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD (book)
- Substack (Cindy Goldrich)
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PTSCoaching
- Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ptscoaching
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ptscoaching
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