Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Helpful Equations to Connect with and Support ...

Over the past decade, families have been feeling the pressure more than ever. From social media and constant screen time to the shared stress of the global pandemic and rising expectations for both parents and kids — it’s easy to feel disconnected and overwhelmed. In this episode, we explore how families can navigate these challenges, reduce stress, and build stronger, more connected relationships at home.

In this episode Janine and Sonali speak about:

Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Support teen emotional regulation while staying ...

Over the past decade, families have been feeling the pressure more than ever. From social media and constant screen time to the shared stress of the global pandemic and rising expectations for both parents and kids — it’s easy to feel disconnected and overwhelmed. In this episode, we explore how families can navigate these challenges, reduce stress, and build stronger, more connected relationships at home.

In this episode Ronnie and Janine discuss:

Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Cooking as a way to Connect

Food is magic! Cooking together as a family has lots of benefits. As well as being a time to learn and teach such a key life skill, it presents an opportunity to share family recipes, whether they are cultural recipes or family recipes passed down through the generations. 

In this episode they discuss:

Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Exploring and Understanding a Child's Sensory ...

We all know the 5 senses and learned them from the time we started school. But did you know there are actually 8? Unpacking and understanding these can help us to understand yours and your child's needs and how you move around your space well. Joining Janine is Occupational Therapist, Sarah Collins who unpacks the senses and encourages you to find the words and strategies that work for your child's sensory needs. 

Today Sarah and Janine discuss: 

Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Helping Kids Understand How Their Brain Works

My guest Dr. Crystal Collier and I discuss some tough topics during this episode. Please be aware, especially if younger ears are listening, and please click play with care. 

As parents, we are concerned that our kids and teens may engage in high risk behaviors as they grow up. How can we, as parents, encourage our children away from engaging in these high risk behaviors? Or, if they are already doing any of these behaviors, how can we encourage them to stop them? 

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Channeling Big Emotions into Positive Energy

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Channeling Big Emotions into Positive Energy

There are a lot of big emotions happening right now, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share a coping skill that I wrote about in the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook - Channeling Big Emotions into Positive Energy….

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Summer Reading Series #3: The Highly Sensitive Child

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Summer Reading Series #3: The Highly Sensitive Child

Today’s installment of my book series covers the book ‘The Highly Sensitive Child’ by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. I read this book over COVID and it totally changed the way I look at kids, how to spot what’s going on with them in order to help them. In this episode, I go over the 4 areas in which high sensitivity presents itself so you can better see if your child is highly sensitive. 

The topics I cover in this episode are:

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Summer Reading Series #2: Five Books about Anger for Kids

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Summer Reading Series #2: Five Books about Anger for Kids

This episode is the second installment of my book recommendation series. This week I want to focus on books dealing with anger since I have seen a lot of kids showing up to school with big emotions like anger lately. It is an emotion we have all felt many times, but we’re not always sure about how to deal with it so perhaps a bit of light reading can help! 

The topics I cover in this episode are:

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A Coping Skill that "Literally" Works

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A Coping Skill that "Literally" Works

"Literally, it worked!"

Recently, one of my teen clients said about the coping skill I cover in this podcast episode. I'm always thrilled when a coping skill works for a client of mine. She struggles with anxiety, and we've talked about a ton of different coping skills, but this was the first time she ever used that phrasing. To hear more about what this coping skill is, take a listen.

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Summer Reading Series #1: Two Highly Recommended Books

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Summer Reading Series #1: Two Highly Recommended Books

I have always been a reader ever since I was a child but sometimes life gets in the way and I have found I don’t make much time for it so I used a recent vacation to spark my love for pleasurable reading again. After posting about this on Instagram, I was really inspired by one of my comments; to make a list of books to read over the summer and start a podcast series about it!

The topics I cover in this episode are:

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Using TV, Movies, and Books to Spark Conversations about Coping Skills

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Using TV, Movies, and Books to Spark Conversations about Coping Skills

Starting a conversation with a child about their own struggles and coping skills can be difficult. The best way around that in my opinion is to show through examples in books and TV. We all know how hard direct feedback and critique can be, yet if it is explained in a lighter way using someone else as an example, it can be much easier to digest and a perfect way to teach children. 

The topics I cover in this episode are:

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Teens and Coping Skills

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Teens and Coping Skills

Can I tell you something? I LOVE working with teens. The conversations I have with adolescents can be full of sarcasm, but at the heart of every one of those talks is that they want to be heard. What’s interesting is that a lot of the same strategies I use for younger kids work for teens too (and even adults).

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