Smart Parenting Podcast
Dr. Maria Guglielmin is a health policy researcher and Registered Nurse. She is also a mother. By speaking with individuals who are knowledgeable in specific fields and who may provide valuable parenting insights, Maria aims to become a better and more informed parent and to help others do the same, ultimately to promote child wellbeing and healthy development.
Episodes
41 episodes
It's Magic! How to Effectively Discipline Your Kids and Enjoy Parenting
A registered clinical psychologist, Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D., has worked with children, adults and families for over 40 years. The author of numerous books, DVDs and audios, he is best known for his ground-breaking book, 1-2-3 Magic: ...
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Episode 41
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57:03
Emotional Intelligence, Self-Confidence, and Bullying
Arielle Cohen is an author and advocate for children’s emotional intelligence. She holds an MA in Jewish education and is a former class room teacher and principal. She also has a background in real estate. Her first book deals with self...
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Episode 40
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50:10
Promoting Healthy Sleep in Newborns, Infants, and Children
Valerie is a Pediatric Sleep Coach, a mindful mother to three children, a lover of the outdoors, all emotions and anything sweet! Since 2013, Valerie has been working one to one with families, coaching and helping them restore the sleep a...
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Episode 39
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52:25
Mommy Burnout: Its Impacts and Strategies to Prevent and Handle It
Rochelle Kaikai has refined her skills as a Registered Clinical Social Worker in a variety of settings including community mental health agencies, schools, counselling services, and the criminal justice system. Rochelle is the founder of Rooted...
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Episode 38
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50:42
SuperAgers: Who They Are and How to Age Well Like Them
Dr. Emily Rogalski a clinical and cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She currently serve as Associate Director of the Mesulam Center for Cogniti...
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Episode 37
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31:39
How to Get Babies to Cry Less: Lessons From Africa
J. Claire K. Niala is a mother and writer whose life and work oscillates between Kenya & the U.K. We talk about why African babies don't cry, African culture, and much more.
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Episode 36
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30:51
Infertility, Decreasing Sperm, Harmful Toxins, and What We Can Do About It
In this episode I provide a review of evidence on current issues surrounding increased infertility, decreasing sperm counts, and our exposure to harmful toxins in everyday life. I then discuss strategies we can employ to help rectify these unse...
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Episode 35
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21:20
Talk with a Tutor
Aimee Buckley is the CEO and Chief Academic Officer at Study Help Inc, an online educational platform that connects students with credentialed teachers. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and complete...
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Episode 34
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47:18
Teaching Kids to Swim
Vanessa Barker is the owner of and an instructor at Streamline Swim School. During the year, she is a student at York University pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Education Degree. For the past 5 summers, she has taught lessons an...
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Episode 33
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24:41
The Rewiring of a Mom's Brain
Abigail Tucker is author of the book Mom Genes, which explores the hard science behind our tenderest maternal impulses, the ways a new mom's brain gets permanently rewired, and whether we are destined to mimic our own mothers. Abigail is a New ...
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Episode 32
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53:32
Forest Schools
Heather is a white settler queer woman with a passion for outdoor play, nature, and social justice, and fully supports the work of the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada (CNAC) has undertaken to repair relationships with the Indigenous communi...
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Episode 31
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41:02
Mindfulness and Meditation for Moms (and dads and kids!)
Julia Imanoff helps humanity flourish by promoting healthy social connections, especially those between parent and child. She is a Perinatal Nurse Specialist, Doctoral Student at the University of Calgary, Co-founder and CEO of COLO Families, a...
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Episode 30
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43:07
Research on Resilience, Dealing with Tricky Behaviours, and Understanding Your Child's Brain
Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, author, speaker and creator of Learning Strengths ™. Andrew has worked with more than 500,000 young people on core elements of resilience - connect, protect and respect (CPR) and build...
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Episode 29
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55:16
Solution-Focused Therapy
Ben Furman is a Finnish psychiatrist and internationally renowned teacher of solution-focused brief therapy and coaching. You can find more information about Ben at his website www.benfurman.com and about...
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Episode 28
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53:38
Language Development in Infants and Children
Chandan Narayan is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at York University. His work broadly focuses on speech sounds and their perception by adults and infants, the nature of how caregivers talk to infants, and how speech acoustics and percep...
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Episode 27
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45:36
Homeschooling
Julie started homeshooling her daughter in 2003 and thought it would last until their daughter was in grade 2 or 3. That journey continued for another 17 years, teaching her eldest right through high school and her other 2 kids through grade 10...
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Episode 26
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46:23
Music Therapy for Children
Julia Beth Kowaleski is an accredited music therapist (MTA) and has advanced training in neurologic music therapy (NMT). She is founder of Julia's Place Music Therapy and current president of the Music Therapy Association of Ontario. We d...
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Episode 25
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40:32
The Gift of Storytelling
Ts’e Duna is from the Nacho Nyak Dän First Nation, but answers to Louise ProfeitLeBlanc. Originally from the village of Mayo in northern Yukon, she moved with her husband and adopted grandson to Quebec in 2002 to work as the Indigenous...
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Episode 24
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47:39
Promoting Longevity in Us and in Our Children
Elisabeth Neumann is a researcher and writer passionate about Okinawan longevity. She is currently writing a book on how women across the world can live longer, healthier lives based on the traditional Okinawan model. We discuss the research on...
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Episode 23
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58:05
Faith Series Part 3: Raising Kids in Sikh Faith
Ravi Singh is the founder of Webformers, a boutique Digital Marketing Agency based in Vaughan. He helps clients plan, organize and execute their entire online digital marketing strategy, including everything from web design, pay per click marke...
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Episode 22
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41:07
Faith Series Part 2: Raising Kids in Christian Faith
After completing his Master of Divinity and gathering ministry experience in Chicago, Leipzig, and St. Louis, Kyle and Kim Hackmann moved to Toronto in 2010 to join Grace Toronto in their mission of seeing churches planted throughout Toronto. K...
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Episode 21
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37:27
Faith Series Part 1: Raising Kids in Islamic Faith
Yalda Mansuri (former Teacher) works alongside her husband (Physician) as the business director of their medical clinics. She lives in Toronto with 2 boys, aged 3 and 1. She follows the Islamic faith and is passionate about raising her children...
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Episode 20
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39:13
Exercise and Weight Gain in Pregnancy
I spoke with Dr. Chloé Roumain and Registered Dietitian Teresa Maiorano from Tripod Fertility about exercise and weight gain during pregnancy.Dr. Chloé Roumain attended Union College in upstate New York, where she graduated with a BSc in Bi...
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Episode 19
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55:45
Strategies for Decreasing Sugar Consumption in Infants and Children
Sam Longo is a Registered Massage Therapist with two children and a fur baby. Her kids don't eat a lot of sugar and, overall, eat a healthy diet. We discuss sugar intake in kids, and strategies for limiting sugar consumption.
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Episode 18
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36:37