Child Life Wild Life
Jessica Lewin, CCLS & The Child Life Mentor, sits down with Certified Child Life Specialists, students, and professionals to talk about topics surrounding the field of child life. Come and gain tangible next steps and confidence as you learn how to use your child life skills, protect your mental health, and glean inspiration, hope, and ideas. I'm so happy you're here!
Podcasting since 2021 • 73 episodes
Child Life Wild Life
Latest Episodes
The Wild Life of Building Rapport When You Don’t Speak the Same Language with Morgan Livingstone
Certified Child Life Specialist, Jessica Lewin, talks with friend and CCLS, Morgan Livingstone, about her understanding that effective support doesn't require special equipment—it requires presence, creativity, and genuine connection through pl...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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48:35
The Wild Life of Being Dual-Certified as a CCLS and Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) with Katie Lavallee
Certified Child Life Specialist, Jessica Lewin, talks with friend and CCLS, Katie Lavallee, about the powerful synergy between recreational therapy and child life. As a dual-certified professional with a decade of recreational therapy experienc...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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29:31
The Wild Life Of Leaving the Child Life Profession and Not Feeling Guilty About It with Caelin Hallgren and Ramonna Datuin
Certified Child Life Specialist, Jessica Lewin, talks with friends and CCLSs, Caelin Hallgren and Ramonna Datuin, about their newly found work/life balance as they have recently stepped away from the child life profession.The moment of r...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:23:48
The Wild Life of Using Your Child Life Skills as a Postpartum Doula with Veronica Burns
Certified Child Life Specialist, Jessica Lewin, talks with friend and CCLS, Veronica Burns, about her pivotal career shift to become a thriving postpartum doula and infant mental health specialist. Veronica's journey reflects what ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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44:26
The Wild Life of Child Life in the Camp Setting with Allison Messerly
Certified Child Life Specialist, Jessica Lewin, talks with friend and CCLS, Allison Messerly, about taking child life to camp!What happens when you take a child life specialist out of the hospital and place them in a summer camp setting ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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43:47