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Playful Connection Podcast
This is a podcast where a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in working with children and teens will be discussing practical and effective ways for adults to connect with children and teenagers using therapeutic techniques inspired by play therapy. These episodes will come in the form of simple steps of research based skills that you can implement today in order to better connect more meaningfully with the children and teens in your life!
Episodes
46 episodes
45: Problem-Solving through Play
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips of playful ways to teach problem-solving skills that will also help strengthen your connection and relationship with them.1. Gu...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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7:49
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44: Power of Non-Verbal Communication
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on how to apply non-verbal communication in positive ways, and how applying these tips will help strengthen your connection with the children or tee...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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6:42
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43: Open-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on how to use open-ended questions and avoid the trap of using closed-ended, or yes/no questions, and how applying these tips will help increase you...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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7:18
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42: What Does Being Present Look Like?
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple ways on how to become more present with the children and teens in your life.1. Limit Distractions2. Engage in Their Interests3. Reflect an...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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7:19
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41: How to Clearly Set Boundaries
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips of how to clearly and playfully set boundaries with children and teens.1. Use Visual Cues to Reinforce Boundaries2. Use La...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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7:19
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40: Power of Consistency
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips on how to develop more consistency in your daily life and how applying these tips will help strengthen your relationship with children...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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6:24
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39: How to Promote Positive Self-Talk
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on ways that you can implement playful ways to promote positive self-talk with children and teens in your life.1. Role-Playing Scenarios2. Aff...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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7:00
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38: Fostering Emotional Regulation
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips that can be applied at home to help your child or teen build emotional regulation skills and foster emotional growth and intelligence.
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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7:48
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37: Using Play to Problem-Solve
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips on how to problem solve using play, as well as how each tip will help you connect more with children and teens.1. Role-Playing Scena...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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9:48
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36: Using Play to Explore Feelings
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips of ways to use play to explore feelings with children and teens, as well as how each tip is helpful.1. Art-Based Play2. Emotion ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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7:01
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35: Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips that you can implement today to start the journey of cultivating emotional intelligence in the lives of children and teens.1. Teach Emotion Labeli...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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7:48
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34: Power of Sharing Your Own Feelings
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple, yet powerful tips on how to share your own feelings with children and teens, as well as how applying these tips will help strengthen your connection with them...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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5:52
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33: Empathetic Questions
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four empathetic questions, how they’re helpful, and examples of when to use them.1. "What do you think would make you feel better?"2. "What was the hardest p...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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6:00
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32: Power of Validation
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four tips that can be implemented today to help the children and teens in your life experience the power of validation.1. Acknowledge Their Emotions2. Listen...
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Episode 32
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7:12
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31: Emotion Regulation Tools
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips that will help provide emotional regulation tools to your child or teen.1. Grounding Exercises2. Visualization3. Movement ...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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7:51
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30: Healthy Communication
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of what healthy communication is, some examples of healthy communication, and how implementing these tips will foster growth in your relat...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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5:30
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29: Play with Teenagers
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of how to engage in play with the teenagers in your life, what that engagement looks like, and how it can help foster growth in your...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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5:16
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28: Building an Emotional Vocabulary
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of how to make building an emotional vocabulary fun for your children and teens, including examples as to how you can implement these tips...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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7:11
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27: Body Scans
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of how to apply body scans at home in fun ways and how they can help strengthen your connection with the children and teens in your life.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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6:24
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26: The Power of "I" Statements
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of how to apply “I” statements in your home and how they can help strengthen your connection with the children and teens in your life....
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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6:36
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25: Breathing Exercises
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple deep breathing exercises with specific examples of how to teach them to your children and teenagers and why and how they help.1. Balloon Breathing
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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6:46
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24: Narrative Play
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share 4 simple tips to help you better understand and implement narrative play with your children and teenagers.1. Understanding Narrative Play2. Creating Shared Sto...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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5:41
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23: Child-Centered Play
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share 4 practical tips to help you implement child-centered play in your daily routine.1. Follow Their Lead2. Create a Safe and Inviting Play Space3. Be Present ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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5:12
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