There is a mental health crisis in America that has a lot of parents worried. Afraid they may not see a mental health issue in their own kids, they are also concerned about the friends their kids are spending time with who may have a mental health issue that could, in turn, affect the health and well being of their own child.
Dr. Marie Seiler, a pediatrician recently retired from practice after 35 enjoyable years of caring for children and their caregivers, joins Dr. Meg on the podcast to discuss the all-important topic of kids and nutrition. Listen in as Dr. Seiler shares healthy nutrition and supplement tips for kids, starting from birth and up.
What would it look like to raise a generation of boys who see vulnerability as a strength, and prioritizing their mental health as wisdom? David Thomas, author and director of family counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, joins Dr. Meg to discuss his newest book, Raising Emotionally Strong Boys, sharing helpful tools to help parents learn how to teach their sons to develop emotional capacity.
An expert on autism by life experience - having a husband as well as two grown sons with autism – and by doing decades of personal research, Jennifer Wynn Stoll joins Dr. Meeker to discuss the effects and challenges of autism, as well as Asperger’s (an autism spectrum syndrome).
When it comes to girls and young women discovering their identity, and their personal value, they often cannot grasp just how important they really are. Dr. Meg sits down with Allie Marie Smith to discuss her book, “Wonderfully Made,” birthed out of Allie’s own personal story of self-doubt, depression, mental health struggles and suicidal thinking. Today, one in four young women are living with a mental health challenge, and the toxic narrative that our culture sells has many feeling directionless and insignificant. In the midst of this toxic narrative, the truth that our daughters desperately need to know is: You are profoundly loved and your life matters.
If you find out (or suspect) that your teen is abusing substances, what should you do? After the initial panic subsides, what are the best steps to take? Joining Dr. Meg today is mental health and substance abuse counselor Richard Capriola, an expert in his field who has treated teens and adults for two decades, and the author of the book, “The Addicted Child: A Parent’s Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse.”
Sometimes life appears to fall to pieces and can seem irreparable. We’ve all had our fair share of disappointments, loss or hardships. But for every challenge, there is a breathtaking promise: It’s going to be okay. How can we know? Because God so loved the world. Be encouraged today as pastor, speaker and bestselling author Max Lucado shares the “hope diamond of the Bible”: John 3:16.
From your son’s video game coma to your daughter’s smartphone obsession, screens are stealing childhoods. In this episode, Melanie Hempe, founder of the successful non-profit, ScreenStrong, shares countercultural choices that can help move your child’s entertainment and social life from the online world back to the real “in-person” world.
One of the steps to having a whole and well life is changing your actions for the better. Actions are the day-to-day efforts that make up your life: How you treat your body. How you treat your spiritual life. How you honor your relationships, your work, your home, your family, and your neighbors. Changing your actions may be hard at first, but it does get easier. In this episode, Dr. John Delony discusses his new, game-changing book, “Own Your Past, Change Your Future.” This is a must-read for everyone! Learn how to control your thoughts and actions so that you can have peace, joy and freedom, even if the world around you is in chaos.
Joining Dr. Meg in this episode is Roland Warren, who invites single moms on a journey not only to heal their hearts, but also to parent their boys to become healthy men, good husbands, and strong fathers.