Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine
Listen to 15 hilarious jokes and stories about kids & parents that will lighten your mood & decrease your stress. Show Notes: Dr. Jordan describes some of the physiologic, mental health, and social benefits of …
Humans Are Naturally Good, But Institutions Make Us Wicked
How we view our fellow humans affects the way we treat them. Human’s natural inclination is for cooperation, connection, kindness, & empathy; if you believe the best, you’ll experience their best. Dr. Jordan speaks about …
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What the World Needs Now Is Listening, Sweet Listening
Show Notes: Children, parents, couples, and the world would be far better off if we’d all learn to listen to each other; here’s how to accomplish this. Research into the value of feminine qualities of …
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The Children Murdered in Texas Are Our Children Too
Show Notes: Listen to these inspiring stories to help you make sense of the senseless murders of children in Texas and Ukraine I encourage you to read the NY Times article on curbing gun violence …
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12 Ways Girls Give Their Power Away
Show Notes: Here are 12 ways girls give their power away and how it costs them. Reasons why girls give thier power away Dr. Jordan explains reasons why girls and women give their power away, …
High School Grads: Don’t miss 10 strategies to ensure a successful life
Show Notes: Dr. Jordan shares 10 strategies to help high school grads launch successfully into their future What have you learned about you so far? Academically, socially, relationships, interests, aptitude, passions Overcoming adversity: reframe any …
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Understanding and Supporting LGBTQ Girls
Dr. Jordan’s observations about girls questioning their sexuality & gender identity to help parents better understand & support their daughters. Show Notes: Girls who QUESTION their sexuality I’m seeing more and more adolescent girls who …
Letting Go of Your Teenager Starts in Infancy
Show Notes: Letting go is a process that should begin in infancy in order to best prepare teens to launch How to begin letting go in infancy Letting go in infancy involves developing a reciprocal …
How You Parent Matters: Don’t Screw Up Your Kids
Show Notes: How you parent matters, and the style of parenting you employ will have long-term effects on who your kids become. 2 Parenting styles Dr. Jordan describes two main parenting styles: authoritarian and authoritative. …
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Our Children Deserve Better Than Aggression & War
Show Notes: Use of aggression to solve problems The war in Ukraine reveals our unhealthy conditioning about aggression, labeling, and focusing on differences. Dr. Jordan uses some insightful stories to raise points about why we …
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving? Covid!
Show Notes: And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing …
Stories to Inspire Girls to Forge Their Own Path
Show Notes: Dr. Jordan’s interview with author Dr. Clare Fieseler about inspiring girls through stories of real life, modern day women who forged their own paths in science and exploration. Stories from the new book, …
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The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Parents – Part 2
Show Notes: Dr. Jordan offers 3 more parenting strategies that will cause their daughters to become miserable adults: Focus on what you do have control over & solutions 5. Focus on unhealthy things: too often focus …
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The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Parents Pt. 1
Show Notes: Dr. Jordan offers 7 ineffective parenting strategies that will result in their daughters becoming miserable adults: Making decisions to please or to not disappoint others Make choices to not disappoint others or to please …
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Overcome Overwhelming Stress and Live a Fulfilling Life
How to overcome overwhelming stress and live a fulfilling life Show Notes: Edgar Allan Poe’s Descent Into the Maelstrom Metaphor Dr. Jordan uses Edgar Allan Poe’s story, Descent into the Maelstrom, as a metaphor for …
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The Upside of Stress
Show Notes: My interview with author Dr. Kelly McGonigal about the upside of stress and how to harness it Belief about stress determines it’s effect on you People who reported high levels of stress but …
Inspiring quotes to launch 2022
Show Notes: Learning from the covid pandemic Covid fatigue: When we are in the eye of the storm and can’t find our way out, it is easy to lose hope and think the storm will …
Three Stories That Capture the Spirit of the Holidays
Show Notes: An invitation for world peace A 13-year-old Japanese girl in 1955 shows us a model for lasting peace Express gratitude for those who have been there for you A heart warming, true story …
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Kindness and Peace Are Contagious; Spread Them Everywhere
Show Notes: Mirror neurons cause peer pressure Mirror neurons keep track of what other people are thinking, feeling, and doing. We are hard-wired to connect; alone = death Individual choices are powerfully shaped by what other …
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21-Year-Old Women Share About Their Education, Dating, Future, and Covid
Show Notes: Four 21-year-old women candidly share about their lives, future, & the effects of covid. Here are some questions they answered. Education How has covid affected your education? Relationships, dating, & partying What is …
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