Raising Girls (TMBMS044)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. Raising children is hard enough. But to raise girls to be confident, strong, and successful is especially challenging given the current climate here in our society. Women continue to earn less than men and are often judged, not by their ability, but by their appearance. In today’s podcast, we talk about ways to help raise emotionally healthy and confident girls. Read More
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Coping with the Death of a Pet (TMBMS043)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. There is something about the loss of a family pet that most of us can appreciate. Whether you had a cat, dog, bird, or even a fish when you were growing up, when that pet passed, you may have been devastated. On today’s show, we respond to a listener email asking how to best manage the recent loss of a dog that was an integral part of the family. Read More
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Election Day and Beyond (TMBMS042)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. Today is election day and the person who will serve as our next president will be decided. While this election season has been very challenging for many people, what comes next could be equally frustrating. On today’s show we talk about how to handle winning and losing in a game that we do not completely control. Read More
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Time Change and Your Mental Health (TMBMS041)
Welcome to The Mental Breakdown Morning Show! Each weekday morning, we will to help get your day off to a great start. We have joked over the last few weeks about the time change that occurred this past weekend. But did you know that there is some evidence suggesting that time changes are bad for our mental health? On today’s show we talk about some of the problems associated with “springing” ahead or “falling” back an hour. Read More
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When Children Refuse (TMB111)
Earlier this week, on our morning show, we talked about the challenges parents face to make their children do something that that they simply do not want to do. Whether it is homework, chores, or even going to bed, some children dig their feet in and adamantly refuse to do what the parent is asking of them. When the child is young, the parent can be more controlling, but what do we do as our children get older, bigger, and stronger?
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Set a Goal to Prepare for the Week Ahead (YouTube)
Set a Goal to Prepare for the Week Ahead (YouTube)