Tracks by Dr. Aliza Pressman

S2 Ep 81: Mitigating Perfectionism in Your Parenting

S2 Ep 80: The Only Steps You Need to Solve Any Parenting Challenge

S2 Ep 79: Our Surrogacy Journey with Derek Blasberg and Nick Brown

S2 Ep 78: The Antidote to Toxic Positivity with Whitney Goodman (@sitwithwhit)

S2 Ep 77: Keeping Your Kid’s Personal Info Safe Online (Partner)

S2 Ep 76: Motivating Your Kids

S2 Ep 75: Your Child's Brain on Sports

S2 Ep 74: Growing Compassion in Yourself and Your Family

S2 Ep 73: "Can It, Mary Sunshine!": How to Talk to Grieving People

S2 Ep 72: Parenting and Caregiving While Grieving

S2 Ep 71: The Future of Baby Food with Once Upon A Farm’s Cassandra Curtis (Partner)

S2 Ep 70: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To with Dr. Sian Beilock

S2 Ep 69: Talking to Your Kids About Fentanyl & Prescription Drugs

S2 Ep 68: Teen Party Culture Q&A with Dr. Dolly Klock

BONUS: S2 Ep 67: Quick Practices to Grow Your Gratitude Muscle

S2 Ep 66: The Vagina Whisperer with Dr. Sara Reardon

S2 Ep 65: Fathers and Daughters with Educator Kimberly Wolf

S2 Ep 64: How to Build a Parent Centered Nation With Dr. Dana Suskind

S2 Ep 63: Raising Kids Who Have A Sense of Autonomy with Stephanie M. Carlson

BONUS: S2 Ep 62: Getting Older Is a Beautiful Thing: 87 Year Old Business Legend Alan Patricof Shares His Secrets

S2 Ep 61: The Brain on Cannabis — What You Need to Know

S2 Ep 60: The Building Block for Personality with Dr. Koraly Perez-Edgar

S2 Ep 59: Why We Keep Secrets with Michael Slepian

S2 Ep 58: The Power of Melancholy with NYTimes Bestselling Author Susan Cain

S2 Ep 57: Raising Anti-Racist Children: Values & Practice with Britt Hawthorne

BONUS: S2 Ep 56: The Case for Summer Camp w/ Galileo CMO Annie Appel

S2 Ep 55: Having Tough Conversations About Race and Gender with Kids (And with Yourself) w/ Britt Hawthorne

S2 Ep 54: The Pre-K Debate and How To Interpret Studies

S2 Ep 53: A Mindfulness Meditation for Easier Interactions with Your Kids

S2 Ep 52: Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Andrea Elliot talks about Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

S2 Ep 51: What’s the Deal with “Gentle Parenting”? with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

S2 Ep 50: When One Child Has Autism, What Happens with the Typically Developing Sibling? A Conversation with Shazi Visram

S2 Ep 49: The Most Powerful Parenting Tool in Your ToolKit with Dr. Shauna Shapiro

S2 Ep 48: Cultivating Inquiry in Kids: News Not Noise With Award Winning Journalist Jessica Yellin

S2 Ep 47: Perfectionism and Confidence with Dr. Michele Borba

S2 Ep 46: Bonus Episode: Live listener Q and A with Zoe Winkler Reinis, Mom of a 4, 6 and 10 Year Old (and Co-Founder of thisisabouthumanity.org)

S2 Ep 45: How to Have Hard Conversations With Kids: The War in Ukraine

S2 Ep 44: Spiritual Junkie and Bestselling Author Gabby Bernstein

S2 Ep 43: ANYTHING BUT MY PHONE, MOM! With Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler

S2 Ep 42: Jessica Alba Talks Purpose and Parenting and Letting Go

S2 Ep 41: Listener Q and A: Throwing, Consequences, Lovies, And Daycare

S2 Ep 40: Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress Into Strength With Dr. Samantha Boardman

S2 Ep 39: Finding Your Unicorn Space With NY Times Best Selling Author Eve Rodsky

S2 Ep 38: Beyond Just Behavior: Using Brain and Body Connection With Dr. Mona Delahooke

S2 Ep 37: Think Again Parenting: Adam Grant Translating His Leadership Tools Into Parenting Tools

S2 Ep 36: Anxiety may be as contagious as Omicron: Helping Our Kids When We Have Our Own Anxiety to Reckon With

S2 Ep 35: Listener Q and A with Dr. Aliza (Rerun)

S2 Ep 34: Talking About Sex with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

S2 Ep 33: “I Can, Therefore I Must” - The Risks of High Achieving Stressors and the Powerful Protection of Close Relationships (Rerun)

S2 Ep 32: Drew Barrymore Gets Real

S2 Ep 31: Supporting Tots to Teens During Holiday Stress and Excitement

S2 Ep 30: Bonus Episode: Siblings: Rivalry, Bullying, Fairness and Aggression

S2 Ep 29: When There Is a Favorite Parent And Giving Space to Your Co-Parent

S2 Ep 28: Renowned Psychiatrist Dr. Helen Egger Talks About Nightmares vs Night Terrors

S2 Ep 27: Chazz Lewis on Using Social Media to Support Your Parenting.

S2 Ep 26: Picky Eaters Tots to Teens

S2 Ep 25: Sharon Salzberg Brings the Wisdom of Real Mindfulness Practice Into Everyday Parenting

S2 Ep 24: Tweens and Teens: Signs of Eating Disorders, Squid Games, Praising for Looks, Finding Appropriate Curfews

S2 Ep 23: A Registered Dietitian Helps Set Up Healthy Eating Habits From Tot To Teen

S2 Ep 22: Fair Play and The Practical, Time and Anxiety Saving System For Couples To Run The Household

S2 Ep 21: Practical Tools for Tricky Toddler Transitions With Renowned Psychologist and Best Selling Author Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

S2 Ep 20: Unleashing The Power of Play With Play with Professor Peter Gray

S2 Ep 19: How To Best Promote Independent Thinking, Navigate Challenging Situations and Shaping Morning Routines with Dr. Aliza

S2 Ep 18: Neurologist Dr. Scott Small Talks About The Blueprint of The Brain And How To Support Memory and Normal Forgetting With Neurologist Dr. Scott Small

S2 Ep 17: Who Is Mothering Mom? A conversation with Dr. Suniya Luthar and Dr. Aliza Pressman.

S2 Ep 16: Why Is My Child in Charge? A Roadmap to End Power Struggles.

S2 Ep 15: New York Times Best Selling Author Dr. Madeline Levine On Setting Our Kids Up For Resilience.

S2 Ep 14: Dr. Aliza is  Answering Listener Questions About Sleep and Kids Interrupting!

S2 Ep 13: The Sleep Doctor: How do you sleep train a baby, how do you sleep train a toddler and what happens to sleep training with older kids?

S2 Ep 12: How to Have a Healthy Transition From Summer Back to School With Child Psychiatrist Dr. Helen Egger

S2 Ep 11: Dr. Joshua Sparrow Talks Punishments, Consequences and Time-Outs.

S2 Ep 10: How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes with Author Melinda Wenner Moyer

S2 Ep 9: The Camp Episode From Dr. Michael Thompson Author of Homesick and Happy

S2 Ep 8: Listener Q and A With Dr. Aliza: Praise, Competitiveness and Family Code Words.

S2 Ep 7: Challenging Friendship Scenarios With Bestselling Author Rachel Simmons

S2 Ep 6: Conscious Uncoupling and Conscious Fighting Within Coupling With Katherine Woodward Thomas

S2 Ep 5: Covid 19 Vaccine and Kids/Teens With Physician and Public Health Expert Dr. Kristin Oliver.

S2 Ep 4: Julianna Margulies Shares Her Experience Being Parented and How It Shaped Her Own Parenting

S2 Ep 3: How to Decrease Yelling as a Discipline Strategy

S2 Ep 2: Poop Problems with Dr. Fredric Daum

S2 Ep 1: How To Take In Expert Parenting Advice

Ep 100: Dr. Elisha Goldstein Talking Mindfulness and Concrete Ways to Manage Anxiety

Ep 99: Tantrums Episode With Renowned and Compassionate Child Psychiatrist  Dr. Helen Egger

Ep 98: NYTimes Best Selling Author Julie Lythcott- Haims Talks About How To Raise An Adult and How To Be One!

Ep 97: Divorce and Separation When You Have Younger Children

Ep 96: Postpartum Depression and The Transition To Parenthood with Dr. Catherine Monk

Ep 95: Suicide Prevention with Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, Professor and Founder-Director of the Columbia Lighthouse Project.

Ep 94: The Real Attachment Science: What it is And What it is Not, with Legendary Professor Alan Sroufe

Ep 93: A Mother’s Journey Into Attachment and How We Come To Be Who We Are

Ep 92: Renowned Adolescent Health Expert Dr. Ken Ginsburg on How Teenagers Thrive

Ep 91: "The Toddler Whisperer", Dr. Tovah Klein, Talks Siblings

Ep 90: Entitled Kids, Whining and Other Listener Q and A

How to Talk With Children About the Holocaust

Ep 88: The Addiction Inoculation with Best-Selling Author and Educator Jessica Lahey.

Ep 87: A Conversation With Cleo Wade: Shame Antibodies, Curiosity and What the Road Said.

Ep 86: A Different Approach to Eating with Dr. Will Cole

Ep 85: Professor Emily Oster Giving Data Based Guidance For Parents: School Opening, Vaccines, and What To Do.

Ep 84: How To Talk To Middle Schoolers About Thorny Topics

Ep 83: 7 character strengths to raise “Thrivers” Dr. Michele Borba

Ep 82: The Porn Episode: Protecting and Preparing Kids

Ep 81: Discipline Q and A with Dr. Aliza

Ep 80: Puberty: How to Talk About it And What to Say

Ep 79: Goldilocks Parenting: How to  Shape Executive Function Skills Through Caregiving with Distinguished Professor, Dr. Stephanie Carlson

Ep 78: The Key to Kindergarten Admissions + Listener Q and A

Ep 77: Dr. Dan Siegel Talks About The Stories We Tell To Help Kids Make Sense of Their Experiences.

Ep 76: Executive Function Skills Are The Air Traffic Control System of The Brain  with Professor Phil Zelazo

Ep 75: New Year’s Day Q and A with Ask Ronna’s Ronna Glickman and Dr. Aliza

Ep 74: Big Little Feelings Toddler Experts Are Talking Toddlers

Ep 73: Michael Ian Black is Expanding How We Understand Masculinity

Ep 72: Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts talks about gun safety and the power of fighting like a mother.

Ep 71: Positive Psychology NOT Toxic Positivity with Dr. Sasha Heinz

Ep 70: Dr. Aliza with Michael Bosstick and Lauryn Evarts Bosstick of The Skinny Confidential Podcast

Ep 69: 10 Listener Q and A's with Dr. Aliza

Ep 68: Unpacking gender, and sexuality with Dr. Nia Heard- Garris and Dr. Nevin Heard

Ep 67: The Power of Co-Regulation with Dr. Claudia Gold.

Ep 66: Dr. Shauna Shapiro on using mindfulness to help grow our emotional resources and our children’s self regulation.

Ep 65: Parenting the Highly Sensitive Child

Ep 64: Explaining RIE Parenting with Janet Lansbury

Ep 63: Essential Habits that Build Empathy With Best Selling Author, Dr. Michele Borba

Ep 62: Opportunity Mindset with author, educator and researcher Ellen Galinsky

Ep 61: The Science  of Attachment with author Bethany Saltman

Ep 60: I Am Worthy To Be Loved: New York Times best-selling children’s book author, Derrick Barnes.

Ep 59: Trauma therapist Janina Fisher, PhD on how we can steady our nervous system during stressful times.

Ep 58: The Bottom Line For Baby with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Ep 57: Jennifer Garner on Pandemic Parenting and Listener Q and A

Ep 56: How to get kids to play independently with @theworkspaceforchildren play advocate, Lizzie Assa MsED

Ep 55: What We Can Do To Perform Better Under Stress with Professor Sian Leah Beilock

Ep 54: "The Toddler Whisperer" with Tovah Klein, PhD.

Ep 53: How to cultivate healthy responses to anxiety with Dr. Lisa Damour

Ep 52: The Mental Tool Kit For Success With  Professor Adele Diamond

Ep 51: Anti-Racist Parenting With Britt Hawthorne and Tiffany Jewell

Ep 50: What’s happening in your baby’s brain when they sleep, with Professor Mark Blumberg, PhD

Ep 49: Everything You Need To Know About Discipline with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Ep 48: Julianna Margulies Talks About Parenting During Strange Times

Ep 47: Children's Environmental Health During Covid-19

Ep 46: Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith: How we talk about race, raising anti-racist kids and the science of hope.

Ep 45: 15 ways to make the transition to "re-entry" better for your family

Ep 44: Dr. Polly Young Eisendrath on Fighting Well With And in Front of Kids and How Living With  Masks Impacts Human Development

Ep 43: Parenting Toddlers:  Answering questions about toddler fears, tantrums,, sibling fights, impulse control, sleep challenges and more.

Ep 42: Dr. Suniya Luthar - The kids are actually alright…how is mom?

Ep 41: How to build resilience in Kids

Ep 40: How to get those babies talking!

Ep 39: Tools for helping kids with anxiety, ADHD, and other challenges get through quarantine; Helping children cope with loss and grief.

Ep 38: How Humans Form Memories to Live Adaptively

Ep 37: The Power of Discord with renowned developmental psychologist Edward Tronick, PhD

Ep 36: Tips for Health Care Providers, Hospital Staff and Their Co-Parents During COVID-19

Ep 35: Growing Pains: How Humans Grow and What That Means for Behavior

Ep 34: What to do with little ones when you can't go anywhere or buy anything (and even when you can!)

Ep 33: The New Coronavirus and Kids: an Immunologist, a Pediatrician and a Psychologist weigh in.

Ep 32: Real time Q and A with mom of 3 young boys and founder of This Is About Humanity, Zoe Winkler Reinis.

Ep 31: How to talk to kids about race, gender and other taboo topics

Ep 30: Anxiety and Children: what it looks like, how to respond and when to worry

Ep 29: What to think about before we post and talk about our kids online with law Professor Leah Plunkett

Ep 28: Rewiring your brain through mindfulness and self compassion can change how you parent with Dr. Shauna Shapiro

Ep 27: Puberty: Continuing the conversation about talking with boys

Ep 26: Raising children with special needs with Priscilla Gilman, author of The Anti Romantic Child: A Story of Unexpected Joy.

Ep 25: Boys and sex (and porn…and masturbation…) with Peggy Orenstein

Ep 24: Dr. Dan Siegel and the most powerful influence on your child’s developing brain.

Ep 23: Lying in Early Childhood

Ep 22: Listener Q and A with Dr. Aliza

Ep 21: Siblings: Rivalry, fairness, new sibling, and taking sides, with Dr. Joshua Sparrow

Ep 20: Drew Barrymore and Dr Aliza Pressman and the holiday episode: is Santa real, weird elf on the shelf issues, making meaningful traditions, and holiday feelings.

Ep 19: Husband and Wife (and parents of 3), Mark Feuerstein and Dana Klein having a “Session”.

Ep 18: Parenting is not Paint by numbers: Boundaries and Discipline with Dr. Joshua Sparrow

Ep 17: Transition from childhood to teen, contending with adult authority and all the other goodies that come with raising teenagers with new York Times Bestselling Author, psychologist Lisa Damour, PhD.

Ep 16: Every Mother Counts with Christy Turlington Burns

Ep 15: Mindful Discipline: Shame doesn’t work, with Dr. Shauna Shapiro.

Ep 14: Helping your baby sleep: crying, napping, pacifiers and sleep training with Dr. Aliza’s seedlingsgroup co-founder, Dr. Bronwyn Charlton; plus the difference between shame and guilt, praise junkies and productive criticism!

Ep 13: From video games to porn: Dr. Aliza talks boys with Raising Cain author Dr. Michael Thompson.

Ep 12: Escaping the self-esteem trap with Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath

Ep 11: Discipline, Boundaries, "Snowplow Parenting", and Over scheduling: A discussion with Mom Molly Sims

Ep 10: Dr. Aliza answers listener questions about conflicts with friends, preschool grooming battles and toddler tantrums plus a conversation with actress Emily Mortimer

Ep 9: Girl friendships: bullies, best friends and true friends

Ep 8: Odd Mom Out creator Jill Kargman parenting pet peeves vs science. Also Jill talks about her son experiencing anti semitism in school.

Ep 7: Feeding episode: Solid foods, picky eaters and dessert

Ep 6: “I can, therefore I must” - the risks of high achieving stressors and the powerful protection of close relationships

Ep 5: Michael Ian Black on sadness, worries and masculinity; and how to talk to kids about terrifying events

Ep 4: “Mom I want a phone!” with Rachel Simmons

Ep 3: Economist Emily Oster helps making decisions a little bit easier and how to potty train!

Ep 2: Connect then redirect: using brain science to help us parent with Dr. Dan Siegel

Ep 1: We’re all just doing our best: a conversation with Drew Barrymore

S2 Ep 82: Make Peace with Your Anger Through the Internal Family Systems Model

S2 Ep 83: Facing Your Feelings Without Judgement Using Internal Family Systems

S2 Ep 84: Better Understand Your Kids with the Theory of Mind

S2 Ep 85: Talking to Your Kids About Sex and Porn

S2 Ep 86: What to Do When Deep Breathing and Hugs Don't Work

S2 Ep 87: Parents of Big Reactors

S2 Ep 88: Mythbusting Perfectionsm with Professor Thomas Curran

S2 Ep 89: Does Social Media Exacerbate Perfectionism?

S2 Ep 90: Everything to Know About the Latest Covid Vaccine for Children w/ Dr. Diana Ramos, California's Surgeon General

S2 Ep 91: David Harbour on Becoming a Stepdad

S2 Ep 92: Prepping for Common Holiday Emergencies with Dr. Christina Johns

S2 Ep 93: Answering Your Questions & A Gratitude Meditation

S2 Ep 94: How To Set Clear Boundaries with Sensitivity w/ Dr. Joshua Sparrow

S2 Ep 95: The Accidental Trap of Saying "Just Try Your Best"

S2 Ep 96: Poised to Flourish: What New Science Tells Us About the Developing Female Brain

S2 Ep 97: Your Daughter Has Superpowers

S2 Ep 98: Understanding Secure Attachment with Professor Alan Sroufe

S2 Ep 99: The Bottom Line For Baby with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

S2 Ep 100: Big Little Feelings — Toddler Experts Talking Toddlers

S2 Ep 101: Practical Tools for Tricky Toddler Transitions

S3 Ep 1: Emotional Intelligence: Giving Ourselves and Our Kids Permission to Feel with Dr. Marc Brackett

S3 Ep2: How To Build A Happy Life

S3 Ep 3: Retraining Your Awareness

S3 Ep 4: Present, Not Perfect with Dr. Dan Siegel

S3 Ep 5: Why Anxiety is Good For You (Even Though It Feels Bad)

S3 Ep 6: Anti-Fragility - Raise Kids Who Grow From Challenges

S3 Ep 7: Understanding the Social & Emotional Lives of Teenagers with Dr. Lisa Damour

S3 Ep 8: Understanding Teen Distress: When to Worry and What to Do

S3 Ep 9: Bullying: What It is, What It isn’t and What To Do

S3 Ep 10: Real Self Care - Minus the Bubbles and Crystals with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin

S3 Ep 11: The Myth of Normal with Dr. Gabor Maté

S3 Ep 12: How Our Unconscious Experiences Shape Us (And Our Kids) with Dr. Gabor Maté

S3 EP 13: Unlocking the Intelligence of Autism