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The Most Important Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Amy · EN
The Most Important Medicine is connection! If you’re a professional who wants to have a greater impact in the lives of children and families, building resilience in relationships, this podcast is for you. It's where pediatricians, educators, nurses, advocates and other folks who are in children's lives meet and discuss how to respond and mitigate trauma by building buffering mechanisms that address adversity and build connection. We'll listen to stories and bring our humanness into spaces to transform how we think about children, early relational health and connection. It's truly, the MOST important medicine!
Join us to become a trauma-informed champion by nurturing connections through relational health to help kids and families thrive. Every time you join me, I want you to hear practical information and leave with tangible tools you can use every day.
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Episode 80: Pausing the Podcast
Feb 28, 202400:07:47Tap to summarizeFriends, we're pausing the podcast for now, but we have a special ask! Tell us which episodes were your favorite so we can create a Top 5! Join us in a ConnectEd Collab Invite Dr. Amy to be on YOUR podcast or recommend her to your favorite podcast. Dr. Amy’s New Book!On Amazon hereFrom the American Academy of PediatricsRESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 79: Glowing Together: How skincare boosts teen confidence
Feb 21, 202400:33:12Tap to summarizeJoin Dr. Amy & Dr. Sheilagh as we discuss skincare, teen confidence, and how we can relate and bond with our teens about this important topic!We chat about why this topic is so important, for teen girls AND teen boys. And she provides her top tips on managing teen skin care. Hint, it's super straightforward! Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness is a double board-certified Dermatologist and Pediatric Dermatologist with a busy practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently serves as the President of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.She is mom to two tween boys and co-founder of Stryke Club, a personal care brand made just for boys.Dr. Sheilagh is passionate about education and prioritizes teaching with every patient encounter. She strives to educate the next generation of dermatologists and pediatricians in her practice, and teaches families and caregivers through content created for national pediatric and dermatological societies and her social media presence (@dr.sheilagh.m on Instagram and @drsheilagh on TikTok).Dr. Amy’s New Book!On Amazon hereFrom the American Academy of PediatricsRESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 78: Lazy, Unmotivated Teenagers: How to shift from problems to potential with Will Elliott
Feb 14, 202400:34:00Tap to summarizeLet's dive into three ways to create mentorship, success, and unlock potential in teenagers with Dr. Amy & Will Elliott. Will Elliott is one of the world's top life coaches for teens and is dedicated to helping the next generation live confident, bold, and purpose-driven lives. We discussed why teenagers feel misunderstood and what the TRULY need from adults. You can find Will @coachingwithwill on Instagram!Dr. Amy’s New Book!On Amazon hereFrom the American Academy of PediatricsRESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 77: Moving from Conflict to Cooperative Co-Parenting with Aurisha Smolarski, LMFT
Feb 5, 202400:41:34Tap to summarizeDivorce does NOT have to be traumatic for children. Listen in as Aurisha and Dr. Amy discuss conflict-free co-parenting. Aurisha, author of Cooperative Co-parenting for Secure Kids, walks us through her own story of co-parenting and provides sage advice to stay connected to your child during turbulent times. Aurisha Smolarski, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified co-parenting coach, mediator, and mother, with a clinical practice in Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of Cooperative Co-parenting for Secure Kids: The Attachment Theory Guide to Raising Kids in Two Homes. She specializes in working with co-parents, couples, and individuals. As a co-parent herself, she is very familiar with the challenges faced by parents raising kids in two households. For more than ten years, she has drawn on attachment theory and other modalities to help clients move from conflict to cooperation, make child-centered agreements, and create a secure co-parenting two-home family system. She lives with her daughter and her cat and sees clients both virtually and in person. You can contact Aurisha at www.aurishasmolarski.comDr. Amy’s New Book!On Amazon hereFrom the American Academy of PediatricsRESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 76: 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children and Families with Dr. Amy
Jan 31, 202400:30:38Tap to summarizeDr. Amy reviews 10 guiding principles that she utilizes every day in her work with children and families and how you can incorporate them in your work too! In today's episode, she discusses 10 principles that are the cornerstone to her work - how she thinks about training, curriculum, and interactions with children and families. She breaks down 10 guiding principles that you can utilize today in your work too! From taking a developmental lens, to trauma-responsive care, to unconditional love - we cover it all! You can grab the free guide here!Dr. Amy’s New Book!On Amazon hereFrom the American Academy of PediatricsRESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 75: Change-makers and Chain-breakers: The Power of Narrative Medicine with Dr. Anu French
Jan 24, 202400:42:59Tap to summarizeJoin Dr. Anu French and Dr. Amy to hear a beautiful story about how to heal intergenerational trauma & create trauma-informed pediatric practices. Anu French MD FAAP ABoIMwww.anufrench.comA New Wellness: Pediatrics, Integrative MedicineSSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's HospitalOn a mission to create healthier communities through healthier childrenDr French, an artist, musician, yogini, author and integrative pediatrician, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, double board-certified in Pediatrics and Integrative Medicine, with fellowship training in Integrative Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry. With special interest in integrative nutrition, health care equity, childhood mental health and intergenerational resilience, she serves on professional and policy advisory boards of Let’s Integrate, ASPIRE and WholeHealthED and is a member of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the AAP's Section on Integrative Medicine.In clinical practice for 28 years, she melds her passion to provide affordable, accessible integrative pediatric care with craftivism through her affirmative art series and her meditative music at her office in St Louis, MO. She has researched and published on the topics of nutrition, yoga, art and resilience and has taught mindfulness, food as medicine and sound healing workshops to medical, dietetic and yoga students, pediatric and psychiatry residents/physicians and Montessori educators.Having found balance through the healing arts after professional and personal burnout, Dr French offers integrative resources she hopes will be helpful through her website and her Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram pages. Her choice of meditation is walking her backyard labyrinth, being a mindful partner to her beloved and a mindful parent to her two precious daughters and her sweet dog. Newsletter subscribe A New Wellness websiteRedBubble Art store I Am You You Are Me children’s bookWake Up My Divinity sound healing musicI Am Art collectionLet's Integrate: learn about resilienceGeneration Mindful Mindfulness ToolsPeaceAnu French(she/her/hers)RESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 74: Reconnecting with ourselves: Are you taking care of first base?
Jan 17, 202400:11:07Tap to summarizeDr. Amy reflects on felt safety, childhood memories, and connecting with ourselves before taking care of others. She also invites you in to join a ConnectEd Collaborative of supportive professionals. Hear about how visiting her childhood home reminded her of being connected with childhood memories. And learn about the Baseball Analogy for self-care and connection.How are you at taking care of first base?RESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 73: Reconnecting to Ourselves: Three ways to reconnect now
Jan 10, 202400:14:40Tap to summarizeJoin Dr. Amy as she reviews three powerful ways to be in community and reconnect with ourselves. On today's podcast, we talk about joining powerful learning communities, ConnectEd Collabs; words of the year, including a song of inspiration; and, ways to share joyful moments with Dr. Amy & Team.RESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 72: Connection, Community & Curiosity: How to remain authentic as a connected professional
Jan 3, 202400:39:10Tap to summarizeJoin Dr. Amy & Ashley for a thoughtful conversation about authenticity & connection as we dive into 2024. Dr. Amy & Ashley discuss how to be in community with connection and curiosity, embracing dualities, and how to stay in conversation with folks who may have differing beliefs. Ashley walks us through her grief process and offers advice about how to show up with authenticity as a connected professional.Ashley Desanno, aka, lotsasmiles, is a mom of two boys from Portland Oregon. She loves to run marathons and spend time with friends. She is a small business owner co-founder with her best friend, Emily (creepy book club) and works in network marketing. She fell into “influencing” when her kids asked her to start a tiktok in 2020.Become part of Ashely's Community!Join Dr. Amy & Ashley in The Creepy Bookclub!RESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
Transcribe →Episode 71: Never Miss a Moment with Joey Odom
Dec 20, 202300:47:05Tap to summarizeThis month, our podcast is all-about connecting with what's most important. Join me for a fabulous discussion with Aro Co-founder Joey Odom. Joey and I discuss ways to change your relationship with your phone to enhance moments of connection with people who matter most. Joey shares a life-changing moment where he misses a moment with his son, vowing to never allow that to happen again. We discuss the importance of connection as a way of engaging in the most important relationships in our lives. And we review why it's critically important for youth to have these connections with us, as adults. Joey discusses the 3 M's of phone use and Dr. Amy offers a 4th. Check it out!RESOURCESDr. Amy's NewsletterLearning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab InvitationDr. Amy YoutubeFREE DOWNLOADSTop 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & FamiliesStart Creating Boundaries Handout & ScriptFinding Calm to Prevent OverwhelmDon’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
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