I am made up of many things. Psychologist. Mother. Actress. Public Speaker. Yoda of anxiety. ADHD Superhero. Changer of Lives. I work with children, teens, and their families to help them build better lives by maximizing confidence and forging their resilience. I also work with professionals and educators looking for training and approaches to work effectively with their clients. With over 20 years of experience, I know that maximizing confidence and resilience starts with fostering strong family connections, developing skills, and implementing effective, practical strategies to capitalize on strengths. My focus is on developing these skills for long-term success and positive well-being.
Words and Resilience, Bullying, Entitlement, Burnout and more!
Hello Reader,
It has been a while since I emailed out but wanted the dust to settle as we headed into 2024.
I hope January has started fabulously an February is off to a great start!
As always, I wanted to share the rundown of resources. I kicked off Journey of Resilience 2024 in January year and will have a full year of resources on boosting children's and teen's resilience.
Here are all the resources from January:
Articles and Blogs:
- Using Effective Corrective Feedback to Unlock Potential
- The Art of Resilience: Enhancing Communication Within the Family
- Unlocking Resilience in Children: How Adversity Nurtures Vital Life Skills
- From Bonding to Thriving: Nurturing Resilience through Attachment
Overpowering Emotions Podcast:
In December I did a major blitz of episodes (Episodes 113-120) to discuss all the traps adults fall into that can make anxiety worse, along with managing anxiety escalations.
I then kicked off the Journey of Resilience, which will continue for all of 2024.
- What is resilience and why does it matter? (Episode 121)
- What are the foundational building blocks of resilience?(Episode 122)
- What are the key traits of resilient children? (Episode 123)
- How can childhood adversity strengthen resilience? (Episode 124)
Parents of the Year Podcast:
December was all about thriving the holidays and kicked off the new year with goal setting with our kids. Here are the rest of January:
- How do we help kids learn from their mistakes? (Episode 98)
- How can teaching kids about stranger danger actually be harmful? (Episode 99)
- Celebrating 100 Episodes: Parenting Wisdom Feud! (Episode 100)
- What do we need to know to promote children’s dental hygiene? (Episode 101)
As always, feel free to email me if you have any questions or things you'd like to hear me chat about on these shows!
Dr. Caroline Buzanko
Hi! I'm Dr. Caroline Buzanko
I am made up of many things. Psychologist. Mother. Actress. Public Speaker. Yoda of anxiety. ADHD Superhero. Changer of Lives. I work with children, teens, and their families to help them build better lives by maximizing confidence and forging their resilience. I also work with professionals and educators looking for training and approaches to work effectively with their clients. With over 20 years of experience, I know that maximizing confidence and resilience starts with fostering strong family connections, developing skills, and implementing effective, practical strategies to capitalize on strengths. My focus is on developing these skills for long-term success and positive well-being.
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Hello Reader, I can't believe we're into November already... where does the time go!? I wanted to drop a quick reminder that we are doing our monthly lunch n' learn in less than an hour (12 MDT). Today's topic: Fostering Cognitive Flexibility in Children. Register here (it's free!) if you haven't already - no worries if you can't make it - you can catch the replay! And, of course, here is the rundown of what happened in October. Overpowering Emotions Podcast: How do we manage separation...
Hello Reader, First, apologies for the email this morning if it didn't pertain to you - in my haste, I accidentally sent it to everyone! However, I did mean to email everyone for this month's roundup of podcast episodes. I Here's what happened in September: Overpowering Emotions Podcast: How do we manage school avoidance (Part 2) (Episode 101) How do we manage school avoidance (Part 3) (Episode 102) How do we rethink time for our well-being? (Episode 103) Parents of the Year Podcast: Using...