The Parentologist Podcast

Inked Ambition: An Author’s Story of Grit and Writing to Success

Dr. Kim is back! This week she is talking with author Gillian McAllister.  Gillian McCallister is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. 

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From Bump to Baby: Navigating Parenthood as a Team

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with D'Anthony and Rachel ward about their new book, The Couples Pregnancy Guide.

D’ANTHONY WARD is a social media influencer, YouTuber, filmmaker, and the owner of the inspirational clothing brand Create Dope Humans. D’Anthony has worked to disrupt FOMO culture by encouraging his audience to slow down, celebrate the simple things, and appreciate the every day. He is committed to tackling outdated stereotypes around fatherhood, marriage, and parent- ing. Visit him at thedadvlog.com, on Instagram @dad_vlog, and at createdopehumans.com.

RACHEL WARD helps young people define and achieve their career goals through program development, mentoring, and coaching. She guides young, diverse leaders to showcase their talents and break into challenging industries where they have been historically underrepresented. She also serves on the board of directors of educational STEM nonprofits and passionately identifies ways to advocate for the next generation. As a career-driven mom, Rachel actively promotes a healthy work-life balance. Follow her on Instagram @heyrachelward.

D’Anthony and Rachel live in Atlanta with their two children, Taj and Aaliyah. This is the couple’s first book together.

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The Worry-Free Mom: Navigating Stress and Finding Serenity

Denise Marek is internationally known as the Worry Management Expert and the creator of the CALM methodology for worry-free living. As a sought-after lecturer, consultant, and writer, Denise equips individuals around the globe with strategies to reduce stress, worry less, and bounce back from adversity.

Denise is the author of CALM for Moms: Worry Less in Four Simple Steps (Familius, November 2022) and CALM: A Proven Four-Step Process Designed Specifically for Women Who Worry (Hay House, 2006). She also teaches CALM Online, an online training program that provides strategies for letting go of worry, reducing stress, and creating a happier life.

Denise lives in Ontario, Canada. She is the mother of Lindsay and Brianna and the nana of Adrian, Azia, and Forest.

• www.calmformomsbook.com
• IG and Facebook: @thedenisemarek
• www.denisemarek.com

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Revolutionizing Discipline: The Transformational Power of Connection

Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, R.Psych #1856, is a mom, registered psychologist, parenting educator, best-selling author, international speaker, and a regularly invited media guest. Founder and director of The Wishing Star Lapointe Developmental Clinic, she has been supporting families and children for almost 20 years, and has previous experience in community mental health and the school system. Dr. Vanessa is known for bringing a sense of nurturing understanding and humanity to all of her work. Her passion is in walking alongside parents, teachers, care providers, and other big people to really see the world through the child’s eyes. She believes that if we can do this, we are beautifully positioned to grow up our children in the best possible way.

Find out more about Dr. Vanessa Lapointe at https://drvanessalapointe.com.

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Transforming Trauma: Becoming the Father You Never Had

In this Father's Day episode, Dr. Kim is talking with Kendall Smith all about fatherhood. Kendall Smith was a "complete rookie" when he became a Dad, welcoming his “giant baby boy, Connor." Not only was Kendall a rookie at being a father, but he was also a rookie because he'd had little experience with his own dad, having been raised by a single Mom. So, to understand how to parent successfully, he spoke to many role models about fatherhood. The lessons he learned as a “Rookie Father” are collected in his book Rookie Father, subtitled “A Playbook for Men Experiencing Fatherhood for the First Time.”

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Early and Often: How and When to Talk to your Kids About Alcohol

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Leslie Kimball. During her 21 years with Responsibility.org, Leslie Kimball has led the development and implementation of programming and communications campaigns for the not-for-profit. These campaigns include the rebranding of Responsibility.org in 2015, the organization’s 20th Anniversary celebration in 2011, and the Ask Listen Learn and Talk Early and parenting influencer initiatives.

As Executive Director, Kimball leads the organization’s team of 15 professionals. Prior to her role as Executive Director, Kimball served as chief of communications and branding for DISCUS and Responsibility.org in a shared services capacity, where she oversaw all communications work and built an award-winning, in-house team that helped achieve meaningful growth in reach and revenue for both organizations.

Leslie previously worked in Communications and External Affairs at The Brookings Institution. She and her husband live in Bethesda, MD with their daughter and son. She serves as the Vice Chair of Best Buddies Capital Region and the Advisory Board of her children’s school.

Shaquille O’Neal’s nickname for her is “Boss Lady.”

https://www.responsibility.org

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Mothering with Intention: How to Press Pause and Live By Your Values

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Karen Ehman. Karen Ehman is a New York Times bestselling author, a Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and a contributing writer for Encouragement for Today online devotions and a teacher in the First 5 Bible study app which has over 2 million daily users. She has written 18 books and Bible studies including Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All and the 2020 ECPA devotional book of the year Settle My Soul: 100 Quiet Moments to Meet with Jesus. She is a Cum Laude graduate of Spring Arbor University with a major in Social Science. Karen
has been featured on TODAY Parenting, Redbook.com, Foxnews.com, Crosswalk.com, YouVersion.com, and is a monthly columnist for HomeLife Magazine. Her passion is to help women live their priorities as they reflect the gospel to a watching world. She is married to her college sweetheart, Todd, and is the mother of five children—three biological and two in-laws by marriage—although she forgets which ones are which. Karen enjoys collecting vintage Pyrex kitchenware, cheering for the Detroit Tigers, and spending her days feeding the many people
who gather around her mid-century dining table to process life and enjoy her county fair blue-ribbon winning cooking.

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Unlocking the Teenage Code: How to Bridge The Generation Gap

This week, learn all about talking to your teenager! Mr. Brian Coleman was the 2019 National School Counselor of the Year and the first African-American winner of this prestigious honor. He was also a 2019 Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Upstander Award recipient for his commitment to LGBTQA+ youth advocacy. Coleman has spent the last four years traveling the country as the cartwheeling "Unicorn Counselor" speaking on issues ranging from comprehensive sexual health education and counseling program design to counselor identity and engagement strategies within the school community.  

He is in his ninth year with Jones College Prep where he has served as Counseling Department Chair for five years. At Jones, Mr. Coleman has overseen counseling programming for seniors and freshmen, sophomore sexual health education, JCP’s student mentorship program, and the school’s LGBTQA+ student organization JonesPride. In recent years, he has also participated in DePaul University’s “Here We Do” and McDonald’s “Black and Positively Golden” promotional campaigns. He has also contributed to pieces for CNBC, Forbes, Teen Vogue, and NPR among others.  Coleman is a proud graduate of Northwestern University as well as DePaul University where he was named the College of Education’s 2019 Alumni of the Year (and, recently, became an Adjunct Instructor!)  He also serves on the Educational Advisory Board for Responsibility.org and as the President of the Illinois School Counselor Association.  

He enjoys all things unicorn, most things theatrical, and a good amount of professional wrestling!

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One and Done: The Benefits and Challenges of Raising An Only Child

This week listen as Dr. Kim talks with Rebecca Greene. Rebecca Greene, MSW, LMSW is a mental health therapist in group practice and award-winning author of seven books, including two self-help/parenting books and four children's books. Her latest book is One & Done, about parenting only children, and published in 2023 by Familius. As a therapist, the mother of an only child and an only child herself, Rebecca has both professional and personal experience with the topic of best practices for helping only children thrive. Rebecca lives with her family in the Washington, DC metro area.

https://www.rebeccagreeneauthor.com

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To The Mom Trying To Do It All: How To Ditch The Mom Guilt And Ask For Help

This week Dr. Kim is back and talking to Gretchen Salyer. Gretchen Salyer is the Founder & CEO of The June Care Company, a platform that connects parents who need childcare with qualified host parents who can care for their kids.  Prior to founding June Care, Gretchen was a stay-at-home mom to her three daughters and, prior to that, a tech executive at Intuit for more than a decade.  Gretchen lives in Northern California with her family, and considers June Care to be her fourth born child.

https://www.junecare.co

 

 

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