We have been waiting for this conversation for so long. We have multiple friends who have told us how much they adore Amy Julia Becker for years and it was a delight to get to sit down with her recently. She shares so much wisdom and hope on what it looks like to reimagine family life with disability. You’re going to want to listen, share, and take notes on this episode. Reimagining the Good Life Podcast How to Become a Worry-Free Parent with Sissy Goff IG: @amyjuliabecker To Be Made...

Who better to talk about helping kids build the social milestone of awareness than a therapist who has been caring for kids for six years and a middle school teacher, recently turned counselor? Rachel and Richie bring so much wisdom to the table in this important conversation on helping kids we love develop awareness. Grab a pen and paper because you’re going to take notes! And we’re so grateful to work and do life alongside these wise Daystar co-workers and friends! . . . . . Grab a copy of...

Dr. Elisa Song is a Stanford, NYU, UCSF-trained pediatrician, and one of the foremost pioneers and trusted medicine experts in pediatric integrative and functional medicine. She’s the author of the bestselling Healthy Kids, Happy Kids and a mom to two amazing kids of her own. We are so excited to share this rich conversation with the wise and insightful Dr. Elisa Song with you. We believe this episode is going to be so helpful and hopeful for us all! You might also enjoy Ep 217: Cooking...

In these post-covid, technology-ridden times, we believe it’s never been more important to talk about the social milestones, with the first being the milestone of awareness. With the boys and girls we love, we see some universal reasons that kids might struggle with this one. Grab a copy of Are My Kids on Track? to follow along with us through the season! . . . . . Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter to keep up to date with where David and Sissy are speaking, where they are taco'ing,...

How are you feeling today? It seems to be one filled with lots of anxiety and trepidation, for lots of us. We kept talking about what we most wanted to hear on Election Day, and so we recorded a podcast including just that! We’ve got a few parenting reminders on what it looks like to model all of these important milestones we’ve been talking about, some conversation starters to share with the kids you love AND the encouragement we needed today…and thought you might, too! Let’s continue to...

We are thrilled to introduce you to two more of our amazing co-workers at Daystar Counseling who also happen to be dear friends! Allye Gray and Blair West are both thoughtful, wise, women who happen to be HIGHLY resourceful themselves! This week, they’re sharing ideas they use as therapists and ideas you can implement at home to help the kids you love develop the highly important muscle of resourcefulness. How Children Raise Parents: The Art of Listening to Your Family . . . . . Grab a copy...

Jennifer Breheny Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of the instant New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It. Her forthcoming book Mattering in the Modern World: A Solution for the Crises of Our Time is based on five years of research and an original global mattering survey. Wallace is the founder of The Mattering Institute, whose mission is to create cultures of mattering in homes, workplaces, and...

In Raising Worry-Free Girls, Sissy defines anxiety as an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of themselves. The same is true for boys. In 30 years of counseling kids, we have never seen kids struggle with the idea of resourcefulness like we do today. You all, we believe this conversation is crucial to helping the kids we love grow up into emotionally healthy adults. They need both the knowledge and the tools it takes to be resourceful. In today’s podcast, Sissy and David are...

Y’all—this one is a PLEASE LISTEN episode. We have been really excited about this episode coming out at this time in our world since we got it scheduled. But after talking with our friends Michael and Melissa Wear, we believe this conversation is imperative for all of us… no matter our political affiliation. It has been said about Michael Wear, “Even as we find ourselves in a crisis of disillusionment, and even despair, about the state of American politics, Wear reminds us that we must hold...

How many of you have read one of Danielle Walker's fabulous cookbooks? Her newest is called Make It Easy, but she’s also got Against All Grain, Celebrations, Healthy in a Hurry, and her memoir, Food Saved Me. We know a lot of you are already cooking with her regularly. Well, we got to OFFICIALLY!!! AND, we got to make non-dairy QUESO! It was truly amazing! Make sure to not just download this episode, but watch it on Youtube to get the recipe and follow along. Danielle is so wise in terms of...

This week, we’ve got another amazing episode with some of our Daystar therapists. Have you listened to these yet? We are loving the episodes and so proud of our co-workers and dear friends! We can’t wait for you to meet and listen to Sherman Bucher and Shannon Flynn, as they talk about Practicing Empathy as a Family. So many great concepts and helpful, practical ideas to strengthen this very important muscle of empathy together!  1000 Hours Outside Dr. Hallowell If you enjoyed this...

We’re so grateful to be talking about empathy on the podcast this week. We believe the muscle of empathy is one that kids are struggling to develop more than ever before. In this episode, we talk about why and, even more importantly, what we can do about it. Empathy truly is a pre-requisite for healthy relationships. So, let’s all work together to help the kids we love grow in their awareness, love, and empathy for those around them, including and maybe even especially those that live under...

We were so blessed (see what we did there?!) to have our new friends Madison Johnson and Logan Cain from CAIN with us on the podcast today! We got to talk about incorporating faith as a family and building strong sibling relationships. We believe you’re going to have as much fun listening to these two as we did getting to talk with them! IG: @caintheband I’m So Blessed the music video I'm So Blessed the children's book . . . . . Grab a copy of Are My Kids on Track? to follow along with us...

Okay, you all, this will go down in history as one of our VERY FAVORITE episodes of all time! We have long loved and admired the work of Dr. Wendy Mogel, who has written fabulous books such as The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, The Blessing of a B Minus, and Voice Lessons for Parents. But we maybe loved talking with her EVEN MORE! She is wise, discerning, honest and DELIGHTFUL! We can’t wait for you all to listen in on this conversation! . . . . . Grab a copy of Are My Kids on Track? to follow...

We are coming to you on a Friday to do a fun little feed swap with a podcast that we love - introducing, Pardon the Mess Podcast! As parents, we know raising kids is the opposite of neat and tidy. Each day brings wins, losses and valuable lessons. Pardon the Mess is a place where we discuss parenting and faith in a biblical, approachable and relatable way. We may cry and laugh while we learn and grow together in our beautiful mess. We know you will love Courtney and this show as much as we...

We were thrilled to be invited to the big announcement from Meta this week introducing their Instagram Teen Accounts! We got to sit down with Naomi Gleit, Head of Product at Meta, to talk about just what these changes mean for teens and for parents. We believe this is an important lesson…to hear about the changes and to hear her heart in wanting to partner with parents. It was such an encouraging conversation for us and we believe it will be for those of you in the throes of trying to...

How are your kids doing on taking another’s perspective? In this important conversation, our dear friend and coworker, Amy Jacobs, helps us not only understand the concept of perspective-taking with kids, but offers wise and practical ways to help that you can start implementing today! . . . . . Grab a copy of Are My Kids on Track? to follow along with us through the season! Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter to keep up to date with where David and Sissy are speaking, where they are...

Nothing is Wasted. It’s the name of his podcast, and also his powerful and inspiring book. Davey Blackburn has lived out these words in a way not many of us have or hopefully will ever have to experience in our lifetime. His story and simply who he is serve as powerful reminders that not only are we not alone on this journey, but that there is always hope, forgiveness and purpose that can be found in pain. We cannot wait for you to listen in on this conversation of moving from pain to purpose...

Y’all, we really believe this episode is a MUST LISTEN. On a 1 to 10 scale when it comes to emotions, we’re seeing more kids who are living at 10 than ever before. They’re using big words. You’ve heard us say it…rather than sad, they’re saying “I’m depressed.” Rather than worried or stressed, they’re saying “I have anxiety.” When they get the very most upset, they say “I want to kill myself!” And we’re left wondering—and panicking—that it really might be true. We have GOT to help kids find...

Dr. Chip Dodd has been working in the field of recovery and redemption for over 30 years. He has taught and trained thousands to not only use an emotional vocabulary, but ultimately connected us to our hearts—and each other. Chip has written numerous books, including the bestselling Voice of the Heart and his newest kids’ book, How Are You Feeling Today? We are so excited for you to listen to this rich conversation full of faith and feelings! And grab a copy of his books now!  . . . . . Grab...

One of our favorite interviews we’ve ever done was with the wonderful and insightful Sandra and Andy Stanley. THIS WEEK, we got to meet their daughter, Allie! On this episode of the podcast, we get to talk with Allie and Sandra together and dive into the mother/daughter relationship, which moms—you know, can be one of your biggest sources of both joy and heartache. We talk about it all in this episode and specific ways to strengthen your relationship TODAY. And, it’s all based on Allie and...

In this season of the podcast, we are THRILLED to introduce you to, not only some of our favorite people, but some of the wisest counselors we know: The Daystar Staff! This week, we have Jenny Tang and Kenneth Littleton on the podcast to talk about Building an Emotional Vocabulary. They have SO many great, practical takeaways! We can’t wait for you to listen and meet our friends and co-workers, Jenny and Kenneth! . . . . . Grab a copy of Are My Kids on Track? to follow along with us through...

When you were growing up, did your parents pass a feelings chart around the dinner table? Or did you have healthy conversations around emotions? We’re guessing, for most of us, that’s a no—but we’d love to hear in the comments! In case you didn’t or are just wondering what a healthy emotional vocabulary looks like for your family, this episode is the one for you! In it, we discuss what it looks like to fold an emotional vocabulary into the life of your family, plus stumbling blocks and...

We are SO EXCITED to be starting a new season of the podcast with Are My Kids on Track?! We’ve got lots of content, lots of fantastic wise guests, including the brilliant folks we get to work alongside every day, the Daystar Staff! If you’re not familiar, Are My Kids on Track is based on the 4 emotional, 4 social and 4 spiritual milestones we believe kids most need to reach—and are to a lesser degree than ever before. So join us this season as we dig in to what we can do to raise healthy kids...