Essential Question: What can we do to prepare for the potential emotional roller coaster of emotions around being with family for the holidays?

Essential Question How can cultivating gratitude improve mental health and transform the way we approach challenges in life?

Essential Question: How can resilience reshape our approach to personal and professional challenges, turning struggles into strengths?

Essential Question: How can we recognize and manage anxiety effectively so it doesn’t interfere with our ability to live fulfilling lives?

Essential Question: How can trauma-informed education create safer, more supportive learning environments that promote mental health and well-being for students?

Essential Question is: How can schools and educators address the stigma of mental illness in students?

Essential Question:How can educators build effective partnerships with parents to support student success and well-being?

Essential Question: How can creating moments of silence and reflection in the classroom support emotional growth and learning for students dealing with trauma?

Essential Question: How can educators shift from listening to respond to listening to understand, in order to build stronger relationships with students and create a more supportive learning environment?

Essential Question: How can educators and parents recognize and respond to the emotional "color zones" students operate in, ensuring they return to a balanced state where healing and learning can thrive?

Essential Question: How can educators recognize and respond to the "Meerkat", "Owl", and "Tiger" within students to create a balanced, trauma-informed learning environment?

Essential Question: How can educators recognize and respond to the impact of trauma on students, ensuring they are supported to achieve academic, social, and emotional success?

Essential Question: How can teachers build strong, trusting relationships with students from day one, and respond to behaviors with curiosity instead of judgment?

Essential Question: How does the role of being a "teacher mom" enhance both teaching and parenting, and what struggles can be shared to support others in similar roles?

Essential Question: How can we use social and emotional learning (SEL) skills to stay safe, healthy, and resilient during summer break?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can individuals not only survive but thrive in the aftermath of childhood trauma, defying the expectations set by their past experiences?

Essential Question: How can we create trauma-informed classrooms and campuses that minimize triggers for our students?

Essential question: How do the physiological manifestations of trauma in the body, including intergenerational influences and somatic sensations, impact our understanding of trauma and inform pathways to healing?

Essential Question: How can couples effectively communicate their triggers to cultivate understanding and support within their relationship?

In this episode, Dr. Smith switches roles from host to guest as she joins the men of Man-Talk Mondays for an informative/entertaining discussion about how unresolved trauma from you past affects you present relationships. Essential Question: Who is running your relationship?

Essential Question: How does selective mutism manifest in traumatized children, and what tools can educators and parents employ to support their silent journey to healing?

Essential Question: How does high exposure to experiences of rejection in childhood affect the learning environment and shape adult behaviors and relationships?

Essential Question: Why do some individuals, particularly children exposed to trauma, adopt a "flight" response, and how does this manifest in their behavior and decision-making as adults?

Essential Question: How do snow days exacerbate challenges for students dealing with trauma and toxic stress?

Essential Question: How can we create trauma-informed classrooms and campuses that minimize triggers for our students?

Essential Question: What drives educators to the breaking point, prompting drastic actions like walkouts, and how does this impact the educational system?

Essential Question: How can individuals and families heal from intergenerational trauma, manage trauma triggers during the holidays, and find harmony in family gatherings?

Essential Question: How can educators effectively address and cope with secondary traumatic stress while supporting students exposed to trauma and toxic stress?

Essential Question: How can trauma-informed strategies be effectively applied to support students with disabilities, and what impact do traumatic experiences during developmental years have on academic development?

Essential Question: How can schools in high-stress, urban, or high-risk environments successfully implement trauma-informed practices to support students' well-being and academic success?

Essential Question: What is root trauma and how does it shape our lives and experiences?

Engaging Question: How can we engage parents as partners to support students exposed to trauma and toxic stress?

Essential Question: How can educators cultivate a trauma-informed curriculum to better meet the needs of trauma-exposed students?

Essential Question: How can we effectively support children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and minimize the long-term impact on their lives?

Essential Question:  How can we identify resilience factors that mitigate the impact of trauma on our students?

Essential Question: How can we effectively teach emotional regulation and self-awareness to students while fostering emotional intelligence both in the classroom and at home?

Essential Question: How can educators cultivate safe and nurturing learning environments through trauma-informed practices?

Essential Question: How can trauma-informed education positively impact the lives of students and create a nurturing learning environment?

Essential Question: How can educators and parents empower children to effectively manage anger, allowing them to thrive academically and emotionally? This episode aims to help listeners understand the nature of anger, recognize its barriers to success in school and personal life, explore healthy ways for students to express their anger, and provide practical strategies for supporting students with anger issues.

Essential Question: How can we process our emotions effectively to ensure our response doesn't add to the negativity in the world? This episode aims to help our listeners develop the skills necessary to process their emotions in a healthy and constructive way.

Essential Question: How does trauma show up in the halls of a school building and what should be done about it? This episode seeks to explain how trauma doesn't just affect students, but it can also affect teachers, creating an environment of stress and anxiety that can be difficult to navigate.

Essential Question: How does unresolved trauma affect work-life balance? This episode seeks to help listeners understand how workaholism is a trauma response and how it affects your professional life.