The Nurtured Heart Approach®

Tune in to listen to Stephanie Rule and her guest, Dovid Levy, discuss how NHA is not just a set of strategies, it is a mode of being. Dovid and Stephanie have a candid discussion around applying the Nurtured Heart Approach® to every aspect of one's life. The self-reset playing a major part in how to truly dial in the 3 Stands in each moment that life brings. Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ Music: Reset To Your Heart's Intention- John Frick   Lyrics: Howard Glasser

Join Stephanie Rule and her guest, Stacy Nielsen for a candid discussion about using NHA to support our self-care in an unhealthy relationship. We all experience relationships that have some level of toxicity, and Nurtured Heart Approach® provides us with the tools we need to take care of ourselves in the midst of these unhealthy relationships. Stacy and Stephanie walk through the 3 Stands™ and how to apply them not only to the relationship, but to yourself as well.  Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ Music: Reset To Your Heart's Intention- John Frick   Lyrics: Howard Glasser

Join Stephanie Rule and her guest, Maxine McFarlane, as they dive into building Inner Wealth in the elementary classroom. They hold an informative discussion around weaving NHA into school disciplinary policies. Tune in for real-life examples of how to implement The Nurtured Heart Approach® in a classroom environment, and how to create a paradigm shift to help you begin to see your students' intensities in a positive way! Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ Music: Reset To Your Heart's Intention- John Frick   Lyrics: Howard Glasser

Join Stephanie Rule and her guest, Mussi Diskin in a conversation about using NHA and renewing your Inner Wealth® in the coming year.  Listen to their meaningful discussion on how to explore growing your own Inner Wealth as they dive deep into the use of the 3 Stands™ of Nurtured Heart Approach to grow an inner NHA practice. Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ Music: Reset To Your Heart's Intention- John Frick   Lyrics: Howard Glasser

For our last episode for 2020, take a listen back to a discussion from 2017. This discussion centered around using the Nurtured Heart Approach® during the holiday reveals how it can be a life force in navigating unhealthy relationships and setting clear boundaries for children and family members.  Join the host, Stephanie Rule, as she leads our brilliant guests, Jennifer Lotery and Mary Black, in a conversation about utilizing NHA as an adult and keeping you and your children emotionally healthy during the holidays. Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ You can also register now for the virtual Nurtured Heart Approach® Certification Training Intensive 1/17/21 - 1/22/21. (https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/certified-trainer) Music: Reset To Your Heart's Intention- John Frick   Lyrics: Howard Glasser  

Join Stephanie Rule and her guest, Juana Zegarra in a conversation about NHA  and families with immigration uncertainty.  Listen to their meaningful discussion on how the 3 Stands can give parents the opportunity for consistency in what they feel is an unpredictable future for them and their children. Also, tune in to hear how using NHA recognitions can support families in speaking about difficult topics. Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ You can also register now for the virtual Nurtured Heart Approach® Certification Training Intensive 11/17/21 - 11/22/21. (https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/certified-trainer) Music: Reset To Your Heart's Intention- John Frick   Lyrics: Howard Glasser

Join Stephanie Rule and her guest, Scott Lindstrom in a conversation about Big Energy.  They have an open discussion around what to do with the big energies we come across in life. How can you use NHA to support you in learning to embrace difficult energy, making friends with that difficult energy, rather than bracing against it? Tune in to find out!   Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Stephanie Rule interviews her guests, Nicole Semmens and Leah Marcus, about strategies for shifting from solely modeling the approach at home, to incorporating strategies and activities for directly teaching the approach in your home! It is a lively discussion with great tools for supporting you in teaching NHA to your kids! Guest Bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/september-podcast-teaching-nha-to-your-kids/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Tune in to hear this month's episode between Stephanie Rule and Nara Derapelian as they discuss the long term effects The Nurtured Heart Approach® has on a person's Inner Wealth®. Nara transparently shares her emotional upbringing with her mother who adopted her at a young age. She shares the impact that NHA had on her life and in her relationships, as a child and as an adult today. This heartfelt episode gives parents beautiful insight into having The Nurtured Heart Approach as a foundational aspect in one's life, and how it leads to an adult who can see what is going right in even the most difficult situations, and develops clear boundaries and healthy relationships. Guest Bio:  https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/august-podcast-all-grown-up/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Stephanie Rule and Howard Glasser hold an inspiring and uplifting conversation about building Inner Wealth™ amidst a world crisis, the Pandemic COVID-19. Tune in to hear about tools that will not only help build Inner Wealth in your children, but also in yourself. Learn how to apply The Nurtured Heart Approach® to your children, the adults in your life, and yourself, on ever-deepening levels. Guest Bio:  https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/april-2020-howard-glasser-is-our-guest/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen to this moving conversation as Stephanie Rule interviews recently certified trainer of NHA, Robert Smedley. Robert is one of the youngest certified trainers, as he became certified when he was only eighteen years old. Robert discusses how NHA has impacted his life since he returned to the CTI, and how NHA has helped him to connect with the youth he serves in a heart-centered way.   Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/march-2020-teaching-nha-to-youth/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Tune into this month's NHA discussion between host and NHA trainer, Stephanie Rule, and her guest Laura Leigh Smith. Certified Advanced NHA trainer, Laura Leigh Smith, shares her intimate family experience with addiction and recovery, and the impact NHA made on the process of recovery for her family. This conversation is beautifully authentic and heartfelt. Take a look into one family's complete transformation by fully embracing NHA during a turbulent time in their life. Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen to this incredibly moving podcast about beating the odds! Stephanie Rule interviews two strong and resilient Certified NHA trainers who grew up in the foster care system. They share how they didn't just survive growing up in the system - but how they are able to thrive and flourish in their adult lives. Such a powerful discussion about how The Nurtured Heart Approach can transform your challenging life experiences, no matter what they are. Michele Moran and Gina Lynn Pearson are authentic, beautifully present with their lives today, and are determined to help transform the lives of as many foster youth as they can. Tune in to their stories about how to live with intention using NHA, even through the most difficult life experiences. Guest Bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/the-nha-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen to the brilliance of Advanced Trainer, Dawn Kowalczyk, as she shares her story of becoming a foster parent. As she navigates the bumpy road of fostering, she sheds her default beliefs about parenting, and emraces a new paradigm. Join our host, Stephanie Rule, as she intently listens to Dawn's story of learning and becoming the Nurtured Heart Approach, and watching it transform her family before her eyes.   Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/november-nha-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Join host Stephanie Rule as she guides you through an emotionally compelling episode of the NHA Podcast. Her discussion with Advanced Trainer, Debbie Neumann, is motivating for caregivers of a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease, and it illuminates how NHA provides hope to the caregiving role, that can sometimes feel hopeless. Listen to Debbie weave the 3 Stands of NHA into the role of caregiver for a loved one with Alzheimer's - learn how take care of yourself, in the face of caring for one you deeply love; and how to help a loved one see what is going right in the midst of chaos and negativity in their mind. The Nurtured Heart Approach can restore hope for both the cargiver and the loved one suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. click here for gues bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/its-october-and-podcasts-are-back/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Host Stephanie Rule, and Guest Neils Wright, hold a powerful discussion about how Neils was able to apply NHA to his life during the fires that destroyed the little town of Paradise, CA. Join them to hear a moving account and firsthand experience of weaving Nurtured Heart into the tapestry of one's life - and watching as it plays out even amidst a traumatic experience.   Click here for Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/august-nha-podcast-living-with-intention Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Join host, Stephanie Rule, as she interviews her last NHA Global Summit presenter! This podcast marks the end of a 5-month series, spotlighting presenters from the upcoming Global Summit in New Jersey, July 14-17, 2019. Stephanie speaks with NHA Advanced Trainer, Barbara Wilson, as Barabara shares with us a glimpse of her breakout session, on Resetting to your Optimal Zone in the Window of Tolerance. Barbara shares how resetting is a powerful exercise in co-regulation, and how she will be teaching incredible tools to all who attend her breakout session at the 2019 Global Summit. If you are new to NHA, join us at our Nurtured Heart Approach®? Global Summit, and gain a multitude of tools to help you learn and apply NHA to your personal life, professional life, and community. We will have over 24 Certified Traienrs from around the world presenting on how they use NHA in their daily lives, and 4 incredible keynote speakers! It's not too late to register! Register Here: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-global-summit/ Click here for Guest Bio: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/2019-june-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen in to catch just a quick glimpse of Certified NHA Trainer, Dana Kasowski, share her story about how The Nurtured Heart Approach saved her teaching career! If you are a teacher who is feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, and like there is nothing else out there that could save your teaching career, THIS is the podcast for you to listen to! Better yet, our upcoming Global Summit, July 14-17 2019, in West Orange New Jersey is the place for you to be! Dana will be one of our many presenters at the Global Summit, and she will share her secret - how she was able to save her teaching career using NHA. Don't miss it!

Listen in to hear our guests, Melissa Lowenstein and David and Jennifer Burke, share a glimpse of what they will be presenting at our upcoming Global Summit in July 2019. If you are new to NHA, join us at our Nurtured Heart Approach® Global Summit, and gain a multitude of tools to help you learn and apply NHA to your personal life, professional life, and community. We will have over 24 Certified Trainers from around the world presenting on how they use NHA in their daily lives, and 4 incredible keynote speakers! In today's podcast you will hear about two of our breakout sessions that will be presented at our Global Summit. Catch a glimpse of what these NHA trainers will be presenting on about NHA and SEL with teenagers and educators, as well as using NHA in an adolescent treatment center! Click here for guest bios:  https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/april-2019-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen in to hear our guests, Brooke Tafoya and Dorothy Derapelian, share a glimpse of what they will be presenting at our upcoming Global Summit in July 2019. If you are new to NHA, join us at our Nurtured Heart Approach® Global Summit, and gain a multitude of tools to help you learn and apply NHA to your personal life, professional life, and community. We will have 26 breakout sessions lead by our very own NHA trainers from around the world, and 4 incredible keynote speakers! In today's podcast you will hear about two of our breakout sessions that will be presented at our Global Summit. Catch a glimpse of what these NHA trainers will be presenting on about teaching Nurtured Heart to adolescents and transition age youth, as well as using NHA and Core Attachment Therapy! Click here for guest bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/march-2019-podcast/  Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen in to hear our guests, Diandra Kaufman, Christina Marinaro, Lyla Tyler and Tammi Van Hollander share a glimpse of what they will be presenting at our upcoming Global Summit in July 2019. If you are new to NHA, join us at our Nurtured Heart Approach® Global Summit, and gain a multitude of tools to help you learn and apply NHA to your personal life, professional life, and community. We will have 26 breakout sessions lead by our very own NHA trainers from around the world, and 4 incredible keynote speakers! In today's podcast you will hear about two of our breakout sessions that will be presented at our Global Summit. Catch a glimpse of what these NHA trainers will be presenting on about teaching Nurtured Heart to youth, as well as using NHA in play therapy! Click here for guest bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/february-2019-nha-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Have you ever wished you could change your negative "self-talk"? Listen to this engaging discussion about using The Nurtured Heart Approach® to transform your negative inner dialogue to a more positive version! Join host, Stephanie Rule, as she guides her guests, Stacie Lancaster and Jeffrey Swan, in a dynamic discussion about how to notch up your own Inner Wealth™. Learn about developing your own inner NHA practice through the use of the foundational pieces of NHA. Have you always thought that The Nurtured Heart was only for your children? Well, listen to this podcast episode to discover how to use The Nurtured Heart Approach to transform YOU. What you feel to be true about who you are on the inside is also what you offer to the world - so why not discover the tools that will help you find the joy within your own heart so you can share your joyful heart with the world. Click here for guest bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/notching-up-your-inner-wealth/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Join this captivating discussion about how The Nurtured Heart Approach®? bridges the cultural divide. Listen to host Stephanie Rule and her two guests, Darron Harley and Viviana Barajas, talk about NHA being a way to reach past our outer shells, and get to the truth of the moment – the truth of who we are on the inside. Listen to hear about the highlighted culture of Japan, and how one NHA trainer, Reiko Yamamoto, persists in her journey of bringing NHA to her country. This is a great discussion about how The Nurtured Heart Approach is a universal truth, and how to cross cultural boundaries by remaining in your authentic self. Click here for guest bios: http://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen in for our discussion involving people with developmental disabilities from infancy to adulthood. Advanced trainers Joe Clem and Melissa Niemi speak candidly about their experiences and stories in implementing The Nurtured Heart Approach in this community. Joe and Melissa discuss how the majority of people with developmental disabilities soak in the NHA recognitions. Listen to their great conversation about how there is always something to recognize about people in this population - stay in the moment and recognize the good in front of you.   Click here for gues bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/disabilities-of-development/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

In this episode of The Nurtured Heart Approach®? Podcast, our host, Stephanie Rule, guides a discussion about how to notch up your use of NHA during the transition between summer break, and back to school! Our guests, Ann Bell Worley and Christy Munch share in a dynamic conversation in how to notch up your NHA skills, whether you are a teacher with a classroom full of students, or a parent of intense children. Listen to hear brilliant tools for implementation and words of NHA wisdom, as well as to just hear how our host and guests live and breathe The Nurtured Heart Approach. Click here for gues bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/educational-success/  Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

When just beginning to implement the Nurtured Heart Approach® there are often questions about the "how to"of using it. This is the last episode of our 3-part series exploring those Frequently Asked Questions. This month our Host, Stephanie Rule, explores Stand 3: Absolutely Clear: Consequences and Limit Setting with her guests. Join guests Jim Kimberling and Brooke Tafoya as they hold an engaging conversation about how to implement Stand 3 of NHA. Click here for guest bios: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/notching-up-nha-mastering-stand-3/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen as our host, Stephanie Rule and this month's Podcast guest, Scott Lindstrom, have an inspiring discussion about how to Notch up Stand Two of The Nurtured Heart Approach®. Go on the journey with them as they discuss building Inner Wealth™, and great strategies for giving impactful NHA Recognitions - to children, significant others, family members, friends, and yourself.  Guest Biography Here: https://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/notching-up-nha-mastering-stand-2/ Music: Sunny - Bensound.com      

When just beginning to implement the Nurtured Heart Approach® there are often questions about the nitty gritty of using it. This 3 part series explores those Frequently Asked Questions starting with Stand 1: Absolutely No: Refusing to Energize Negativity as Stephanie Rule leads a conversation with an experienced Advanced Trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach®, Paula Wick.  Click here for Paula's biography. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Dr. Elizabeth Sylvester and Dema Stout discuss with host, Stephanie Rule, how Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is typically seen a set of negative behaviors and symptoms, but through the paradigm shift of the Nurtured Heart Approach®, it is a set of exceptional attributes! These Certified Advanced Trainers in the Nurtured Heart Approach share their experiences in working with children with ADHD, supporting their parents, and as college students who have ADHD! Guest biographies here. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Michelle Dicus and Sally Baas discuss with host, Stephanie Rule building Inner Wealth™ in young adults! These heart-centered college professors change the culture in their lecture halls and classrooms by not only utilizing the NHA, but by being it! Guest biographies here. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Join us this month as we give you a glimpse into the transformation of the Nurtured Heart Approach®.   The approach was developed by Howard Glasser to help parents “deal” with challenging, difficult, and frankly frustrating behavior from their child. But it has evolved over 25 plus years ago into the honed approach it is today, consisting of 3 Stands; Absolutely No, Absolutely Yes, and Absolutely Clear. Listen in as our host, Stephanie Rule, and co-host for this podcast, Matt Steinborn, dive into each of the stands and paint a picture of how the approach can bring transformation to your life as a parent, educator, and mental health professional. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com    

Life becomes infinitely more scary when a diagnosis of cancer happens. Scarier for the person receiving the diagnosis, but also the loved ones of that person. Our host, Stephanie Rule, interviews Julie Mears about her experience navigating a cancer diagnosis, surgery, treatment, and the impact the Nurtured Heart Approach® (NHA) had on her journey to recovery. Stephanie shares her perspective as a loved one walking through a similar process and how NHA took part in supporting herself, her family, and her mother. Full biography for Julie here. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Stephanie Rule, host of the Nurtured Heart Approach® podcasts, interviews Certified/Advanced Trainers in the Nurtured Heart Approach® (NHA) about their lives before NHA was in it and how they've come to realize the gift of NHA. Debbie Sands, an advocate for families and people with disabilities, discusses how the NHA opened her eyes to a new world of positivity. This new world of positivity shifted her professional life into altering how she interacted with young people in a society where celebrating what is going wrong is the norm. Eulanda Thorne, a school counselor, talks about her journey from being on the verge of resigning as a classroom teacher to finding the NHA and transforming her life. Giving her the tools to change the trajectory of her life path. Julie Steinberg, a cantor and trained social worker, discusses how NHA transformed her family and gave her the skills to navigate her daughter's intense behaviors. Julie beautifully describes the dance between the 3 Stands™ and how she scaffolded the support and love for her daughter. For full biographies for Debbie, Eulanda, and Julie click here. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Listen as this discussion centered around using the Nurtured Heart Approach® during the holiday reveals how it can be a life force in navigating unhealthy relationships and setting clear boundaries for children and family members. Host, Stephanie Rule, leads our brilliant guests, Jennifer Lotery and Mary Black, in a conversation about utilizing NHA as an adult and keeping you and your children emotionally healthy during the holidays. Jennifer provides an excellent perspective as a clinical psychologist with her experience counseling adults and children. She discusses navigating challenging relationships with adult family members and taking care of yourself during the high emotional stress of the holiday season. Mary brings a unique perspective as a mother of intense children (her biological, adoptive, and foster children). She discusses different ways to honor and protect her intense children during family traditions, while resetting unrealistic self-set expectations of what the gathering(s) should look like. Click here for full biographies for Jennifer and Mary. Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Join the host of the Children's Success Foundation, Stephanie Rule, as she leads a discussion on the Nurtured Heart Approach® (NHA) in the Preschool Setting! Our guests, Nancy Gomez and Kellie Knodel discuss how they implement NHA in their classrooms and how they use the NHA professionally to propel greatness as a teacher. Kellie has a Psychology degree and worked with high school students as a youth minister for 2 years before moving to preschool. Kellie started teaching at St. John Christian Preschool in and completed a Child Development Associate Degree. Kellie is currently in her 9th year of teaching preschool. She took her first NHA class in 2012 and started using the approach at work and at home with her daughter Lillie. Kellie became a Certified Trainer at the Fargo CTI in July of 2016. Since then, she has been teaching classes to parents and educators in Fargo, ND. Kellie lives with her husband and 3 children, ages 7, 4, and 1. Nancy is an Advanced Trainer in the NHA. She attended her first CTI in Jan. of 2012, and the second in Jan. of 2015, both in Tucson. Her initial drive to learn NHA were her three daughters Deeana 15, Madi 12, and Leeah 7. She soon realized NHA worked in her career as well. Nancy has 22 years of experience in Early Childhood Education between YDI Head Start and Kirtland Air Force Base. She has an AA in Early Childhood Multi-cultural Education and an AA in Child, Youth, and Family Development. She is currently working on a BA in Education Studies at Grand Canyon University. “The NHA has changed my life and I continue to use it daily personally, professionally, and most importantly with myself. I'm not perfect, but now I am aware, and I know how to reset myself back to greatness.” Music: Sunny - Bensound.com

Join the host of The Children's Success Foundation, Stephanie Rule, as she leads a discussion on the Nurtured Heart Approach®(NHA) in the Juvenile Justice System (JJS). Our guests, Harvey Uken and Toni Rose, bring a refreshing NHA perspective to working with youth in JJS, and the prevention of youth entering the system. Listen as the conversation unfolds and these dynamic Certified NHA Advanced Trainers share their experiences about building the Inner Wealth™ of the youth in the Juvenile Justice System. Toni Rose, BS, is a Certified Nurtured Heart Approach® Advanced Trainer as well as a Wraparound Facilitator at Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare.  She has provided over 100 NHA trainings to parents, caregivers, volunteers and clinicians from all over the state of Indiana. She has 18 years of experience collaborating with Department of Child Services, Juvenile Justice, CASA and Head Start. She has also worked directly with mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals and educators. Her passion is supporting children and families to build successful relationships not only in their homes but in their communities as well. Harvey Uken has been working as a Youth Counselor at the Red River Valley Juvenile Center (16 bed facility for 10-18) in Crookston, MN for the past 14 years.  He was the Family Week Coordinator and Clinical Supervisor for eight of those years. These experiences with intense people in intense situations led Harvey to see the Nurtured Heart Approach as the way to help the children he serves towards heart-felt transformation when he was introduced to NHA in 2013. Harvey is looking forward to full retirement to begin employing the Nurtured Heart Approach in Northern MN and ND to help people recognize the greatnesses in themselves and others.

We are excited to have our guests from May join us again to share the amazing journey of parenting teens and young adults with our guests, Catherine Stafford and Alastair Gardiner in this month's podcast.  Stephanie Rule is our host. Catherine is a mom of 4, a therapist in private practice, a Certified NHA Advanced Trainer and well known chldren's book author.  (Full bio here ) Alastair is dad to 3 boys.  He is an international speaker and presenter, a Certified NHA Advanced Trainer.  He works with intense children around the world and consults with foster care givers around the globe.  (Full bio here)  

We are excited to share the amazing journey of parenting teens through the high school years with our guests, Catherine Stafford and Alastair Gardiner in our May podcast.  Stephanie Rule is our host. Catherine is a mom of 4, a therapist in private practice, a Certified NHA Advanced Trainer and well known chldren's book author.  (Full bio here ) Alastair is dad to 3 boys.  He is an international speaker and presenter, a Certified NHA Advanced Trainer.  He works with intense children around the world and consults with foster care givers around the globe.  (Full bio here)

Eulanda Thorne Eulanda, a Certified Advanced NH Trainer, is a unique individual who lives her life daily to make a positive impact in the lives of others. She has been a guest speaker for the NH Global Summit and her work with NH has been featured during several trainings and presentations. Eulanda is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a degree in Elementary Education. Her motto in life is a quote from Maya Angelou; I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” For this reason, she lives her life showering others with love. Eulanda lives in Wilson, North Carolina where she is a devoted school teacher and single mother of four beautiful children.   Theresa Gaylean Theresa is a Certified Advanced NHA trainer who has witnessed the transformative power of the approach as an educator in a community day classroom serving K-8th grades (5 years) and currently in a second grade classroom. The approach has also gifted her with powerful relationship with her husband of 25 years, and as the mother of three children 17, 14, and 7.

Tanya Fraizer Tanya Fraizer is a dynamic individual with a passion to help others find joy and peace in their personal and professional lives. Tanya is a graduate of Concordia College – Moorhead with a degree in Elementary Education. She has worked extensively with families, with experience in both in-home and agency-based parent education. Tanya is a Nurtured Heart Approach Advanced Trainer and the owner of Heart To Heart Consulting, through which she provides coaching, classes, trainings and speaking engagements on NHA.  Her prowess for leadership with clarity and compassion is a joy for all the NHA Trainers she is so personally dedicated to serve.  Tanya lives in Fargo, ND with her husband and daughter. Mark Pfaff Mark, Certified Advanced NHA trainer. In Public Education 10 years serving Special Education grades Preschool, K - 8, Adult Post-Secondary, Mild/ Moderate/ Severe students. Was a Middle school Assistant Principal and now serving as a county SELPA administrator and Program specialist. Co-parent of three children ages 15, 8, 5 in Chico, CA.  Nick Bartlett Nick Bartlett has been a School Psychologist since 2010. His experience is diverse, having served students from preschool to post-secondary, from all disability areas. He became a Nurtured Heart Approach © advanced trainer in 2016. Nick has trained hundreds of parents and educators in The Nurtured Heart Approach and utilizes the powerful methodology with students he counsels as well as his own children who are 7 and 4 years old. He is a firm believer in the transformative power of the approach and truly enjoys seeing children light up when children begin to become of aware of and own their greatness. 

Jana Bruhschwein Jana, a Certified Advanced NHA Trainer, has been an educator for over 25 years.  She was an elementary teacher, a Head Start Program Director and is currently the director of St. John Christian Preschool where kids aren't tolerated, they are celebrated.  Jana lives in Horace ND with her husband and three children ages 17, 16, and 10. Leah Marcus Leah studied Studio Art, Art Therapy, and Counseling, and worked in community mental health in Ohio for 3 years before moving to Michigan to start a family. She experienced a tremendous paradigm shift upon learning about the Nurtured Heart Approach in late 2011. With the help of two CTIs (Syracuse 2012 and Norwich, UK 2013) and the 2013 Global Summit, the NHA infused her work as a therapist, her marriage, and her mothering with new meaning and vitality. In fact, she was pregnant with her now 3 year old son Avery during the Summit and the UK CTI, so her parenting was already Nurtured-Heart focused before it even began! She's spent most of her time in the past few years as a primary daytime parent to Avery. Licensed as a counselor in both Ohio and Michigan, Leah recently became involved with the Washtenaw County Parent Coalition, committed to building resilience and connections among local families and area resources.  

Josh Kuersten  has over 20 years experience in special education as an aide, teacher and behaviorist.  He says, "I have over 10,000 hours of focused experience specifically in the area of behavior, working with students, professionals, and my greatest teachers, my own children, teaching and maintaining pro-social behavior."  He has been actively engaged in learning, using and training the Nurtured Heart Approach® for more then 5 years.  At present, he works as a behaviorist in over 40 schools, working with all kids pre-K through age 22.  He provides in home consulting on a small scale, working with families to implement NHA strategies in creative ways to achieve an environment that breeds success and celebrates the greatness in each family member.

Samantha Pierce Initially trained as a plant scientist Samantha Pierce's experiences as a mother inspired her to focus on autism, parenting, and education. She has worked with young adults with mental health issues and children with behavior challenges. Samantha weaves NHA into her work on autism, education advocacy, and parenting. She provides community training in to help transform the experiences of families and educators. Samantha lives in Syracuse, NY with her husband and five children affectionately known as The Horde. Anca Niculae Anca Niculae is a licensed marriage and family therapist in magnificent Fort Collins, Colorado. Her previous work experience includes working as a Head Start teacher and case worker, as well as a medical liaison in a residential treatment center with children 7-16 years of age.  After receiving her graduate degree, she worked at the local community mental health center, first as a therapist in a behavioral modification program (using dirt bike riding time as a reward!) for children ages 10-18, and then as an addictions counselor for adults with co-occurring chronic mental health and addictions. She has also worked as part of a holistic treatment center, alongside experts in various fields, working together to support individuals and families from a multi disciplinary perspective.  She is currently working in private practice, utilizing The Nurtured Heart Approach, Brainspotting, EMDR and mindfulness techniques in order to continue to provide a compassionate and supportive environment for all of her clients.  Her daily intention is to fully experience and express gratitude.  

Howard Glasser and Stephanie Rule are our hosts for this timely conversation regarding transitioning youth and the homeless and how NHA can be life changing for these individuals. Join us as trainers, Quinn Donnay, Sarah Schutt and Nicole Semmens share their experiences with this segment of population. Quinn, is a Transitional Living Program Manager at New Day Youth & Family Services,  a non-profit agency that aids young people ages 17-22 that are experiencing homelessness, have a lack of supports, and minimal protective factors in Albuquerque, NM. Quinn utilizes NHA in her supervision with staff as well as with the young people in care. Quinn pairs NHA with young people experiencing homelessness to relentlessly build inner wealth so that they are able to recognize their greatness and strengths to move forward onto a rich path of independence.    Sarah, is first and foremost an involved and dedicated mother to 2 sensitive, caring, and vibrant children.  she currently works as the Homeless Management Information System Administrator for the Housing and Homeless Coalition of Central New York, which acts as HUD Continuum of Care for Oswego, Cayuga, and Onondaga Counties.  She was a Case Management Supervisor of Runaway and Homeless Youth Case Management Services, which served youth 16-24 who were homeless or housing vulnerable in Onondaga County.    Nicole,  has been an NHA Advanced Trainer since 2011.  She is a mother of two incredibly joyous children and a former program director of 12 years working with transition-age homeless youth.  She is currently working as the Event Assistant for Children's Success Foundation in addition to working as an NHA Coach/Trainer passionately spreading the Nurtured Heart Approach to parents, teachers, and mental health professionals.

Howard Glasser, Creator of the Nurtured Heart Approach and Stephanie Rule, Certified Advanced Trainer share our time together this month with Heather Meyer and Toni Rose, Certified Advanced Trainers in this live podcast.  Toni Rose,BS, is a Certified Nurtured Heart Approach Advanced Trainer as well as a Wraparound Facilitator at Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare.  She has provided over 85 NHA trainings to parents, caregivers, volunteers and clinicians from all over the state of Indiana. She has 17 years of experience collaborating with Department of Child Services, Juvenile Justice, CASA and Head Start. She has also worked directly with mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals and educators. Her passion is supporting children and families to build successful relationships not only in their homes but in their communities as well. Heather Meyer, owner of Dynamic Wisdom, LLC,  is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Nurtured Heart Approach Trainer specializing in counseling and consulting services for individuals, families, and organizations in Indianapolis, Indiana. Heather has held a steadfast commitment to sparking a desire for change and blazing a trail of transformation for individuals experiencing significant behavioral and life challenges since 1993. Heather presents at conferences, company-wide workshops and to general audiences speaking on the topics of the Nurtured Heart Approach®, Functional Behavioral Assessments, and Positive Behavioral Support Plans. Heather's most recent work is creating individualized transformational practices with her clients born out her experimentation with using the NHA® to positively transform her experience with chronic health and pain challenges.

Guests, Dana Kasowskii and Paula Reiders are both teachers in Special Ed classrooms in different states.  They are seeing the fruits of change in their NHA classrooms.  Our hosts for this podcast are Stephanie Rule and Veronica Coates.  Veronica is a Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA) Director for a rural county in Northern California and feels inspired and humbled to serve in a leadership position for students with special needs. Veronica is passionate about serving at-risk students and making the IEP process safe and positive for parents from the paperwork to the implementation. She has utilized the Nurtured Heart Approach since 2008 in every aspect of her personal and professional life.  She has been an Advanced Trainer since 2013.  Veronica is the proud mother of one son, Holden, and most of her free time is spent on the pool deck and traveling to her son's swim meets. She lives in Chico, California with Holden and her husband Jesse.   Dana, a Certified Advanced NHA Trainer, is in her 13th year as a special education teacher in Wahpeton ND.  She currently teaches students who receive special education services under the area of Emotional Disturbance.  Building Inner Wealth in her students has become the focus of her classroom.  Dana and her husband are raising their three children using NHA.  In addition, she teaches NHA classes within her community and is the owner of Greatness Unleashed Consulting. Paula, a Certified NHA Trainer, is the mother to seven children, five who were born to me and two who were born in her heart.  She also has eight grandchildren.  Her work, her passion, is Special Education.  Currently, she is teaching in a Primary Special Day NHA classroom.  Becoming a NHA Trainer has been a beautiful journey of transformation.    

Our hosts, Howard Glasser, creator of the Nurtured Heart Aproach and Stephanie Rule, School Counselor and Mom welcome guests Shirley Faleer and Lyla Tyler to this month's podcast. Shirley is in a solo private practice, Heartbound Counseling.  She lives with her husband, Rob and Gracie, her Yorkie-Poo, who assists her in her counseling practice in Mt. Pleasant Michigan.  Shirley has been working as a counselor and play therapist for 20 years.  A NHA Certified Advanced Trainer since 2013, she has been growing in and using the NHA as a part of her self-care and personal transformation, in her counseling practice and in her family as a parent of two and as a grandparent with her four brilliantly intense grandchildren.  She has completed extensive training in Sandtray-Worldplay with Gisela DeDomenico, PhD and is a level 2 practitioner of the Body-Brain Approach to Sandtray Play Therapy presented and created by NHA Certified Trainer, Rita Grayson, LCSW, RPT-S.  Integrating these experiential tools with the Nurtured Heart Approach has been powerful and effective with clients of all ages. Lyla is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor and also an Advanced Trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach®. Lyla specializes in treating children, teens and families at her midtown Sacramento, California private practice.  She was a Program Manager for two large Residential Treatment centers in Sacramento and also facilitated groups for Sutter Medical Foundation through the Children's Bereavement Art Group.  She is also trained in Experiential Play Therapy, Art Therapy, EMDR, Theraplay®, and the Trauma Resiliency Model®. For the past 30 years Lyla has provided training throughout California and Internationally

We are excited to have Jamie Gregory and Sarah How as hosts.   Our guests, Tanya Fraizer and Matt Steinborn will round out this important conversation for our July 15, 2016 podcast.  No More Bullies! will be our topic for July.   Full bios can be found at http://childrenssuccessfoundation.com/nha-podcast  We know this will be a conversation you won't want to miss and the beginning of more to come at work, school and in your homes.  For additional details regarding podcasts now and in the future, register for a monthly update here.   All podcasts are recorded and archived for on-demand listening.  Please feel free to browse the archives below.  

Join our hosts, Howard Glasser, Creator of the Nurtured Heart Approach and Stephanie Rule, NHA Advanced Trainer and Mom in this engaging podcast with dads, Shane Mosley and Neils Wright!  We promise you won't be disappointed as this amazing group shares stories of life with an NHA Dad in their homes and out and about.  NHA infueses in every aspect of their lives and with their children. We are excited to have Stephanie Rule join us as Howard's co-host this month.  Stephanie is a former school counselor with a master's degree in counseling. She has chosen to be a stay-at-home mom of her two children.  She is an Advanced Trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach and raises her own children using NHA.    She teaches NHA classes in her community and is also the Director of the STAR program for the Children's Success Foundation. Stephanie lives in Northern California with her husband and children Shane Mosley, lives in Phoenix with his wife and six children.   He is a Certified Advanced Trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach and has dedicated himself to sharing its incredibly simple and life changing tools whenever possible. Neils Wright is an  Education Specialist. NHA Advanced Trainer, first CTI January 2012.  I am in my seventh year as a teacher of students with Emotional and Behavioral Disturbance.  I am a father and I get to "dad" in happier, healthier and richer way because of NHA. Full bio's of our guests and hosts are available here.   

Frank Picone and Tim Hunt are part of the momentum in moving the Nurtured Heart Approach® forward in the state of New Jersey.  Catherine Stafford, our host for this month's podcast guides this conversation about the $12million SAMHSA grant awarded to the state of New Jersey to roll out the Nurtured Heart Approach to assist with mental health services for youth with complex behavioral health challenges at the state level.  This podcast airs during the culminating hours of the first of several Certificiation Training Intensives specific to the implementation of the grant in New Jersey..  Fraink Picone: Frank Picone earned his Masters of Social Work from the School of Social Work at Rutgers University. Mr. Picone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Advanced Trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach as well as a certified School Social Worker For the past 30 years,  For the past 20 years as Founder and Director of “Positive Culture Change” he has provided clinical and staff development consultation and training to juvenile justice facilities, residential treatment programs and school systems throughout the country focusing on work with youth who have experienced trauma and dealing with behavioral and mental health challenges.  Mr. Picone is also an instructor for the Rutgers College and is currently working with them on a 4 year 12 million dollar grant from SAMHSA aimed at adopting a trauma informed approach in New Jersey's Children's System of Care.  A major part of this grant is training all staff in the Nurtured Heart Approach. For more information please visit www.positiveculturechange.com.   Bio for Tim Hunt to follow shortly.   

Our hosts for this podcast are Catherine Stafford, LCSW, Author, Certified Advanced Trainer and Jamie Gregory, LCSW, Certified Advanced Trainer.  (full bio available here) Our guests  for this podcast are: Jeffrey Swan and Elizabeth Sylvester Jeffrey D. Swan holds a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from U.T Austin. He has been using the Nurtured Heart Approach for 15 years and is an Advanced Nurtured Heart Trainer.  Dr. Elizabeth Sylvester is a Psychologist and Educator working with children, parents and families in Austin Texas for over 30 years. She is a practitioner of the Nurtured Heart Approach ®, and has completed advanced training in this system. They are co-founders of Austin Child Therapy, an organization whose mission is to support the work of pediatric mental health professionals in Austin.  A full bio can be found here.  Joe and Celeste Elsey Joe and Celeste Elsey, both NHA ATs have been married for 31 years and have used the approach with their family for the past 8 years.  They enjoy open and honest relationships with their immediate family members and with each other. Extended family relationships have also become stronger with use of NHA.  Joe has worked for State Farm Insurance for many years and his use of positive recognition and refusing to give energy to negativity have earned him praise for a job well done.  Celeste currently works in Alternative Education and trains students as well as educators in the approach.  Joe and Celeste agree that NHA is a precious gift that has improved their quality of life and the lives of others around them.