Podcast appearances and mentions of natalie silverstein

Natalie Silverstein is an author, speaker, and podcast host whose work is all about inspiring kindness and service in families and teens. Natalie is the founder of the New York affiliate of Doing Good Together and the host of the award-winning podcast Simple Acts, Big Impact: Celebrating Teen Changemakers, where she highlights incredible stories of young people making a difference. She's also the author of two nationally recognized books, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back and Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference.

Natalie Silverstein shares her essay "On Memory and New Beginnings," reflecting on her mother's passing three years ago and her journey toward healing. Through her 16 year-old daughter's wisdom and the Jewish concept of teshuvah, Natalie learns to focus on cherished memories rather than the difficult final days – a story that will resonate with anyone who has lost a parent. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.This podcast episode focuses on the theme of perseverance, wrapping up a four-part series on the subject. In the segment, DJ discusses the importance of perseverance for both parents and children, emphasizing how continued effort and resilience can lead to better outcomes in various aspects of life. Tune in as DJ shares personal anecdotes and stories to illustrate the benefits of perseverance, such as improved self-esteem, stronger relationships, and reduced stress. Stay tuned as the episode offers practical advice for parents to help their children develop perseverance, including setting realistic goals, providing encouragement, and teaching new skills.TIMESTAMPS6:36 - Parents who persevere with boundaries and routines help kids develop resilience and positive relationships.18:08 - Encourage kids to think critically and come up with solutions by asking open-ended questions and providing constructive feedback.25:15 - DJ encourages parents to involve their kids in community service projects, such as gardening or building a treehouse, to teach them about perseverance and appreciation for the people involved in food production.32:18 - DJ reflects on the importance of routine and tradition in family life.For more information on the Imperfect Heroes podcast, visit: https://www.imperfectheroespodcast.com/Connect with Us!DJ Stutz -Website: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsacademy/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleheartsacademy/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpphCRklDJiFXdS76U0LSQRumble: https://rumble.com/v449rkoDJ Stutz Booking Link: https://bookme.name/ImperfectheroespodcastONE ON ONE COACHING Link: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/courses/one-on-one-coaching-bundle

In this episode, we talk to Natalie Silverstein. Natalie is an author, speaker, award-winning podcast host, nonprofit founder and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Hear Natalie's thoughts on how you can make a difference in the world and how being kind can cause a ripple effect you don't even know about. Natalie's website: https://simpleactsguide.com/

In the latest episode of The Drum Network Podcast, industry experts delve into the ever-evolving world of influencer marketing. Join Derek Goode from 160over90 and Natalie Silverstein from Collectively as they discuss the latest regulations impacting creators, emphasizing the importance of transparent disclosures. The conversation explores building long-term relationships with influencers, sharing valuable insights for CMOs on centralizing influencer strategies. Discover key takeaways for navigating the influencer landscape and leveraging social media as the cornerstone of your marketing strategy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalie Silverstein honors the relationship she shared with her mother, who passed away in October of 2021 at the age of 90. Quite often, it is the simplest things that we remember the most when a loved one is gone. In this case, Natalie reflects on the almost daily, brief phone calls she and her mother shared and details a walk through a grocery store which stirs up memories of her mother in every aisle and around every corner.

Natalie Silverstein, MPH is an author, speaker, consultant, nonprofit founder, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published in 2019 and was named one of the Top Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids by HuffPost. Her second book, Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference was published in July 2022. She is the host of the award-winning podcast, Simple Acts, Big Impact: Celebrating Teen Changemakers.  I got so much out of this conversation with Natalie. I love her philosophy that the best way to feel more hopeful about the world, while also adding meaning to our own lives, is to be of service to others. She is also brilliant at involving teens in this mission by offering manageable, actionable steps to help them start being of service in their communities. Listen in to hear Natalie share: How she found her passion for writing and serving her community in a massive way at age 50 Her belief is that our current generation of youth are huge leaders in service and contributions to communities How raising kids who engage in service work creates grounded and grateful kids The health data on volunteering - how it gives “helpers high” and contributes to physical & emotional health, as well as increases life expectancy How volunteering in the community decreases a teen's chances of engaging in risky behaviors Creative ways to get younger kids engaged in service to others How to engage teens and tweens in service work that is rewarding and meaningful to them - and guided by their strengths, gifts, and passions How having kids being of service brings deep meaning and joy to their lives Links mentioned: Join my October Retreat for Women Entrepreneurs: Influence & Ignite: Be the CEO and Thought Leader You Were Born to Be: shamelessmom.com/bizretreat Free Guide: Simple Acts: A Busy Teen's Guide to Making A Difference  Natalie's 2024 Simple Acts Day by Day Planner Book: Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back Book: Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference Podcast: Simple Acts, Big Impacts: Celebrating Teen Changemakers Natalie on IG We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We understand and recognize that nobody's perfect. Nobody ever has been, nobody ever will be. That's why we chose “Imperfect Heroes” as the name of our podcast. And today, we are celebrating our 100th episode by taking a look back over the last two years and highlighting a few of DJ's favorite answers to a question she asks all of her guests: How would you describe a successful parent? Listen in as we throw it waaayyy back and gain some great insights on parenting from these amazing guests!Links to the previous episodes mentioned in our 100th episode:Episode 3 with Dr. Ted Bennion. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imperfect-heroes-insights-into-parenting/id1567156640?i=1000529042738Episode 62 with Dr. Corey Gilbert. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imperfect-heroes-insights-into-parenting/id1567156640?i=1000577648711Dr. Gilbert's Book is: I CAN'T SAY THAT! GOINGBEYOND “THE TALK!” (2019) Equipping Your Children to Make Choices About Sexuality and Gender from a Biblical Sexual Ethic”. https://drcoreygilbert.com/books/Dr Gilbert's Podcast is: Healing Lives:  https://healinglives.podbean.com/Episode 58 with Natalie Silverstein. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imperfect-heroes-insights-into-parenting/id1567156640?i=1000574619591Natalie's book is: Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Backhttps://www.amazon.com/Simple-Acts-Familys-Guide-Giving/dp/0876598130/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Natalie+Silverstein&qid=1683582736&s=books&sr=1-2Natalie's Podcast is  Simple Acts, Big Impact.  Celebrating Teen Changemakershttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1779847/episodes/newEpisode 28 with Hilary Ableser https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imperfect-heroes-insights-into-parenting/id1567156640?i=1000546767877Episode 30 with Max and Deanna Maxwell https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imperfect-heroes-insights-into-parenting/id1567156640?i=1000548095919Maxwell's Website: https://movin-with-the-maxwells.newzenler.com/ TIMESTAMPS• [5:41] Dr. Ted Bennion: “I would say a successful parent is the one who parented today, with love.”• [7:40] “With love… you may have screwed up yesterday, you may mess up tomorrow. But today, you're going to do the very best!”• [20:01] Natalie Silverstein: “Successful parenting ultimately means that we raise kind, compassionate, grateful and grounded people who care about others.”• [32:51] Deanna Maxwell: “Somebody that is willing to continue to learn about their child. I think so many times, we just assume we know our kids. And we stop asking questions.”For more information on the Imperfect Heroes podcast, visit: https://www.imperfectheroespodcast.com/Connect with Us!DJ Stutz -Website: https://www.littlehear

Hey there, Mamas!  Do you ever feel that, despite how busy they are, your kids are missing out on some of life's essentials? With all that's crammed into their schedules, perhaps what they still lack is the chance to slow down and connect with the people and the world around them. This week on Zen(ish) Mommy, we chat with Natalie Silverstein, an author, volunteer, non-profit founder,  philanthropist, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Natalie, who recently wrote the book, “Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference,” discusses with us the many benefits of volunteering, including growing a child's self-esteem, helping them develop empathy and accountability, and increasing their connection to their peers and the greater society. Listen in to hear about the many benefits of service, as well as all of the ways that you (and your kiddo) can get involved! Simple Acts GuideNatalie on InstagramSimple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a DifferenceUse Promo Code “SIMPLE” for 20% off from Free Spirit PublishingOther Links from the Episode: Foodpantries.orgDoing Good TogetherOperation GratitudeNoKidHungryWorld Central KitchenSupport the showThe Zen Mommy on Instagramthe Zen Mommy

Natalie Silverstein is an author of two books on kindness and service, a speaker, consultant, nonprofit founder and passionate advocate for family and youth service. She believes that volunteering is not simply a “nice” thing to do, that there are no “random” acts of kindness and that we need to flip the narrative on mandatory service hours. In this episode, we discuss the many benefits of teen service. Natalie will offer tips, tools and inspiration to help parents as they encourage teens to find their passion and purpose through meaningful community service. Key Takeaways Understanding the science behind service (doing good is good for you) How to help teens think about marrying their skills/talents/gifts with the social justice issues they care about How to motivate teens to do service, and to want to continue this work into adulthood Serving others is good for you. Students who volunteer with regularity are less inclined to get involved in risky behavior. Time to volunteer; we seem to find time for their activities, and we should be able to find time for volunteering. When we make it a priority, along with their other activities, we can find time for an extra hour a week.   It can be as simple as looking out for your neighbor, people you know who have a need for some extra help.  Volunteering is a feel-great activity. It builds self-confidence and satisfaction. Teens who volunteer with their friends are more likely to want to continue to do it.   Sponsored by Lessons in Leadership online program: https://varsityleadership.com/ Resources Simple Acts Guide Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram

In this podcast episode, DJ invited Natalie Silverstein back on the show to discuss the many opportunities for giving and service around the holidays. Tune in as they discuss the hope we all have to raise grateful, grounded, compassionate and empathetic children and how to do that through modeling a life of service, being aware of others, as well as keeping our eyes, ears, hearts and minds open to the needs of others… not just during the holidays but throughout the year.Natalie Silverstein is an author, volunteer and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published in 2019 and was named as one of the Top Books for parents who want to raise kind kids by the HuffPost.  Her second book, The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference, launched in July of 2022. After a successful career in healthcare, Natalie became the New York coordinator of Doing Good Together, a national nonprofit with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. She lives in New York City with her husband and three teenagers. TIMESTAMPS• [8:54] DJ & Natalie discuss the many opportunities for service around the holidays… and that people are in the mood in November and December but how the need isn't only a two month need. • [18:31] Natalie talks about the importance of making the holidays special for other people.  • [32:08] Natalie explains: “Don't forget that there are gifts, lots of them, actually, that give back.” • [37:27] DJ poses the profound question: “What do you want to GIVE for Christmas?” For more information on the Imperfect Heroes podcast, visit: https://www.imperfectheroespodcast.com/Connect with Us!DJ Stutz - DJ Stutz: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsacademy/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleheartsacademy/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpphCRklDJiFXdS76U0LSQNatalie Silverstein - Website: https://www.simpleactsguide.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/simpleactsguide/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimpleActsGuideLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-silverstein-mph-b1a0963/Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Acts-Teens-Making-Difference/dp/1631986260/ref=zg_bs_16926993011_7/145-9468015-4873829?pd_rd_i=1631986260&psc=1Additional links mentioned in the podcast: https://www.byutv.org/randomactshttps://www.justserve.org/

Your teen can make a difference even if they are super busy! Listen in as I chat with Natalie Silverstein about simple things that we can do as parents and teens to give back to our communities.Natalie Silverstein, MPH is an acclaimed author, speaker, consultant and advocate for family and youth service. Her greatest joy is partnering with parents, educators, camp and after-school professionals in mentoring the next generation of purpose-driven leaders. She has also combined a life-long love of writing and story-telling, and has written two practical, actionable and inspiring resource guides for families and teens. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back was selected as one of the Top Ten Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids by the. Her second book, Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference was just released in July of 2022. In it she helps teens discover how they can use their passion and talents to serve others. She is also the podcast host of the Simple Acts, Big Impact Podcast which highlights teenagers who are making a difference.Natalie's Website: https://simpleactsguide.com/Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simpleactsguide/Natalie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimpleActsGuideRaising Confident Teens LinksWebsitehttps://raisingconfidentteens.comFacebook Business Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/confident.teensbizpage/Parents Community Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/confident.teens

We all want to raise empathetic, grateful, and grounded children. Natalie Silverstein is the author of the Simple Acts Guide book series. (simpleactsguide.com) Natalie joins The Compass to discuss volunteerism, modeling empathetic behaviors, and how you can include helping others in your family's busy life. 

We all want to raise empathetic, grateful, and grounded children. Natalie Silverstein is the author of the Simple Acts Guide book series. (simpleactsguide.com) Natalie joins The Compass to discuss volunteerism, modeling empathetic behaviors, and how you can include helping others in your family's busy life. 

On today's show, I have Natalie Silverstein, an author, consultant, nonprofit founder, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her latest book, Simple Acts: The Busy Teens Guide to Making a Difference, was created to help adolescents and teens discover their passion and purpose through acts of kindness and service to others. She believes you don't need to change the world to make a big impact. Even the smallest stone thrown into the water creates a ripple. Teens CAN make a meaningful difference – one simple act at a time.What you will learn: The importance of our teens connecting with other human beings and looking outside their problems. How to encourage your teens to use their favorite sport or interest or talent as an opportunity to give back to others.Cultivating a service-minded family.Every single thing that kids love to do in their free time can be translated into a way to give back to the community.How volunteering improves our mental and emotional health.The benefits of volunteering on your teen's college applications - specifically volunteering from a place of giving back, not because “they have to.”Why you should be making time for service as a family.What difference is giving back making in teens' lives?Where to find Natalie:WebsiteBuy the bookPodcast: Simple Acts, Big ImpactInstagramFacebook

The great thing about today's world is that just about anyone can share a message.  You might say that's not a good thing.  But what if we encouraged more people to use modern technology for good?  Studies show that young people are more likely to live a generous lifestyle when they model those habits from an early age and with other young people.   Natalie Silverstein is the type of person that doesn't accept the status quo for anyone.  There are a lot of needs in the world but plenty of people to address them.  She believes that everyone can make a difference in their own way.  Her early experience with charitable intentions led her to a life of giving.  She's humbly involved in multiple organizations and full of knowledge.  Don't underestimate her determination though.  She is all about taking action for impact.   You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.bobdepasquale.com/podcast/nataliesilverstein

Join Lara for a conversation with Natalie Silverstein. Natalie is a real changemaker in the world as an author, speaker, consultant, and passionate advocate for family and youth community service. She formed the New York branch of the Minneapolis-based non-profit Doing Good Together with the mission of helping parents raise kids who help and contribute. Natalie has written two books Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back (2019) and Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference (2022). In this episode, you'll learn about…* ways to be of service to homeless people.* how to constructively learn about social problems and source the solutions so we can help.* how to get more involved in your community.* Natalie's latest book Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/ Resources:https://simpleactsguide.com/https://www.freespirit.com/social-and-emotional-learning-for-kids-and-teens/simple-acts-natalie-silverstein-make-a-difference-in-the-worldInstagram: @nataliesilversteinInstagram: @simpleactsguideVisit almondcow.co/shop and use code LARA for a discount off your purchase!Instagram: @lara.heimann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalie Silverstein is an author, speaker, nonprofit founder and passionate advocate for family and youth service. She has written two books, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back and Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference which was published in July. Natalie is New York representative of Doing Good Together, a national nonprofit that helps parents raise kids who care and contribute, and is a member of several philanthropic giving circles. Natalie Silverstein is an author, speaker, nonprofit founder and passionate advocate for family and youth service. She has written two books, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back and Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference which was published in July. Natalie is New York representative of Doing Good Together, a national nonprofit that helps parents raise kids who care and contribute, and is a member of several philanthropic giving circles.  To learn more about Natalie, check out the following links: Natalie's Website and Books: https://simpleactsguide.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimpleActsGuide/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simpleactsguide/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-silverstein-mph-b1a0963/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/natsilverstein

Acts of service stretch far beyond a resume or a college application – giving back has been proven to enhance peoples' social-emotional health. Natalie Silverstein, MPH, author of The Busy Teens Guide to Giving Back shares data, real life stories, and practical ways to help kids engage with their communities.Show Notes:Simple Acts PodcastSimple Acts Guide Simple Acts Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natalie Silverstein is an author, speaker, consultant and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published in 2019 and was named one of the Top Books for parents who want to raise kind kids by the HuffPost. Her second book, The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference, launched on July 12th.   After a successful career in healthcare administration and as a non-profit founder, Natalie became the New York coordinator of Doing Good Together, an organization with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. In this role, she curates a free monthly e-mail listing of family-friendly service opportunities that is distributed to thousands of subscribers. Her personal essays on parenting, grief and loss have been published on several national platforms including Medium, Grown and Flown and Motherwell.   Along with her husband, she is the co-founder of The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson's with GBA, a non-profit focused on finding a cure for Parkinson's Disease in GBA mutation carriers. As a philanthropist, she is a member of Impact 100 NYC and Legacy Collective, two giving circles that make grants to nonprofits making a transformative impact on their communities.   Natalie holds a master's degree in public health from Yale University. She lives in New York City with her husband and three teenagers.   Simple Acts Guide (@simpleactsguide) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.instagram.com/simpleactsguide/   Simple Acts, Big Impact - Podcast Addict   Simple Acts Guide - Value of Service     Natalie's Self-Care:  Reading a lot this year.  She made a goal to read 22 books in 2022 in various voices.  She sews and shares her creativity and is working on meeting more with friends.  Text someone on your phone you haven't heard from in a while. Make a date and get it on the calendar. Stay connected and be authentic.    Family Fun Idea: One on One time with her kids. Meals and movies are quality time.  This is the fun here.    Bonus--Start a family kindness practice - one small, intentional act of kindness each day (or each day for the days leading up to a birthday, milestone, etc.). For younger kids, try a "scavenger hunt" type kindness challenge.   You are exactly the right mom for your kids.  I am so glad to know you.  Find me on Instagram at @everyday_runner_christy Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast Don't forget to leave a rating or review.  Email me Play4life.Christy@gmail.com  Want to share a family play idea?  Leave a message on SpeakPipe!  

On today's podcast we are thrilled to welcome Natalie Silverstein, MPH, who is an author, speaker, consultant, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was named one of the “10 Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids” by HuffPost.   She authored her first book in her fifties, and is passionate about volunteering.  She created a local affiliate chapter of the nonprofit organization Doing Good Together which helps families find service opportunities that they can work on together.   Join Julie and Natalie as they discuss life after 50 and finding and achieving your true purpose.   Natalie Silverstein:@simpleactguide  website is www.simpleactsguide.com  

In this episode, DJ talks with Natalie Silverstein, an author and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Stay tuned as they discuss how service comes into play in our families, in creating a positive attitude in our kids, and how it promotes the desire to make a difference. Listen in as they discuss raising grateful, grounded, empathetic and compassionate kids by broadening their horizons through volunteering and serving others in your community.Natalie Silverstein is an author, volunteer and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published in 2019 and was named as one of the Top Books for parents who want to raise kind kids by the HuffPost.  Her second book, The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference, is launching on July 12th. After a successful career in healthcare, Natalie became the New York coordinator of Doing Good Together, a national nonprofit with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. She lives in New York City with her husband and three teenagers.TIMESTAMPS• [6:21] “I understood instinctively, as most parents do, that serving others working in our community, volunteering with them was probably one of the most important things that I could do to raise grateful, grounded, empathetic, compassionate kids…”• [9:44] Natalie discusses how it became her purpose, her mission to help parents and their kids to find their purpose… to find some meaning in their lives through service to others.• [14:40] “It's not about giving money. It's about giving your time.”• [22:08] “I want everyone to realize you have time, you absolutely have time in your calendar, you have time for everything else, right?” For more information on the Imperfect Heroes podcast, visit: https://www.imperfectheroespodcast.com/Connect with Us!DJ Stutz - DJ Stutz: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsacademy/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleheartsacademy/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpphCRklDJiFXdS76U0LSQNatalie Silverstein - Website: https://www.simpleactsguide.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/simpleactsguide/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimpleActsGuideLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-silverstein-mph-b1a0963/Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Acts-Teens-Making-Difference/dp/1631986260/ref=zg_bs_16926993011_7/145-9468015-4873829?pd_rd_i=1631986260&psc=1Additional links mentioned in the podcast: https://www.byutv.org/randomactshttps://www.justserve.org/

July 29, 2022 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 81 / Guest: Natalie Silverstein Subscribe & Review Wherever You Listen to Podcasts Show Summary: An episode topic close to our hearts this week: advocacy. Not only advocacy, but a discussion about getting the whole family involved. Our guest, Natalie Silverstein, has made giving back a way... The post Make a Difference Through Simple Acts – with Natalie Silverstein appeared first on Mom And Podcast.

Natalie Silverstein, MPH, is an author, speaker, consultant, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published by Gryphon House in 2019 and was named one of the “10 Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids” by HuffPost. Now, she is out with her second book Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference.

Author Natalie Silverstein returns to the podcast to preview her latest book: Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference For more information, visit the show notes at https://www.bobbirebell.com/podcast/nataliesilversteinnewbook

We've all heard the saying, “random acts of kindness.” Our guest today doesn't believe in those. Her name is Natalie Silverstein and she's the author of a new book, "Simple Acts: The Busy Teens Guide to Making a Difference." We're talking about being good, doing good, and creating a little more good in this world, on this episode of PICK UP THE SIX Podcast.

Today I am talking with Natalie Silverstein author of Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference  and Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back she is the go to when it comes to helping our family live a life of service to others.    Natalie gives us practical ways we can help our kids, and especially teens, live a life outside themselves. We talk about ways we can come alongside our kids and teens to help them live the long game of service.    Some things we discuss:   Making service a priority in our family. How do we serve others when we are so busy? How can we help our kids serve in their passions and talents? How do we get our teens off their phones and off the couch to go be a changemaker.    Connect with Natalie:  https://simpleactsguide.com/   Get her books:  Follow her on Facebook Follow her on Instagram

REAL TALK IN REAL TIME With guest Natalie Silverstein @simpleactsguide We chatted about mothers, mothering, grief, and being honest about the person we've lost even if it's a complicated relationship. We also talked about service, kindness, and showing up for others. What an honest, lively conversation. Thank you, Natalie.

Natalie Silverstein '91, the author of Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was the keynote speaker at the PC Women Light the Way Conference in April, part of the college's celebration of 50 years of women at PC. Hear how her experience at PC impacted her approach to gratitude, service, and philanthropy, and how these values inform the way she lives and the work she does. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn.

When was the last time you did something kind or just paid it forward? In this segment, Natalie Silverstein shares the mission behind her book Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back. Also, the proven physical and mental benefits of service, and how it transforms lives. See video here - https://youtu.be/junzOL3eCfI WHO IS NATALIE? Natalie Silverstein, MPH is an author, speaker, consultant and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published in 2019 and was named as one of the Top Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids by the HuffPost. Her second book, Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference will be published in July 2022. Natalie is the New York coordinator of Doing Good Together. She curates a free monthly e-mail listing of family-friendly service opportunities that is distributed to thousands of subscribers. Natalie holds a master's degree from Yale. NATALIE'S CALL TO ACTION There's no such thing as "random acts of kindness." Living our values (and role modeling these for our children and others around us) means being kind and serving others with intention, keeping eyes, ears, hearts, and minds open to the needs of others, incorporating service (however that is defined) organically into the way we walk through our days. www.simpleactsguide.com www.doinggoodtogether.org @simpleactsguide on Instagram GENESIS'S INFO https://genesisamariskemp.net/ CALL TO ACTION Subscribe to GEMS with Genesis Amaris Kemp Channel, Hit the notifications bell so you don't miss any content, and share with family/friends. **REMEMBER - You do not have to let limitations or barriers keep you from achieving your success. Mind over Matter...It's time to shift and unleash your greatest potential. If you would like to be a SPONSOR or have any of your merchandise mentioned, please reach out via email at GEMSwithGenesisAmarisKemp@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/genesis-amaris-kemp/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genesis-amaris-kemp/support

In this episode, I talk with Natalie Silverstein, who who is an author, speaker and passionate advocate for family and youth service. After a career in healthcare administration, she now works as a freelance writer and consultant with a particular focus on the non-profit sector and community service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published by Gryphon House in 2019 and was named as one of the Top 10 Books for parents who want to raise kind kids by the HuffPost. Her second book, Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Giving Back will be published by Free Spirit Press in early 2022. You can contact Natalie at https://simpleactsguide.com/. Subscribe to my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoFMYuRYxQS6LR10bqneIOA?sub_confirmation=1 Join The VILLAGE for Moms here - http://thevillageformoms.net/ Get your copy of my book here - https://amzn.to/2LFw3l0 Join my FREE Facebook group where we talk about all things parenting - https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerfulparentingfortodayskids/ Follow me online here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErinTaylorOfficial/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erintaylor_ma/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-taylor-5706bb1/ Website: http://erin-taylor.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/powerful-parenting/support

In today's episode we interview Natalie Silverstein, who is a philanthropist and the author of “Simple Acts - The busy family guide to giving back”. Teaching young children to be socially conscious, community oriented, and eager to volunteer seems like a daunting task, especially for busy families with children of varying ages, but it’s okay because Natalie has a solution. Natalie shares with us what led her to want to write her book, as well as the importance of parents involving their children in acts of service at an early age. Natalie shares her thoughts on how parents can inspire their children to spread more love and kindness, and how a pay it forward mentality can have a life changing ripple effect on people's lives. Simple Acts brings busy parents practical, easy-to-do ideas, to involve the whole family in volunteering and helping others in the community. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/connectkindness/support

Natalie Silverstein is the author of Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back, volunteer and passionate advocate for family service. Natalie holds a Masters in Public Health from Yale University and after a 15-year career in hospital administration, managed care and healthcare consulting, she now works as a freelance writer and editor with a particular focus on the non-profit sector and community service. In September 2013, Natalie launched the first local affiliate of Doing Good Together. Doing Good Together is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. As the coordinator for the New York area, she curates a free monthly email listing of family-friendly service opportunities that is distributed to thousands of subscribers.

SHOW NOTES Join the Sunshine Parenting PATREON squad for special perks, including bonus podcast episodes, exclusive posts, and resources! This month's Patreon resource: 31 Simple Things: 31 of my favorite tips for happier, more connected families. Join Audrey's email subscriber community for resources and ideas for happier, more connected families.  Wondering what to do about your personal - and our world's - current struggles? Niki Spears has practical strategies for finding the opportunities within our struggles. Niki is a former school principal who now works as an educator and change leader. She shares her passion and enthusiasm for creating positive school culture based on shared leadership. Niki is leading the charge to develop positive schools by sharing the importance of embracing a leadership mindset. Niki Spears is the co-founder of the Energy Bus for Schools Leadership Journey. She started this organization to bring the positive messages of Jon Gordon’s book, The Energy Bus, to schools everywhere. Niki has spent over 15 years working in education. Once an elementary school principal, she now works full time as a teacher educator and change leader. The Beauty Underneath the Struggle: Creating Your Bus Story Book Description Life if full of struggles and challenges. Are you ready to use these moments as opportunities to grow? Join Niki and learn how to find the beauty hidden beneath. Often the darkest moments in life are the ones that motivate us to move out of victimhood and walk into our purpose. Beneath the personal struggle lies a chance to discover meaning and bliss. It’s a matter of knowing how to transform challenges into impassioned change. On this journey to self-enlightenment, motivational speaker and author Niki Spears shares strategies to help you embrace struggles and recognize them as opportunities for self-discovery. Personal stories and testimonials from people like you, will motivate and inspire you to see struggles in a new way. The workbook feature will help you apply these techniques to your life right away, and by using the step-by-step guide, you can capture your own unique BUS story as you find the Beauty Underneath the Struggle. Struggles and challenges don’t have to be negative components of life. Join Niki on this journey to help you write the next chapter as you transform the meaning of struggle to create your masterpiece. BIG IDEAS • We can view our struggles and challenges as opportunities to move into our purpose. • We each have a different lens through which we view our life stories, and changing the lens can change our life outcomes for the better. • Challenges and setbacks may be caused by other people or events in our past, but we can choose to stop spending our timing blaming and take responsibility for creating our positive future. • In the most challenging of circumstances (like this pandemic), we can improve our own lives by helping others. LINKS & RESOURCES • Connect with Niki and find out more about her work at nikispears.com. • The Map of Consciousness Explained by Dr. David R. Hawkins • The Success Principles  by Jack Canfield QUOTES Niki: "What I explore in the book is talking about our perceptions, and rewriting some of those negative perceptions, our stories that we tell ourselves." Niki: "When I was a little girl, I grew up in a family where I didn't always feel valued and appreciated. And that story I was telling myself was really controlling everything that was happening to me in my adult life. I was blaming my parents. I was blaming my upbringing, and it was keeping me stuck." Niki: It's like I woke up and I said, 'You are going to have to start owning everything in your life.' If you continue to blame, you're giving the situation, you're giving the person, power over your happiness and your ability to create the life that you want. Once I started to take personal responsibility, everything around me started to change." Niki: "I want to teach people how empowering it is just to own your life experiences and embrace the struggle." Niki: "You create your world. So that could be a positive world based on your perceptions of what's going on, or it could be a negative experience." Audrey: "It's a really challenging time. And a lot of people are feeling very negative about their lives, about our country, about everything." Niki: "I want you to look at struggle in a new way, as an opportunity that's going to propel you to move into purpose. Because struggle is not a negative term at all. If we look at struggle, and we break it down, struggle is a verb that says that we're still moving in the face of adversity." Niki: "We have to look at things that are happening around us as an opportunity for us to showcase our best selves." Niki: "In these moments of challenges, there are great opportunities for us to show up and to show out. And so that's what I want to encourage everybody to do. Instead of looking through a negative lens, look and see, where can you help?" Niki: "We cannot compare ourselves to someone else. Our journey is totally our journey." Niki: "And so it's not necessarily always something that you do, but just to contribute a positive self, to smile, to say hello, to write a nice letter to someone, those are, those may be small things, but they serve in a big way. So even recognizing the people who are doing the big things and just being their cheerleader could be part of what you do in your story." Niki: "I think you need to look at what are some things in your life that you're unhappy with right now, think about those. Be honest with yourself, be willing to go there with yourself, be vulnerable. What are those things in your life that don't bring you the love, peace and joy that you want? Then ask yourself, who's responsible. And if you're holding someone else responsible, or you're holding some event responsible, I want you to cross it out and put "me." You put yourself there and you have to practice that." Niki: "You've taken ownership. You're no longer blaming your parents, blaming your bosses, your friends, or COVID. But now you understand that even though these things may not be your fault, it is your responsibility to do something about it." Audrey: "Even in families, it's like, you know, the conflicts are happening and people have misunderstandings over sometimes silly things because we're spending so much time together. So it's just being able to, again, just take that pencil and just say, wait, I can still be calm. I can still be loving. And I don't have to like take in something that someone saying perhaps out of anger or whatever it might be." Niki: "And I think that in this moment now that we're so divided, that it gives us the opportunity to kind of test ourselves in that area where we can listen to different points of views without feeling angry, and all these other emotions that can come into it, but just listen, and let it flow through, but don't let it impact, you know, your mood and how you feel and, and those kinds of things." Audrey: "I really hope other people will pick up your book or hear your words and really find the beauty underneath their struggles. Because as you've inspired us, there is always something to be learned or to be gained, to come out the other side stronger, more resilient, even with the worst of stuff." IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE, YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE... Ep. 125: Transforming Schools with Positivity Ep. 108: Simple Acts of Giving Back with Natalie Silverstein 9 Secrets for Raising Kids Who Become Thriving Adults The Power of Compliments ONE SIMPLE THING Pick a 30-Day Challenge to do for the next 30 days (or a designated month) Pick something that, if you do for 30 days consistently, will improve your well-being or move you closer (small step by small step) to a goal you have. It can be anything! Ideas include something creative, intellectual, relational, spiritual, or health-related. Some tips: Be realistic - make sure it won't take you more than 5-10 minutes max to do or it's likely that you won't get it done (especially as you're building the habit). Pick something enjoyable, that you've been wanting to do but just haven't fit in to your daily routine yet. Here are some ideas: Read for a certain amount of time or a certain number of pages, every day for 30 days. Call or text a friend every day for 30 days. Walk a minimum number of steps every day for 30 days (use a fitness app to keep track). Drink a minimum amount of water every day for 30 days. Practice some kind of mindfulness for 5 minutes every day - can be staring out a window, meditating, listening to music, or using a meditation app (like Calm or Headspace). Work on a creative project for 10 minutes every day - drawing, sewing, woodwork, painting, needle work, baking, etc. Write down 3 things you're grateful for every day. Use cash only for 30 days. Do one Random Act of Kindness per day for 30 daysSome popular, challenging 30-Day Challenges: NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writers Month Whole 30 MY FAVORITE The Pomodoro Technique The Pomodoro Technique helps you resist all of those self-interruptions and re-train your brains to focus. Each pomodoro is dedicated to one task and each break is a chance to reset and bring your attention back to what you should be working on. The core process of the Pomodoro Technique consists of 6 steps: Choose a task you'd like to get done. Set the Pomodoro (timer) for 25 minutes. Work on the task until the Pomodoro rings. When the Pomodoro rings, put a checkmark on a paper. Take a short break. Every 4 pomodoros, take a longer break. SUBSCRIBE TO SUNSHINE PARENTING THANKS FOR LISTENING! If you enjoyed this episode and know of others who would be encouraged by the ideas we talked about, please share! Would you consider leaving a review for the Sunshine Parenting Podcast on iTunes? Reviews are very important for helping podcasts find their audiences, and I would love your support in helping people find Sunshine Parenting! Would you like access to bonus podcast episodes & resources? Join my squad on Patreon! Here's to raising a generation of kids who become thriving adults AND modeling for our kids what thriving adulthood looks like!

Do you often feel overwhelmed, too busy to read your to-do list let alone add one more thing to your plate? We felt the same way; between raising children, work, business ventures, the struggle of every-day life, we didn't think we had any time left in our busy schedules.  But when you want to make time you will be amazed at what happens.Simple Acts: Of kindness, of giving back, of taking a moment to impact someone around you. Honestly "simple" is a misnomer because really acts of kindness can be hugely impactful, even life-changing which makes one believe that they are anything but simple.  Natalie Silverstein, author of Simple Acts:  The Busy Family's Guide to Giving back, explains in this week's episode how the beauty and the monumental lie in simplicity.  Grandeious acts of kindness, huge donations to charities, the Bill Gates Foundation- these are wonderful and they can be life-changing to those who are the beneficiaries of these institutions.  But you need not donate large sums of money or head a foundation to make life-changing impacts.  A smile, a kind word, a hand-made craft to the elderly, a toothbrush to the homeless these small things are anything but small.  Listen to this episode and you will fall in love with Natalie just as we did. She is an author, the founder of non-for profit and a person who followed her passion to do good all around her.  Her young husband was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease but even this failed to get her down.  After the shock of the discovery wore off, Natalie founded an organization, The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s, determined to find a cure.  If you listen to Natalie you will be convinced that she will.   Natalie we are rooting for you!  Listen to this episode - it will "simply" change who you are! Follow Atara at Curlee GirleeFollow Grace at The Baby Spot

Today’s guest is Natalie Silverstein. I met Natalie this year on a trip to NYC. Natalie has given her life to serve others and help other families do this, too. She is a mother of two and has walked the talk. Natalie gives us some tangible ways we can teach our kids to be generous and compassionate to others. She even wrote an entire GUIDE to help us in our own families. Her book is called Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back. Her book was featured in HuffPost as the TOP 10 books for raising kind kids.  Check out Natalies book and how to connect with her here: https://www.bestrongstory.com/be-love-podcast

Natalie Silverstein is an author, volunteer and passionate advocate for family service. Her most recent book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back was recently named one of the top “Ten Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids” by the Huffington Post!

"Raising kind-hearted kids is a marathon, not a sprint," says Natalie in her book, Simple Acts. Natalie Silverstein believes that you don't have to change the world to make a difference. By doing what you can to help others in your own community and leading by example, you can make a huge impact in your children's lives - and the lives around you. Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back is a resource guide for anyone looking to change their lives through the act of volunteering for themselves, their children, or the whole family. Natalie is also the New York Coordinator for Doing Good Together, a nonprofit with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. For more information, visit the links below: Simple Acts (https://simpleactsguide.com) Doing Good Together (https://www.doinggoodtogether.org) Highlights "My goal here is to help people see that you don't have to change the world. You don't have to fly around the world, you don't have to build a school in Africa. There is so much that you can do in your own community, that you can live your values and role model this behavior for your children, and it makes a huge difference." [8:32] On The Dot Woman Content Corner Looking for more tips, motivation and direction? Tune into On The Spot with Melinday Garvey every Thursday on your favorite streaming service. Subscribe to our daily email newsletter and audio brief, Four Minutes with On The Dot. You'll receive examples of relatable female role models in over 10 industries, plus quick stats on empowering women in the world, and to top it off, an inspirational quote that’s sure to jumpstart your day. Tune in to the audio brief—uploaded daily to all streaming apps— or check your email for a little daily boost of positivity and empowerment. Check us out on social! We are focused on your success, so let us know what you think by chatting with us at @onthedotwoman (www.twitter.com/onthedotwoman) on Twitter, Instagram (www.instagram.com/onthedotwoman), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/onthedotwoman). Special Guest: Natalie Silverstein.

  In episode 108, I'm chatting with Natalie Silverstein about her new book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back. We talk about the importance of instilling the value of service and acts of kindness. She shares how she created a resource of volunteer opportunities for parents and children in her community and what led to her writing this book for families. It is full of ways to make time in your family's busy life for service and suggestions for making service part of your family's culture. Big Ideas Doing service, acts of kindness, helping others is a wonderful way to grow empathy, compassion, and open-mindedness in young children. Studies show that people who volunteer with their families as children are more likely to do so as an adult. Studies also show that volunteering makes you happier and healthier. There are many ways to give back which don't require scheduling, spending a lot of money, or volunteering formally. It can be incorporated into the things families are already doing: playdates, holidays, vacations, etc. Involve your kids when deciding who to help, how to serve, and which charities to support. You can follow their lead and they will be more invested. When we make service a priority, we find the time to make it happen. There are people in need all year long, not just during the holidays. Social media can be a helpful tool for people to promote positive messages and acts of kindness. It can also be a way to get family and friends involved in service. Quotes Natalie: "All of these life skills that kids get a camp are values that parents want to demonstrate and model at home." Natalie: "I do believe that this work begins at home with very young children. Anything we can do to incorporate these acts of kindness into camp life, into extracurricular activities, and most importantly, into our weekends in our free time, is really so important." Natalie: "It creates a foundation, a moral base for kids, from which they grow." Natalie: "Everybody has a laundry list of extracurricular activities and tutoring and sports and ballet and instruments and all of these things. We don't necessarily prioritize taking time out to say 'no' to some of those things and 'yes' to service and acts of kindness and volunteering together." Audrey: "It's a partnership. It starts at home and then you try to find places like schools, religious organizations, and camps, that also support and reinforce those values that you're trying to teach your kids. Audrey: "We can't do it alone. If we're all trying together to promote these things, it works so much better and our kids turn out a lot better, too." Audrey: "As individuals, we all have different things that bring us flow. I think just like regular work, our volunteering should also be something that's in our wheelhouse, things we enjoy doing." Natalie: "We are all moving through our days, interacting with other human beings. Teach your child to make eye contact with the person behind the counter, hold the door, thank the postman. There are things you can be doing at every moment, almost every day." Natalie: "This is not rocket science. I think the theme of my book is you don't have to change the world to change the world. You don't have to fly to Africa and build a school to make an impact on someone else's life." Natalie: "Give (your children) the opportunity and don't make it negotiable. Say, 'This is what we do. This is how our family operates. Find the thing that really speaks to you and then let's find a way for you to give back in that realm.' It just builds on itself for kids." Natalie: "Instead of saying you don't have time for something, change it and say it's not a priority and then see how that feels." Natalie: "We want to model our values. We want to live our values, perform service and acts of kindness, and just treat people the right way out in the world." Natalie: "These are all things that people can be doing if they're mindful of it. It needs to be intentional. Just like everything in parenting. We need to be thinking about what it is that we can show our kids every day as we walk through our lives that this is how we care about others because we hope that they care about us in the same way." Audrey: "If you find something that you really enjoy doing, then you'll keep doing it and it will bring you a lot of joy, too." Natalie: "You're helping others in the community, doing something substantive. But you're also creating really nice warm family memories and I think those are the things that people remember as adults." Natalie: "There are so many little things that kids can be doing You just have to keep your mind open to it and your heart open to it." Natalie: "You don't have to go out and do this huge, enormous, time-consuming, expensive thing. It's just the little things and they're like drops in a bucket. They add up and they fill the cup of your child's emerging character. It makes a difference in who they are." Natalie: "It's about mindfulness and keeping an open heart and an open mind and really just reminding your children to think outside of themselves." Natalie: "If we can get young people on social media channels to turn the narrative around such that we are putting up instead of putting down--promote the good and spread the good--that can be very powerful." Natalie: "If I'm hosting a play date and these kids are already drawing or painting or making cookies, that can have a service or kindness element built into it. Then even better, go for a walk in the community and deliver those cookies to the local firehouse. This is all part of making it social, making it fun, doing it with other people." Audrey: "It's just so important. We need to counter the negative. Cyberbullying is at an all-time high. If we can just get our kids to flip this and be more focused on what good they can do, then that would make this a kinder world." Natalie: "All of these life skills we learn are tiny drops in the bucket of a child's developing character. If you're not modeling this behavior, if you are screaming at the person behind the counter or the other driver in the car, the way you show your child how you hold the door, how you greet the postal worker by name, it's really powerful. By showing kids 'how we do it in our house', it sticks. It just sticks." About Natalie Natalie Silverstein is an author, volunteer and passionate advocate for family service. After a 15-year career in hospital administration, managed care and healthcare consulting, she now works as a freelance writer and editor with a particular focus on the non-profit sector and community service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back, was published by Gryphon House on April 1, 2019. In September 2013, Natalie launched the first local affiliate of Doing Good Together (www.doinggoodtogether.org), a Minneapolis-based nonprofit with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. As the New York area coordinator, she curates a free monthly e-mail listing of family-friendly service opportunities that are distributed to thousands of subscribers. Natalie is a frequent writer, speaker, and consultant on the topic of family and youth service, presenting to parents, educators, and children across New York City. She is also a contributor to parenting blogs, GrownandFlown.com, and Mommypoppins.com. Along with her husband, she is the co-founder of The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA(www.silversteinfoundation.org),a nonprofit focused on finding a cure for Parkinson’s Disease in GBA mutation carriers, and serves as Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors. Natalie earned an undergraduate degree in health policy and administration from Providence College and a master’s degree in public health from Yale University. Links Doing Good Together #CampKindnessDay Simple Acts Facebook Page Related Posts & Podcasts Ep. 46: #CampKindnessDay with Tom Rosenberg Why My Family is Celebrating World Kindness Day Focusing on Kindness  

SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2019/06/simple-acts-busy-familys-guide-to.html   Natalie Silverstein is the New York volunteer coordinator of Doing Good Together, an organization that empowers families to raise caring, engaged children. She wrote Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back to give parents practical ideas for incorporating service and the spirit of giving into family life.  The podcast Kidlit These Days honors Jewish American Heritage Month by interviewing friend-of-The-Book-of-Life Lesléa Newman, and by including Jewish kidlit reading recommendations from yours truly, Heidi Rabinowitz. Listen at https://bookriot.com/listen/honoring-jewish-american-heritage/  Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com or call our voicemail number at 561-206-2473.

Part of being a grownup is learning to be thankful for what we have, and to give back. It all comes down to simple acts of kindness. We speak with, Natalie Silverstein, the author of Simple Acts. The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back who shares specific ways even the busiest of grownups can give back to the community in ways that make all of our lives richer. Have you tried Blinkist? Read or listen to entire books in about 15 minutes - kind of like this podcast - with the Blinkist App. Try it for free and support this show by going to http://bobbirebell.com/blinkist  For more information, visit the show notes at https://www.bobbirebell.com/podcast/fggkindnessnataliesilverstein 

Natalie is a busy mom of three. She talks about her new book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back, and shares: The many simple, at-home activities in which parents can engage children in order to instill an easy community service attitude What’s the right age to start teaching children about community service… The impact of volunteering and service on children; the life skills it builds; the lessons and conversations that emerge from it. The empowering and also healing effect of community service for both children and adults.

Philanthropist and "Simple Acts" author Natalie Silverstein learned first hand the power of empathy when her 7-year old son surprised her with a true act of kindness. She shares that experience along with specific ways Financial Grownups can give back to their communities with their family and friends. For more information, visit the show notes at https://www.bobbirebell.com/podcast/nataliesilverstein 

Dr. Dan welcomes author Natalie Silverstein to episode #57. Beyond the homework, screen-time, and endless activities, there are bigger challenges for modern parents: figuring out how to raise compassionate, generous, civic-minded children. In her new book SIMPLE ACTS: THE BUSY FAMILY’S GUIDE TO GIVING BACK , Natalie Silverstein offers hundreds of practical ideas for incorporating service and the spirit of giving into your family life. Today’s show (and Natalie’s book) is a call to action for all parents to model good values, teach volunteerism, and ultimately help those in need. Natalie Silverstein is the New York volunteer coordinator of Doing Good Together in New York City. She believes it’s never too early to get kids in the habit of service and Dr. Dan enthusiastically agrees!  In today’s interview, Dr. Dan and Natalie Silverstein discuss: Living your values Making service a priority Volunteering -- how we teach our children compassion by modeling it How to choose community-service options that are right for your family How to create easy kindness project (at the kitchen table) Ideas for integrating volunteerism into your jam-packed schedule How to talk to children about inequality and suffering in an age-appropriate way And much more! Dr. Dan explains how saying yes to service means we are saying no to something else. It is important that we prioritize living our values every single day—remember our kids are always watching. As parents we are creating our children’s foundation of lifelong giving and service. At the end of the interview in her Parent Footprint moment Natalie gives listeners a terrific lesson about how sometimes parents miss the mark but that life lessons can be learned in almost any situation. Natalie Silverstein, MPH, is the volunteer coordinator of Doing Good Together TM in New York City. She is a frequent consultant and presenter to parents, faculty, students, and community groups on the topic of family service, and is a contributor to parenting blogs GrownAndFlown and MommyPoppins. She holds a Master's Degree in Public Health from Yale University. She and her family regularly make time to volunteer in their community. Watch this free video to learn more about Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint Awareness Training®.