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**Seizing Accidental Moments** Fatherhood is an expedition without a clear map, each phase of our children's lives an uncharted territory waiting to be explored. On today's Dads with Daughters podcast we welcomed Gregg Behr to discuss wonder and parenting. Behr, the executive director of the Grable Foundation and a father of two, reflects on the journey that began with trepidation upon learning he was going to be a father to a daughter. Amid fears and dreams, he emphasized his role in ensuring his daughters have 'outrageous confidence' in themselves. This emotional connection to fatherhood resonates with many dads, who similarly navigate gender biases and aspire to protect their daughters from the doubts the world may cast. But Behr offers a perspective shift: difficulties in parenting are universal. Yet, as a 'girl dad,' he feels a unique joy and asserts there's no hard part to being a father to daughters when the heart focuses on the small, joyous discoveries they bring into life.  **The Power of Intentionality** Life's unpredictability can thrust accidental moments of connection to the forefront of our fatherly experiences, as Behr discovered during prolonged periods of single parenting. These unexpected times can surprisingly foster deep bonds and familiarize us with the nuanced layers of our children's personalities. Dr. Lewis reiterated the importance of embracing these accidental, seemingly mundane moments. These slices of daily life hold the potential for lasting significance in both the parent and child's heart. **Infusing Wonder into Every Day** Shifting gears, the episode delved into Behr's co-authored book 'When You Wonder, You're Learning,' inspired by none other than Fred Rogers of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.' Embracing Rogers' vision, Behr shared insights into being a deliberate learner and listener, and the ways in which he integrated these values into fatherhood and philanthropy work. He emphasized the importance of wonder and curiosity, traits often lost as we transition into adulthood. Yet, in mirroring behaviors of joy and wonder for our children, we counter the inevitable dimming of creativity that life tends to impose. **Beyond the Podcast: Living Lessons** The dialogue on 'Dads with Daughters' extended beyond theory, as Behr recounted applying Fred Rogers' wisdom to difficult discussions with his daughters. Whether addressing complex questions about safety and race or fostering daily habits rooted in amazement, Behr embraced the opportunity to wonder and wander through life's maze with his daughters by his side. Dr. Lewis and Behr's exchange serves as a potent reminder: fatherhood, while fraught with challenges, is a terrain ripe with accidental marvels and intentional teachings. The episode epitomizes the podcast's mission to aid dads in nurturing strong, independent women and the reciprocal growth that fatherhood engenders. As we pull away from the microphone and the echoes of Behr's stories and insights fade, we are left with the enduring notion that to be a dad with daughters is to be an architect of wonder, festooning the foundation of fatherhood with loving, intentional moments crafted from the everyday tapestry of life. 'Dads with Daughters' offers a community where such architectural feats are not only recognized but celebrated, as we all strive to be the best dads we can be, helping our daughters ascend into their own era of wonder. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:00:05]: Welcome to dads with daughters. In this show, we spotlight dads, resources, and more to help you be the best dad you can be. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:00:16]: Welcome back to dads with daughters where we bring you guests to be active participants in your daughters' lives, raising them to be strong, independent women. Really excited to have you back again this week. As always, we come every week and we have great conversations and I love being able to walk beside you as you are figuring this thing out called fatherhood. Every day is a journey, and every phase of life that your kids are in is a journey. And I'm just glad to be able to have these conversations and be able to be a part of it with you. Fatherhood can feel alone at times, but it doesn't have to be. And it is so important to be able to connect with other dads, to be able to create community, to be able to learn and be open to learn about things that may help you to be a better dad. And that's why every week I love being able to bring you different guests, people that have gone before you that are doing this alongside you as well, that have their own daughters and are learning along the way to be able to help you, to be able to give you some perspective, some insights, some things that might help you as you move forward in your own fatherhood journey. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:01:28]: This week, we've got another great guest with us. Greg Baer is with us. And Greg is the executive director of the Grable Foundation, but he's also a father of 2 daughters. And we're gonna be talking about his own journey as a father, but we're also gonna be talking about the a journey that he had in not only writing a book, but really bringing a new perspective into his own fatherhood journey, which was that looking at the concept of wonder. And we're gonna talk about that. So we'll get to that in just a few moments. But the first and foremost, I am just really excited to have Greg here. Greg, thanks so much for being here today. Gregg Behr [00:02:05]: Chris, I am absolutely honored to be here, and I love how you described figuring it out because I feel like I'm gonna be figuring out fatherhood right in front of you right now. I Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:02:15]: think you're giving yourself too little credit because I think you're doing some good things, and we're gonna talk about those things. But first and foremost, one of the things that I love doing is turning the clock back in time. And you've got 2 daughters, so I wanna go back. I wanna go back to that first moment that you found out that you were going to be a father to a daughter. What was going through your head? Gregg Behr [00:02:32]: I was scared. I think probably like a lot of dads. It's not that I necessarily wanted a boy. We were hopeful for kids. We were hopeful for a healthy child. And when we learned it's a girl, I remember thinking, I don't know anything about girls. I wasn't raised in a family with sisters. Oh my gosh. Gregg Behr [00:02:50]: What am I going to do? And so there was joy about we're pregnant, joy about, the pregnancy going well and worry about what do I need to know? What do I need to learn? I knew enough at the time to know my number one job in their lives is to make sure that they just have outrageous confidence about themselves and what they can do in the world. And that so that that compass has always stayed with me from the very beginning before the moment they entered this world. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:03:20]: Now I I've heard that before from other dads, from pretty much every father that I talked to, that fear comes with not only fatherhood, but being a father to a daughter. And I guess first and foremost, as you think about that fear, what was your biggest fear in raising a daughter? Gregg Behr [00:03:36]: Yeah. Chris, I think it was just it was that I didn't know what I didn't know. I think I fast forwarded all the way from 0 to puberty and I'd like to think that I noticed enough about the world to know that there's gender bias and things might be a little bit harder for a girl than it is for a boy. And so I immediately had that, like, I wanna be a bear dad who is, like, really protective of her daughter because she's gonna be amazing, and I want her to have all sorts of possibilities in this world, and I'm gonna fight off all of the gremlins who are going to poison her with doubt or get in her way because she's gonna be every bit of what she wants to be as a boy could be. Like, they seem like silly things to say out loud, but, like, these were thoughts in my head at the time. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:04:18]: And I think that that goes through a lot of dad's heads. And as you move along, between those different phases in your kids' lives. You learn a little bit more, not only about yourself, but about your daughters. You learn that the differences may not be as different, even though they are. I mean, there there's definite differences there. What would you say has been the hardest part for you in being a father to daughters? Gregg Behr [00:04:40]: There's no hard part. There's honestly, there's just joy. Like the hard part hearkens back to something you said a moment ago. It's just hard being a parent. It's hard being a dad. I can't imagine living in this world without being a girl dad because I'm now the dad of 2 girls. And I will say Chris, we lost a child in between our 2 girls. And so I remember thinking when we had a healthy pregnancy and we were knew we were gonna have a second child, I was actually begging at that point. Gregg Behr [00:05:06]: I'm like, I want a girl. Right? Like, I fell in love with my first little girl, and I knew I'd fall in love with my second little girl. And I guess at the time, we had friends who had babies and young kids, and I was like, boys are crazy. What is wrong with that species over there? And I really wanted a girl. Like, I feel so lucky to have 2 healthy girls. I would have been happy with 10 girls. These young women now they're ages 10 12. They are strong and confident and powerful and fun. Gregg Behr [00:05:35]: They have good hearts, smart brains. Like, I love being around them. I guess I don't know at this point what it would be like to be the dad of a boy, but I feel so blessed to have these 2 girls. And it's just the hard part is just trying to be a good parent every day in the mundane little things in their lives, because it's those mundane things that I know add up to the big things. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:05:54]: Now with 2 kids, you have to find that balance to be able to create those unique relationships with each of them because each child is unique. Many times when you have more than one child, the personalities are very different. So talk to me about how you've been able to cultivate, how you've been able to work to develop those unique relationships with both your daughters. Gregg Behr [00:06:17]: Chris, I think in some ways, I've I've tried to be deliberate and intentional about this, and in some ways, I've been accidental. So let me explain. So in terms of being deliberate and intentional, even though I'm a workaholic and I probably don't give enough attention to my family, my personal life, my kids, the way that I should, I do try and be deliberate about the time that I spend with them during the time, you know, when I'm able to be home, when they get home from after school, they get home at different hours, their bed routines, and spending some time with them before they go to bed. And also because we have 2, my wife and I are often going in different directions because, So I try and be really deliberate about the time that we have cars together or on the sidelines or in a gym or whatever it might be. And just I try and be really mindful about being alongside them, not as a friend, but as a parent. The accidental part is this. So during these past 2 years, my wife's father, my father-in-law fell he became quite ill and ultimately passed. And I mentioned this to say that he lives a long distance away, half a world away. Gregg Behr [00:07:28]: And so what was thrust upon us as a family was that my wife was gone for long intervals at a time over a 2 year period. And there were, there were many months. I mean, we're talking more than 6, 7, 8 months that it was just me, single working dad with my 2 girls. And I don't wish this on anyone. It's hard. Honestly, Chris, I have no idea how single parents get by in this world having had a small window into that. And I will say this time when there was just the 3 of us, our relationship is so fundamentally different than it was previous to that. And there's a closeness and I really got to know both girls really well because I, you know, I had to spend time whether I wanted to or not. Gregg Behr [00:08:05]: Right? Like, I had to spend time with them in all sorts of household activities, in their school and extracurricular activities, just in their lives in general, in the little chat, you know, mini breaks and things we try to take, in the vacations, or even just walking in the neighborhood. And it's this accidental time that I'm unexpectedly grateful for. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:08:24]: Accidental time. I love that concept because I think that many times in the small moments when you come home from work and your child asks you to come in or they want to just they ask you to sit down and do something with them. Those can be accidental moments. Those can be those moments that become very important to the child and to you. And as they get older, it's not always easy to find that time, or that they want to spend the time. But it's important to take advantage of that time when they give it to you. Gregg Behr [00:09:00]: Chris, I just wanna celebrate what you just said. Right? Because one one of the things I learned during this period is exactly what we described. Now that we're lucky enough to be back together as a family, it's still noticing those moments, those mundane moments where accidental things might happen or when one of my daughters comes to me and says, hey, daddy. Can you take a break? Or can you play this game with me? And and I'm now much better, although I could always be better. I'm much better about noticing those moments and taking advantage of them. Because I I know that quip that people say all the time that the days are long, the years are short, but until you experience that, you don't really understand that. And so when one of my kids comes to me or if there's a moment, I try and be much more intentional than I was previously about spending that time with them. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:09:43]: It is so important to find that time and to have that special time because as you said, the the years are short. I've come to find that and they go by really fast, especially as your child gets older, they get involved in more things in the years just fly by. And people tell you that, especially when you have young kids and you're like, that's not the case. You know, it's gonna be a heck of a long time until they're 18, a heck of a long time until they're in college. And I got all the time in the world. And then in a blink of an eye, it is over and things change again. So you have to be present in the moment in that regard, because it is fleeting. Even though it may seem long, if you have young children now, it does go by fast. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:10:28]: And you definitely have to take advantage of that. Now, I know that every father has moments that are memorable, especially moments individually with your children, where you've been able to create those special memories, the special experiences, what have been the most memorable experiences that you've been able to have thus far as a father with your daughters? Gregg Behr [00:10:50]: There are some moments with my girls that we've repeated because they're Monday moments that we've made special. In the fall, it's often the case. I love college football. College football could be on the TV which we can see from the kitchen and my girls and I love making homemade pizzas from scratch or when the snow comes and maybe every time the snow comes now pouring maple syrup on fresh snow and eating that and celebrating that, or just holidays. Like we make big deals in my family of birthdays and holidays like Christmas and New Year's and Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day. It's all of those little daily life things. And it's also true that some of our more special times together are when we're unburdened by work or the errands we have to run because we've gone away. Gregg Behr [00:11:36]: You know, we've gotten away for a weekend or we've been able lucky enough, privileged enough to schedule a trip. And even though, Chris, I'm I'm the sort of person that makes lists and I'm pretty deliberate and intentional about my work, When I travel, I like to go trucking. Right? Like, where is this road gonna take us? Or, I just read about this farmer's market in this part of Montreal. Let's go see what it's like. Right? A lot of unplanned time and I feel like those moments of unplanned time end up yielding the most special opportunities. Like, oh, remember we had that cheese or, like, remember we stumbled upon that zipline and we went ziplining over these beautiful mountains. Right? Like, it's those, I feel like, Chris, those most special moments are, you know, maybe it's the deliberate trucking or the deliberate exploration without a road map or a a plan for where we're gonna walk to that day, but it's those moments that I think as a family, we treasure the most. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:12:29]: The moments that you just talked about and the things that you're reflecting on make me really think about the fact that you are an author of a book called when you wonder you're learning. And in your book, you really dive deep into the concept of wonder, and really bring some of the lessons that mister Rogers brought out into the world in my formative years and the formative years of some of you as well. And I guess first and foremost, as we delve into this, I'm really interested in the concept of this book and the concept of wonder. But I'm also interested in the origin story of this because, I mean, mister Rogers definitely had a strong impact on people of a certain age, we'll say, of people that grew up with his teachings. Some others are just still are were introduced to him after the fact, through reruns and things like that. But what made you and your colleague, Ryan Radetzky, decide that you wanted to delve deeper into what mister Rogers was teaching and how any of us could capture wonder and put it into practice, whether it be a teacher in a classroom, or a father in his own home? Gregg Behr [00:13:47]: Thank you for that question, Chris, or us, what you need to know about me and my coauthor Ryan is that we're kids of Western Pennsylvania. I'm podcasting to you right now from Pittsburgh, which is significant because it's from Pittsburgh that Fred Rogers recorded mister Rogers' neighborhood for nearly 40 years at WQED, America's first public television station. And Fred Rogers himself is a native of Western Pennsylvania. So I mentioned that to say there's something in the water around here. Even though mister Rogers is an American icon, also a Canadian icon, he felt like he was ours. Right? And we had the experience of living in his midst, and and I had the privilege of of knowing him and subsequently his wife. And you mentioned earlier that I work at the Grable Foundation. I work in education philanthropy. Gregg Behr [00:14:33]: And so for a couple of decades now, I've I've been the luckiest kid in Pittsburgh who gets to figure out how to support amazing teachers and librarians and museum exhibit designers in places like schools and libraries and museums trying to make learning experiences better for kids and their parents, families, and caregivers. Great support for the learning landscape all around Western Pennsylvania. And you could imagine in the course of that work, we we, you know, we're trying to make sure we're doing our jobs well. So we're reading a lot about what makes for great learning experiences. And it was about 7 years ago that Ryan and I are reading these articles and peer reviewed pieces that come from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon right in our own yard or the University of Michigan, MIT, Stanford and beyond. And these wickedly smart learning scientists were writing papers that increasingly read to me and Ryan as if they were scripts from mister Rogers' Neighborhood. And as you say, there are generations of Americans, including the 2 of us and you, who grew up watching mister Rogers. And we started to think, you know, is there another story to tell about mister Rogers? He's come back to our popular culture in movies like Morgan Neville's amazing documentary and and the Tom Hanks biopic. Gregg Behr [00:15:46]: But is there a story to tell about Fred who's not just that loving character that we remember in all of those television visits, but also Fred the learning scientist who was incredibly deliberate and intentional about his work and maybe a learning scientist who left us some blueprints about the things that we need to be doing today in our own homes or our schools and in our communities and neighborhoods. And Chris, it turns out after years of research and a lot of time studying the work of Fred Rogers, meeting with his colleagues, going to the archives, there in fact was a book to be written. And so we wrote, When You Wonder, You're Learning Mr. Rogers Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. And in that book, we talk about the tools for learning and the ways in which Fred Rogers in the neighborhood cultivated curiosity, protected our creativity, found ways to support deep deep listening and loving speech. All I could go on with a a number of tools that we learned about his work that we could translate with practical, accessible, doable examples of things that people are doing today in our schools, museums, libraries, and neighborhoods to really live out what we describe as the Fred method that combines that learning science that we know today about how learning works, coupled with what today we call whole child. It wasn't used during Fred's time, but that sense that every single kid and honestly, every adult goes through the continuous learning that's social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and beyond. Right? And so learning science plus whole chart equals the FRED method. Gregg Behr [00:17:15]: And there's also a job and personal hazard to co authoring a book like this because then you start to wrestle in your own life. Like, am I doing this? Am I doing it well enough? And that's where we find ourselves today. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:17:26]: So talk to me about that wrestling and what you, after all these years of exploring and delving deeper into what Fred was trying to teach that what you personally learned for yourself that you could incorporate into your own fatherhood that you either were doing or weren't doing? And how did you have to make adjustments? Gregg Behr [00:17:50]: What Fred did so well is he did lots and lots of little things. So we've used the word mundane a number of times in this conversation, and it's the mundane moments in life that matter. And I also speak to a big moment too. But it's the mundane moments maybe as I'm having a conversation about, you know, a new hard topic. Like, maybe my daughter's in middle school reading dystopian novels and, like, how do you begin to explain that concept? And I remember well that Fred, when he was trying to take kids to a place of mystery, he didn't start by taking us, for example, all the way to the crayon factory. Like, here's how crayons are made, kids. Now he started with his easel in his living room, a safe, comfortable place for us, showed us a crayon, something with which we were all familiar, started drawing and creating art, and talked a lot about that crayon, you know, and then use that simple thing that was so familiar to us to then take us off to the place of mystery about, for example, how crayons are made. And so I find myself, for example, in conversations with my kids today, wondering, like, okay, where do I start with a place that they can begin before trying to explain, like, here's how elevators run or whatever, like, whatever the subject matter might be that, you know, because kids ask thousands of questions, which is another thing. Gregg Behr [00:19:09]: Right? Like, I've learned to be quiet and to listen to their questions and encourage all sorts of questions and not be quick to say, like, hey, Alexa. What's the answer to this? Right? Like, even though sometimes that has to happen. I try and, you know, mister Rogers did, like, convey a sense like, Catherine, I don't I don't know what the answer that to that is, but, you know, later together, let's let's figure out if we can understand why the willow tree is blooming before every other tree in our yard. Right? Like, whatever it is because as you know, kids ask all sorts of questions. It also goes back to that sensibility that I described of of trucking, of exploring. You know, having times on Saturdays or Sundays when we tend to have the freest time in our lives to say like, what are we gonna try right now? Or, like, what if we put these three things together? Or, you know, mommy's making fried rice all the time and she's grabbing things from the refrigerator. What if we grab 3 things from our refrigerator, like the TV show Chopped and like, how could we put them together? So Chris, it's all sorts of little things, but if I may, may I share a big example too? This happened to me a couple years ago. Our book had just been released and it was a Friday night in March. Gregg Behr [00:20:17]: I was exhausted. I wanted to do nothing more than just lie on my sofa and watch NCAA March Madness basketball games. Right? Like there were 5 games on at the same time. Teams, I some of whom I'd never heard of before, like, oh, this is gonna be great. I'm gonna watch these amazing basketball games. And I'm sitting there watching these games and my daughter is resting with her head on the the side of the sofa. And she turns to me, Chris, and says, daddy, am I gonna be shot? Which for me, it was like, what? What did you just say? And sadly, there are a number of probably a lot of dads in this country who've heard that question before and the lots of others who've never heard it. And I hope they never ever hear that question. Gregg Behr [00:20:58]: And what I realized at that moment was that the news of the day of the week had gotten into my household and my kids are of mixed race. My wife is Asian American. And that week, a number of Asian Americans had been massacred in Atlanta. And somehow the news of that had gotten into our household even though maybe naively naively so, I try and protect my kids from, you know, all sorts of bad news in the world. I realized in that moment, Chris, it was like Fred Rogers lessons came rushing to me. 1st of all, I have to acknowledge this question. I can't obviously can't ignore it, but even though I wanted to ignore it and watch Cleveland say or whomever playing. Right? Like, I need to acknowledge this question, notice it, convey to my daughter that she's safe. Gregg Behr [00:21:41]: Like you're physically safe right here in this moment. You're emotionally safe that I, a carrying a dot in your life and right by your side. Honestly, I don't have the answers to this, but later right now and later in the coming days weeks, you know, we'll wonder together. We'll talk about this. We'll listen to each other. We'll talk about why this is on your mind. What's burdening you? Because as Fred said, anything that's mentionable is manageable. And there were so many lessons from our book, which is a book ultimately about creating those joyful, wondrous learning experiences in big and small ways for the kids in our lives, no matter what our role is, whether it's a parent or classroom teacher librarian or otherwise. Gregg Behr [00:22:19]: But in that moment as a dad watching back college basketball, like all of those lessons came home in a really powerful and profound way that obviously has become a core memory for me. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:22:29]: It's definitely a powerful moment, a powerful moment between you and your kids. And one thing that comes to mind when I think about what you just said was that for a lot of people, wonder disappears. And there's a point in their life when something some kind of a switch is flipped. And you go from this childhood wonder of looking at the world, questioning things, and looking at things with different, we'll say different glasses to an acceptance of the world as it is. And maybe not questioning or wondering as much. So as you were going through this for yourself, and learning more about what Fred had put into the world, and you're writing this and putting something new out into the world to try to challenge people to flip that switch back on, What did you find that could help people to rekindle that wonder within their lives, that could rekindle and flip that switch for themselves a little bit easier than it might be for their kids so that they can then channel that wonder back into themselves, but also encourage that wonder to stay flipped on for their kids as well. Gregg Behr [00:23:49]: That's one of our biggest tasks as grown ups in kids' lives. And as you note, it does seem apparent that we lose that sense of creativity and the wonder and and forget the joys of something that maybe brought us lots of joy and we maybe used to spend lots of time doing. Right? Fred Rogers said, the best teacher in the world is the one who loves what he or she does and loves it right in front of you. Now couple that with learning science research. And one of the many studies that Ryan and I cite is some work by George Land, actually from the previous century. And in his research, he documented Chris exactly what you described because he had used this test for NASA, our space agency, and identified that so many 5 year olds, it was 98% of 5 year olds who took this test developed for NASA scored so well that they qualified as creative geniuses. Right? And and to your point, like, you can think about little kids and they they come up with the genius solutions to all sorts of things in their life. So, like, they wonder and they're creating and they're like, what happens if I do this? And what George Landon and his team did was that they tested that same group of 5 year olds every 5 years through adulthood. Gregg Behr [00:24:56]: And 98% at 5 years old by adulthood, that percentage had dropped to 2%. Now importantly, what George land and his team concluded was not that our creativity just naturally fades, but actually that we as, you know, teenagers and then as adults learn all sorts of noncreative behaviors. You know, we learn to suppress those things or to take in other people's judgment. We learned that sense of perspective taking and empathy building. And what's Fred Rogers' solution to this? It's to model behavior. And it's why when you go back as an adult and look at what he did on that program, you could see Fred in his living room and he could be, you know, putting together popsicle sticks or cutting with felt. And he made it clear at that moment that it was bringing him great joy. And it wasn't just Fred. Gregg Behr [00:25:44]: Right? It was Yo Yo Ma and Julia Child and all of those folks we got to meet, the celebrities really that we met in the program. And Fred wasn't celebrating their gold medals or their major accomplishments. He was celebrating the joy of Yo Yo Yo Ma playing the cello or Julie Child cutting up ingredients. And it was also the the guests I mean, it was also the characters on the show. Right? Handyman Negri was not just the hand man. He was the neighborhood guitarist. Officer Clemens was not just policing the neighborhood. He was an opera singer. Gregg Behr [00:26:12]: Right? Fred was making it clear that people have joy and that they we don't need to give up the things that bring us joy and creativity as we age. And so it's a reminder to us, as Fred said, if we want to be the best teacher in the world, that we have to love what we're doing right in front of our kids. It's why a teacher who loves beekeeping and brings beekeeping into her math class can light up a classroom around math because she's brought beekeeping something she loves into that classroom. It's like me jumping on my skateboard in my neighborhood and not realizing that all the kids are watching and having joy as an adult going down my cul de sac and surviving. And unbeknownst to me, loving what I was doing at that moment and sparking an interest in those kids. We as grown ups need to be really intentional and deliberate as we do things as much as possible demonstrate that the joy that it's bringing us. So there's good reason to pick up that guitar or pull out those knitting instruments or or to do the things that bring us joy or to try new things, but whatever we're doing, to be clear that it's bringing us joy. That's how we counter that sense of losing creativity and wonder. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:27:21]: So how do you define joy? And how do you define wonder? And I can see concentric circles that there's an overlap, but how do you define them? Gregg Behr [00:27:31]: Yeah. Joy isn't just happiness. Joy is that internal sense of awe about experiencing something, witnessing something, doing something and in that sense of awe, I think is a a deep connection to wondering because in that moment you start to look around and you start to notice. Right? Like, noticing is really important because in that wondering, you start to then ask questions or provoke ideas in yourself or in others. And so to me, that sense of awe is in many ways a through line between joy and wonder. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:28:05]: Now you've put this book out in the world. It's been out for a while now. And you've been traveling, you've been talking about it, you're taking what you've been learning and trying to help others to incorporate this. What's been the response from your own kids to what you wrote, but also the change that they may have seen in you based on what you learned and are putting into place now? Gregg Behr [00:28:31]: That is such a great question, Chris. And I thought you were gonna ask me about how the audience reacts. Right? Because it's so fun to talk about something, some person like Fred Rogers to whom there's such an emotional connection. And Ryan and I have been able to identify from others in the world all sorts of examples of FRED method like approaches. But to turn that question to myself, I know one of the things that my kids have seen because I've taken them to I've taken them to events. It could be book signings. It could be a talk I was giving either locally or another city. Like we've created little adventures about this. Gregg Behr [00:29:04]: And they've seen in me and my coauthor, Ryan, the joy that we have talking about this book. So there's no doubt that they've seen the joy of producing something in the world that matters to others in ways little and big. And maybe because of that, I don't know. I've seen my kids doing more writing, doing more reading, doing a bit more presentations and playful things that they did as younger kids, as preteens. Now, I hope they see in me the joy that I've had and the hard work, right? Like it's not like there's hard work and joy too. Right? The hard work and the commitment that I've had to something and then to find ways to share in ways that are helpful to others. I'm so hopeful they've they've noticed that. I think that they have. Gregg Behr [00:29:50]: I wish they were here right now to tell you, Chris, what they've noticed and what they haven't, but that's what I hope they've noticed. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:29:56]: It's always a great way to be able to, later tonight, say, let's talk about this. Let's explore. Gregg Behr [00:30:01]: What do you wonder about when you wonder about daddy's book about wonder? Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:30:05]: Very that's very meta. That's very meta. Now we always finish our interviews with what I like to call our fatherhood 5 where I ask you 5 more questions that to delve deeper into you as a dad. You ready? Gregg Behr [00:30:16]: I hope so. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:30:17]: In one word, what is fatherhood? Gregg Behr [00:30:19]: Patience. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:30:20]: When was the time that you finally felt like you succeeded at being a father to a daughter? Gregg Behr [00:30:24]: In the quiet of putting them to bed at night and knowing that they were rested, well fed, and that there was some joy and laughter and goodness to their day. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:30:36]: Now, if I was to talk to your kids, how would they describe you as a dad? Gregg Behr [00:30:40]: Silly, sometimes loud, hardworking, occasionally demanding. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:30:44]: In 10 years from now, what do you want them to say? Gregg Behr [00:30:46]: I love you. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:30:47]: Now who inspires you to be a better dad? Gregg Behr [00:30:49]: Oh, Chris, as I start to tear up over here, I can't help but think of my own dad. My dad's a big guy. He's an amazing dad, big guy, big papa bear, played football, and he wears his emotions on his sleeve. And I feel like ever since I became a dad, I wear my emotions on my sleeve in the same way. And I I've gotten really comfortable with that. And if I can be half as bit as my dad was a dad to me and my brother, to my own girls, then I will have done a really excellent job for them. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:31:22]: Now you've given a lot of piece of advice today. And as you think about all dads that are out there, what's one piece of advice you'd want to leave with all of them? Gregg Behr [00:31:32]: I tell my girls every day to use their good heart and their smart brain. And I suppose time will tell, but I hope that just the repeated conveyance to them, like that sharing with them, the encouraging of them to use their good heart, to use their smart brain, and to know that they're beautiful will prove to be sticky in the human beings that they become. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:31:52]: Well, Greg, I just wanna say thank you. Thank you for being here for doing what you're doing to inspire wonder in kids, in adults, and challenging parents to encourage wonder within their kids as they grow up and flipping that switch back on to bring wonder back into our lives. If people wanna find out more about you, where should they go? Gregg Behr [00:32:15]: They would find our book at when you wonder.org. And happily, you can ideally find it at your local bookstore, also at Amazon, Barnes and Noble. And I'm also on X and LinkedIn, Greg Bear. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:32:27]: Again, Greg, thank you so much for being here today, and I wish you all the best. Gregg Behr [00:32:31]: Chris, thank you so much. What a complete joy and honor to be with you, and thanks for letting me figure some of this out right in front of you. Thank you. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:32:38]: The Fatherhood Insider is the essential resource for any dad that wants to be the best dad that he can be. We know that no child comes with an instruction manual and most dads are figuring it out as they go along, and the fatherhood insider is full of resources and information that will up your game on fatherhood. Through our extensive course library, interactive forum, step by step roadmaps, and more. You will engage and learn with experts, but more importantly, dads like you. So check it out at fathering together dot org. If you are a father of a daughter and have not yet joined the dads with daughters Facebook community, there's a link in the notes today. Dads with daughters is a program of fathering together. We look forward to having you back for another great guest next week, all geared to helping you raise strong empowered daughters and be the best dad that you can be. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:33:30]: We're all in the same boat, And it's full of tiny screaming passengers. We spend the time. We give the lessons. We make the meals. We buy them presents presents and bring your a game. Because those kids are growing fast. The time goes by just like a dynamite blast, calling astronauts and firemen, carpenters, and musclemen. Get out and be the world to them. Be the Best dad that you can be.

In collaboration with Hub Dialogues podcast hosted by Sean Speer, Gregg and Ryan are guests on the show highlighting their book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with child advocate Gregg Behr and award-winning writer Ryan Rydzewski about their poignant book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. The episode was originally published on April 27th, 2023. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drew Perkins talks with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski about their book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. Click to view links mentioned in this episode

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with child advocate Gregg Behr and award-winning writer Ryan Rydzewski about their poignant book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a moving and upbeat hour, Gregg Behr & Ryan Rydzewski, authors of When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids, share the legacy of Fred Rogers. This is more than just a nostalgic look back at a wonderful children's television; rather, it is three friends engaged in connected conversation honoring the positive, life-changing impact of Fred Rogers and more. Listen for the wonderful connection between The Beatles and Mister Rogers in this episode, too! Important Note: There is one-minute of silence during this broadcast. That silence is intentional and there is nothing wrong with your device. You will understand that intentional silence when you arrive to that particular segment. Connect with my amazing guests and their work online via the following platforms: Order Gregg & Ryan's Book On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-You-Wonder-Youre-Learning/dp/0306874733/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678566960&sr=8-1 Website: http://whenyouwonder.org/index.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/When_You_Wonder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/when_you_wonder/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhenYouWonder

Today's kids are fundamentally different on many levels. Their self-concept is different, their view of the future is different and what is required to reach and teach them is different. Join us as we explore how some school leaders are adapting to the changing needs of today's students. Follow on Twitter: @greggbehr@AASAHQ @AASADan @bamradionetwork @jonHarper70bd @JimmyMinichello Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation, is a father and children's advocate. For nearly 15 years, he has helped lead Remake Learning—a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he founded in Pittsburgh (USA)—to international renown. Remake Learning has turned heads everywhere from Forbes to the World Economic Forum for its efforts to ignite children's curiosity, encourage creativity, and foster justice and belonging in schools, libraries, museums, and more. He is the co-author of When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.

Book: When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids by Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski LPNP Podcast Episode—my reaction to the book Remake Learning Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms The Fred Rogers Archives Primanti Bros. Sandwiches How Not to Cheat Children: The Theory of Loose Parts by Simon Nicholson A special thanks to SLB Radio for audio help!   Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/loose-parts-learning-in-k-3-classrooms Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LoosePartsPlay/ Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoosePartsPlay/   Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutsideMichiana/   Loose Parts Nature Play Website: https://loosepartsnatureplay.org/  

In this episode, Gordon has a conversation with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski about their book, "When You Wonder You're Learning: Mr. Rogers Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids". They discuss unconventional wisdom of Fred Rogers and what he taught in his PBS program for children (and adults),  "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood".   They discuss the importance of teaching children emotional intelligence and how to live into more kindness and compassion. If you grew up watching "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," you may remember Fred Rogers as the kind, gentle man who sang songs and told stories about his beloved puppets. But what you may not know is that Mr. Rogers was also a learning scientist who had a deep understanding of how children learn and grow.  Read more... Get the book on Amazon: When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids WhenYouWonder.org Gregg Behr's Website: www.greggbehr.com Ryan Rydzewski's Website: ryanrydzewski.com KindnessandCompassion.com Follow us on Instagram: @kindnessandcompassionpodcast Follow us on Facebook Support us through Patreon

“Look for the helpers” - this reminder is one of the many gifts offered to us by the children's television personality Mister Rogers. Fred Rogers believed that a vision of peace is not just the absence of war or conflict; it requires building new ways of being grounded in love and compassion. He invited children and their adults to consider that they were part of building this kinder, more compassionate world. And he used his neighborhood - the onset version as well as his hometown of Pittsburgh - to illustrate what it meant to make these ideas real. Join us for a conversation with Gregg Behr, Executive Director of the Grable Foundation in his hometown of Pittsburg, PA. Gregg is also co-author of the wonderful book “When you Wonder, You're Learning: Mr. Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.” The book explores how the principles that informed Rogers' TV show can be extended to create contexts in which young people and families can experience their communities as learning ecosystems. Relevant LinksRemake Learning Playbook:  http://playbook.remakelearning.org/ When You Wonder You're Learning: http://whenyouwonder.org/index.html The Good Neighbor:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/fred-rogers-understated-champion-of-radical-kindness/2018/11/02/97e784c4-cb27-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html

Book: When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids by Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski Pictures from the Pittsburgh Trip! The Mattress Factory Pittsburgh Children's Museum SLB Radio Museum Lab Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Falling Water   Remake Learning   Light Painting ExQuotient   Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/loose-parts-learning-in-k-3-classrooms Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LoosePartsPlay/ Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoosePartsPlay/   Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutsideMichiana/   Loose Parts Nature Play Website: https://loosepartsnatureplay.org/  

Ryan speaks with authors Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski about their new book When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids, how hard Mr. Rogers worked to be who he was, how we can strive to “make goodness attractive”, and more.Gregg Behr is a father, writer, children's advocate, author, and Executive Director of the Grable Foundation. For more than a decade, he has helped to lead Remake Learning – a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he founded in 2007 – to international renown. His work has been applauded by President Obama, the Center for Digital Education, the Tribeca Disruptor Awards, and his hometown, Allegheny County. You can learn more at www.greggbehr.com.Ryan Rydzewski is a teacher, writer, speaker, and member of the Grable Foundation. He writes books, feature stories, speeches, blog posts, and creative pieces that have appeared in Pittsburgh Magazine, Hippocampus, and elsewhere. His clients include Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, The Pittsburgh Foundation, the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership, NEXTpittsburgh, Kidsburgh, and ASSET STEM Education. You can learn more at www.ryanrydzewski.com.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

This episode features Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski, co-authors of When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. Behr is Director of the Grable Foundation and founder and co-chair of Remake Learning, an internationally renowned network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers who are igniting engaging, relevant, and equitable learning practices in support of young people navigating rapid social and technological change. Ryan Rydzewski is a writer whose science and education reporting has garnered several awards and fellowships. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he taught elementary school in southern Louisiana before earning an MFA in nonfiction writing from Chatham University.  During our conversation, Behr and Rydzewski discuss the changing nature of learning landscapes. 

For the longest time, I associated being creative with being artistic.  I couldn't draw or sing, so I believed that I wasn't creative.  Have you ever felt this way? And then I realized that my kids would never say "I'm not creative."  They're creating all day long.  They're inventing imaginary worlds, they're painting and drawing on any surface available, they're making up songs and singing – they're constantly creating.  So where along the journey do we lose this creativity?  Creativity isn't limited to artistic expression. Innovation is creative. Scientific discovery is creative.  Problem-solving is creative.  Writing and speaking are creative.  The truth is that we were all created to create. In today's episode, you'll learn 3 key ways you can help your children remain aware of the power they hold to create so that creativity becomes a practice and continues to be a lifestyle for them. TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz SHOW NOTES: 50 – Raising Creative Children 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach “I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

Annette Hines host of Parenting Impossible – The Special Needs Survival Podcast starts the podcast reflecting on the role of fathers in the disability community.  With Father's Day approaching, Annette Hines will interview three different guests who are fathers and share unique perspectives from mothers. Our topic in this episode is about honoring the worth of all people and the universal need to be seen that are fundamental in the lasting values Fred Rogers taught in the Neighborhood. Annette Hines talks with Ryan Rydzewski, co-author of When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids about Fred Rogers' enduring legacy and how his lessons continue to serve children and adults alike to ensure we sustain an accepting, curious society.  Ryan Rydzewski is an award-winning author, reporter, and speechwriter whose science and education stories span everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. His book, When You Wonder, You're Learning explores the tools Fred Rogers implemented such as curiosity, creativity, and collaboration and ways families can follow his lead.  Fred was intentional every day in practicing kindness, and his values of all humanity and loving your neighbor are so pertinent to the disability community because so often we feel unwelcome, unseen, and other in our neighborhoods. Fred Rogers understood 'other' and he welcomed in everyone and made them feel seen.  We highly recommend the book, and you can learn more about Ryan Rydzewski and his book by clicking here: ryanrydzewski.com. We would love to hear what you think about this episode. Please leave a comment!

This week, Angeline, Holly & Julia discuss the importance of creativity and how to nurture it in children. The conversation covers: Why creativity matters The benefits for children (and grown ups) Ways to encourage the creative children in your life Get the full show notes at www.unstoppableauthors.com

Notes from a conversation with Ruth Asawa's son, Paul Lanier, on cultivating creativity in kids

I love this last part of my conversations about raising creative kids. Kerstin talks about how to make creativity a part of you and your family's daily life. Of course there is a creative exercise for you to try with or without little ones. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/flying-goat-farm/message

Lisa talks with Annie Marshall, owner and founder of Veggie Annie, a catering company. We talk about developmental stages, cooking with kids and talking to children about what they have made (or not)! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/flying-goat-farm/message

In this conversation with Dalis of Dancing Leaf Dyeworks, Lisa and Dalis talk about raising creative boys, being part of a creative family and as usual there is a fun exercise for you and your family can try to build your creative muscle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/flying-goat-farm/message

VERY SPECIAL GUEST EPISODE. On the pod today we have Amie's Dad—Steve, Etches, Thomas—a poet. We talk to him about raising a creative child like Amie; how best to encourage creativity in children; finding creativity in the day-to-day; growing up with adults who don't support creativity; getting back into art later in life, and much more! We loved having Steve, Etches, Thomas, on the pod. He has been so wise, gentle, strong, calming, supportive to both of us and we want you to bask in some of his wonderfulness! Also, stay to the end for a poetry reading :)

"This whole notion that learning needs to be difficult to be effective is just bullshit. I always used to say a laughing child is a learning child— science proves it now." Gregg Behr, co-author of When You Wonder, You're Learning, and Joan Koenig, author of The Musical Child, come together to talk to Zibby about the importance of emphasizing wonder and creativity in young kids' lives. The three all share ideas about how to make imagination a daily habit in the classroom and at home, which of Mister Rogers' lessons are still essential to teach young children today, and why it is so important that your kids see you express joy.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon (When You Wonder): https://amzn.to/3CGYB8aAmazon (The Musical Child): https://amzn.to/2ZpYP5rBookshop (When You Wonder): https://bit.ly/3i19wSdBookshop (The Musical Child): https://bit.ly/2W6x54p See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“I like you exactly the way you are.” These are the words brought to life by beloved TV host, Fred Rogers, and seems to be exactly what children need to know and experience that they are valued and loved. As  culture has taken the time to pause and reflect on the powerful teachings of Mr. Rogers in the heavily consumed medium of television, the evidence in the neuroscience, learning, and developmental psychology shows how deeply effective his methodologies have been all along. With multiple documentaries, a bestselling biography, and a movie starring Tom Hanks, the world of child rearing and education has seen a Mister Rogers' renaissance over the past few years and it is time to take these lessons to heart.On this episode, authors of the book When You Wonder, You're Learning, Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation and science and education writer Ryan Rydzewski discuss “the Fred method”, a blueprint left behind by Mr. Fred Rogers that honors the potential in every child to come into oneself. Pause, reflect and then respond is a primary lesson fervently put into practice by Mr. Rogers and also seems to be the practice that promotes executive function and self-agency in every child.About Gregg BehrGregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation, is a father and children's advocate whose work is inspired by his hero, Fred Rogers. For more than a decade, he has helped lead Remake Learning—a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he founded in 2007—to international renown. Formed in Rogers' real-life neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Remake Learning has turned heads everywhere from Forbes to the World Economic Forum for its efforts to ignite children's curiosity, encourage creativity, and foster justice and belonging in schools, libraries, museums, and more. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and also Duke University, Gregg holds honorary degrees from Carlow University and Saint Vincent College. He's an advisor to the Brookings Institution and the Fred Rogers Center, and has been cited by Barack Obama, Richard Branson, and the Disruptor Foundation as an innovator and thought leader.About Ryan RydzewskiRyan Rydzewski is a writer whose science and education reporting has garnered several awards and fellowships. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he taught elementary school in south Louisiana before earning an MFA in nonfiction writing from Chatham University. As a freelancer, his magazine stories focus on everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and his poems and other pieces appear in several journals. A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Ryan lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Jacqueline. Book: When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring KidsWebsites:https://www.whenyouwonder.orghttps://www.ryanrydzewski.comAbout Host, Sucheta KamathSucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of ExQ®. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competence.Support the show (https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up)

WHAT EDUCATORS CAN LEARN FROM MR ROGERS Meet one of the co-authors of the book "WHEN YOU WONDER, YOU'RE LEARNING"...Mr Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative  Curious Caring Kids", Ryan Rydzewski and with him returning guest and good friend, renowned elementary Principal and though leader Rob Furman

This week, our mom, Elizabeth Chapman, is joining me for a special episode about raising creative kids. I'm so excited for you to learn from our ultimate creative inspiration! To see the show notes, go to abeautifulmess.com/podcast and write in to the show at podcast@abeautifulmess.com. Thanks to this week's sponsors: Visit modernfertility.com/mess to get $20 off your test Get started with Issuu today for free or get 50% off a premium account at issuu.com/podcast and use code ABEAUTIFULMESS Receive 20% off plus free shipping on their best-selling variety pack when you go to juneshine.com/abeautifulmess or use code ABEAUTIFULMESS at checkout Go to functionofbeauty.com/mess to take your quiz and save 20% off your first order

Our guest this episode, Gregg Behr, is the founder and co-chair of Remake Learning and author  of ‘When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids'. Gregg is also in his 14th year as the executive director of The Grable Foundation where he helps children and youth become independent, caring, contributing members of society by supporting programs critical to a child's successful development. In this episode, we cover: How do we rethink instruction, the design of learning spaces, children's experiences, and support parents and caregivers in a new learning landscapes The changing ways in which young people are developing and experiencing the world differently Harnessing the power of the internet to do good How environment drives behavior and why education needs to be an ecosystem Why educators need spaces to network, explore, and create opportunities Key takeaways from Gregg's book “When You Wonder, You're Learning”, inspired by the work of Fred Rogers The flexibility and innovative nature of the education profession   SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/26

It all started on February 19th, 1968 when the first episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood aired. Little did we know that the simple sets, sweaters, sneakers, and little trolly were all made deliberately to foster a love of learning and wonder. In this episode, I’m talking to Mr. Rogers Super Fans, Greg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski, who co-authored the book, When You Wonder You’re Learning – Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. Both were raised in Pennsylvania, the home of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and grew up watching and learning from him. In their work, as adults, they have taken the learnings from Fred Rogers and the science of learning to help guide us to raise kids with a love of learning, that lights them up. In this episode we talk about: ● How artful and sophisticated Mr. Rogers was in his show and teachings ● How we know more about the science of how people learn and what’s really important (Mr. Rogers was way ahead of his time!) ● When it comes to learning, how important it is for a child to be listened to, their need to feel physically and psychologically safe, and to feel loved and capable of loving ● The “Fred Method” for learning, which is Curiosity, Creativity, Communication and working together. ● Learning loss during the Pandemic and what learning is really important ● The power of wonder You can find Gregg and Ryan’s book, When you Wonder, You’re Learning, anywhere books are sold. For your copy of the first chapter of their book for free, go to www.parent-toolbox.com About Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski Gregg Behr is a father, children’s advocate, and director for the Grable Foundation whose work has drawn comparisons to his hero, Fred Rogers. For more than a decade, he has helped lead Remake Learning—a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he founded in 2007—to international renown. Formed in Rogers’ real-life neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Remake Learning has turned heads everywhere from Forbes to the World Economic Forum for its efforts to ignite children’s curiosity, encourage creativity, and foster justice and belonging in schools, libraries, museums, and more. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and also Duke University, Gregg holds honorary degrees from Carlow University and Saint Vincent College. He’s an advisor to the Brookings Institution and the Fred Rogers Center, and has been cited by Barack Obama, Richard Branson, and the Disruptor Foundation as an innovator and thought leader. Twitter: @greggbehr www.remakelearning.org Ryan Rydzewski is a writer whose science and education reporting has garnered several awards and fellowships. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he taught elementary school in south Louisiana before earning an MFA in nonfiction writing from Chatham University. As a freelancer, his magazine stories focus on everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and his poems and other pieces appear in several journals. A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Ryan lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Jacqueline. Twitter: @ryanrydzewski www.ryanrydzewski.com Thanks for listening! It means so much to me that you listened to my podcast! If you would like to purchase my book or other parenting resources, visit me at www.yellingcurebook.com With this podcast, my intention is to build a community of parents that can have open and honest conversations about parenting without judgement or criticism. We have too much of that! I honor each parent and their path towards becoming the best parent they can be. My hope is to inspire more parents to consider the practice of Peaceful Parenting. If you know somebody who would benefit from this message, or would be an awesome addition to our community, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe on the podcast app on your mobile device. Leave a review I appreciate every bit of feedback to make this a value adding part of your day. Ratings and reviews from listeners not only help me improve, but also help others find me in their podcast app. If you have a minute, an honest review on iTunes goes a long way! Thank You!!

Joining me in this episode is Ryan Rydzewski, the co-author of When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. He’s here to dig deeper and teach us more about two benefits of first times and new experiences: Curiosity and Creativity. Ryan starts out by sharing with us what inspired him and his co-author Gregg Behr to write the book. Then we dig deeper into the world of Mister Rogers. One of the first takeaways on curiosity that might surprise people is that Mr. Roger’s didn’t expect children to be curious about something they knew nothing about. Ryan explains why there needs to be some familiarity first and what else is required to plant the seed of curiosity. Familiarity and mystery are required to ignite curiosity but that’s not all. Mr. Roger’s knew what was required so he took deliberate efforts to create a safe environment for children to escape to. Ryan shares with us how he did that. We also talk about the “Bouncing Raisins” experiment and the 1968 study by Dr. George Land. Creativity can’t be imposed but it can be encouraged. Scientists have found that imaginative kids are more likely to have imaginative parents – people who consider themselves adventurous and open-minded. We discussed throughout the interview how what Mister Rogers taught (can still teach us) is far from being only for children. When You Wonder, You're Learning is an excellent book to read and learn from whether or not you're a parent or educator.

For our 1st episode as a media partner with the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), we bring on Gregg Behr, who was recently featured on their panel for "How to Build a Learning Ecosystem (https://fb.watch/5oiyeDhZpj/). Gregg is the founder and co-chair of Remake Learning and is also the author of "When You Wonder, You're Learning" Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306874733?tag=hacboogrosit-20)

This week, the Getting Smart team is speaking with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski about their new book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. Gregg Behr is the Executive Director of The Grable Foundation, a father, and a children’s advocate whose work is inspired by the legacy of his hero, Fred Rogers. His co-author, Ryan Rydzewski, is an award-winning author, reporter, and speechwriter whose science and education stories span everything from schools to space travel to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Listen in as they discuss their new book and the themes of community, collaboration, and the enduring lessons of Mister Rogers. “Not only was [Mister Rogers] that loving grandfatherly figure who made us feel loved and capable of loving, but he was also a remarkable learning scientist.” — Gregg Behr   Key Takeaways: [:10] About today’s episode with Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski. [:46] Tom welcomes Gregg and Ryan to the podcast. [1:08] Gregg speaks about his educational background and the thread of ethics and character formation that run through his work. [1:57] How and when did Gregg discover the power of active learning that is behind Remake Learning? What is the origin story of Remake Learning? [5:44] Ryan shares why he decided to teach at East Baton Rouge Parish School System back in 2009 after receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing at the University of Pittsburgh. [6:23] Did Ryan have any classes in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh? [7:01] Gregg shares when and how Mister Rogers entered the picture in his world. [8:28] Ryan speaks about his connection to Mister Rogers growing up and why he found him so inspiring. [9:21] Gregg shares about Fred Rogers’ presence across the Pittsburgh community. [10:39] Ryan elaborates on how the environment of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was highly engineered to enrich lives and future growth and how every script, song, and story was created in alignment with proven research that benefited children. [12:13] Why warmth and safety are so important in creating space for curiosity, and the ways in which Fred Rogers embodied warmth and safety that unlocked learning for children. [14:19] Gregg highlights other points of intentionality in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that they uncovered while writing their book, When You Wonder, You're Learning. [15:04] Why they incorporated many song lyrics into their book. [16:22] Gregg shares what he believes Mister Roger was trying to evoke when he asked, “What might you do?” on his show. [17:54] Mister Roger has said, “Listening is where love begins.” What did Ryan learn about listening in writing the book? [19:33] Gregg shares what he thinks Fred Rogers’ advice would be today about working together and collaboration. [21:35] As a writer, did Ryan find this book easy or hard to write? [22:51] Gregg shares the main mission of their book, who they tried to address, and what they hoped to accomplish by writing it. [24:58] About a powerful new tool that every teacher should be using with their students: The Well-Being Index by Turnaround for Children. [25:50] Ryan shared what he learned about himself from working on this project and how he continues to learn going forward. [27:44] What Ryan is doing to make himself a better writer and his advice for young writers. [28:48] Gregg shared what he learned about himself from working on the book and how he continues to learn about the practice of philanthropy. [30:50] Tom and Jessica thank Ryan and Gregg for joining the podcast!   Mentioned in This Episode: When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids, by Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Gregg Behr’s LinkedIn Ryan Rydzewski’s LinkedIn The Grable Foundation Remake Learning Teach for America The Pittsburgh Foundation Turnaround for Children The Well-Being Index by Turnaround for Children Getting Smart Podcast Ep. 208: “How to Raise Successful People with Esther Wojcicki”   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review, and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include “Podcast” in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!  

Today's episode is the second of a two-part series we're doing all about brain health and productivity. And today I am joined by Neuroscientist and Psychologist, Dr. Kristen Race!   Dr. Kristen Race has focused her entire career on helping individuals improve their state of mindfulness — both in their own lives and in a corporate setting. And in this episode, we're talking about it in the context of parenting and entrepreneurship. Dr. Race's interview with me today is full of tips that you can start to integrate right away! She also breaks down a lot of the misconceptions about what it means to include mindfulness or meditation into your day.   If you're looking to increase your productivity and your ability to focus around your kids, your family, and the work that you love, I promise you: today's interview was designed especially for you!   Key Takeaways: [1:00] About today's episode with Dr. Kristen Race! [2:00] Welcoming Dr. Kristen Race to the podcast! [2:38] Dr. Race provides a background on who she is, what she does, and her journey of how she originally became an entrepreneur! [8:55] How to raise mindful children as an entrepreneur, put boundaries around your work and family, and build resilience to stress. [12:22] How does Dr. Race define mindfulness? [14:19] How Dr. Race integrates mindfulness throughout her day. [19:01] What Dr. Race does daily to be more productive and efficient with her time. [24:14] Dr. Race shares some of the rules she has imposed on herself and those she works with around phones. [28:21] Dr. Race shares two of her daily rituals: her ‘shutdown ritual' (or ‘digital sunset') and her transition ritual. [35:04] The difference between mindfulness and meditation. [39:19] How to incorporate mindfulness into your skincare routine. [42:57] Dr. Kristen Race's key performance indicators! [46:59] Where to follow-up with Dr. Kristen Race online!   Mentioned in This Episode: Dr. Kristen Race Mindful Parenting: Simple and Powerful Solutions for Raising Creative, Engaged, Happy Kids in Today's Hectic World, by Kristen Race Ph.D. Solvasa Beauty Brendon Burchard The Education of Little Tree, by Forrest Carter   More About Dr. Kristen Race A self-described “brain geek,” Dr. Kristen Race has spent the last 12 years exploring the nexus between mindfulness and neuroscience. She is the author of Mindful Parenting, the founder of Mindful Life™️, and Head of Mindfulness at Solvasa, a pioneer in integrative beauty. Dr. Race has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and CNN among others. She's trained over 50,000 leaders in her methods worldwide, including the likes of Sheryl Sandberg and Sara Blakely.   Connect with my Guest: Websites: KristenRace.com and SolvasaLife.com Social Media: Instagram @DrKristenRace, Twitter @DrKristenRace, and Facebook @DrKristenRace   If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more: Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes. We would also appreciate a review!   Come Join Your Tribe on The Entrepology Collective Facebook Page! They say that you're the product of the five people with whom you spend the most time. Imagine you could spend time with hundreds of fellow entrepreneurs and go-getters looking to up-level their business, body, and mindset! Come hang out with us on Facebook and let us collectively inspire and support you towards your vision of contribution, your commitment towards better health, and your journey of mindset mastery. We're in this together! Come join us today!   BADASS FUEL — Fuel for Badass Women Scientifically Supported Ingredients | Support, Not Replacement | Non-GMO Two years ago, someone asked me what supplements I take to maintain my health, energy, and edge — and they were surprised that I only took four things consistently. For myself and my patients, there are four basics that support — at a foundational level — nearly every system in our bodies. In my quest for the highest quality ingredients and the easiest system for consistently incorporating supplementation to my routine, I formulated and manufactured my own line of foundational supplements. Trusted for myself and my patients, and under the guidance of your own healthcare provider, I'm excited to invite you to check out our foundational product line: Badass Basics. Learn more or order the products yourself by visiting BadassFuel.com!   CALL TO ACTION Let's hear about what you're doing on the side of mindfulness and meditation! What rituals are you doing to stay productive, efficient, and transition from work to family? What rituals did you hear about today that you are going to try incorporating into your day? Let us know and continue the conversation over on The Entrepology Collective — because when you're accountable, you're helpable!  

Can I really grow a business with only 15 hours a week?  It seems every week I'm asked about that question – and the answer is a resounding Yes!  But you have to devote time to each of four critical areas.  Otherwise you may just learn more but never really develop a “business.”  Or you may create a “job” for yourself without ever getting closer to having a business.  In this episode I explain the four areas that need attention and give you a formula for how many hours to spend in each area with those 15 hours. I have a 7&8 year-old that also need resets from time to time and I've been struggling to find positive audio that's understandable for them at this age. In working with my wife I have learned that she is the dreamer and I am the “realist.” I made out a list of 30-40 business ideas, what's the process for narrowing those down and ultimately landing on one to pursue? Can I really grow a business with only 15 hours a week? “Listen to your wife's dreams – because if you don't, someone else will.”  Rob Lowe – host of the Giving Back Podcast [Tweet This]   Show Notes: Episode – 02-03-17 Title: N/A Subtitle: N/A Summary: In this episode, Dan Miller explains how you can Grow Your Business with only 15 hours a week as he shares the top 4 things you have to do to make that happen. He also reminds us of the difference between working IN your business as opposed to ON your business when it comes to growing a business that makes money even when you're not around. Listen to success stories and questions about pursuing the one idea you truly believe in. Sponsored By: Go to audible.com/48Days and get a free audio of The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It's Not About the Money…It's About Being the Best You Can Be!   FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days      Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:27 – Preview of Today's Show on Grow your business with only 15 hours a week I have a 7&8 year-old that also need resets from time to time and I've been struggling to find positive audio that's understandable for them at this age. In working with my wife I have learned that she is the dreamer and I am the “realist.” I made out a list of 30-40 business ideas, what's the process for narrowing those down and ultimately landing on one to pursue? Can I really grow a business with only 15 hours a week? “Listen to your wife's dreams – because if you don't, someone else will.” Rob Lowe – host of the Giving Back Podcast 03:15 – Dan mentions how Super Bowl Fox is charging $5M per 30-second commercial slot 03:51 – 10 years ago, the price was $2.5M 04:00 – Craft Heinz will not have ads in the Super Bowl this year, but will give their salaried employees a day off after Sunday Super Bowl 05:23 – FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days 06:38 – Dan talks about goals for the year 06:56 – Did you achieve 1/12 of your goals for the year? 07:08 – It came back to Dan that he didn't meet his 1/12 goal 07:13 – They talked this over in his mastermind 07:16 – Michael McGreevy shared a “weekly wrap up” that worked for himself 07:28 – 4 Questions: obstacles faced, successes and main cause, I'm thankful for, and what I learned 07:44 – This was posted in the new 48 Days Eagles site 08:14 – Josh asks, Do you know someone who excels in communication skills and offers a podcast centering on effective communications as a topic of discussion? 08:25 – Dan suggests Ken Davis' podcast, Dynamic Communicators 08:48 – Brent says, I have a 7&8 year-old that also need resets from time to time and I've been struggling to find positive audio that's understandable for them at this age 09:07 – Dan recommends listening to Zig Ziglar because his materials are timeless 09:33 – Go to com/48Days and get a free audio of Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top! 10:28 – Dan plays a clip from Zig Ziglar's Flea Training 12:20 – “You are susceptible to the negative influence of other people” 12:50 – Dan mentions Zig's story about the pump 14:15 – Dan tells the story of The Balloon Salesman 16:01 – Jonathan says, In working with my wife I have learned that she is the dreamer and I am the “realist” 16:18 – They're selling cards to give to others with a positive, encouraging, word of love 16:27 – They want to promote the simplicity of spreading love and some of the proceeds will support Water for Africa 16:44 – Jonathan seeks for feedback 16:53 – Their website is Loves Proclamation – Dan asks you, the listeners, to share your ideas on the website 17:34 – As much as Dan loves the idea, he would amazed if they could make the business a money-making venture 18:12 – Dan thinks it would be a hard to turn the business around 18:32 – Dan recalls last week's episode with John Lee Dumas' The Mastery Journal and his pledge to Pencils of Promise 19:18 – “You have to have something that stands alone as a business before you decide whatever it is that you want to do with the profits” 19:37 – Craig says, I made out a list of 30-40 business ideas, what's the process for narrowing those down and ultimately landing on one to pursue? 19:55 – It's a lot easier starting with a ton of ideas and narrowing it down than having just one idea you can't let go of 20:08 – Use a filter based on what you know about yourself 20:14 – 85% of choosing which idea to pursue comes from knowing your skills, your personality, and values, dreams and passions 20:50 – Does the idea fit you? 21:00 – Dan gives examples of businesses you can do 22:12 – Donna says, “Once I saw here 3 particular resources that I can't locate again (jobs for kids, buying & selling books, and list of work created by the community)” 22:55 – Dan does not have a system in place for keeping track of resources 23:12 – Jobs for kids: Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – podcast 23:54 – Buying & selling books: Greg Murphy – https://sevenfigurebooksales.com/home/ 24:36 – From the community: Stories from the 48 Days community 25:12 – Dan's 48 Low or NO-Cost Business Ideas 25:40 – Andrew says, “I'm wanting to start a business where I'm selling unique backyard playhouses” 26:02 – Andrew is asking for a game plan to get this started 27:25 – Have one playhouse on display 28:08 – Have one permanently displayed on a heavily trafficked road 28:56 – It's the same as sports cars 29:07 – Talk to people to have your playhouse displayed – you need visibility 29:40 – Dan talks about his distant cousin who sells arbors 30:14 – Andrew also has the option to sell plans rather than doing the construction himself 32:04 – Susan asks, “Do you have any advice or encouragement for stay-at-home-moms like me?” 32:41 – Susan wants to keep her family #1 32:58 – “You have to have some margin in your life” 33:24 – You have to find 10-15 hours per week 35:00 – You can make massive progress in 3-6 months with 15 hours per week IF you invest those hours in 4 areas: 3 hours reading/studying, 5 hours creating content, 4 hours working with clients, 3 hours marketing effort 36:19 – “People get trapped into thinking that learning new knowledge is building a business” 37:00 – Another trap is just working with clients or customers 39:06 – If you spend too much time with your customers, you might find yourself starting over again 39:28 – Having a business implies money comes in even if you're not there 39:39 – Dan tells us about Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki that talks about 4 quadrants 42:04 – Working in the business vs. working on the business 42:36 – It's important to understand how to do business 43:43 – Have something on the side 44:03 – To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 45:05 – Innovate – May 11-12, 2017 45:43 – Coaching with Excellence – May 25-26, August 31-Sept 1, 2017 45:47 – The new 48 Days Eagles site – This is the best place for moving your career forward 46:30 – Dan closes today's podcast 3 Key Points: Check into your goals from time-to-time and measure your own progress. Have a solid business, first, before you think about what you want to do with the profits. Understand the difference between working IN a business and working ON a business and move towards the latter.   Resources Mentioned: Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – podcast Greg Murphy – https://sevenfigurebooksales.com/home/ Stories from the 48 Days community Dan's 48 Low or N0-Cost Business Ideas To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan The new 48 Days Eagles site – This is the best place for moving your career forward Make money and serve as a 48 Days Seminar Presenter Go to com/48Days and get a free audio of Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top! FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Coaching with Excellence – May 25-26, August 31-Sept 1, 2017 Innovate – May 11-12, 2017 Social Media Marketing World – March 22-24th in San Diego Credits: Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

https://www.48days.com/my-thanksgiving-is-perpetual/ Can I continue to make progress on my goals even through the holidays? How can I move forward on my dreams with this level of fear and hate in our country? Should I go back to school for dental hygiene because of better pay? Can I really make money coaching other people? Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change com/48Days– to claim your Free Trial Set and post shave balm. That's  HARRYS.COM/48days PAX Financial– Claim your FREE Ten Effective Strategies to Build a Money Legacy Within Your Grandchildren HERE FreshBooksis offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Go to com/sleepyouloveAND use promo code – SleepYouLove – to save $50 off your purchase of the most amazing mattress you've ever slept on https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money

Can I still have a meaningful life after 65? Do entrepreneurs take these kind of risks all the time? Here are 50 Ways for Artists to Achieve Their Goals I feel like I'm on an abusive roller coaster with myself. How can I schedule interviews when I'm working full time? I Know I'm smart I know I'm talented I know I have so much I could do why do I continue to hold myself back how do I get past this rut? esources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change com/48Days– to claim your Free Trial Set and post shave balm. That's  HARRYS.COM/48days PAX Financial– Claim your FREE Ten Effective Strategies to Build a Money Legacy Within Your Grandchildren HERE FreshBooksis offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Go to com/sleepyouloveAND use promo code – SleepYouLove – to save $50 off your purchase of the most amazing mattress you've ever slept on https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money https://www.48days.com/man-can-must/  

No driver's license yet but making money as a photographer. Does my age mean my opportunities are diminishing? Should I put the $250 it will cost to take an insurance course on a credit card? Dear Dan, I need a complete career makeover. how do I get started? How can I help my cousin help herself? I am tired of feeling sorry for myself, tired of wanting to die. Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change com/48Days– to claim your Free Trial Set and post shave balm. That's  HARRYS.COM/48days FreshBooksis offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Go to com/sleepyouloveAND use promo code – SleepYouLove – to save $50 off your purchase of the most amazing mattress you've ever slept on https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money https://www.48days.com/appreciate-beauty-find-best-others/  

I have $200,000 in student loan debt and hate my job. Should a man consider getting rid of facial hair to eliminate a possible negative impression? I'm writing this today, 2 months after transitioning to part time, a changed man. I have found hope again. Homeschooled and now making $70,000 as a software developer. Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change com/48Days– to claim your Free Trial Set and post shave balm. That's  HARRYS.COM/48days PAX Financial– Claim your FREE Ten Effective Strategies to Build a Money Legacy Within Your Grandchildren HERE FreshBooksis offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Go to com/sleepyouloveAND use promo code – SleepYouLove – to save $50 off your purchase of the most amazing mattress you've ever slept on https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money https://www.48days.com/10-companies-no-longer-require-degree/  

I'm an accountant in name only. It's not in my heart. I feel that I am taking someone else's oxygen and should just not try anymore. I was a teacher who was depressed from the pain of conforming to my boss's unrealistic expectations of me. How can I increase my income as a minister? I'm over-educated but lacking in work experience. If someone dropped $10,000,000 in your lap tomorrow, would it change anything you do or how much you work? Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change Harrys.com/48Days – for $5.00 off your first purchase of the world's best shaving blades PAX Financial– Claim your FREE Ten Effective Strategies to Build a Money Legacy Within Your Grandchildren HERE https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money https://www.48days.com/im-overeducated-cant-find-job/  

Can I buy one book and copy the worksheets to teach my classes? How can I connect with influential people? How can I get maximum value from attending a conference? Do these corny ideas with resumes really work? How many hours should I spend coaching clients now that I have a full-time coaching business? Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change Harrys.com/48Days – for $5.00 off your first purchase of the world's best shaving blades Go to com/sleepyoulove AND use promo code – sleepyoulove – to save $50 off your purchase of the most amazing mattress you've ever slept on https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money https://www.48days.com/heres-resume-box-donuts/  

How can I get paid for my writing? How do you continually come up with new and fresh topics to discuss. How do you stay current? Can I be a selling superstar while only working a 40-50 hour work week? Rabbi Daniel Lapin seems to disagree with you on the importance of enjoying our work. How can I market my coaching and training services? Resources Mentioned: Wisdom Meets Passion – Free videos and the field manual To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan Create Peace in Your Home – Beautiful PDF from Joanne's new book PAX Financial – Ten Effective Strategies to Build a Money Legacy Within Your Grandchildren 48days.com/you – Free Personality Style Overview 48Days.com/Mondays – Dan's 5-step process for dealing with change Harrys.com/48Days – for $5.00 off your first purchase of the world's best shaving blades FreshBooks – Claim your free month by entering 48 Days in the “How did you hear about us?” section Go to com/sleepyoulove AND use promo code – sleepyoulove – to save $50 off your purchase of the most amazing mattress you've ever slept on https://www.48days.com/video – If you're just getting started on the 48 Days process The Ultimate Advantage Cruise – February 2017 Coaching with Excellence– January 12-13, 2017 https://www.48days.com/experience– Dan's premiere coaching process 48 Days Coaching Mastery Program – for those wanting to build a high level business in coaching Personal Mission Statement – free form to create your own Raising Creative and Entrepreneurial Kids – the podcast where Joanne and Dan talk about ways kids can make money https://www.48days.com/much-crummy-job-hate-right-now/  

Is “education” killing our creativity? “Fun time” is when songs are written, novels are penned, paintings are created, recipes are developed, forts are built, musical instruments come to life, and businesses are started. My brother had a passion for firestarting and campfires and lighters when he was younger….and now he wants to pursue glass-blowing! My 5th grade son ran his restaurant from his little tent in the backyard. Selena Schulz age 9, wrote and self-published a book last summer titled “A Bed A Buck A Buddy; Cici's Amazing Birthday”. My son is making around fifty dollars per week for about an hours work with his snack business. Austin wrote a check on his 16th birthday for a white four door 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 with money earned from his Sporty Citrus business. Nathan started with Legos – now he's a Civil Engineer. https://www.48days.com/raising-creative-and-entrepreneurial-kids/  

Kathryn interviews writer and widow Nancy Sharp, author of “Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living”. On the very day that Sharp delivered premature twins, she learned that her husband's brain cancer returned after eighteen months in remission. Less than three years later she became a widow. Sharp shares her unforgettable journey - one that is a gift to those looking to lift themselves from the embers of loss and adversity through bold living. Sharp writes regularly for The Huffington Post and numerous online media, national magazines and newspapers. Kathryn also interviews parenting expert Kristen Race PhD on her book “Mindful Parenting: Simple and Powerful Solutions for Raising Creative, Engaged, Happy Kids in Today's Hectic World”. Rooted in cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting speaks directly to today's busy families who make up what Dr. Race calls Generation Stress. Dr. Race is a regular blogger for Psychology Today.

Kathryn interviews writer and widow Nancy Sharp, author of “Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living”. On the very day that Sharp delivered premature twins, she learned that her husband's brain cancer returned after eighteen months in remission. Less than three years later she became a widow. Sharp shares her unforgettable journey - one that is a gift to those looking to lift themselves from the embers of loss and adversity through bold living. Sharp writes regularly for The Huffington Post and numerous online media, national magazines and newspapers. Kathryn also interviews parenting expert Kristen Race PhD on her book “Mindful Parenting: Simple and Powerful Solutions for Raising Creative, Engaged, Happy Kids in Today's Hectic World”. Rooted in cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting speaks directly to today's busy families who make up what Dr. Race calls Generation Stress. Dr. Race is a regular blogger for Psychology Today.