The Teaching Kindness Podcast

What’s up everybody and welcome back! It is great to be at BBG! In this day and age, there are so many things vying for our attention. So many distractions. And it’s so easy to become passive parents and accidentally raise passive kids. Kids aren’t bored anymore! They aren’t imaginative playing like they used to! I mean I remember when wrapping paper rolls became my lightsaber and I was a Jedi knight! But now kids are just kind of in front of their screens. My guest today, Adrian Thompson is a parent coach that specializes in helping parents be purposeful with their children. Her main goal is just to help parents raise emotionally healthy kids. There’s gonna be a lot of gold nuggets in this episode! Go check her out at raisingkidswithpurpose.com and @raisingkidswithpurpose on social media For your daily dose of positivity, go follow me on insta @bulliesbe.gone. And always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

What’s up everybody and welcome back! It is great to be at BBG! Parents, do you struggle with kids who have big feelings? Don’t lie, we all do! This whole last year has been a pressure cooker of emotions, and our kids are now struggling to process those emotions.  This issue needs to be addressed, so I reached out to my friend Maylin on Instagram to see if she can talk. She is clinical psychologist and specializes in this exact topic. So buckle up, this is going to be great!

Make sure to go follow maylin @raisinggoodkids on insta, she shares practical tools all the time! 

For your daily dose of positivity, go and follow me @bulliesbe.gone, and always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it!

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What is up everybody and welcome back! It is great to be at BBG. So I don’t know if you guys have noticed, but our youth are in crisis. The numbers of kids who suffer from depression and anxiety continue to rise, and suicide rates continue to climb year after year. Kids need our help. It is time to change the way we talk about mental health. Someone who has been fighting hard to raise a big voice to all of this is my guest today, Tessa Stuckey. She’s a licensed counselor who sees firsthand with her clients the mental health crisis that we are in. She’s amazing and we are going to be talking about how we can actively parent against all the cultural influences that are contributing to the rise in mental health issues.

Check her out @themomtherapist on insta, and check out her podcast "For the sake of our youth".  that is also the title of her book sold on amazon!

- Make sure to go follow me on Instagram @bulliesbe.gone on insta for your daily dose of positivity, and always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it. Go home and give your kids an 8 second hug, we will see you on the next one.

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What’s up everybody and welcome back! It is great to be at BBG! Our youth feel immense pressure to be perfect and not make mistakes. And they naturally feel immense guilt when they make a mistake. One thing that most of our youth struggle with to some degree is pornography. Smart phones and social media have made it ever more accessible. It’s no longer if you see it, but when you see it. There is a misconception that this is only a boys problem when all kids struggle with it. Because of that, a lot of girls are left hiding in shame because they don’t feel like it is normal for them to struggle. News flash, its normal to struggle! And its not their fault that they are struggling. It’s time to change the stigma around making mistakes. In an effort to give some hope, I reached out to our guest today to share her story. Ashlee Ayre is an activist and child advocate who struggled with pornography for over 6 years. And her story is full of hope. And it will hopefully inspire all of us to share our struggles. Listen up, this one is going to be good. Make sure to follow me @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity. And always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it. Go home and give your kids an 8 second hug…..see you on the next one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

What’s up everybody and welcome back! It is great to be at BBG! Lets be honest guys, parenting is hard. Every kid is so different and it’s hard for us to understand our roles as parents as they change with each kid. It’s super important that we can be there for our kids though. That’s why I am super happy that my guests today, Kami and Larry Kirby, are here. They are trained facilitators of the love and logic curricula and help parents create joy as they understand their roles with their children. We go over how to let our kids fail and how to help them solve their own problems. If you are a parent, you probably want to give this one a listen.

Check them out @parenting.rocks on fb and insta! And go follow me @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity.  Remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, you are worth it! 

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I’ve been tooting my horn about how bad social media is for kids for quite a while. And I thought yall would be interested to hear what our educators have to say about it. My guest today is Stefan Jolly, a principal in California. He’s been doing some amazing things for the kids at his schools, and he brings some shocking evidence and opinions to the table. You will want to hear this one. Go check Mr Joly  out on insta! @oakridgeprincipal Make sure to follow me @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity. And always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it. Go home and give your kids an 8 second hug…..see you on the next one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

Do you feel like your life is a low key dumpster fire? Has being kind bitten you in the butt and you are ready to give up? You definitely don’t want to miss todays episode with Al Fox Carraway. She’s gone through so much. Her story of trucking through adversity has turned her into a writer, international speaker, and just an incredible person. She’s published 3 books now, and has spent the last 11 years traveling world wide to inspire others to move forward in the unwanted, the unexpected, and the uncharted. Follow Al on insta!  @alcarraway, check out her website, www.alcarraway.com Make sure to follow me @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity. And always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it. Go home and give your kids an 8 second hug…..see you on the next one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

Every day, kids are trafficked through social media.  Every day, kids have their choices taken away from them.  And we need to stop living in denial.  My guest today, Elizabeth Frazier, is a sex traffic survivor. She was trafficked by her parents for nearly 20 years.  After she was safe enough to break those ties, and to heal, she found power in words.  She started a company called Hero Bands where she gives bracelets with words on them to survivors to help with their healing. She is AMAZING and we all need to hear her story.

We dive into how long she was trafficked, how she was able to heal, how Hero Bands became a thing, and how we can be a support to those who may be suffering who we are unaware of.  What changes do you need to make in order to make sure your kids are safe from predators online? What changes do you need to make in your home to make it a safe place for everyone?

You can go follow Elizabeth at @hero_bands on insta and herobands.com.  

Make sure to follow me @bulliesbe.gone so you can keep on learning how to save the kids.  

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If you are a human being on this earth, you know that technology isn’t going anywhere. Learning how to have a healthy relationship with your technology is impertivie to our health. Technology and social media can be the biggest bullies, so we need to control what we consume. My guest today is Tracy Foster, founder of START (Stand Together And Rethink Technology), and she does exactly that! If you are wanting to have ahealthy relationship with your tech, you gotta give this a listen! Go check her out! ig: we.start.now www.westartnow.org Make sure to follow me as well for your daily dose of positivity! @bulliesbe.gone.  Go home and give your kids an 8 second hug, and always remember, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

So last year, 2020, we all felt pretty helpless. And there were SO MANY of you who felt hopeless as well. We all let things that didn’t matter define who we were. My guest today was right there with us. Anthony Trucks is a former NFL player who lost it all. His career, his job, his marriage….and almost his life. Today we talk all about what we need to do to live with that confidence so we can know that we are enough! Check him out on insta @anthonytrucks Make sure to go follow me @bulliesbe.gone for your dose of daily positivity! Never forget, you are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it! We will see you on the next one. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

The season finale! Thank you so much for all your support! Today, we wrap up our season with a good ole episode of just me.  I felt it would be rude if I wasn't the one to send us on our break lol. Today I talk about the two things that will help us heal the most and end our 2020 on a positive note: Love and gratitude. My speaking schedule for 2020 is wide open y'all! book me at www.bulliesbgone.com.  Follow  me on instagram @bulliesbe.gone.  Love you all!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

- Do you feel the influence of social media slowly pulling the humanity out of your heart? Have you felt the effects of addiction and porn in your life because of that nifty little phone you have? You are not alone. My guest today Luke Petrey shares his inspirational story about he overcame it and is now sharing his light with all Follow Luke @lukepeachtree and @lightbreaksforth on youtube. He’ll have a special project coming out first week of December called @shareyourstruggles on Instagram. You won’t want to miss it Go gollow me @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity. You are wonderful, worthy, and worth it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

Do you wish your relationship was better with your kid?  Do you care a bit too much about what the neighborhood moms think about your kids?  Do you want to improve?  Today I had the pleasure with speaking with Brooke Romney.  As a speaker and educator, and a mom of 3 teenagers, she's learned some things along the way and we dive into how we can better connect with our kids.  You can find brooke at @brookeromnetwrites on instagram as well as her website brookeromney.com For your daily dose of positivity, go follow me @bulliesbe.gone on instagram, and always remember, you are wonderul, you are wothy it :)  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

Do you have teens who have had cell phones for years and are super addicted?  Do you wish you had some sort of a pledge or agreement on technology that all members of your family follows?  Look no more! Andrea Davis, my latest guest, and founder of Better Screen Time, is an educator who teaches parents who they can develop a better relationship with tech and their famikly.  You can find her at betterscreentime.com and on insta @betterscreentime.

For your daily dose of positivity, go follow me @bulliesbe.gone on insta.  You are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it. 

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Do you feel your kid slipping away?  Do you feel the technology slowly consuming them?  My guest today, April Whiting, had those same feelings, and acted on them to save her family from a tech addiciotn.  Her passion has lead her to give a TedX talk, and now her living is to help parents create a tech healthy environment.  We deep dive on what parents can do to save their kids from the bully of an addictive piece of tech.   You can find her at www.thescreenfreeproject.com and on insta @thescreenfreeproject. 

Go follow me @bulliesbe.gone for your daily does of positivity.  You are wonderful, you are worthy, and you are worth it.  

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Do your kids have apps like Youtube Kids, Snapchat, or TikTok? All of these apps are rated for young kids, but have pornographic material on them.  Wouldn't you like to know before being on the app that that might happen?  My guest today, Chris McKenna, does just that.  He runs Protect Young Eyes, and they work hard to keep everyone up to date on all the latest apps and platforms so parents can be aware.  MUST LISTEN

Remember to follow me for you daily dose of positivity @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity.

If you want to see what Chris and Protect Young Eyes is doing, hit them up on instagram, or their website. 

- protectyoungeyes.com

-@protectyoungeyes

- text "protect" to 66866

- Go to https://protectyoungeyes.com/take-action-now/ to contact your state about the earn it act 

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Have you or anyone you love struggled with porn or addiction?  Most of us know someone who has had serious struggles with it.  My guest today, Smith Alley, is a 17 YEAR OLD who has gone through the wringer.  Now he strives to help families protect their tech and their kids from the dangers the internet produces. This is a must-listen for parents.  Remember to follow me on Instagram @bulliesbe.gone for your daily dose of positivity.  Also hit up Smith  www.protechtstrong.com @protechtstrong on insta --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support

Do you struggle with self confidence?  Are you waiting to give yourself permission to start living again?  Then you def want to listen to this podcast! Erika is such a light and is sharing it with the world

Follow her on insta @erikavalle2 and check her out at: www.erikavalle.com

Go follow me @bulliesbe.gone and bulliebgone.com for your daily dose of positivity 

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Do you struggle with self worth?  Do you find yourself beating up on yourself?  Well listen up! Today we dive DEEP into how we can stop bullying ourselves and start believing through small and simple things.  You don't want to miss this one! Josh Knuti has been through so much and this podcast episode was amazing!

@overcomingu

@bulliesbe.gone

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Today I talk with the founder of Do Good Be Kind, Chris Kurtz. We talk all this kindness and how we will change the world with it. You can catch Kurt at www.dogoodbekind.org, or on insta at @dogood.bekind. make sure to follow me for your daily dose of positivity @bulliesbe.gone. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bullies-be-gone/support