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Family Wellness and parenting covering social, emotional, mental, physical, and psychological wellness for mothers, fathers, and their children to live their optimum bestCopyright 2019 All rights reserved.
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  • Episode 50: Academic Testing & Psychological Assessment with Pediatric Occupational Therapist Tara MacKenzie

    Episode 50: Academic Testing & Psychological Assessment with Pediatric Occupational Therapist Tara MacKenzie
    Dec 13 2022
    On Episode 50 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Jenna & Kristen reconnect with a guest from season one, pediatric occupational therapist, Tara MacKenzie and discuss Tara’s first-hand experience with academic testing and psychological assessment for her own daughter Jameson. Together, they examine the early developmental signs of learning inconsistencies that ultimately led to a full neuropsychological testing and evaluation when Jameson was 7 years old and what the process looked like not only for Jameson, but for the entire family. Episode 50: Academic Testing & Psychological Assessment with Pediatric Occupational Therapist Tara MacKenzie 02:12 Episode introduction. 03:23 Introduction of guest, Tara MacKenzie, pediatric occupational therapist. 04:29 Tara discusses the early signs she witnesses in her daughter Jameson that pointed to possible neurodifferences. 06:09 Tara describes feedback from Jameson’s teachers in kindergarten. 06:42 Tara explains how her and her husband arrived at their decision to have Jameson evaluated. 07:52 Tara describes what testing looked like for Jameson at 7 years old and some of their consideration as it relates to academic testing and assessment. 08:54 Tara shares how she frontloaded the idea of testing with a young child and how to cater that conversation to the personality and preferences of that child. 10:23 Tara describes the differences in receptivity to testing for Jameson and her son, how her two kids differed in their reactions to the idea of assessment. 12:42 Tara shares about her daughter not feeling “smart” and how she explained to Jameson about being “differently smart.” 13:02 Tara discusses the value of looking at assessment results with the focus on the child’s revealed strengths. 13:59 Tara and hosts delve into parents’ reluctance to have their kids evaluated, some of the common emotional fallouts that come with getting assessment results. 16:22 Tara and hosts discuss the prevalence of neuropsychological differences that seem to be on the rise with the younger population and why that might be. 18:45 Tara shares on how to create an action plan upon receiving testing and assessment results. 20:00 Tara describes her first-hand account on their approach with Jameson’s treatment and how it impacts the entire family. 22:59 Tara recounts her conversations with Jameson regarding her test results and also how important it is to have the entire family support Jameson’s treatment journey. 25:18 Jenna shares a story about her son’s reaction to his testing results and the powerful act of empathizing and validating a child’s frustration. 27:13 Tara updates on Jameson’s progress since the diagnosis and what they’ve learned as a family. 30:00 Jenna relates the family lessons learned back to the previous Mainspring Podcast episode with Dr. Andrew Hahn about parental trauma, and the importance of separating the trauma from parenting. 32:10 Tara summarizes the power of testing for her and her family as it relates to connection with her children, and why she advocates for parents to consider assessment in building their relationship with their kids. 33:30 Jenna & Kristen’s breaks down their key takeaways for the episode. 35:33 How to connect with Mainspring Family Wellness, Jenna & Kristen! End of episode. Keywords: Occupational therapy, therapist, parenting, academic testing, learning, strengths, challenges, pediatric, psychological assessment, neuropsychology, neuropsychological evaluation, dyslexia, ADHD, diagnosis GUEST: Tara MacKenzie Tara MacKenzie is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist at Learning In Motion Clinic who has served children in Dallas, TX., Newport Beach, CA., and currently in Paradise Valley, AZ. Graduating from Creighton University with a Bachelors in Occupational Therapy in 2002, Tara has 20+ years of experience providing quality pediatric treatment, evaluation, and consultation to children of all ages. Tara’s expertise primarily focuses on sensory integration and helping children meet their full physical, academic, social, and emotional potential. Tara has a wide array of experience in sensory processing issues, handwriting challenges, gross and fine motor delays, learning disabilities, autism, anxiety, and attentional disorders. Tara is SIPT (Sensory Integration Praxis Test) certified and trained in a variety of programs including the following: Handwriting Without Tears, Alert -How Does Your Engine Run, Therapeutic Listening, The Whole Brained Child, Astronaut Training, Zones of Regulation, Executive Function Strategies, Superflex Social Thinking, Picky Eating, and Reflex Integration. Connect with Tara MacKenzie & Learning In Motion Website: Learning in Motion Facebook Connect with Mainspring Family Wellness: Website: Mainspring Family Wellness Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Connect with Kristen & Jenna: Kristen: LinkedIn Jenna: ...
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  • Episode 49: A Guide to Self-Healing with The One-Hour Miracle featuring Dr. Andrew Hahn

    Episode 49: A Guide to Self-Healing with The One-Hour Miracle featuring Dr. Andrew Hahn
    Nov 29 2022
    On Episode 49 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Jenna & Kristen speak with renowned psychologist Dr. Andrew Hahn about his new book The One-Hour Miracle: A 5-Step Process to Self-Healing. Dr. Hahn shares with our audience his extensive experience with trauma, generational trauma, self-healing, healing as it relates to parenting and how to break the cycle of trauma-informed experience. Episode 49: A Guide to Self-Healing with The One-Hour Miracle featuring Dr. Andrew Hahn 01:41 Introduction of Dr. Andrew Hahn. 03:18 Dr. Hahn explains The One-Hour Miracle. 04:23 Dr. Hahn further discusses his definition of a “miracle.” 07:09 Dr. Hahn talks about the career trajectory that led him to start Life Centered Therapy. 15:03 Dr. Hahn reflects on the concept of therapy and how to explain therapy and the need for therapy to a child. 22:20 Dr. Hahn elaborates on generational trauma, how parental trauma impacts children. 32:13 Dr. Hahn and hosts discuss the value of enneagram and how it can inform parenting and parenting styles. 33:10 Guest and hosts discuss childhood depression as a response to parental actions and how one could possibly break the pattern of experience. 37:59 Dr. Hahn delve deeper into trauma, how to get parents to acknowledge the trauma that one might be holding. 40:24 How to connect with Dr. Hahn and where to get his new book The One-Hour Miracle. 41:53 Jenna & Kristen’s perspective on the episode and the informative guest. 43:32 How to connect with Mainspring Family Wellness, Jenna & Kristen! End of Episode Keywords: trauma, healing, self-healing, parenting, enneagram, childhood depression, therapy, major depression, psychology, generational trauma, parental trauma, acceptance, Life Centered Therapy, One-Hour Miracle, miracle, experience pattern GUEST: Dr. Andrew Hahn Andrew Hahn, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist. He received his A.B. Magna Cum Laude in Social Studies/Psychology from Harvard University and his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Hahnemann University. He is certified by Helen Palmer to teach the Enneagram and has also been a faculty member in the graduate Counselling Programs at Lesley University and Northeastern University. While Dr. Hahn’s strong foundation and significant experience in traditional psychology have served his clients well, he has been untiring in his effort to better understand what is going on for people so that he could better help them live more contented and healthier lives. This calling for greater understanding, as well as certain experiences that he could not fully comprehend within the confines of traditional Western paradigms, led him on a search for answers that opened him to the worlds of Buddhist and Eastern Psychology; Mystery Training; and Depth, Archetypal and Spiritual Psychology. During this period, Thich Nhat Hanh, Brugh Joy, Dick Olney, Helen Palmer, Barbara Hastings, and Claudio Naranjo were particularly influential and powerful teachers for him. In 1997, after several years of witnessing the power of the work, Dr. Hahn developed the Life Centered Therapy Training program for those who want to facilitate and/or teach this process. Today, Dr. Hahn has a private practice in Waltham, MA. He speaks, teaches, and leads training and healing groups internationally, and continues his effort to better understand what is going on for people so that he can better help them live more contented and healthier lives." "Dr. Hahn helps men and women personally and professionally to expedite the healing from any trauma using his unique integration and synthesis of all these traditions combined with his own significant contributions to the field of psychology. Furthermore, Dr. Hahn shows clients the operative patterns in trauma, the realization that soul-level trauma and trauma from life experience have the exact same structure, and a unique synthesis of mindfulness and somatics to live a fulfilled and happy life. Dr. Hahn’s book The One-Hour Miracle can be found on Amazon and wherever books are sold. Connect with Dr. Andrew Hahn: Instagram | Twitter Connect with Life Centered Therapy: Website: Life Centered Therapy Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Connect with Mainspring Family Wellness: Website: Mainspring Family Wellness Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Connect with Kristen & Jenna: Kristen: LinkedIn Jenna: LinkedIn
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  • Episode 48: Nonprofit Spotlight featuring The Gray Academy for Exceptional Children with Neurological Disorders

    Episode 48: Nonprofit Spotlight featuring The Gray Academy for Exceptional Children with Neurological Disorders
    Nov 8 2022
    Episode 48: Nonprofit Spotlight featuring The Gray Academy A School for Exceptional Children with Neurological Disorders. On Episode 48 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Jenna & welcome Kristen Gray and Dana Tompkins of the Gray Academy, a non-profit, non-public K-5 Elementary School for exceptional children with neurological disorders in Santa Monica, California, looking to expand their program and services with a second location in Orange County. Each guest shares their extraordinary circumstances as parents to children with special needs and how that journey prompted them towards their passion for meaningful impact within the community, leading to the creation of The Gray Academy and its current plans for expansion. 01:49 Introduction of guests: Kristen Gray & Dana Tompkins 02:15 Kristen’s story: Daughters’ diagnosis of Batten’s DiseaseLaunching a foundation to find a cureEnrolling daughters into a clinical trial of gene therapy along with 13 other children 06:55 The search for a school that prompted the inception of The Gray Academy in Santa Monica 09:21 About the Gray Academy 10:28 Dana’s story: Son’s birth and journey with cerebral palsyConnecting with Kristen Gray over expansion of the Gray Academy to serve Orange County, CA 14:49 Kristen and Dana share a “typical day” for families with neuro-different children 21:58 The Gray Academy’s multi-pronged services to treat children with neurological disorders 25:13 Insight into how traditional schools with services for neuro-different children might not be able to meet the needs of their students 28:28 The Gray Academy’s plans for expansion into Orange County 30:34 The Gray’s Academy’s upcoming fundraiser to support the expansion 32:52 Get connected with the Gray Academy and more information about the fundraiser 34:00 Kristen & Jenna reflect on Kristen & Dana’s incredible journeys, their willingness to share and impact positive change 35:55 Guests share on their personal resolve and commitment to their children that drives them forward in their work within the community 37:22 Jenna & Kristen’s perspective on the episode GUEST: Kristen Gray & Dana Tompkins KRISTEN GRAY: Kristen Gray, founder of the Charlotte and Gwenyth Gray Foundation to Cure Batten Disease and mother of Charlotte (11), Gwenyth (9), Callan (2) and Gavin (6mo) started the foundation with her husband, Gordon, in June of 2015 after learning of their daughters' diagnosis of Batten Disease CLN6. In two years, Kristen and Gordon, alongside a community of supporters raised over 7 million dollars to fund critical research in hopes of a cure for Batten Disease CLN6. That research led to a clinical trial starting in March of 2016 and to date the foundation has funded treatment for 15 children. Kristen and Gordon, having experienced firsthand the challenges and daily struggles that most families face when trying to juggle special education with crucial medical treatments, therapies, doctors’ visits and other needs, envisioned a new kind of school with a transformative, integrated and holistic approach that could help fill the void often experienced by parents and their children suffering from severe neurological disorders. In 2018, Kristen and Gordon founded The Gray Academy in Santa Monica, a school for medically fragile children, serving families with children of moderate to severe disabilities. DANA TOMPKINS: After earning her MBA from the Marshall School of Business at USC and a career in corporate marketing, Dana followed her entrepreneurial spirit to open a popular women's clothing store in Newport Beach called Bardot in 2012. Following the diagnosis of her son with cerebral palsy in 2020, Dana decided to close her shop to focus on the needs of her family. Since then she has spent her time seeking the best therapies and treatments for her son, now almost 4, and in doing so has connected with Kristen Gray of the Gray Academy. Dana is now taking the lead to open an Orange County branch of The Gray Academy- a school for children with moderate to severe neurological disorders, helping to fill a gap in our community to provide an educational program that is suited for children with complex medical needs. Connect with The Gray Academy Website: The Gray Academy Facebook | Instagram Connect with Mainspring Family Wellness: Website: Mainspring Family Wellness Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Connect with Kristen & Jenna: Kristen: LinkedIn Jenna: LinkedIn
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