The Resilient Parenting Podcast
Sponsored by The Idaho Children's Trust Fund The Resilient Parenting Podcast tackles challenges facing ANYONE in a parenting role. Every family is different. The Resilient Parenting Podcast explores the unique strengths of every child, family and community. Join Ken Bass, long-time radio personality and Michelle Bass, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as they interview professionals in the field, and folks with lived experience. Building parental resiliency and hope by creating a supportive, healing, and learning community. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theresilientparentingpodcast
Episodes
It's that time of year again for mirth and merriment but also STRESS. Learn some helpful tips to bring the joy and not the humbug to this holiday season.
The last episode of 2025!
RESOURCES:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/scientific-mommy/202512/better-ways-to-manage-your-holiday-stress
https://www.healthline.com/health/holiday-stress
Steve Fund Holiday Mental Health Toolkit:
https://stevefund.org/holiday-men...
Join Ken and Michelle as they share a heartfelt conversation with Gemma Gaudette, host of the award-winning show, Idaho Matters. Gemma helped launch Idaho Matters in 2018 on Boise Public Radio. https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/idaho-matters. You can catch her every week day at noon. Gemma shares her parenting journey as a "Boy Mom".
A little about Gemma:
(From: https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org...
Ken and Michelle are back on the road heading to Coeur d Alene to visit with Mike "Woody" Wood, Nurturing Father's Program Trainer.
What is the Nurturing Fathers Program?
"The Nurturing Father’s Program is an evidence-based, 13-week training course designed to teach parenting and nurturing skills to men. Each 2 ½ hour class provides proven, effective skills for healthy family relationships and c...
Parenting a pregnant or parenting teen?
Join Ken and Michelle as they meet with Jamie Garn, Executive Director of Cardinal Academy and Kim Kelzer,LCSW Director of the Salvation Army's Booth Program.
The Salvation Army’s Booth Program for Young Parents supports you with:
Childcare On Site – New Horizons Academy
Personalized resources & support
Free breakfast & lunch
Food pantry
Counseling
Life Skills, Pre-Natal ...
Ken and Michelle take a virtual trip to Oklahoma City to visit with LPC and Certified Sex Therapist, Kayla Jones to chat about comprehensive sex education and sexual shame. How does our sexual shame show up in our parenting? What is comprehensive sex education and at what age should we start?
In this episode we cover:
Sexual Shame
Comprehensive Sex Education
The importance of 100 1-minute-conversations
WE WANT TO HEAR F...
Join Ken and Michelle as they chat with American Falls School Superintendent, Randy Jensen as he shares two exciting initiatives happening in their community: Universal Preschool and Read-Talk-Play Every Day. Learn how they did it and how you can too.
Read Talk Play Every Day is a research-based, community supported initiative to champion early childhood literacy. Through volunteer, business and family partnerships, pa...
The Resilient Parenting Podcast welcomes back Charlye Hahn, Interim Executive Director of the NEW nonprofit 4 The Love Of Kinship: Providing support for families raising family. Join Ken and Michelle as they learn all about this new resource for Kinship providers.
Do you or your Organization want to help? Learn how to get involved.
4 the Love of Kinship Mission:
At 4 The Love Of Kinship, our mission is to support a...
Join Ken and Michelle as they discuss the three main principles of Trust-based Relational Intervention (TBRI)® : Empowering, Connecting and Correcting. TBRI® was developed in 1999 by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross. In 2018, Michelle was trained as a TBRI® Practitioner at The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development in Fort Worth, Texas.
From the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development website:
"TB...
The world can sometimes feel scary, unpredictable and overwhelming for families leading to increased stress and anxiety for children and adults alike. Join Ken and Michelle as they explore this topic with Dr. Kim Crawford, CEO of Wellness Innovations.
Dr. Kimberly Crawford is a former professor in the Social Work Department at Northwest Nazarene University. During that time, she served as the Director of the Social Wo...
Join Ken and Michelle as they learn all about Parent Cafés with three amazing guests: Tiffany Murphy, Be Strong Families, Training manager, Ty Anderson, Be Strong Families, Senior Training and Technical assistance Provider, and Adrian Amo, director of Family and Community Engagement with the Idaho AEYC.
Idaho AEYC is bringing Parent Cafés to the State of Idaho in a BIG WAY!
From the Be Strong Families Website:
"I...
Join Ken and Michelle as they visit with Heidi Smith, Human Service Program Specialist with the Department of Health and Welfare. Today's episode is all about Celebrating KINSHIP!
What is Kinship?
"Kinship refers to the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of a child by relatives, members of their Tribe or clan, godparents, step-parents, or other adults who have a family relationship to a child (also ref...
Ken and Michelle are joined by Kayla Gaffney, LMSW: Therapist, former Idaho Children's Trust Fund Intern, and dedicated Guardian ad Litem volunteer for The Third District Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Program, also known as CASA of Southwest Idaho. CASA of Southwest Idaho is a non-profit organization that trains volunteers to advocate for the best interests of children and youth who have experienced abuse or neglect.
G...
Join Ken and Michelle for the first Resilient Parenting 101 episode of 2025. Michelle introduces a wealth of information from Dr. Kate Truitt, PhD Author of Healing in Your Hands-Self-Havening Practices to Harness Neuroplasticity, Heal Traumatic Stress, and Build Resilience.
Meet Amy the Amygdala, our very own Super Hero! Amy's job is to keep us safe and she does it with rapid speed. But what do we do when Amy ju...
Join Ken and Michelle as they visit with Vashti Summervill – Educator, PCI Certified Parent Coach ®, Therapeutic Consultant, Musician, and Author. Vashti is the founder and owner of Family Healing Pathways and contracts with Educational Connections.
Vashti shared:
It’s a hard time to grow up. The challenges our kids face are very different from those we faced just thirty or forty years ago – or even five years ago. Par...
Join Ken and Michelle as they take a trip to beautiful Coeur d' Alene Idaho to chat with Keith Orchards, LCSW. Keith is an author, speaker and the Mental Health Coordinator for the Coeur d' Alene public school district. Keith is also the founder and owner of Orchard Consulting. Keith shared working with challenging students can be overwhelming and can lead to fatigue, low satisfaction and burnout. Keith and...
Join Ken and Michelle as they take a stroll down memory lane to celebrate the 50th episode of The Resilient Parenting Podcast!
The Resilient Podcast is supported by the Idaho Children's Trust Fund. Every episode is packed full with parenting information, personal stories and lot's of humor and heart. In addition each episode includes links to resources all across the State of Idaho.
Are you new to The Resili...
Join Ken and Michelle Bass as they visit with Sarah Gornik, Program Coordinator and Parent Educator Coordinator for Idaho Parents Unlimited.
What is Idaho Parents Unlimited?
Founded in 1985, Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. (IPUL) is a statewide organization which houses the Idaho Parent Training and Information Center, the Family to Family Health Information Center, Idaho Family Voices and IPUL Arts.
IPUL Education: The Pa...
This week Ken and Michelle are joined by Julie Meek, LCSW to talk about SELF-COMPASSION.
What is Self-Compassion and why is it important?
How do you teach Self-Compassion to your child?
It starts with YOU.
Julie has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on a variety of topics, particularly on provider self-care and movement/dance-based interventions. Her work is published in two peer-reviewed journals: Aus...
Ken and Michelle are joined by Beth Markley, Executive Director of NAMI Idaho. NAMI stands for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Did you know 1 in 5 people nationwide have some form of mental illness and in Idaho it is closer to 28%?
NAMI Idaho works to improve the quality of life for all those affected by mental illness through support, education, advocacy and research. One of NAMI’s main goals is to ensure th...
Join Ken and Michelle as they visit with Trace McKellips, Early Childhood Program Expansion Manager and leader of the West Central Mountains Early Learning Collaborative. (There are 20 collaboratives across the State of Idaho).
"Raising awareness and building partnerships to help improve the lives of educators and working families in the West Central Mountains."
After moving to McCall in 2019, Trace served on...
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