The Parentologist Podcast

This week, join Dr. Kim in a discussion all about the birds and the bees.

The Birds & Bees founder, Mary Flo Ridley, has been passionately sharing this message all over the world for 30 years. Mary Flo and her husband Dave have been married for 40 years, they have three married children, and eight grandchildren. After growing up in El Paso, Mary Flo graduated from SMU. She loves playing with her grandchildren, baking, and trav...

This week marks the return of Dr. Morgan Cutlip. Dr. Morgan Cutlip, PhD in Psychology and highly sought after relationship expert, knows what it feels like to lose yourself in motherhood, and she’s determined to help mothers navigate it better.

Throughout her career, she has helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide learn how to form and maintain healthy relationships.

Dr. Morgan has been a featured relationship expert wit...

This week, Dr. Kim talks with Dr. Tracy Dalgeish. Dr. Tracy Dalgleish is a clinical psychologist and relationship expert who is on a mission to help couples break old relationship cycles and find joy in their relationships again.

She is the owner of Integrated Wellness, a mental health practice in Ottawa, Ontario, and has been working with individuals and couples for 17 years. Dr. Tracy has extensive training in Emotionally Focuse...

Dr. Kim is back! This week she is talking with author Gillian McAllister.  Gillian McCallister is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, Englan...

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with D'Anthony and Rachel ward about their new book, The Couples Pregnancy Guide.

D’ANTHONY WARD is a social media influencer, YouTuber, filmmaker, and the owner of the inspirational clothing brand Create Dope Humans. D’Anthony has worked to disrupt FOMO culture by encouraging his audience to slow down, celebrate the simple things, and appreciate the every day. He is committed to tackling outdated st...

Denise Marek is internationally known as the Worry Management Expert and the creator of the CALM methodology for worry-free living. As a sought-after lecturer, consultant, and writer, Denise equips individuals around the globe with strategies to reduce stress, worry less, and bounce back from adversity.

Denise is the author of CALM for Moms: Worry Less in Four Simple Steps (Familius, November 2022) and CALM: A Proven Four-Step Pro...

Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, R.Psych #1856, is a mom, registered psychologist, parenting educator, best-selling author, international speaker, and a regularly invited media guest. Founder and director of The Wishing Star Lapointe Developmental Clinic, she has been supporting families and children for almost 20 years, and has previous experience in community mental health and the school system. Dr. Vanessa is known for bringing a sense of ...

In this Father's Day episode, Dr. Kim is talking with Kendall Smith all about fatherhood. Kendall Smith was a "complete rookie" when he became a Dad, welcoming his “giant baby boy, Connor." Not only was Kendall a rookie at being a father, but he was also a rookie because he'd had little experience with his own dad, having been raised by a single Mom. So, to understand how to parent successfully, he spoke to many role models about f...

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Leslie Kimball. During her 21 years with Responsibility.org, Leslie Kimball has led the development and implementation of programming and communications campaigns for the not-for-profit. These campaigns include the rebranding of Responsibility.org in 2015, the organization’s 20th Anniversary celebration in 2011, and the Ask Listen Learn and Talk Early and parenting influencer initiatives.

As Exec...

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Karen Ehman. Karen Ehman is a New York Times bestselling author, a Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and a contributing writer for Encouragement for Today online devotions and a teacher in the First 5 Bible study app which has over 2 million daily users. She has written 18 books and Bible studies including Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All and the 2020 ECPA devo...

This week, learn all about talking to your teenager! Mr. Brian Coleman was the 2019 National School Counselor of the Year and the first African-American winner of this prestigious honor. He was also a 2019 Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Upstander Award recipient for his commitment to LGBTQA+ youth advocacy. Coleman has spent the last four years traveling the country as the cartwheeling "Unicorn Counselor" speaking on issues ranging fr...

This week listen as Dr. Kim talks with Rebecca Greene. Rebecca Greene, MSW, LMSW is a mental health therapist in group practice and award-winning author of seven books, including two self-help/parenting books and four children's books. Her latest book is One & Done, about parenting only children, and published in 2023 by Familius. As a therapist, the mother of an only child and an only child herself, Rebecca has both profession...

This week Dr. Kim is back and talking to Gretchen Salyer. Gretchen Salyer is the Founder & CEO of The June Care Company, a platform that connects parents who need childcare with qualified host parents who can care for their kids.  Prior to founding June Care, Gretchen was a stay-at-home mom to her three daughters and, prior to that, a tech executive at Intuit for more than a decade.  Gretchen lives in Northern California with h...

Dr. Kim is talking with Maria Sansone about her first cookbook Oh $#!% What’s For Dinner?: No-Fuss Weeknight Recipes You’ll Swear By a simple guide to getting food on the table in a pinch. Maria is an Emmy award–winning television host with an illustrious career in broadcasting. She's a media personality, lifestyle expert, tastemaker, and mom of two.

Sansone leads a busy life with over 20 years in the industry, she has done it all...

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Ashley Nowe. Ashley Nowe is a certified Pre and Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist and Nutrition Coach. Her journey teaching moms to heal was born from her own struggle with diastasis recti afterthe birth of her twins. Ashley is the founder of Strong Like a Mother (SLAM), a total-body healthand fitness program that loves your core and pelvic floor. To date, she has helped more than50,000 wome...

This week, learn about balancing your hormones while Dr. Kim talks with Jess. Jess, a holistic health and nutrition coach, helps women take a root cause approach to hormonal imbalances and digestive issues without dieting. The foundation of her practice is creating safety in the body through nervous system regulation and nutrition to help women improve their energy, balance their hormones, and feel grounded in their body! 

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This week's episode has Dr. Kim talking with Jamie Diy. Jamie Diy is an artist, designer, and educator. She received her BA in illustration from the California College of the Arts and a Masters in Education from Stanford. She has been working to help kids unlock their creative potential for over a decade, and is continually inspired by what they dream up. She recently wrote and illustrated her first children's book, I Have That Que...

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Michelle Kenney. Michelle Kenney, M. Ed, is a mother of two girls, as well as a former teacher and counselor turned Certified Parenting Instructor. After years of consequences, bribes and star charts, she finally reshaped the relationship she shares with her daughters and credits peaceful parenting for changing her life. Michelle considers herself a recovering yeller, perfectionist and control frea...