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**Dr Justin Coulson’s Happy Families**

Deciding which parenting advice to follow? Join the thousands of mums and dads who turn to Australia’s most downloaded parenting podcast.

Dr Justin Coulson and his wife Kylie bring real parenting solutions every day, cutting through the noise of modern advice with clear, practical guidance for every step of parenting.

From early childhood challenges to the complexities of the teenage years, each daily episode offers simple, evidence-based strategies to help you feel more confident in your decisions and more connected to your kids.

Latest Episodes:

#596 I'll Do Better Tomorrow Sep 15, 2022

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Justin & Kylie reflect on their week and determine what they can do better next time

Topics discussed in today's podcast:

*Someone* in the Coulson household has a chocolate addiction
The Coulson family go on a family bike ride
Movie night at the Coulson house turns into an anatomy lesson

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Find the Your Growth Guide webinar on the Happy Families shop, or find it in your Happy Families Premium membership.

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#595 From the Doctor's Desk Sep 14, 2022

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Dr Justin shares the latest academic studies related to parenting

Topics discussed in today's podcast:

The importance of play
Strong social networks
Quality of friendships & relationships
20% of mothers experience PPD
Responsiveness
Self soothing
Connectedness & involvement during adolescence

Articles mentioned in this episode

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#594 Birth Trauma: A Conversation With Sharon Stoliar Sep 13, 2022

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Sharon shares her traumatic experience as a patient, who also happened to be a midwife

Topics discussed in today's podcast:

Patient dismissal
Birth trauma
20-48% of women describe their births as traumatic
What qualifies as birth trauma?

Learn more about Sharon Stoliar and her book Scars of Gold.

Ending Birth Trauma

Contact Sharon - sharonstoliar@gmail.com

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#593 Tween Tensions Sep 12, 2022

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Justin & Kylie answer a listener's question about their tween daughter

Topics discussed:

3 basic psychological needs - Relatedness, Competence & Control
Seeing your child as a person vs only seeing their problems
Correction & directions vs connection
Competence needs to be satisfied
Explore, explain, empower

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#592 Parenting in the Age of Social Media Sep 11, 2022

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In today's podcast, Justin and Kylie look at a recent article in Forbes magazine, about navigating the world of social media with your teen or tween.

Topics discussed in today's podcast:

You can fence the pool but you can't fence the ocean.
Four styles of parenting and pros and cons when it comes to teens, tweens and social media.
Three things you need to remember when you discuss social media with your kids.
Staying across the apps and tech so we can have real conversations with the kids.

Read the Forbes article here.

Find the 'Pixel Perfect' webinar on the Happy Families shop, or in your premium membership.

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#591 I'll Do Better Tomorrow Sep 08, 2022

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In I'll Do Better Tomorrow, Justin and Kylie look back on the week that was and reflect on their parenting wins and losses.

Topics discussed in today's podcast:

Book Week is hard work!
Kids spell love T.I.M.E
Letting our kids be themselves

Purchase 'I Like Myself' by by Karen Beaumont at Booktopia.

Find the free webinar 'Can We Please Talk About Boys' in the Happy Families shop.

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#590 Becoming a Hope Builder Sep 07, 2022

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Today is R U OK? Day, and did you know that building hope in our kids is one of the most important things we can do as parents?

So in today's podcast, Justin and Kylie discuss ways that we can build hope and some of the ways that we can hold onto hope.

Topics discussed:

The three facets of hope: Having goals, having a pathway to reach those goals and belief in yourself.
Things that can cause us to lose hope.
Justin and Kylie's list for how we can build and hold onto hope.

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#589 Mental Fitness With Gus Worland Sep 06, 2022

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Today on the podcast, Dr Justin chats with Gus Worland ahead of R U OK? Day tomorrow.

Gus is an Australian TV and radio personality and is the founder of the Gotcha4Life Foundation - which delivers what Gus calls 'mental fitness' programs to engage, educate and empower communities, on the way to their vision of zero suicides.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Mental Fitness, and why we need to seek help from those around us.
Raising our hands for help on the beach or in the car park, rather than waiting until we're drowning before raising our hands.
Using technology to check in on those we love.
Formalising who 'your village' is - the people that you can't live without, and work hard on the relationships within the village.

Discover more about Gus' work with Gotcha4Life here, and how you can improve your mental fitness.

Find out all the information about R U OK? Day here.

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#588 Get Comfy With Sex-Ed: Act for Kids CEO Dr Katrina Lines Sep 05, 2022

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This week is Child Protection Week, so today on the podcast Justin speaks with Act for Kids CEO, Dr Katrina Lines.

Dr Lines is a registered psychologist and child protection advocate, and has been involved in numerous national taskforces advocating for the rights of children.

In particular, this conversation touches on the new 'Get Comfy' initiative, where Act for Kids are encouraging families to start having conversations with their children about sex, body, consent, and relationships.

It comes off the back of research that has found that Australians feel underprepared when it comes to real-life experiences.

Topics discussed in this podcast:

Some of the 'Get Comfy' research findings, including the fact that 1 in 3 Australians never received sex education at school, and over half of all Aussies aren't comfortable talking to their parents about sex and intimacy.
Consent, and why this needs to be a focus in sex education and conversations about intimacy.
Ways in which your family could introduce age appropriate conversations about our bodies.
The problem with adolescents getting most of their sex-ed from porn, and why this needs to change

Find out more about the 'Get Comfy' initiative here.

Purchase the 'Your Growth Guide' webinar in the Happy Families shop, or find it in your premium membership.

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#587 Relationship Wipeouts Sep 04, 2022

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One of the most common questions in our podcast inbox is how to make the couple relationship stronger, and navigating bumps along the road. On today's podcast Justin and Kylie discuss a recent relationship 'wipeout'.

Topics discussed in this podcast: