Scrambled: The Children‘s Mental Health Podcast

Episode 68 - 'Healing From Trauma'

Three time returning guest, Dr. Jessica Patel, Clinical Child Psychologist, joins Chad and Nikki to discuss treatment options for childhood trauma.

Episode 67 - 'How Trauma Shows up in Children'

Dr. Jessica Patel, Child Clinical Psychologist, returns to Scrambled to discuss the many ways trauma can manifest in children.

Episode 66 - 'Coping Skills for Parents'

Nikki and Chad share tips for coping with meltdowns and other parenting challenges.

Episode 65 - ’Trauma 101’

Delving into the profound topic of trauma, Chad and Nikki embark on a thoughtful exploration by providing foundational insights into trauma and related disorders.

Episode 64 - ’Taking Care of Business’

Mandy Harvey, Speaker and Trauma Healer, joins Nikki and Chad to start a conversation about trauma that will continue into several future episodes in 2024.

Episode 63 - ’Giving the Gift of Self-Esteem’

In the last episode of 2023, Chad and Nikki talk about self-esteem development in children. They share tips for helping the kids in your life build a healthy and stable view of themselves, one of the best gifts you can give!

Episode 62 - ’Look Who’s Talking: Music for the Mind’

In this Look Who’s Talking Episode, Nikki and Chad are joined by Brian Kroening and Tom Fugelburg, two dads from Minneapolis making music for mental health. Tom and Brian share how they joined forces to create a musical movement for children’s mental health. To sign up for their newsletter, visit seeking-permssion.com.

Episdoe 61 - ’When is it OK to Lie to Your Children?’

In an episode relevant to parents with kids of all ages, Nikki and Chad discuss lying. More specifically, are there times that lying to your kids is okay?

Episode 60 - ’Having Difficult Conversations with Children’

Chad and Nikki are joined by Sara Olsher, children’s book author and illustrator and founder of Mighty and Bright, for a conversation about how to talk to kids about heavy subjects like divorce, cancer, and death.

Episode 59 - ’ADHD Treatments’

In this third and final episode of our ADHD series, Dr. Tanya Royster returns to the conversation with the most current information about how psychiatry treats ADHD in children as well as a few non-medication treatment options that can help kids and families.