Top 10 tips to move beyond "How was your day?" at the family dinner table

Top 10 tips to move beyond "How was your day?" at the family dinner table

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Three successful strategies for dealing with bullies at school

Three successful strategies for dealing with bullies at school

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What happens when a deaf boy decides he doesn't want to be the "retarded kid" anymore

http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_019.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS On a rainy day in Memphis, September 17, 1953, Bessie Faye Tedford stepped out the door of her home, slipped on the wet steps, and fell down a short flight of stairs to the sidewalk…

Episode 18: A surprisingly effective way to summon creativity . . . by demanding it!

Episode 18: A surprisingly effective way to summon creativity . . . by demanding it!

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Episode 17: Best way to remember life's special moments? Don't take any pictures. Seriously. Here's why.

Episode 17: Best way to remember life's special moments? Don't take any pictures. Seriously. Here's why.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_017.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_017.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSOn a nature hike in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Peter learned perhaps the best kept secret to appreciating beauty — by forgetting his camera. Listen to what he did instead, and then try it yourself.…

Episode 16: Why the cancer ward might be the happiest place in the hospital

Episode 16: Why the cancer ward might be the happiest place in the hospital

http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_016.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS [Play button at bottom]  If you had to pick the unhappiest place to work in a modern hospital, you’d be hard pressed to suggest a better candidate than oncology, the cancer ward. Yet that’s where…

Episode 15: Helicopter parent, or strategic teaching partner? Which are you?

Episode 15: Helicopter parent, or strategic teaching partner? Which are you?

http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_015.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_015.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS My guest this week is Dr. Rebecca Deurlein, author of Teenagers 101: What a Top Teacher Wishes You Knew About Helping Your Kid Succeed. We discuss two very different relationships parents tend to have with…

Episode 14: The kindness of a stranger. . .

Episode 14: The kindness of a stranger. . .

http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_014.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_014.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS My guest is Kristin Pedemonti who has personally brought more joy into hearts of strangers than any human being I know. You’re about to find out why, and learn how you can do the same.…

Episode 13: Why I asked Lou Holtz for my position back: A Notre Dame lineman's tale

Episode 13: Why I asked Lou Holtz for my position back: A Notre Dame lineman's tale

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Episode 12: Author Annette Simmons on living with dignity

http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_012.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_012.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS My guest, bestselling author Annette Simmons, shares the lessons she learned from her grandmother on living – and dying – with dignity, humility, and self-respect.