Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan

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For anyone who has been parented, is a parent or dreams of being a parent, Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan teaches us all how to make the world a more loving, accepting and compassionate place -- one parent, one person and one child at a time. Every episode features a “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” segment to help listeners discover ways to be the best version of themselves. With more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist, author and father, Dr. Dan Peters understands the key to raising happy and aware kids is for parents to seek the same joy and mindfulness in their own lives. Through diverse and timely discussions, every episode of Parent Footprint explores and explains how (and why) the way we were parented impacts the way we parent. Aimed at any parental figure in a child's life, Dr. Dan helps any caregiver lead with purpose. With over 200 episodes, Dr. Dan has hosted adolescent and child development experts, mental health professionals and of course, parents. Plus, he takes listener questions! Submit yours to podcast@drdanpeters.com and you may get an answer on a future episode. Parent Footprint With Dr. Dan is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, I Said No Gifts! and more. read less
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Episodes

Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (July 2024)
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Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (July 2024)
Listen to our new Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episode! On today’s episode, Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint audio engineer (and #GirlDad) Phil answer your new listener questions about Disability Pride Month, summer jobs, racism, and more. Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes which drop the last Thursday of the month. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. We love hearing from you! Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eat & Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being with Mary Beth Albright
18-07-2024
Eat & Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being with Mary Beth Albright
Dr. Dan interviews award-winning journalist Mary Beth Albright, a food expert with a wide-ranging experience – from food attorney to finalist on Food Network Star, to award-winning food journalist to Iron Chef competitor. Mary Beth’s cumulative knowledge, and her science-based understanding of how what we consume affects our physical and emotional health are served up in her groundbreaking book Eat And Flourish: How Food Supports Emotional Well-Being.  On this new episode Dr. Dan and Mary Beth focus on the science-based connection between food and mental health. Mary Beth is an important expert on the food-mood connection and listeners will learn a lot - including why what we feed kids matters. Mary Beth Albright is the host of Eat You’ll Feel Better podcast. For more visit her website www.marybethalbright.com. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently with Erin Geddes
11-07-2024
And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently with Erin Geddes
Dr. Dan speaks to author Erin Geddes (who proudly looks at the world and life differently) about her mission is to support all kinds of families and all kinds of kids to celebrate viewing the world just a little bit differently. On this episode, Dr. Dan and Erin talk about her life story and her children’s book And That’s Okay: I’m Wired Differently which celebrates the vibrant, silent world of neurodivergent kids and their loved ones. Erin is autistic and ADHD and was formally diagnosed as an adult. Her children’s book will help parents, children, and teachers.  Erin Geddes has used her way of looking at the world to communicate creatively, professionally, and personally using striking visuals married with copywriting. She sees life differently, and she thinks that’s okay. Her children see the world differently, and that’s okay. Erin enjoys fine woodworking, photography, and many other creative mediums the wind may blow her to while living in the Midwest. For more information follow Erin on Instagram @and_thats_okay_book. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BONUS EPISODE #36: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about parenting in the summer and Parent Footprint celebrates an anniversary
02-07-2024
BONUS EPISODE #36: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about parenting in the summer and Parent Footprint celebrates an anniversary
Our new Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episode is here and so is the summer heat and humidity! Dr. Dan and podcast producer Laura Rossi discuss all things summer today - from routines, anxiety, parent guilt, parent burnout, swim safety and more. We also celebrate our 3rd anniversary with Exactly Right. Happy Anniversary Parent Footprint fam! Each month Dr. Dan answers listener questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episodes. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lady to Lady: An Unfiltered Interview with Barbara, Brandie, and Tess
20-06-2024
Lady to Lady: An Unfiltered Interview with Barbara, Brandie, and Tess
Happy Exactly Right Anniversary to Parent Footprint! Dr. Dan celebrates our show’s 3 year anniversary on this new episode with the 3 hosts of Exactly Right’s Lady to Lady podcast: Babs Gray, Brandie Posey, and Tess Barker. Today Dr. Dan continues Parent Footprint’s tradition of interviewing Exactly Right podcast hosts. Our three guests laugh, riff, and talk all things podcasts, bangs, friendships, family, comedy, feminism, and much more with Dr. Dan. Lady to Lady on Exactly Right is hosted by Babs Gray, Brandie Posey, and Tess Barker. On their hilarious and raw weekly show they invite a special guest to play sleepover games, talk “lady problems” and delve into ridiculous tangents.  Thanks to all of our incredible listeners - we have many exciting guests and episodes planned for year four with Exactly Right! Thank you Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark and of course Babs, Brandie, Tess and everyone in our Parent Footprint podcast family.  Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others with Elissa Strauss
06-06-2024
When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others with Elissa Strauss
Dr. Dan interviews journalist Elissa Strauss about the powerful role caring for others plays in our lives and about her powerful book When You Care: The Unexpected Magic Of Caring For Others. What if we all started to care about care? Drawing on parenting and caregiving research and her own experiences as a mother, Elissa explains to Dr. Dan that care is a long-ignored force in our collective lives – and a deeply philosophical, spiritual, and psychologically potent experience. Their discussion explores and acknowledges the breadth, depth, and beauty of all that caregivers do.    Elissa Strauss has been a journalist, essayist, and opinion writer for the past fifteen years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Glamour, CNN, and Slate. For more information go to her website: www.elissastrauss.com.  Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Parenting a Child with Tourette Syndrome with Michele Turk
30-05-2024
Parenting a Child with Tourette Syndrome with Michele Turk
Dr. Dan interviews author and journalist Michele Turk about her memoir What Makes Him Tic? A Memoir Of Parenting A Child With Tourette.  When Michele Turk’s 11-year-old son, Michael, was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, she made it her mission to show him – and others – that he was so much more than the boy with tics who shouted obscenities hundreds of times a day.   On today’s first-ever episode about Tourette Syndrome, Dr. Dan and Michele’s honest and poignant conversation will uplift, educate, and inspire special needs parents everywhere. This interview coincides with the Tourette Association of America’s Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (May 15 - June 15) and TAA’s national TIC-CON24 conference where Michele and her son Michael are speakers. A journalist for three decades, covering parenting, health, and education, Michele Turk’s articles have appeared in BusinessWeek, Parents, Parenting, Elle, USA Weekend, The Washington Post, and Brain, Child. For more information visit her website www.micheleturk.com. For information about Tourette syndrome go to www.tourette.org.    Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BONUS EPISODE #35: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about stranger danger, the #tradwife trend and more.
28-05-2024
BONUS EPISODE #35: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about stranger danger, the #tradwife trend and more.
Our May Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episode is here! Dr. Dan and podcast producer Laura Rossi discuss these great parenting topics: stranger danger, the #tradwife trend, caffeine and our teens, and how to help kids handle losing. Each month Dr. Dan answers listener questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episodes. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. Our new bonus episodes drop in our regular podcast feed that last Tuesday of every month. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Well-Lived Life with Dr. Gladys McGarey
23-05-2024
The Well-Lived Life with Dr. Gladys McGarey
Dr. Dan speaks to the remarkable and inspiring Dr. Gladys McGarey, a true trailblazer at 103-years-young. Hailed as the Mother of Holistic Medicine, Dr. McGarey is the author of The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age and a still-consulting doctor.  At over one hundred years old, Dr. Gladys McGarey is an example to us all - she still has her life coaching practice, she maintains a healthy diet, and she even enjoys a good piece of cake every now and then! Over the past sixty years, Dr. McGarey has pioneered a new way of thinking about disease and health that has transformed the way we imagine health care and self-care around the world. This episode is illuminating and life-changing. A must-listen! For more information visit Dr. McGarey’s website: www.gladysmcgarey.com and read her book The Well-Live Life now out in paperback Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please support our podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4bqTWJ2 For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BONUS EPISODE #34: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about imaginative play, when teens close their doors, #TeacherTok, and more
30-04-2024
BONUS EPISODE #34: Sitting Down with Dr. Dan – Listener Questions about imaginative play, when teens close their doors, #TeacherTok, and more
This is April’s Sitting Down With Dr. Dan bonus episode. Today Dr. Dan and audio engineer Phil Rossi talk about when your child’s imaginary play is worrisome, self-esteem, teens who want to be in their room alone with the door closed, and #TeacherTok on TikTok. Each month Dr. Dan answers listener questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan bonus episodes. Please email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode. Our new bonus episodes drop in our regular podcast feed that last Tuesday of every month. Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X formerly Twitter). Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Dr. Dan’s expertise and wisdom is not a diagnosis or treatment. The information provided on the Parent Footprint podcast should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Anyone seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician. Please reach out to your doctor for advice or a qualified health provider regarding medical conditions, questions, or situations. The information provided on Parent Footprint and by Dr. Dan is for entertainment purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice. Dr. Dan does not know your child, is not your child’s doctor, and has not treated your child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On Our Best Behavior with Elise Loehnen
25-04-2024
On Our Best Behavior with Elise Loehnen
Today Dr. Dan interviews Elise Loehnen – author of the instant New York Times Bestseller On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and The Price Women Pay to Be Good, host of the popular podcast Pulling The Thread, and frequent contributor to Oprah.   Elise’s work and writing explores the ways the patriarchy lands in the bodies of women and embeds itself in our consciousness. Her Pulling the Thread podcast focuses on pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are—and then putting those threads back together.   On this episode Dr. Dan and Elise discuss how with awareness, we can begin to recognize patterns of self-restriction, break the story, and move ourselves and each other toward freedom and balance. This paradigm-shifting interview is a special episode listeners will turn to again and again. Elise Loehnen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Rob, and their two sons. Elise is a seeker and synthesizer, braiding together wisdom traditions, cultural history, and a deep knowledge of healing modalities to unlock new ways to contextualize who we are and why we’re here. For more information please visit www.eliseloehnen.com. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).  Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (X). Learn about more podcasts @exactlyright on Instagram. Please listen, follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices