Episode 91: Dr. Jenny King – Micropractices to Help With Stress and Trauma

Dr. Jenny King is a licensed social worker who focuses on trauma and is the co-director of the Center on Trauma at Case Western University in Cleveland. She is the mother of 3 and her and her husband unschool their children.  In this episode, we focus on stress and trauma and the importance of play as adults. We talk about moving away from surviving and actually thriving after trauma and how we can work to calm anxiety in everyday life through these simple micropractices that Jenny has developed. I hope that this is an insightful conversation to help you in your everyday life and also in your parenting! What we talked about: 4:00- Introduction to Dr. Jenny King and her work 6:15- Creating a device for kids to self-report their trauma 8:30- Helping people move from surviving to thriving after trauma 10:10- Talking to our kids when their emotions are high 17:35- How our kids perceive us 21:35- Daily micro-practices to help reduce our stress 27:45- Playing as adults 30:50- Finding our baseline for stress levels 36:10- Other micropractices to center yourself 38:20- Unschooling her kids 56:50- End of podcast questions Show notes: The Body is Not an Apology Malibu Rising Dr. Jenny King on Instagram The Good Egg The Hate U Give Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Goodr Use code “Lindsey15” for 15% off your order Hello Skincare Use code “LindseyH20” for 20% off of your order Shoott Photography Use the code “SandyBoy” for 15% off the purchase of 5 photos or more!