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The Most Important Medicine: Responding to Trauma and Creating Resilience in Primary Care

The Most Important Medicine: Responding to Trauma and Creating Resilience in Primary Care

Where physicians and healthcare professionals meet to discuss what trauma is and how it presents in primary care.

Episode 80: Pausing the Podcast

Friends, we're pausing the podcast for now, but we have a special ask! Tell us which episodes were your favorite so we can create a Top 5! Join us in a ConnectEd Collab Invite Dr. Amy to be on YOUR podcast or recommend her to your favorite podcast. Dr. Amy’s New Book! On Amazon here From the American Academy of Pediatrics RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
February 28, 2024

Episode 79: Glowing Together: How skincare boosts teen confidence

Join Dr. Amy & Dr. Sheilagh as we discuss skincare, teen confidence, and how we can relate and bond with our teens about this important topic! We chat about why this topic is so important, for teen girls AND teen boys. And she provides her top tips on managing teen skin care. Hint, it's super straightforward! Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness is a double board-certified Dermatologist and Pediatric Dermatologist with a busy practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently serves as the President of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She is mom to two tween boys and co-founder of Stryke Club, a personal care brand made just for boys. Dr. Sheilagh is passionate about education and prioritizes teaching with every patient encounter. She strives to educate the next generation of dermatologists and pediatricians in her practice, and teaches families and caregivers through content created for national pediatric and dermatological societies and her social media presence (@dr.sheilagh.m on Instagram and @drsheilagh on TikTok). Dr. Amy’s New Book! On Amazon here From the American Academy of Pediatrics RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
February 21, 2024

Episode 78: Lazy, Unmotivated Teenagers: How to shift from problems to potential with Will Elliott

Let's dive into three ways to create mentorship, success, and unlock potential in teenagers with Dr. Amy & Will Elliott. Will Elliott is one of the world's top life coaches for teens and is dedicated to helping the next generation live confident, bold, and purpose-driven lives. We discussed why teenagers feel misunderstood and what the TRULY need from adults. You can find Will @coachingwithwill on Instagram! Dr. Amy’s New Book! On Amazon here From the American Academy of Pediatrics RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
February 14, 2024

Episode 77: Moving from Conflict to Cooperative Co-Parenting with Aurisha Smolarski, LMFT

Divorce does NOT have to be traumatic for children. Listen in as Aurisha and Dr. Amy discuss conflict-free co-parenting. Aurisha, author of Cooperative Co-parenting for Secure Kids, walks us through her own story of co-parenting and provides sage advice to stay connected to your child during turbulent times. Aurisha Smolarski, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified co-parenting coach, mediator, and mother, with a clinical practice in Los Angeles, CA.  She is the author of Cooperative Co-parenting for Secure Kids: The Attachment Theory Guide to Raising Kids in Two Homes. She specializes in working with co-parents, couples, and individuals. As a co-parent herself, she is very familiar with the challenges faced by parents raising kids in two households. For more than ten years, she has drawn on attachment theory and other modalities to help clients move from conflict to cooperation, make child-centered agreements, and create a secure co-parenting two-home family system. She lives with her daughter and her cat and sees clients both virtually and in person.   You can contact Aurisha at www.aurishasmolarski.com Dr. Amy’s New Book! On Amazon here From the American Academy of Pediatrics RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
February 5, 2024

Episode 76: 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children and Families with Dr. Amy

Dr. Amy reviews 10 guiding principles that she utilizes every day in her work with children and families and how you can incorporate them in your work too! In today's episode, she discusses 10 principles that are the cornerstone to her work - how she thinks about training, curriculum, and interactions with children and families. She breaks down 10 guiding principles that you can utilize today in your work too! From taking a developmental lens, to trauma-responsive care, to unconditional love - we cover it all! You can grab the free guide here! Dr. Amy’s New Book! On Amazon here From the American Academy of Pediatrics RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
January 31, 2024

Episode 75: Change-makers and Chain-breakers: The Power of Narrative Medicine with Dr. Anu French

Join Dr. Anu French and Dr. Amy to hear a beautiful story about how to heal intergenerational trauma & create trauma-informed pediatric practices.  Anu French MD FAAP ABoIM www.anufrench.com A New Wellness: Pediatrics, Integrative Medicine SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital On a mission to create healthier communities through healthier children Dr French, an artist, musician, yogini, author and integrative pediatrician, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, double board-certified in Pediatrics and Integrative Medicine, with fellowship training in Integrative Medicine and Integrative Psychiatry.   With special interest in integrative nutrition, health care equity, childhood mental health and intergenerational resilience, she serves on professional and policy advisory boards of Let’s Integrate, ASPIRE and WholeHealthED and is a member of  Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the AAP's Section on Integrative Medicine. In clinical practice for 28 years,  she melds her passion to provide affordable, accessible integrative pediatric care with craftivism through her affirmative art series and her meditative music  at her office in St Louis, MO.  She has researched and published on the topics of nutrition, yoga, art and resilience and has taught mindfulness, food as medicine and sound healing workshops to medical, dietetic and yoga students, pediatric and psychiatry residents/physicians and Montessori educators. Having found balance through the healing arts after professional and personal burnout, Dr French offers integrative resources she hopes will be helpful through her website and her Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram pages.  Her choice of meditation is walking her backyard labyrinth, being a mindful partner to her beloved and a mindful parent to her two precious daughters and her sweet dog.  Newsletter subscribe  A New Wellness website RedBubble Art store  I Am You You Are Me  children’s book Wake Up My Divinity  sound healing music I Am Art collection Let's Integrate: learn about resilience Generation Mindful   Mindfulness Tools Peace Anu French (she/her/hers) RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com
January 24, 2024

Episode 74: Reconnecting with ourselves: Are you taking care of first base?

Dr. Amy reflects on felt safety, childhood memories, and connecting with ourselves before taking care of others. She also invites you in to join a ConnectEd Collaborative of supportive professionals. Hear about how visiting her childhood home reminded her of being connected with childhood memories. And learn about the Baseball Analogy for self-care and connection. How are you at taking care of first base? RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
January 17, 2024

Episode 73: Reconnecting to Ourselves: Three ways to reconnect now

Join Dr. Amy as she reviews three powerful ways to be in community and reconnect with ourselves. On today's podcast, we talk about joining powerful learning communities, ConnectEd Collabs; words of the year, including a song of inspiration; and, ways to share joyful moments with Dr. Amy & Team. RESOURCES Dr. Amy's Newsletter Learning Collaborative - The ConnectED Collab Invitation Dr. Amy Youtube FREE DOWNLOADS Top 10 Guiding Principles When Working with Children & Families Start Creating Boundaries Handout & Script Finding Calm to Prevent Overwhelm Don’t Forget! Follow Dr. Amy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram For more information visit www.doctoramyllc.com 
January 10, 2024
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The Most Important Medicine: Responding to Trauma and Creating Resilience in Primary Care

The Most Important Medicine is where physicians and healthcare professionals meet to discuss what trauma is and how it presents in primary care. Then, we talk about how to respond and mitigate trauma by building resilience and other buffering mechanisms that address adversity and build connection. We'll listen to physicians and healthcare providers tell their stories about how to bring humanness into medicine and transform how we think about medicine through relational leadership, early relational health and connection. It's truly, the MOST important medicine!

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Amy King, PHD, LLC

Amy King, PHD, LLC

Dr. Amy is a licensed psychologist with a private practice and provides training, consultation, and education to physicians and healthcare facilities. Among her specialties is working with professionals to help create resilient patients and thriving families, guiding them to heal their stress and trauma through connected relationships. Her experience includes serving as a statewide trainer for the Oregon Department of Human Services and subject matter expert to promote child wellness in pediatric settings on behalf of the Children's Health Alliance. Her current work is promoting resilience within primary care medical homes through partnership and collaboration. When she’s not working to promote resilience and mitigate provider overwhelm and burnout, you can find her with her family on their small hobby farm in Newberg, Oregon.

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