TPP 247a: Dr. Jody Carrington on Lifting Up Educators, Parents, Caregivers, and Anyone Else Who Supports Children
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of this episode and who is the guest?
Hey, it's Debbie. All this month I'm sharing some of my most popular school-focused conversations from the archive. So every Friday in September, you're gonna hear an episode on things like IEPs, starting the school year off on the right foot, and what to do if school isn't going as planned. I hope these replays give you some fresh insights and support as you navigate the month. Here's today's show.
When you're exhausted and overwhelmed and feeling like nobody has seen your own personal child, it becomes very difficult to have anything left to give to the people who the institutions that are supposed to be serving them. But what becomes so critical i in this moment is understanding that that is where our power lies.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber. I am so excited to introduce you to my guest for this episode, Dr. Jodi Carrington, a clinical psychologist, speaker, and author based in Alberta, Canada. Jodi has spent most of her Career working with children and families who have experienced trauma and has learned that kids can only be as okay as the adults in their lives are okay. The result of Jody's insights is her wonderful book, Kids These Days: a game plan for reconnecting with those we teach, lead, and love. I recently came across her book, and not only did I absolutely love how accessible.
And real it is. I knew I needed to introduce her to the tilt community. It's nearly impossible to not be inspired by Jody's hopeful, humorous, and humanizing approach. I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did. And now here is my conversation with Jody. Hello, Jody. Welcome to the podcast.
Hello, Debbie. Thank you so much for having me.
I'm really looking forward to this conversation. I was just mentioning before I hit record that I I don't even know how your book got on my radar. But I instantly connected with the title. It's called Kids These Days, a game plan for reconnecting with those we teach, lead, and love. And then I devoured it and really just enjoyed it. So I can't wait to talk more about that. And before we get into the heart of our conversation, can you just introduce yourself? Tell us a little bit about your story and why you do the work you do.
Yeah, I'd love to. Okay, I'm I'm coming to you um from a small town in Alberta. Canada and I grew up in a small town. Um and it was actually a teacher that changed my life. There was uh it's still to this day a K to twelve school. And um I can tell you the first and last name of every teacher I ever had. I knew where they lived, I knew, you know, all the things that they were doing. And um there was probably twenty two of us that started kindergarten together and the same nineteen of us that graduated together. Okay. So everybody
knew
everything about everybody. And I often tell this story because I remember where Mrs. Holly Nordstrom was standing, uh, the day that the most popular kid in our class was killed. I remember what she was wearing. I remember what she said. I have no idea. you know, what the details were, but I remember how she made us feel. And I remember thinking, as a sixteen year old kid in that moment, that's what I want to do for the rest of my life. I wanna make people feel the way Mrs. Norster made us feel. And it's it's funny because I spent a lot of my time now talking to educators, talking to people who influence little people, and it all comes back to this. I do not remember a single thing about the literacy and the numeracy that woman taught me.
I do not remember a specific lesson. But I remember what she wore, I remember how she smelled. I mean that sounds a little creepy, but it's true. I wore wild musk from the IDA's um pharmacy until I was twenty three because I just wanted to be like her. And so uh and I decided I want to be a uh a psychologist. So I told my dad that and he was so friggin' excited that I would get out of small town Alberta that he was like, Okay.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this episode and who is the guest?
0:00–9:26
2
How did Jody’s early experiences as a student shape her career path?
9:26–15:16
3
Why does Jody believe kids can only be as okay as the adults in their lives?
15:16–27:43
4
What insights from Jody’s book ‘Kids These Days’ explain the need for reconnection?
27:43–34:11
5
How can educators create meaningful connections with students who have trauma?
34:11–44:17
Speakers
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