TPP 499: Stephanie Malia Krauss Shares Insights Into How We Thrive
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the main purpose of “How We Thrive” and why does it matter now?
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I'm Debbie Reber, and this is Full Tilt Parenting. Today we're talking about what it really means to thrive in a world that often feels overwhelming for our kids and for us. Back for the third time on the show is Stephanie Malia Krauss, an author, speaker, and strategist whose new book, How We Thrive Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World, is just so good. I had a chance to read an advanced copy. And I really loved it. It explores the urgent need to protect the human essentials, things like sleep, play, connection, and wonder that modern life so often erodes, so that we can re-human how we live, learn, and parent. Stephanie's work began in the classroom where she saw firsthand how environments can either deplete or restore people, and now she advises leaders.
Years from classrooms to Congress through her consulting work at first quarter strategies. I can almost guarantee you're gonna feel more grounded just listening to this one as Stephanie will share some practical and doable ways to navigate overwhelm and make small shifts in daily life that can help families move from merely surviving to truly thriving. This really is the conversation we all need to hear right now. So here's Stephanie Malia Krause on how we thrive. Hey Stephanie, welcome back to the podcast.
Thanks, Debbie. I could not be more excited to be here with you.
I'm always happy when I your name pops up on my calendar. I'm like, oh, I get to talk to Stephanie today. So this is gonna be a good conversation. And I wanna kind of set the stage for us, if you will. So the last time you were on the show, it was to talk about your book, Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn, and Thrive. So you have a brand new book out called How We Thrive. I was thinking about how typically authors write a book for adults and then it's like translated for younger readers, like the seven habits of success or the don't sweat the small stuff for teens. I was thinking about your book.
How did Stephanie’s experience as a teacher and coach lead to the origin story of the book?
I'm like, you kind of did the opposite because you wrote the book for parents to help their kids. And now you've widened it out and you're bringing us into the loop as adults. So I'd love to know the origin story for this book. Like why did you decide this is gonna be the next thing that you focused on?
It's a really good question. I think to understand it, we have to go back one more book, which is when you and I first met, which was called Making It. And it was about what young people needed to be ready for the future. And it dropped in 2021 when all of our households were homeschools and we were shut in in the earlier days of the pandemic. And so I went on this virtual book tour, including coming on your podcast, and was talking all about the future and what kids needed to be ready and heard from parents and teachers and coaches and counselors that they were worried that their kids weren't well. And the real concern was how can we talk about what they need to be ready for the future? if we're really concerned they might burn out before they get there.
And so I wrote Whole Child, Whole Life. the world had opened back up. I went out on a real tour, both virtually and in person, on stages and in classrooms and school buildings and parenting groups and I surveyed every single group that I spoke to and I asked the same three questions. How are your kids? How are their families? And how are you doing? And what was Striking because it reflected my own interior, but also alarming, was that every single community I spoke to, no matter where it was geographically, no matter sort of the demographics of the place, everyone said kids and us, the grown-ups, were all overwhelmed, overloaded, stressed, and exhausted.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main purpose of “How We Thrive” and why does it matter now?
0:00–2:31
2
How did Stephanie’s experience as a teacher and coach lead to the origin story of the book?
2:31–7:06
3
What does “rehumaning” mean and how can it help families reconnect with basic human needs?
7:06–12:59
4
Which four human essentials (body, mind, heart, spirit) are essential for thriving, and why are they equal?
12:59–20:34
5
What simple, everyday shifts (sleep, play, food, movement) can families make to move from surviving to thriving?
20:34–26:54
6
How can technology—like AI and digital tools—support healthy habits without adding to overwhelm?
26:54–35:20
7
What practical advice does Stephanie give for parents feeling depleted or burned‑out?
35:20–38:42
Speakers
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