Episode 302: How to Set Your Child—and Yourself—Up for a Healthy School Year with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Raising Boys & Girls

That Sounds Fun Network

Parenting, Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Dr. Caroline Leaf is a clinical and research Neuroscientist who specializes in Psychoneurobiology, the science of how the mind can change the brain. She’s known for pioneering techniques that help people manage stress, overcome trauma and break toxic thought patterns. Through her bestselling books like Switch on Your Brain and her Podcast Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, she offers practical tools for building mental clarity and emotional well being. And You all Buckle up for this episode, because Dr. Leaf has so much rich wisdom, practical information and she jumps right in! Follow Dr. Caroline Leaf on ⁠Instagram⁠ . . . . . ⁠Owen Learns He Has What it Takes: A Lesson in Resilience⁠ ⁠Lucy Learns to Be Brave: A Lesson in Courage⁠⁠ Grab your tickets today for the⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Raising Capable Kids Conference⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with David Thomas, Sissy Goff and special guests! Sign up to receive the⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠monthly newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to keep up to date with where David and Sissy are speaking, where they are taco'ing, PLUS conversation starters for you and your family to share! Connect with David, Sissy, and Melissa at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raisingboysandgirls.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . . . . . If you would like to partner with Raising Boys and Girls as a podcast sponsor, fill out our⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise with us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form. A special thank you to our sponsors: EVERYDAY DOSE: Get 45% off your first subscription order of 30-servings of Coffee+ or Bold+. You’ll also receive a starter kit with over $100 in free gifts including a rechargeable frother and gunmetal serving spoon by going to everydaydose.com/RGB or entering RGB at checkout. You’ll also get FREE gifts throughout the year! JOLIE: Jolie will give you your best skin & hair guaranteed. Head to jolieskinco.com/RBG to try it out for yourself with FREE shipping. QUINCE: Give your summer closet an upgrade—with Quince. Go to ⁠Quince.com/rbg⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. THRIVE MARKET: Skip the junk without overspending. Head over to ⁠ThriveMarket.com/rbg⁠ to get 30% off your first order and a FREE $60 gift. NIV APPLICATION BIBLE: Save an additional 10% on any NIV Application Bible and NIV Application Commentary Resources by visiting FAITHGATEWAY.COM/NIVAB and using promo code RBG. BOLL & BRANCH: Feel the difference an extraordinary night’s sleep can make with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off plus free shipping on your first set of sheets at BollAndBranch dot com slash RAISING. That’s Boll and Branch, b-o-l-l-a-n-d branch dot com slash RAISING to save 15% and unlock free shipping. Exclusions apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, I'm so excited about what's happening in September. Tell folks. September 13th, you all,
0:07.9	our first ever raising boys and girls parenting conference called Raising Capable Kids.
0:13.9	We're going to have all brand new content. You and I are going to teach multiple times that day.
0:18.3	We've got some incredible friends we've invited. Good food, great
0:22.1	coffee, all the ingredients for a perfect day. Tickets are going fast. Hop on to raising boys and girls.com.
0:28.9	Link in the show notes Boys and Girls podcast.
0:46.5	I'm Sissy Gough.
0:47.7	And I'm David Thomas, and we're so glad you've joined us for this conversation.
0:52.3	Let's dive in.
0:58.0	Okay. glad you've joined us for this conversation. Let's dive in. Dr. Caroline Leif is a clinical and research neuroscientist who specializes in psychoneurobiology,
1:05.0	the science of how the mind can change the brain. She's known for pioneering techniques that help people manage stress,
1:11.8	overcome trauma, and break toxic thought patterns. Through her best-selling books like Switch
1:17.3	on Your Brain and her podcast, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, she offers practical tools for
1:22.5	building mental clarity and emotional well-being. And you all buckle up for this episode because Dr. Leif has so much
1:30.2	rich wisdom, practical information, and she jumps right in. Dr. Leap, we are so delighted to have you on.
1:37.8	We both have admired your work for years and are so excited for you to be a part of our series on
1:44.1	Back to School. So we'd love to jump right in.
1:47.7	Okay. You talk a lot about helping kids clean up their mental mess. What does that actually look like in daily life for a child heading back to school?
1:56.0	We can learn to manage your mind. It's okay to not be okay. It's okay if mom and dad loses their temper,
2:01.1	but they don't stay losing their temper. They've got a solution. So it's okay if I get a little bit upset, but it's not a cave I stay there. It's not okay. My big sister says, there's a way to get through this as opposed to, oh my gosh, there's a behavioral problem, they suppress it, They're messing around.
1:58.1	It goes into the school environment.
2:00.4	They get labeled with ADHD.
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