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The Psychology Podcast

Lea Waters || Strengths-Based Parenting

The Psychology Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Science

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Professor Lea Waters, PhD is an Australian academic, researcher, psychologist, author and speaker contributing to the field of Positive Psychology. Most people see improvements as eliminating what's wrong with us, but Lea's work in Positive Psychology expands what we mean by improvement and growth. Her latest book, The Strength Switch, offers parents resources to better build the strengths of young people. In our conversation, we talk about how Lea has used her strengths in research and storytelling to help parents recognize what biases might be influencing how they parent, and offer techniques for making the switch to a strengths-based approach. We also dive deeper into the benefits of a strengths-approach by exploring such questions as: How do we identify our child's strengths? How can we tell when a strength is underused? How can we condition ourselves to stop focusing on weaknesses? What is the difference between strengths of talent and strengths of character, and how can each be used in a strengths-based approach to parenting? What is the importance of communication? This episode is for the parents that listen to the podcast. We hope that this is a thought provoking episode, and that you walk away with both the desire to shift your attention towards building your child's strengths and the desire to use the tools to get there. There’s a ton of strategies here and we had a lot of fun recording the episode. Relevant Links: More info on the book, to register for Lea's forthcoming Strength-Based Parenting Online course, and for other free resources. [Free Resource] Glossary of Strengths [Free resource] Strength-Based Quiz Lea's website Lea's twitter Link to episode on communication with Alan Alda (mentioned) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.

0:08.0

Each episode will feature a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.

0:14.4

Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.

0:17.6

Thanks for listening and enjoy the best. So today I'm really excited to have Professor Lee Waters on the podcast.

0:41.9

Lee's an Australian academic researcher, psychologist, author, and speaker who specializes in

0:47.2

positive education, parenting, and organizations.

0:51.2

Waters holds the Jerry Higgins chair in positive psychology at the Center for

0:56.1

Positive Psychology at Melbourne Graduate School of Education at University of Melbourne.

1:01.4

Her latest book, The Strength Switch,

1:04.3

offers parents and educators free resources

1:07.0

to better build the strengths of young people.

1:10.0

Lee, it's just so awesome to have you on the podcast today.

1:13.0

It's wonderful to be here.

1:15.0

Thanks for having me, Scott.

1:16.0

We've been planning this for a long time.

1:18.0

We have.

1:19.0

Isn't it good to see when a dream comes true?

1:21.0

Oh, yes, yes.

1:23.0

Well, the real dream here is that you publish this book.

1:26.6

You did it.

1:27.7

Now, how does that feel to actually

1:30.4

have that come to fruition after so long in the planning stages and writing stages.

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