TPP 499: Stephanie Malia Krauss Shares Insights Into How We Thrive

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today we’re talking about what it really means to thrive in a world that often feels overwhelming—for our kids and for us. My guest is Stephanie Malia Krauss, author, speaker, and strategist whose new book How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World explores the urgent need to protect the human essentials—things like sleep, play, connection, and wonder—that modern life so often erodes. Stephanie and I explore the idea of “rehumaning” how we live, learn, and parent. We talk about the interconnectedness of body, mind, heart, and spirit, and the importance of collective care in raising kids in today’s world. Stephanie shares practical, grounded ways to navigate overwhelm and make small shifts in daily life that can help families move from merely surviving to truly thriving. About Stephanie Malia Krauss Stephanie Malia Krauss is an author, speaker, and strategist helping leaders rehuman how we live, learn, and work. Her newest book, How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World, examines the urgent need to protect the human essentials—like sleep, play, connection, and wonder—that modern life diminishes or denies. Stephanie's commitment to this work began as a teacher and coach, where she witnessed how different environments can deplete or restore people. She later founded a school for young people furthest from opportunity, and now leads national and state efforts in education and youth development. Working with leaders from classrooms to Congress, Stephanie advises states, districts, and national organizations through her consulting shop, First Quarter Strategies. Stephanie is also the author of Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Lives, Learn, and Thrive and Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World. Things you'll learn from this episode Why collective care and community are essential antidotes to modern overwhelm and burnout How the practice of rehumaning helps us reconnect with our core human needs Why honoring the interconnectedness of body, mind, heart, and spirit is key to real resilience How small, intentional shifts in daily rhythms can meaningfully improve family well-being Why thriving means living in full animation—rooted in love, belonging, and advocacy—not just enduring Resources mentioned How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World by Stephanie Malia Krauss Rehumaning Childhood (Stephanie’s Substack) Rehumaning website Geoffrey Cohen on Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides (Stanford Digital Education) Stephanie Malia Krauss’ website Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Kids Live, Learn, and Thrive by Stephanie Malia Krauss Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World by Stephanie Malia Krauss Whole Child, Whole Life website How We Can Prepare Differently Wired Children for an Uncharted Future, with Stephanie Malia Krauss (Tilt Parenting Podcast) How to Help Our Kids Thrive in Tough Times, with Stephanie Malia Krauss (Tilt Parenting Podcast) Making It: What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World by Stephanie Krauss Dr. Eric Soto-Shed (Harvard researcher) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.0	I'm Debbie Reber and this is full-tilt parenting. Today we're talking about what it really means
0:38.1	to thrive in a world that often feels overwhelming for our kids and for us. Back for the third time
0:44.6	on the show is Stephanie Malia Krause, an author, speaker and strategist whose new book, How We Thrive,
0:52.1	caring for kids and ourselves in a Changing World is just so good.
0:56.3	I had a chance to read an advanced copy, and I really loved it. It explores the urgent need
1:01.6	to protect the human essentials, things like sleep, play, connection, and wonder that
1:07.7	modern life so often erodes so that we can re-human how we live, learn, and parent.
1:14.6	Stephanie's work began in the classroom where she saw firsthand how environments can either deplete
1:20.2	or restore people. And now she advises leaders from classrooms to Congress through her
1:25.7	consulting work at first quarter strategies. I can almost
1:29.1	guarantee you're going to feel more grounded just listening to this one, as Stephanie will share
1:34.0	some practical and doable ways to navigate overwhelm and make small shifts in daily life that can
1:39.3	help families move from merely surviving to truly thriving. This really is the conversation we all need to hear
1:47.0	right now. So here's Stephanie Malia Krause on how we thrive. Hey Stephanie, welcome back to the
1:54.7	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 going to be a good conversation. And I want to 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.
2:19.0	So you have a brand new book out called How We Thrive.
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