Struggling with screen time, online safety, or other tech battles at home? It might not be about increasing control. In this episode, Elaine and Diane explore how shifting from fear to curiosity, and prohibition to cooperation, can help kids build healthy, sustainable relationships with technology. Press play to learn how communication and empowerment can change everything.

What to expect in this episode:

● How to build a healthy relationship with tech beyond setting screen limits

● Why agreements work better than rules for managing technology use

● How to stop treating technology as the enemy in your home

● How (and why) to shift from control to long-term self-management

● Strategies for navigating tech use and school work without constant conflict

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"Cognitive Ergonomics from the Inside Out" – A New ADHD Intervention

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Not every student is ready to go straight from high school to college—and that doesn’t mean they are falling behind. In this episode, Jason Sarouhan explains how taking intentional time after high school can help neurodiverse young adults build confidence, resilience, intention, and real-world skills before taking their next step. Tune in to explore a more flexible, growth-centered path for your graduating teen.

What to expect in this episode:

● What a gap year really is—and why it is more than just taking time off

● How intentionality, structure, mentorship, and peer relationships shape a strong gap year experience

● Why neurodiverse students may need to stretch, not stress, in their next step after high school

● How experiential learning can reveal both what young adults want—and what they do not want

● What role parents can take in supporting exploration without forcing their own agenda

About Jason Sarouhan

Jason Sarouhan is a leader with the Gap Year Association, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting access to meaningful gap-year opportunities that foster personal growth, experiential learning, and global citizenship. Through his work, Jason helps students and families understand how structured gap year experiences, such as travel, service, internships, and independent projects, can build resilience, self-awareness, and real-world skills before entering college or the workforce. He advocates intentional gap-year planning that supports both personal development and long-term educational success.

Connect with Jason

● Website: Gap Year Association

● Instagram: @gapyearassociation

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"Cognitive Ergonomics from the Inside Out" – A New ADHD Intervention

Do you recognize current ADHD interventions fall short? At DIG Coaching, we've developed a groundbreaking field of engineering called Cognitive Ergonomics from the Inside Out. Discover a fresh approach to ADHD care that looks beyond traditional methods.

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Waiting until the last-minute panic hits to finally get things done? In this episode, Dr. Kourosh Dini explores why urgency isn’t the only way to activate focus with ADHD. Learn how using pause, play, interest, and agency can replace force-based productivity with something more sustainable and self-trusting. Press play to discover a calmer, connected, and more intuitive way to engage with your work and your life.

What to expect in this episode:

● Why the pause helps emotions crystallize into clearer thinking and better decisions

● How a one-breath “visit” can reduce avoidance and rebuild self-trust

● What PINCH motivators (play, interest, novelty, and connection) do for ADHD brains that urgency cannot

● How supporting autonomy strengthens agency and authentic engagement that lasts , especially for teens and young adults

About Kourosh Dini, MD
Dr. Kourosh helps “wandering minds” such as creatives, the anxious, and those with ADHD move from feeling like they have to force themselves to work toward engaging at their own pace while still meeting deadlines. Having navigated his own challenges with focus and productivity, he developed an approach that allows work to feel genuine, meaningful, and even playful. As a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, musician, father, and husband, he now teaches his students and clients how to build sustainable focus rooted in agency rather than urgency.

Connect with Kourosh

● Website: Waves of Focus

● Instagram: @kouroshdinimd

● Podcast: Rhythms of Focus

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"Cognitive Ergonomics from the Inside Out" – A New ADHD Intervention

Do you recognize current ADHD interventions fall short? At DIG Coaching, we've developed a groundbreaking field of engineering called Cognitive Ergonomics from the Inside Out. Discover a fresh approach to ADHD care that looks beyond traditional methods.

Learn more at www.cognitive-ergonomics.com