Healing Through Natural Highs

Healing Through Natural Highs

Guests: Co-owners of Crossroads Academy, Sam Dahlin and Derek Bowles to talked about the differences and similarities between getting high and natural highs.

Executive Functioning in Emerging Adults

Guest: Parth Gandhi, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in the clinical assessment of adolescents and young adults, explained how Executive Function skills can determine if a young adult will be successfully independent.

Bully Proofing You!

Guest: Jeanie Cisco-Meth, the author of "Bully Proofing You" talked about her book and how her own personal attacks by bullies prompted her to write this self-help book and to share her secrets for bully proofing your life and how to take the initiative to build your self-character, to prevent and deal with bullying and how to deal with bullies face to face, often a terrifying thing to do.

Are Parents Too Anxious?

Guest: Alexis Avila, the founder of Prepped and Polished, a tutoring and test preparation educational service for kids. Alexis shared his insight into the world of college and boarding school preparation, the families and students who seek help and the pressures and anxieties both parents and students are under.

Internet Trolls? They Go With the Territory

Guest: Richard Reeve, the Head of School at Allynwood, Hancock, NY, explains what exactly a troll does and how in the world does this term have anything to do with our show? Particularly, we are not talking about the ugly, mythical cave dweller of folklore, but rather a 21st century person who likes to start arguments, or post inflammatory messages in an online community like a chat room, a forum or a blog. Perhaps by accident or deliberate, these trolls provoke readers into an emotional response or even take part in online harassment.