Cultivating Excellence Podcast
Cultivating Excellence Podcast
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Cultivating Excellence is the podcast for professional parents who are passionate about their children's education, success, and happiness. Your host, Dr. Rebecca Resnik, Licensed Psychologist, brings you some of the 'best and brightest' experts from psychology and education for lively conversations about raising kids in an age that is increasingly complex and competitive.
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The show focuses on key topics such as giftedness assessments, competitive college admissions, and effective learning strategies, with episodes providing expert insights on IQ testing for giftedness, achieving mastery in academics through innovative tutoring approaches, and navigating standardized testing for college acceptance.
Cultivating Excellence is the podcast for professional parents who are passionate about their children’s education, success, and happiness. Your host, Dr. Rebecca Resnik, Licensed Psychologist, brings you some of the ‘best and brightest’ experts from psychology and education for lively conversations about raising kids in an age that is increasingly complex and competitive.
Iuri’s website is chock full of videos, podcasts, advice, and positive wisdom for your whole family https://www.iuritmelo.com
Both parents and educators can sign up for School Pulse, a phone based mental health intervention for teens that combines clinical expertise with cool tech https://schoolpulse.com/
Iuri’s books–Mind Over Gray Matter: Training the Mind to Heal the Brain and Know Thy Selfie: Tips, Tricks and Tools for an Awesome Life (for teens)
Iuri and I also discussed the powerful ideas of Dr. John and Julie Gottman. The Gottmans were pioneers in studying relationships, and what specifically makes them positive or negative. Check out their parenting website https://www.gottman.com/parenting/
We also mentioned a fabulous book called The Anxious Generation by Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a must read for every post pandemic parent!
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