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Natasha Daniels is a child therapist, specialising in OCD and anxiety, and has worked with children and teens and their families for over 15 years. She is the author of How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler, The Grief Rock, Social Skills Activities for Kids, It's Brave to Be Kind, and Anxiety Sucks: A Teen Survival Guide. Natasha is based in Arizona.
On this episode of Talking Truth, Liz talks with Natasha Daniels, anxiety and OCD therapist and author of a new book called “Crushing OCD,” about OCD in children and how it is commonly misdiagnosed. One out of every 200 kids will suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD, that's roughly the same as those with juvenile diabetes! But unlike juvenile diabetes, it can take up to 17 years to receive an OCD diagnosis, that means most children with OCD will go through their entire childhood without proper treatment! The average mental health professional is not trained to assess or treat OCD, creating a gap that has led to children being misdiagnosed with anxiety, ADHD and a variety of other mental health conditions.
Smart, funny, direct, and clear, the best of Natasha Daniels in book form, motivating and empowering children to get on top of even intractable-seeming OCD.
-- Dawn Huebner, PhD, Outsmarting Worry and Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears
A good OCD workbook for kids is best judged by whether it would still be a good workbook for adults and Crushing OCD Workbook for Kids does not disappoint. Daniels skillfully strips away a lot of the unnecessary abstractions that pad adult workbooks and articulates the core concepts to a young audience that just needs the facts. OCD is a thought filtering problem, as she explains, and this filter can be further jammed or effectively unjammed. The book leads with building up an awareness of the reader's strengths and guides them step-by-step through the most effective unjamming tools. Kids who utilize this resource (with or without the guidance of a therapist or parent) will come away inspired to take command of their OCD.
-- Jon Hershfield, LCMFT, Director of the Center for OCD and Anxiety at Sheppard Pratt and author of When a Family Member Has OCD
In her charming, witty, beautifully illustrated and incredibly practical "Crushing OCD Workbook for Kids," experienced clinician Natasha Daniels has distilled powerful evidence-based tools into fun-size nuggets for kids struggling with OCD. This book will empower kids, their parents, and their therapists to learn about and engage in exposure-based practices that will help them kick their OCD to the curb. Make sure you get this book on your bookshelf!
-- Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, Founder and Director, New England Center for OCD and Anxiety (NECOA); Founder and Senior Clinical Consultant, McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (OCDI Jr)
It was a treat to read this book and, without a doubt, it will be of help to many children struggling with OCD. The exercises in each chapter are very well-thought, engaging, and they really guide kids on how to learn and use skills to tackle pesky obsessions! This is a must-have for all families!!
-- Patricia E. Zurita Ona, Psy.D., author of The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
Click here to purchase ----> Crushing OCD by Natasha Daniels
Click here to explore more of Natasha's student Crushing OCD Course curriculum and get started helping your child or teen student use their OCD as a superpower!
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Natasha Daniels is a child therapist, specialising in OCD and anxiety, and has worked with children and teens and their families for over 15 years. She is the author of How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler, The Grief Rock, Social Skills Activities for Kids, It's Brave to Be Kind, and Anxiety Sucks: A Teen Survival Guide. Natasha is based in Arizona.
On this episode of Talking Truth, Liz talks with Natasha Daniels, anxiety and OCD therapist and author of a new book called “Crushing OCD,” about OCD in children and how it is commonly misdiagnosed. One out of every 200 kids will suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD, that's roughly the same as those with juvenile diabetes! But unlike juvenile diabetes, it can take up to 17 years to receive an OCD diagnosis, that means most children with OCD will go through their entire childhood without proper treatment! The average mental health professional is not trained to assess or treat OCD, creating a gap that has led to children being misdiagnosed with anxiety, ADHD and a variety of other mental health conditions.
Smart, funny, direct, and clear, the best of Natasha Daniels in book form, motivating and empowering children to get on top of even intractable-seeming OCD.
-- Dawn Huebner, PhD, Outsmarting Worry and Dr. Dawn's Mini Books About Mighty Fears
A good OCD workbook for kids is best judged by whether it would still be a good workbook for adults and Crushing OCD Workbook for Kids does not disappoint. Daniels skillfully strips away a lot of the unnecessary abstractions that pad adult workbooks and articulates the core concepts to a young audience that just needs the facts. OCD is a thought filtering problem, as she explains, and this filter can be further jammed or effectively unjammed. The book leads with building up an awareness of the reader's strengths and guides them step-by-step through the most effective unjamming tools. Kids who utilize this resource (with or without the guidance of a therapist or parent) will come away inspired to take command of their OCD.
-- Jon Hershfield, LCMFT, Director of the Center for OCD and Anxiety at Sheppard Pratt and author of When a Family Member Has OCD
In her charming, witty, beautifully illustrated and incredibly practical "Crushing OCD Workbook for Kids," experienced clinician Natasha Daniels has distilled powerful evidence-based tools into fun-size nuggets for kids struggling with OCD. This book will empower kids, their parents, and their therapists to learn about and engage in exposure-based practices that will help them kick their OCD to the curb. Make sure you get this book on your bookshelf!
-- Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, Founder and Director, New England Center for OCD and Anxiety (NECOA); Founder and Senior Clinical Consultant, McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (OCDI Jr)
It was a treat to read this book and, without a doubt, it will be of help to many children struggling with OCD. The exercises in each chapter are very well-thought, engaging, and they really guide kids on how to learn and use skills to tackle pesky obsessions! This is a must-have for all families!!
-- Patricia E. Zurita Ona, Psy.D., author of The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD
Click here to purchase ----> Crushing OCD by Natasha Daniels
Click here to explore more of Natasha's student Crushing OCD Course curriculum and get started helping your child or teen student use their OCD as a superpower!
What does it mean to be a man? How do I become one? What are the right things that a woman needs from a godly man? How do I become truly alive? Our mission is to implement Christian-based wilderness programs through which teenaged boys advance on their journey in becoming capable, Christ-centered men. See how Of Mountains & Men use wilderness and outdoor programs to help teenaged boys advance to become Christ-centered men.
Mike Triem discusses many of the things that Steve Overholzer and the other mentors ar Of Mtns & Men impart on their young men that they take in to the field.
To implement a Christian-based wilderness program through which teenaged boys advance on their journey in becoming capable, Christ-centered men. Through the experiences of wilderness canoeing, big game hunting and winter adventures along with biblical discussions about masculinity, teens will obtain outdoor skills, confidence, and an understanding of what a Christian man is.
We’re seeking boys ages 12-17 who are one of the following:
Read the overall strategy and where Mountains and Men plan to be in 20 years. They are growing and doing amazing things to raise up a new generation of young men.
Mike Triem and Maggie Scivicque, Vice President of Marketing with arc Thrift Stores, discuss the new store opening in Parker that officially opens May 16th after their ribbon cutting in the morning. They also talk about how affordable ARC is to purchase sports equipment before spending hundreds of dollars on equipment for a sport the child may not like after one season. Anyone who wants to try a new outdoor activity should start out with arc!
ARC has cheap sports & outdoor supplies that you can always re-donate if your child isn't as enthusiastic as they were last year!
Find your neighborhood ARC Thrift Store here!
"Since 1968, arc Thrift Stores has proudly done our part every day to help make our state the best place to live and work. We are one of Colorado’s largest employers of people with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and many other intellectual and developmental disabilities. We strive to be tireless advocates for those in our community that need us most, as well as to the environment.
AND we happen to have the BEST selection and best prices on thrift ANYWHERE! Every day, in every store, you will find treasures and must-haves at unbeatable value!"
Liz talks with Bill Senyard about his new book titled “Tale of the Unlikely Prince.” Tale of the Unlikely Prince is written for 10–15-year-old Next Gen teens and tweens—and their parents—who are yearning for alternatives to the ever-present stream of confusing and often destructive messages from today’s social media.
This book is patterned after the amazing Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, written for traumatized British youth in the dark wake of WWII. Teenagers will be able to relate to the characters and benefit from the many life lessons. Tale of the Unlikely Prince is part of the Kingdom Quest trilogy.
Look for the next two books coming out later this year—The Storyteller’s Tale, and The Garden Tale.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Can an adopted son of a king become heir to the throne? It seems rather unlikely, but in Dr. Bill Senyard’s Tale of the Unlikely Prince, young Prince Yeled is the adopted prince who must prove his worth to become the heir apparent. In a rebellious onslaught against the king, the beloved natural-born son, Prince Sarshalom, is brutally killed in the rebellion. The king adopts Yeled to replace his son, but is it a replacement that will benefit the royal court and the community itself? Prince Yeled believes he is worthy and he’s determined to prove himself. How? By following a great quest, a heroic one, to prove himself. Can he do it?
Dr. Bill Senyard’s young adult novel, Tale of the Unlikely Prince, is a fantasy told with great flavor in the age-old art of storytelling. There is a storyteller actually sharing this story, the Royal Storyteller, Berenice, and she has a captive audience, both in the book and among readers. The language demonstrates the storyteller’s captivating mannerisms and readers will instantly feel like they belong in the audience in the story itself. The plot follows young Prince Yeled’s adoption, his desire to follow a quest, the quest and adventures themselves, and the resolution. The story promotes life-changing lessons that all young people must face at one time or another, including believing in themselves and never giving up. This adventurous epic fantasy will appeal to young adults and even a few older readers as well.
Mike Triem talks with Bobby Solomon, the Founder of Mentor Me Ministries, about Fatherless Day on Saturday, June 15th. It's a special day for fatherless boys and their entire families.
Call Mentor Me at 1-800-787-5044.
Mentor Me Ministries began in the year 2000, and started with Christian men mentoring fatherless boys in the park. Plyaing ball, having barbecues, fishin and sharing the gospel of Christ!
The Word says that by visiting visiting the fatherless we are practicing "pure religion" before God!
Liz and Andy talk about the story of the woman at the well - John 4:10-17. This passage produces a lot of topics, and preachers all have a different slant, today we'll focus on this woman coming to the well at noon, and her real thirst.
Like the woman at the well, teenage girls know how it feels to want value and resent performing for it. This is why sex before marriage can be so damaging. Who are their "wells?" For what do they thirst? How does Jesus end this thirst? Can this apply to us all?
Dr. Leanna Cinquanta is a philanthropist, motivational speaker, business woman, equestrian and the founder of two organizations, WIN and WIN Life, based in Colorado, USA.
Leanna remembers her father looking into her face and saying, "You can do anything you want to if you want to do it bad enough!" Her life is a testimony of this truth. Her father taught her to fly a plane when she was nine years old and her mom Kathy home-schooled her until high school. By age fourteen she had helped her parents design and build four homes. By sixteen, with a handicapped horse and very little instruction, she became the youngest rider in her region to win a national equestrian championship.
At age fifteen Leanna had a personal experience with Jesus and became a committed follower of Christ. In 1996 she went to northern India and began living directly with the native people in the small towns and villages. She subjected herself to the rigors of a developing nation including drinking putrid water from village wells and surviving on rice and lentils. Seeing her love and willingness to live like one of them, the native people gave her the name “Jyoti” saying “you brought light and hope into our difficult lives.” In 1997 Leanna founded the organization that would become WIN to share the love of Christ and to provide education and a brighter future to needy children. Today, 22 years later, that work has resulted in hundreds of thousands of lives transformed. The story is now a book titled Treasures in Dark Places.
With the founding of WIN in 2019, Leanna is following the heart of God to ignite hope, healing, and transformation across entire communities and nations.
WIN empowers communities to overcome poverty and injustice with sustainable win-win solutions.
Our vision is to see whole communities and nations transformed from poverty and oppression to hope and wholeness.
To use our powerful minds to create culture, technology and business, using these creations to promote peace and human progress.
Christ’s love for the world motivates us to love and serve all people, regardless of race, religion or gender, in the same way He loved and served – selflessly and unconditionally. WIN ignites sustainable impact by empowering people to come together to change their community. We believe that each human being is a precious image-bearer of God, and should have the opportunity to enjoy peace, provision and purpose.
“HEAL THE BROKEN HEARTED… PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES… RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND… SET AT LIBERTY THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED.”
Isaiah 61
We Ignite Nations (WIN) empowers communities into their dreams of economic stability, equality, health and wholeness. WIN enables transformation from lack to plenty, from hopelessness to hope, from fear to faith, from dependency to sustainability and ultimately, from powerlessness to powerful agents of multiplied whole-person prosperity.
Liz talks with Donna Tompkins, Founder and President of LibertyGirls, a grassroots group of like-minded women that started 3 years ago to bring women together after the isolation of COVID lockdowns. Through connection and education, we work to make a positive impact on our communities, during this unprecedented time in history.
“I just decided one day I had had it. I was going to take this negative energy and put it into something constructive, to fight for freedom and my children’s future.”
Liz expands on her previous scripture commentary with Andy Peth where they were talking about not getting our value from anyone but God. She explains what forgiveness is and is not. She also talks about what love looks like and offers some tools and resources for those who have been hurt.
Liz talks with Stephanie Davis, national program director of The Miracle League, about how tragedy in her own family led her to The Miracle League. An organization which serves about 50,000 children and some adults in 320 local Miracle Leagues in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, allows children with disabilities to play baseball “no matter their ability.” Each child is partnered with a “buddy” who helps them by pushing a wheelchair up a baseline or swinging a bat to hit a ball. “Our members help other members, and this often enables them to give the love of Jesus in the wider world.” “I try my best to show the love of Jesus to everyone I serve. I feel like this is the calling that God has given me.”
There is something about playing the game that lights up a person’s eyes. But for children and adults facing serious physical and mental disabilities that opportunity can often be difficult to achieve. Baseball diamonds weren’t exactly designed with wheelchairs and crutches in mind.
The Miracle League removes the barriers that keep children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball field and lets them experience the joy of America’s favorite pastime. Since the main barriers for these adults arise from the natural grass fields used in conventional leagues, Miracle League teams play on a custom-designed, rubberized turf field that accommodates wheelchairs and other assertive devices while helping to prevent injuries.
But it’s more than playing a game. The Miracle League is about making new friends, building self-esteem and being treated just like other athletes. To help the athletes, the Miracle League uses a “buddy” system – pairing each player with an able-bodied peer. The result is a bond that cannot be described. The Miracle League serves children and adults who suffer from any physical or mental disabilities, which causes them to be excluded, whether intentionally or not, from conventional Baseball leagues.
The first Miracle League field opened in Conyers, Georgia in April 2000. Word spread and by 2002, fields opened in South Carolina, Alabama, West Virginia, Illinois, and California. There are presently 350 plus Miracle League Organizations across the country including Puerto Rico and Canada, while serving 450,000 plus children and adults.
The Miracle League has an aggressive plan to help local communities build Miracle League complexes around the globe.
Our players may not be able to run the bases or hit the ball as well as some of their peers, but they have an equal amount of love and determination to play baseball. We want to help them achieve that dream.
