{"id":26463,"date":"2026-07-10T19:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/?p=26463"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:05:12","slug":"apws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2026\/07\/10\/apws\/","title":{"rendered":"A Podcast worth sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26463\" class=\"elementor elementor-26463\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42331d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42331d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a383bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-ekits-heading\" data-id=\"a383bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-ekits-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-heading thim-ekit__heading\"><h3 class=\"title\">WHOLE PARENT Podcast - Mary Van Geffen<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class='desc'>\n\t\t\t\t<h4><em><strong>Parenting a SPICY One - Book<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67316a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"67316a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/0Ar3SJ81q0w?si=fuu4vLdf9-lewdL1&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ffdc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0ffdc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The episode centers on parenting coach <strong>Mary Van Geffen<\/strong> and her framework for understanding and supporting <strong>\u201cspicy kids\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 children whose intensity, sensitivity, or oppositional energy makes traditional discipline ineffective. Her message: these kids aren\u2019t <em>misbehaving<\/em>; they\u2019re <em>miscommunicating<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12699e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c12699e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mary Van Geffen\u2019s book <em>Parenting a Spicy One<\/em> argues that strong\u2011willed, deeply feeling kids aren\u2019t problems to fix \u2014 they\u2019re kids with <strong>intense nervous systems<\/strong>, <strong>high autonomy needs<\/strong>, and <strong>justice-driven temperaments<\/strong> who require a different relational approach.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc4b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bc4b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I\u00a0can appreciate the <em>ideas<\/em> without endorsing the personalities: the conversation offers a clarity-driven framework for understanding intensity in children \u2014 one that aligns with your interest in systems thinking, nervous system stewardship, and leadership through calm presence. It\u2019s not about the podcaster or the guest; it\u2019s about the <strong>techniques and associate model concepts<\/strong>: a way of seeing strong-willed kids that doesn\u2019t require breaking their spirit or yours.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db7339 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1db7339\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHOLE PARENT Podcast &#8211; Mary Van Geffen Parenting a SPICY One &#8211; Book https:\/\/youtu.be\/0Ar3SJ81q0w?si=fuu4vLdf9-lewdL1 The episode centers on parenting coach Mary Van Geffen and her framework for understanding and supporting \u201cspicy kids\u201d \u2014 children whose intensity, sensitivity, or oppositional energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[816,821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nd-fl","category-vmnr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26463"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26470,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26463\/revisions\/26470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}