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Playful Connection Podcast
This is a podcast where a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in working with children and teens will be discussing practical and effective ways for adults to connect with children and teenagers using therapeutic techniques inspired by play therapy. These episodes will come in the form of simple steps of research based skills that you can implement today in order to better connect more meaningfully with the children and teens in your life!
Episodes
52 episodes
51: How to Engage in Storytelling if You Don’t Feel Creative
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips on how to engage in storytelling, even if creativity isn’t your forte.1. Make Up a “Tag Team” Story2. Retell Real-Life Even...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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7:13
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50: Biggest Lessons Learned from 50 Episodes
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will go over the top 5 lessons learned from the first 50 episodes of Playful Connection, as well as reflecting on how implementing these lessons will strengthen your relationship wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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16:24
49: How to Encourage Children and Teens to be Creative
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on how to implement more specific and playful ways to incorporate and encourage creativity in the lives of children and teens.1. Create an Op...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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8:33
48: What is an Affirmation Routine?
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips on different affirmation routines, along with examples of how to playfully incorporate them into your daily life with your children or...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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9:19
47: How to Get Rid of Shame Talk
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical ways to avoid shame talk in your interactions with the children and teens in your life, as well as some examples of each tip.1. Avoi...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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7:38
46: Importance of Self-Reflection
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical tips of how to teach self-reflection to your children and teens and strengthen your bond with them.1. Feelings Journal2. Three Good Things ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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9:07
45: Problem-Solving through Play
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips of playful ways to teach problem-solving skills that will also help strengthen your connection and relationship with them.1. Gu...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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7:49
44: Power of Non-Verbal Communication
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on how to apply non-verbal communication in positive ways, and how applying these tips will help strengthen your connection with the children or tee...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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6:42
43: Open-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on how to use open-ended questions and avoid the trap of using closed-ended, or yes/no questions, and how applying these tips will help increase you...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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7:18
42: What Does Being Present Look Like?
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple ways on how to become more present with the children and teens in your life.1. Limit Distractions2. Engage in Their Interests3. Reflect an...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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7:19
41: How to Clearly Set Boundaries
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips of how to clearly and playfully set boundaries with children and teens.1. Use Visual Cues to Reinforce Boundaries2. Use La...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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7:19
40: Power of Consistency
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips on how to develop more consistency in your daily life and how applying these tips will help strengthen your relationship with children...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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6:24
39: How to Promote Positive Self-Talk
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips on ways that you can implement playful ways to promote positive self-talk with children and teens in your life.1. Role-Playing Scenarios2. Aff...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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7:00
38: Fostering Emotional Regulation
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips that can be applied at home to help your child or teen build emotional regulation skills and foster emotional growth and intelligence.
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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7:48
37: Using Play to Problem-Solve
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four practical and simple tips on how to problem solve using play, as well as how each tip will help you connect more with children and teens.1. Role-Playing Scena...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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9:48
36: Using Play to Explore Feelings
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple and practical tips of ways to use play to explore feelings with children and teens, as well as how each tip is helpful.1. Art-Based Play2. Emotion ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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7:01
35: Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple tips that you can implement today to start the journey of cultivating emotional intelligence in the lives of children and teens.1. Teach Emotion Labeli...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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7:48
34: Power of Sharing Your Own Feelings
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will share four simple, yet powerful tips on how to share your own feelings with children and teens, as well as how applying these tips will help strengthen your connection with them...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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5:52
33: Empathetic Questions
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four empathetic questions, how they’re helpful, and examples of when to use them.1. "What do you think would make you feel better?"2. "What was the hardest p...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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6:00
32: Power of Validation
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four tips that can be implemented today to help the children and teens in your life experience the power of validation.1. Acknowledge Their Emotions2. Listen...
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Episode 32
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7:12
31: Emotion Regulation Tools
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips that will help provide emotional regulation tools to your child or teen.1. Grounding Exercises2. Visualization3. Movement ...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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7:51
30: Healthy Communication
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of what healthy communication is, some examples of healthy communication, and how implementing these tips will foster growth in your relat...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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5:30
29: Play with Teenagers
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of how to engage in play with the teenagers in your life, what that engagement looks like, and how it can help foster growth in your...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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5:16
28: Building an Emotional Vocabulary
In this episode of the Playful Connection Podcast, Eddie Shin will explore four simple and practical tips of how to make building an emotional vocabulary fun for your children and teens, including examples as to how you can implement these tips...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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7:11