How children must find their identity

Break 1

Healthy patterns of emotional resilience

Break 2

Why not video games?

How children must find their identity before they find technology. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, the country’s foremost technology addiction expert and professor of neurophysiology, joins Trending with Timmerie. (1:22) How to create healthy patterns of emotional resilience and self-control. (30:01) Why not video games? (41:18)


Resources mentioned: 

www.drkardaras.com

 

Book Digital Madness 

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250278500/digital-madness 

 

Book Glow Kids https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250146557/glowkids 

 

Omega Recovery effectively treats young people struggling with substance addiction, mental health and/or tech addiction issue.

https://omegarecovery.org/

 

Screen Strong 

https://screenstrong.com/

How children must find their identity before they find technology. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, the country&rsquo;s foremost technology addiction expert and professor of neurophysiology, joins Trending with Timmerie. (1:22) How to create healthy patterns of emotional resilience and self-control. (30:01) Why not video games? (41:18)
 Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.drkardaras.com/">www.drkardaras.com</a>
&nbsp;
Book Digital Madness&nbsp;
<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250278500/digital-madness">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250278500/digital-madness</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Book Glow Kids <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250146557/glowkids">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250146557/glowkids</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Omega Recovery effectively treats young people struggling with substance addiction, mental health and/or tech addiction issue.
<a href="https://omegarecovery.org/">https://omegarecovery.org/</a>
&nbsp;
Screen Strong&nbsp;
<a href="https://screenstrong.com/">https://screenstrong.com/</a>

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Developing Our Identity

Why we all need to stop being transgender 

Why you should read to your kids 

Cultivate your relationships 

Author Joy Pullmann, executive editor of The Federalist, joins Trending with Timmerie. 

 

Episode Guide
Why we all need to stop being transgender (2:07)
Why you should read to your kids & a classic book list for children (22:33)
Cultivate your relationships (42:07)

Resources mentioned: 

 

Western Culture Isn't Feminized, It's Transgender: 

https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/western-culture-isnt-feminized-its-transgender/ 

 

Annie Oakley (1935 film)

 

Classic Books For Young Children – Age 3-9

https://payhip.com/b/R1JL 

 

300 Classic Books for Ages 9 to Adult 

https://payhip.com/b/ZT5Wd 

 

Saint George and the Dragon:

https://www.amazon.com/Saint-George-Dragon-Margaret-Hodges/dp/0780703138/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 

 

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall:

https://www.amazon.com/Ox-Cart-Man-Donald-Hall/dp/0140504419 

Author Joy Pullmann, executive editor of The Federalist, joins Trending with Timmerie.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>Why we all need to stop being transgender (2:07)</li>
<li>Why you should read to your kids &amp; a classic book list for children (22:33)</li>
<li>Cultivate your relationships (42:07)</li>
</ul>
Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Western Culture Isn't Feminized, It's Transgender:&nbsp;
<a href="https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/western-culture-isnt-feminized-its-transgender/">https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/20/western-culture-isnt-feminized-its-transgender/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Annie Oakley (1935 film)
&nbsp;
Classic Books For Young Children &ndash; Age 3-9
<a href="https://payhip.com/b/R1JL">https://payhip.com/b/R1JL</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://payhip.com/b/ZT5Wd">300 Classic Books for Ages 9 to Adult</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://payhip.com/b/ZT5Wd">https://payhip.com/b/ZT5Wd</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Saint-George-Dragon-Margaret-Hodges/dp/0780703138/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0">Saint George and the Dragon</a>:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Saint-George-Dragon-Margaret-Hodges/dp/0780703138/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0">https://www.amazon.com/Saint-George-Dragon-Margaret-Hodges/dp/0780703138/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ox-Cart-Man-Donald-Hall/dp/0140504419">Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall</a>:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ox-Cart-Man-Donald-Hall/dp/0140504419">https://www.amazon.com/Ox-Cart-Man-Donald-Hall/dp/0140504419</a>&nbsp;

Why we all need to stop being transgender

Difficult Conversations: principles for listen

Acknowledging Pain

Would someone know I am Catholic by my actions

How we bring back the neighborhood 

Dr. Gregory Bottaro – Catholic psychologist, author, and founder of the CatholicPsych Institute joins Trending with Timmerie

 

Episode Guide
Difficult Conversations: principles for listening that transform a conversation. (1:26)
Acknowledging Pain: How do we acknowledge another person's pain and help move them from despair toward healing? (23:00)
Would someone know I am Catholic by my actions? (36:43)
How we bring back the neighborhood (46:39)

 

Resources mentioned: 

 

Catholicpsych Institute 

https://catholicpsych.com/ 

 

Book: The Power of Listening Well: How Holy Curiosity Can Build Trust and Restore Relationships 

https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-power-of-listening-well/ 

 

Laughter, Facing Fears, & Morning Prayer Routines

https://relevantradio.com/2021/04/laughter-facing-fears-morning-prayer-routines/ 

 

Bringing back the neighborhood - video 

https://x.com/Katy_Faust/status/2076677519542300695 

 

Dr. Gregory Bottaro &ndash; Catholic psychologist, author, and founder of the CatholicPsych Institute joins Trending with Timmerie
&nbsp;
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>Difficult Conversations: principles for listening that transform a conversation. (1:26)</li>
<li>Acknowledging Pain: How do we acknowledge another person's pain and help move them from despair toward healing? (23:00)</li>
<li>Would someone know I am Catholic by my actions? (36:43)</li>
<li>How we bring back the neighborhood (46:39)</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Resources mentioned:&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Catholicpsych Institute&nbsp;
<a href="https://catholicpsych.com/">https://catholicpsych.com/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Book: The Power of Listening Well: How Holy Curiosity Can Build Trust and Restore Relationships&nbsp;
<a href="https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-power-of-listening-well/">https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-power-of-listening-well/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Laughter, Facing Fears, &amp; Morning Prayer Routines
<a href="https://relevantradio.com/2021/04/laughter-facing-fears-morning-prayer-routines/">https://relevantradio.com/2021/04/laughter-facing-fears-morning-prayer-routines/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Bringing back the neighborhood - video&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/Katy_Faust/status/2076677519542300695">https://x.com/Katy_Faust/status/2076677519542300695</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;

Listening When Conversations Get Hard

Motherhood scripted as a risk

Rethinking how we support new mothers

Feminism reshapes female psychology 

Dr. Hannah Spier joins Trending with Timmerie. A Norwegian-born psychiatrist and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist based in Zurich, she dissects how liberal narratives, pop-therapy fads, and identity politics have reshaped the mental health field.

Episode Guide
Motherhood scripted as a risk and framed as a psychiatric diagnosis through postpartum depression (2:49)
Rethinking how we support new mothers (25:37)
How feminism reshapes female psychology and common sense (37:21)

Resources Mentioned
Dr. Hannah Spier
https://hannahspier.substack.com/podcast
Article: How Motherhood Became a Diagnosis
https://substack.com/@psychobabblewithspier/p-176354823

Dr. Hannah Spier joins Trending with Timmerie. A Norwegian-born psychiatrist and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist based in Zurich, she dissects how liberal narratives, pop-therapy fads, and identity politics have reshaped the mental health field.
Episode Guide
<ul>
<li>Motherhood scripted as a risk and framed as a psychiatric diagnosis through postpartum depression (2:49)</li>
<li>Rethinking how we support new mothers (25:37)</li>
<li>How feminism reshapes female psychology and common sense (37:21)</li>
</ul>
Resources Mentioned
<ul>
<li>Dr. Hannah Spier <a href="https://hannahspier.substack.com/podcast">https://hannahspier.substack.com/podcast</a></li>
<li>Article: How Motherhood Became a Diagnosis <a href="https://substack.com/@psychobabblewithspier/p-176354823">https://substack.com/@psychobabblewithspier/p-176354823</a></li>
</ul>

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