ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Mindshift isn't just another education podcast – it's your go-to guide for revolutionary perspectives on raising, teaching, and empowering the next generation. Join hosts Dr. Christopher Villarreal and Dr. Deb Anderson as they tackle real challenges facing families and educators today, bringing you straight talk from experts who've been in the trenches. Whether you're a parent navigating screen time, a teacher seeking fresh strategies, or anyone invested in youth success, Mindshift delivers the aha moments you've been searching for. Because sometimes the best solution starts with a shift in perspective.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
16 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
57 episodes
since Jan. 13, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Every parent remembers the first day of kindergarten, but few of us actually know what it felt like from the other side of the classroom door. In this premiere episode of a new season of Mindshift, host Dr. Christopher Villarreal sits down with kindergartner Noah just days after his first week of s…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What does it really mean to support kids at home, at school, and everywhere in between? In this season finale, host Dr. Christopher Villarreal revisits the conversations that resonated most from this season of Mindshift. From a first-grade teacher's story about a student who learned to name hi…
What Parents Need to Know About School Transitions
Jessica Prusha, assistant principal at PLSHS, and Joel Bails, assistant principal at PLHS, join hosts Dr. Christopher Villarreal and Dr. Deb Anderson to pull back the curtain on what schools are already doing to help students navigate the move from…
More Than Followers: Building a Real Career in Social Media
"It's not that easy." That's Sophie Denker's answer when her parents ask if she's getting paid from social media yet, and it's also the starting point for a much bigger conversation. The PLSHS grad and at…
Parenting: The Small Shift That Changes Everything
What if the small shift that changes everything in your parenting has nothing to do with your kids? In this episode, Dr. Christopher Villarreal and Dr. Deb Anderson talk with Erin Bagwell, a licensed clinical social worker and mental health profess…
What's Really Behind What Your Kids Learn at School
For most parents, curriculum is invisible. Kids go to school, take classes, and that's that. But the decisions behind what your children learn, when it changes, and how teachers deliver it involve a process most families never see.
In th…
Teen Substance Use: Why 'Just Say No' Doesn't Work Anymore
Teen substance use looks different than it did a generation ago. Today's adolescents are increasingly turning to substances to self-medicate anxiety and depression—not just to party. In this episode, clinical psychologis…
Is Your Student Ready for AP? What Parents Need to Know
What does it really mean when your student signs up for an Advanced Placement course? Dr. Julee Sauer, Director of Curriculum and Secondary Education for Papillion La Vista Community Schools (and a former AP English teacher) joins hosts Dr. Ch…
The Role of Conflict in Raising Resilient Kids
Every parent dreads hearing "I hate you" from their child. In this episode, hosts Dr. Christopher Villarreal and Dr. Deb Anderson sit down with Dr. Ashley Harlow, a licensed psychologist at Children's Nebraska, to unpack the moments of p…
When Your Whole Identity Changes: A Story of Loss and Recovery
How long am I going to feel this way?" That's the first question everyone asks when grief turns their life inside out. Everyone told Dr. Deb Anderson a year. It wasn't a year. Ten years after an unexpected divorce followi…
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