How to build your kid's confidence — by leaving them alone (w/ Lenore Skenazy)

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How do you bring up difficult topics—especially when it involves a loved one? In this episode, Emerson Whitney, author of the book O Mother, talks about the grief of losing his mom to suicide. Emerson shares delicate topics such as growing up neurodivergent with ADHD and autism a ...  Show more

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Harlan Coben doesn’t think so. The mega-best-selling author talks suburbia, impostor syndrome, and what he learned from his college friend David Foster Wallace.If you'd like to see the video version of Better in Person, you can watch it on YouTube or Apple Podcasts.Hosted by Simp ...  Show more

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