In this episode, I am delighted to welcome Dr. Michele Borba to the podcast. Dr. Borba is an internationally recognized educator who has spoken to over one million parents and educators. She is well known for her solution-based strategies on raising resilient kids, and has appeared over 150 times on the TODAY show, and has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Time, and Dateline. I am a firm believer that her most recent book, “Thrivers, The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine” should be on the bookshelf in every parent’s home. When I am asked what I hope for my boys as they grow up and go out into the world, I often say I want them to be happy and I want them to thrive. But what does it really mean to thrive? Dr. Borba provides that answer along with the seven teachable skills that set happy, healthy, high-performing kids apart.
About Dr. Borba
Dr. Michele Borba is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, and parenting, child, and bullying expert recognized for her solution-based strategies to strengthen children’s empathy, character, and reduce bullying. She is an NBC contributor who has appeared over 150 times on the TODAY show and has been featured on countless shows including Dr. Phil, Dateline, The View, and CNN. Her 24 books have been translated into 20 languages including End Peer Cruelty, Build Empathy, Building Moral Intelligence, UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. her latest (March 2021) is Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine. She offers realistic, research-based advice culled from a career of working with over one million parents and educators worldwide.
Episode Highlights
- Why Dr. Borba wrote Thrivers
- Our kids’ childhoods are dramatically different than ours
- The science behind raising thrivers
- How to turn strivers into thrivers
- College students are lacking coping skills to succeed
- Why teens often give up their talents around age 13
- Empathy is achieved through connection with others
- Helping teens identify their stress signs and how to cope
- Integrity = Knowing what you stand for before the challenge comes
- Our teens are afraid to think outside the box
- Thriver traits have a multiplier effect
- External rewards can diminish perseverance
- Optimism is highly teachable
- Lessons learned from the Navy SEALs
- It’s never too late to become a thriver