The Sweet Spot Podcasts

Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap

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Length-27 minutes, 7 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold, authors of Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap published by New World Library.

Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold

In addition to almost sixty years combined teaching experience, Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold have served for over five decades as licensed mental health professionals. Barry is licensed as a psychologist and Janae is a professional counselor. Cofounders of the Carolina Institute for Conflict Resolution & Creative Leadership (CICRCL), they specialize in the areas of developmental psychology, trauma, violence prevention, conflict resolution, cosmologies, and consciousness studies. Barry is professor emeritus and former chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Counseling and Human Services Program. Janae is former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. They live in North Carolina. Visit their website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website

The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing

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Length-22 minutes, 46 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Mr. Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing published by Da Capo Lifelong Books.

Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The latest of his eleven books are The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing (2006) and Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (2005).

Kohn has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores." His criticisms of competition and rewards have helped to shape the thinking of educators -- as well as parents and managers -- across the country and abroad. Kohn has been featured on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including the "Today" show and two appearances on "Oprah"; he has been profiled in the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, while his work has been described and debated in many other leading publications.

Kohn lectures widely at universities and to school faculties, parent groups, and corporations. In addition to speaking at staff development seminars and keynoting national education conferences on a regular basis, he conducts workshops for teachers and administrators on various topics. Among them: "Motivation from the Inside Out: Rethinking Rewards, Assessment, and Learning" and "Beyond Bribes and Threats: Realistic Alternatives to Controlling Students' Behavior." The latter corresponds to his book BEYOND DISCIPLINE: From Compliance to Community (ASCD, 1996), which he describes as "a modest attempt to overthrow the entire field of classroom management."   Visit his website.

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The Flight from Intimacy

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Length-24 minutes, 24 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot Podcasts, interviews Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold, authors of The Flight from Intimacy: Healing Your Relationship of Counter-dependence - The Other Side of Co-dependency published by New World Library.

Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold

In addition to almost sixty years combined teaching experience, Drs. Barry and Janae Weinhold have served for over five decades as licensed mental health professionals. Barry is licensed as a psychologist and Janae is a professional counselor. Cofounders of the Carolina Institute for Conflict Resolution & Creative Leadership (CICRCL), they specialize in the areas of developmental psychology, trauma, violence prevention, conflict resolution, cosmologies, and consciousness studies. Barry is professor emeritus and former chair of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Counseling and Human Services Program. Janae is former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. They live in North Carolina. Visit their website.

Visit Dr. Lara Honos-Webb's website and podcast.