Episode 100 | Thoughts about the Child Life Field

It's the 100th episode!

Today I'm opening up a bit and letting you get to know more about me as well as more about what a child life specialist does. I will be sharing my thoughts about the holiday season, and then I will answer some questions about child life.

In this episode, I talk about…

[2:57] The child life perspective on dealing with holiday feelings

[7:21] A commonly held belief about my role that I passionately disagree with

[8:41] What I wish my younger self knew about being a child life specialist

[9:22] What I would buy with ten times my current budget

[10:35] Something everybody in my industry should start doing

[12:11] The biggest challenge child life is facing today

[13:37] How I self-educate

[13:56] The topic of a book I would want to write

[14:29] Wrapping up the year

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