Episodios

  • 74: Crisis: How The UK’s Authorities Are Harming Children

    74: Crisis: How The UK’s Authorities Are Harming Children
    Jun 22 2025
    The UK is in dark times. I discuss 6 ways the UK seems to be willfully harming children and failing them on a horrific scale. It's nothing short of a moral crisis.
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    7 m
  • 73: Replay: Suicide - Lawrence Sprung Discusses The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    73: Replay: Suicide - Lawrence Sprung Discusses The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
    Jun 8 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

    Today we look back at my discussion with Lawrence Sprung, which was originally published as episode 15, on 19th March 2023.

    I wanted to do some shows on how to cope with abuse and alienation. In recent episodes began that by discussing trauma and meditation. Today we talk about suicide and suicide prevention.

    The websites findahelpline.com and www.suicide.org have links to helplines and suicide prevention links in many countries. Please take a look if you are suffering or suicidal or you are concerned for someone else.

    Our children need us to stay around for them, whether we are seeing them now or whether we are being alienated and will see them when they are older.

    Children also die by suicide and as a society we need to improve prevention.

    Our guest today is Lawrence Sprung. He lives in New York and is the founder of wealth management company Mitlin Financial Inc.

    He is an Investopedia Top Ten Advisor for 2022, he hosts the Mitlin Money Mindset™ podcast and he spent over 12 years on the National Board for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

    In 2004 Lawrence lost his brother-in-law Keith to suicide.

    He reacted by turning his sadness into a mission to raise awareness for mental health. He has become a resource for the community and he has helped many parents seeking help for their children.

    Lawrence has also raised over $1.5 million for the Keith Milano Memorial Fund charity.

    We learn about Lawrence’s story, his work improving financial literacy for parents and children and his work with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

    Suicide Prevention Links Around the World

    These websites have links to helplines and suicide prevention links in many countries. They also have other information for people suffering. Please take a look if you are suffering or suicidal or concerned for someone else:

    https://findahelpline.com
    http://www.suicide.org

    The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is at https://afsp.org

    Lawrences’ links

    Websites:

    1) https://www.mitlinfinancial.com
    2) http://www.keithmilano.org
    3) http://www.mitlinmoneymindset.com

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencesprung

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawrencesprung

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lawrence_Sprung

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvmQXlCX1sbGcKviZJaHkvg

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larry_sprung
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    49 m
  • 72: Replay: AI - Can Artificial Intelligence Fix Family Law?

    72: Replay: AI - Can Artificial Intelligence Fix Family Law?
    May 25 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

    Today we look back at my thoughts on Ai and its implications for family law. I thought it would be interesting to revisit this episode as Ai moves fast and adoption in many areas of life is increasing. It was originally published as episode 35, on 24th December 2023 so it will be interesting to see how it sounds nearly 18 months later.

    I love podcasts and I listen to many, two of which are Exponential Wisdom with @DanSullivanSC and @PeterDiamandis and Moonshots with @PeterDiamandis. I highly recommend listening to both.

    They cover many things, including AI, which is one of the hot topics of 2023.

    Those podcasts are not directly connected to our struggles for justice in family law but they are full of forward thinking developments and perspectives.

    They also talk about the idea of a moonshot. I believe our goal of a fair family law system that supports targeted parents and children can be seen as one and I discussed this with Justin Breen in episode 17.

    AI will have massive impact on the world. In today's episode I discuss ways it could impact the family law system.

    Links
    Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis - https://www.diamandis.com/podcast
    Exponential Wisdom podcast with Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis -https://blubrry.com/exponentialwisdom
    Justin Breen's episode https://audioboom.com/posts/8271193-books-justin-breen-discusses-epic-life
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    18 m
  • 71: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 3)

    71: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 3)
    May 11 2025
    I don't speak much about my own case on the show as this podcast is about wider issues and other people's stories. It's about them not me. Prior to episode 69, I had only ever done one episode on it before (episode 28).

    However, lots of people have asked and I feel the case is public interest and I fear for my safety so this episode is an update.

    Rather than just have me ramble on, Brent Bowlby kindly agreed to interview me and he did a brilliant job. Thanks very much to Brent for that. This is part 3. Parts 1 and 2 were episodes 69 and 70.

    Links

    Triple A - a previous episode about my case
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8218009-story-triple-a-a-portrait-of-abuse-narrated-by-alana-hillenaar

    Episode 69 - part 1 of my update
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8406307-story-an-interview-updating-my-own-story-part-1

    Episode 70 - part 2 of my update
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8406307-story-an-interview-updating-my-own-story-part-2

    Episodes where Brent was a guest telling his story
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629689-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-1

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629690-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-2

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8633298-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-3
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    1 h y 4 m
  • 70: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 2)

    70: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 2)
    Apr 27 2025
    I don't speak much about my own case on the show as this podcast is about wider issues and other people's stories. It's about them not me. Prior to episode 69, I had only ever done one episode on it before (episode 28).

    However, lots of people have asked and I feel the case is public interest and I fear for my safety so this episode is an update.

    Rather than just have me ramble on, Brent Bowlby kindly agreed to interview me and he did a brilliant job. Thanks very much to Brent for that. This is part 2 and part 1 was episode 69.

    Links

    Triple A - a previous episode about my case
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8218009-story-triple-a-a-portrait-of-abuse-narrated-by-alana-hillenaar

    Episode 69 - part 1 of my update
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8406307-story-an-interview-updating-my-own-story-part-1

    Episodes where Brent was a guest telling his story
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629689-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-1

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629690-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-2

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8633298-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-3
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    50 m
  • 69: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 1)

    69: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 1)
    Apr 13 2025
    I don't speak much about my own case on the show as this podcast is about wider issues and other people's stories. It's about them not me. I have only ever done one episode on it before (episode 28).

    However, lots of people have asked and I feel the case is public interest and I fear for my safety so this episode is an update.

    Rather than just have me ramble on, Brent Bowlby kindly agreed to interview me and he did a brilliant job. Thanks very much to Brent for that. This is part 1. I hope you enjoy it.

    Links

    Triple A - the previous episode about my case
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8218009-story-triple-a-a-portrait-of-abuse-narrated-by-alana-hillenaar

    Episodes where Brent was a guest telling his story
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629689-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-1

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629690-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-2

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8633298-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-3
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    1 h y 7 m
  • 68: Review: 30 Episodes In 60 Minutes. Bitesized Clips For Newcomers To The Show

    68: Review: 30 Episodes In 60 Minutes. Bitesized Clips For Newcomers To The Show
    Mar 30 2025
    This episode is for those new to the podcast.

    Every 10 episodes we have a clips episode. They are good but quite long so today is slightly different in that we cover episodes 31-60 in quick-fire soundbites.

    This gives a shorter format for anyone just discovering the podcast, so they can quickly hear parts from all the shows and choose which episodes they want to listen to in full.

    Editing this episode and picking the clips took an enormous amount of work but it made me realise anew how fantastic the guests are.

    Many thanks to all the guests and listeners. You are the people who matter.

    The sound effects used are:
    https://pixabay.com/users/cristian_changing-30278997
    https://pixabay.com/users/muzaproduction-24990238
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    59 m
  • 67: Replay: Psychology - Dr. Larry Waldman Ph.D. ABPP

    67: Replay: Psychology - Dr. Larry Waldman Ph.D. ABPP
    Mar 16 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

    Today we look back at my discussion with Dr. Larry Waldman Ph.D. ABPP, which was originally published as episode 16, on 2nd April 2023.

    One of the things we do when revisiting older episodes is seeing if we can use modern audio tools to improve the sound quality. That is something that we've been able to do with this episode.

    Today’s guest is Dr. Larry Waldman who is a psychologist, professor, speaker and author. He has practiced in family law for over 20 years.

    He is a forensic psychologist in Phoenix, Arizona and he has worked with children and parents in a solution focussed way.

    Dr. Waldman was the past president of the Maricopa Psychological Society. Also he has been the Director of Psychological Services for Charter Psychiatric Hospital of Glendale, an “Official Guide” (in other words top expert) on the subject of Parenting for SelfGrowth.com and he was a Medical Consultant for the Social Security Office in Phoenix.

    He continues as an adjunct graduate professor in counselling and serves on the professional advisory board of Stepping Stones of Hope, a charitable organisation serving children who have lost a parent.

    Dr. Waldman was also co-chair of the Early Career Psychologists Committee at the Arizona Psychological Association for 5 years. He is certified by the American Council on Exercise as a fitness specialist and is a yoga instructor offering “psychoyogology” - I love that term!

    He has had many articles published in the local and national press and has also written 7 books.

    Dr. Waldman trained as a public speaker and presents for PESI. His signature presentations are:

    The Business of Private Practice
    The Graduate Course You Never Had
    Teaching Parents to Parent

    He has made over 150 presentations to attorneys, chiropractors, psychologists, family therapists, counselors, social workers, school psychologists and school counsellors.

    To the community Dr Waldman speaks on parenting, marriage, stress, depression and anxiety, wellness, grand parenting and psychotherapy.

    Dr Waldman's Links
    His website - https://topphoenixpsychologist.com
    His books - https://topphoenixpsychologist.com/books
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    1 h y 2 m