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Where They"re Planted

Jen Bluske • Lit Path Studios

Where They’re Planted is a podcast for parents and care providers of unique children to gain skills, understanding and support. Listeners learn how to help children with developmental, emotional or behavioral challenges, neurodiverse brains, or difficult early life experiences bloom where they’re planted. Host Jen Bluske, occupational therapist and parent coach, offers rich insights using brain science, nervous system tools, collaborative strategy sessions and a deep understanding of the

kids & family parenting

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00:41:17

61: Embodiment: A Parenting Superpower with Shannon...

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2026/10/02

Jen Bluske is joined by Shannon Stuckey to discuss embodiment as a superpower in parenting. They discuss what embodiment is, why it is important to be the stable base for our kids, and what skills show up when we parent from an embodied place. Jen and Shannon also provide strategies for beginning to practice coming into the sense of our body more often.Link: Deepening Parenting Community**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen

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00:36:15

60: Season Three Kickoff: The Power of Noticing in...

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2026/09/18

Season Three begins with this important discussion about the power of noticing in parenting. Jen helps listeners conceptualize how noticing is not a side quest to applying the strategies but that it is a necessary first step. Jen explains what noticing is, what they types of things we may notice are, and why this is so important for the brain development, and ultimately behavior, of our children.⁠Thriving Parents Collective Website⁠**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS

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00:33:05

59: A Functional Medicine Approach to Supporting...

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2026/09/07

Dr. Katy Wallace is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and author who specializes in gut health, diet and functional lab interpretations. She joins Jen to discuss how a functional medicine perspective to working with kids with ASD as well as other neurodivergent kids provides families with insight and guidance for their health and overall daily lives.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic

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00:25:20

58: What Horses Can Teach Us About Parenting

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2026/07/31

Jen discuses parallels that she has noticed between horse ownership and parenting and provides a bit of a broader paradigm shift about impact of the relationship between parent and child.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteWhere They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

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00:26:50

57: Opening Up a New Way of Being with Horses with...

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2026/07/10

Jen is joined by educator, author and Equine Gestalt Coaching specialist, Marcy Waelti, to discuss using horses to support neurodivergent kids regulation, embodiment and communication. Marcy shares how her work impacts children and their families, and she introduces her new book, That Zen Farm, which discussed her path to this work.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents

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00:42:25

56: Autism Advocacy - Part 3: Stopping Bullying with...

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2026/06/19

Jordan Salzano returns to the podcast to discuss the effects of bullying for the neurodivergent individual, the snowball effect it has on the family and what parents can do to support their child who may be being bullied.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Link to Deepening Parent Community - TPCHost: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteContact Jordan Salzano:Website:

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00:33:58

55: Autism Advocacy - Part 2: Fathering a Child with...

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2026/06/05

Jen is joined by Dr. Robert Naseef to discuss how to support dads in the process of raising neurodivergent children, the grief parents may feel when their kids are neurodiverse, the power of acceptance and community, and celebrating differences as a resistance movement.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteContact Dr. Robert Naseef:Website:

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00:52:24

54: Autism Advocacy - Part 1: Five Ways to Support...

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2026/05/22

Jen Bluske speaks with Jordan Salzano, an autistic author and advocate, about pivoting after her ice hockey dreams ended and how that led to work in motivation, autism/disability self-advocacy, anti-bullying, and mental health. Jordan shares five strategies parents can use to help their neurodiverse children navigate change and how they can take care of themselves in the meantime.Deepening Parent Community- www.thrivingparentscollective.com/deepening-into-parenting**Submit questions for Jen to

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00:25:30

53: Grace, Not Guilt: What If I Don’t Like My Kid...

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2026/05/08

Jen discusses the often-unspoken reality that parents can deeply love their children while not liking them at times. She explores developmental changes that make kids feel like “strangers,” how children’s behaviors can reflect parents’ unmet needs and loss of self in early parenting, and offers practical ways back to connection.Deepening Into Parenting Membership**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen

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00:35:45

52: How Parenting Needs to Shift in the Teenage Years...

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2026/04/24

Sarah Dimick returns to talk with Jen how parenting teens can sometimes be super challenging and the reasons why it feels so tricky. Jen and Sarah discuss what is happening at this age from a brain development perspective and why teens tend to push back on much of what we say in their questions for autonomy. They give strategies for how to set effective boundaries and ways to create moments of lasting connection during these years.Deepening Into Parenting Membership**Submit questions for Jen to

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00:30:37

51: Setting Your Child Up for Summer Camp Success...

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2026/04/10

Jen talks with experienced summer camp director, Jamie Gale, Jamie Gale to discuss how parents of neurodivergent kids can help set their kids up for success at summer camps. Jamie and Jen discuss what information to share with camp about kids and their needs, how to work with camp staff before and during camp to ensure a positive experience and what parents can do if there are bumps in the road.Deepening Into Parenting Membership**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host:

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00:38:44

50: The Story in Our Mind Matters: Changing the...

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2026/03/27

Shannon Stuckey returns to the podcast to discuss how the brain creates narratives to predict safety and make sense of experiences, which become core beliefs that shape parenting. Jen and Shannon explain how early caregiver interactions can program beliefs and emphasize that unspoken beliefs and nonverbal “energy” affect sensitive and neurodivergent kids. Jen and Shannon suggest way to make changes to improve the parenting experience and to help children grow healthy self-narratives.**Submit

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00:27:01

49: Beyond What the Kids Say: Communicating with Our...

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2026/03/13

In this second part of Jen’s two-part series on communicating with your kids who have big feelings, Jen discusses the more nuanced factors of communication that pack a punch in creating success and connection with your child. She explains how non-verbal communication, timing and pacing and family communication patterns can impact outcomes and connection with kids and gives practical strategies for improving these approaches.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen

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00:32:03

48: Communicating with Our “Big Feelings” Kids: Part 1

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2026/02/27

In this first episode of a two-part series, Jen discusses communication strategies that are effective and lead to connection and understanding with our kids, especially those who tend to have big feelings that they express in big ways. Jen explores the topics of active and reflective listening, how regulation affects communication, and the "power of the pause."**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen

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00:27:09

47: Emotional Resilience: What It Is and How to Help...

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2026/02/13

Jen talks about emotional resilience both from a developmental and relational lens. She discusses was emotional resilience is NOT and offers strategies that parents can use to foster emotional resilience in their kids.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteWhere They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG:

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00:28:38

46: Giftedness through an Occupational Therapy Lens

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2026/01/30

In this follow up episode, Jen discusses how she supports giftedness in children through an occupational therapy lens. She shares some key elements of how giftedness can present and some common developmental patterns, as well as ways to assist gifted children both in therapy and at home.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Resources:Hopelessly Gifted Podcast with Mark TalagaCenter for Identify PotentialHost: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen

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00:28:48

45: Understanding Giftedness in Your Child with Mark...

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2026/01/16

Jen is joined by counselor for the gifted, Mark Talaga to discuss the concept of giftedness and what it means to have asynchronous development, often referred to as "2E". We learn how parents can best support their gifted kids to help them reach their full potential.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteContact Mark Talaga:Center for Identity

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00:24:11

44: This One's for the Moms: Growing and Changing...

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2025/12/19

Jen explores the complicated experience of being a mom while parenting unique kids. She discusses what it means to raise kids while also trying to grow and change as adults and how this impacts our child’s development and sense of self.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteWhere They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ |

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00:19:17

43: Four Ways to Guide Your Family Through the...

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2025/12/05

Jen discusses four ways to make the most of the upcoming holiday season without adding unnecessary stress and pressure in the process in order to maximize joy and connection for families.**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteWhere They’re Planted is a Lit Path Studios Production.⁠www.litpathstudios.com⁠ | IG: ⁠@litpathstudios⁠

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00:24:35

42: Leading our Kids through Authoritative (Power...

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2025/11/21

Jen helps us answer the question “am I modeling what I expect of my kids?” and explains how an authoritative parenting style and some important guided reflection and practice can help parents become a leader and an intentional example for their children.Parent Coaching - Thriving Parents Collective Website**Submit questions for Jen to answer on the podcast AT THIS LINK.Host: Jen BluskeProducers: Jamie Gale and Jen BluskeContact Jen Bluske:Clinic WebsiteThriving Parents Collective WebsiteWhere

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