Dr Billy Garvey is a renowned developmental paediatrician and one of the hosts of the brilliant ⁠⁠ Pop Culture Parenting⁠⁠ podcast. His new book Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental Health is out now.

If you have kids or work with young people in any capacity - THIS IS THE BOOK TO READ.

Have you ever wondered how we build self-esteem in kids? Or what the long-term ramifications of shame might be? Do you know where anxiety comes from and how early it can start? Did you know that there is one thing you need to do before you can help improve your child’s mental health?

In this episode, we drilled down into all of these questions – and so much more – and thanks to Billy’s invaluable insight and professional expertise, you will finish this episode with evidence-based answers and strategies that you can start implementing immediately.

Billy is passionate about creating accessible resources for all families, to ensure better outcomes for our children and young people. To learn more, head to Guiding Growing Minds, a social enterprise founded by Billy, dedicated to changing the future of our kids.

You can access all of the ⁠Pop Culture Parenting⁠ videos and podcast content (for free!) on ⁠Youtube here.⁠

You can find Billy on socials at ⁠@drbillygarvey⁠ and at ⁠@popcultureparenting⁠

To connect with Jana, head to ⁠@thecuriouslifepodcast⁠ or send an email via ⁠thecuriouslifepodcast@gmail.com⁠.

Thank you to The Curious Life Team – Sam Talbot for his super speedy audio engineering, and to Julie Reynolds of ⁠Audio Lemonade⁠ for her wonders with VO!

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