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Camp, Friendship & Social Skills, Happiness, Happy Campers Book, Podcast

October 1, 2026

Camp Secret #1: Connection Comes First

If you enjoyed listening to Secret #1: Connection Comes First (the first chapter), the audiobook version of Happy Campers: 10 Summer Camp Secrets for Raising Independent, Capable Kids Who Become Thriving Adults is available at Audible & Apple Books.

Camp Secret #1: Connection Comes First

Happiness

December 17, 2024

One Word

One Word creates clarity, power, passion and life-change. The simple power of One Word is that it impacts all six dimensions of your life – mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial. Simply put, One Word sticks. There is a

One Word

Camp, Happiness, Unplug & Connect

July 10, 2024

Why Summer Camp May be the Secret to a Longer Life

Last week, during my training with camp staff about friendship skills, I showed them this video (Susan Pinker’s TED Talk: The Secret to Living Longer May Be Your Social Life): I then asked our staff to share what similarities they

Why Summer Camp May be the Secret to a Longer Life

Camp, Podcast

June 28, 2024

[ENCORE] Ep. 52: 9 Ways to Help Kids Process Summer Camp and Other Experiences

Download this episode. In Episode 52, Sara Kuljis and I chat about ways to help our kids process experiences. The ideas work for post-summer camp debriefing but also for our kids’ other adventures and experiences. Sara is a 20-year veteran

[ENCORE] Ep. 52: 9 Ways to Help Kids Process Summer Camp and Other Experiences

Camp

June 12, 2024

5 Fun Ideas for Letters to Campers

When children are at summer camp, parents have a new daily “to do”– write and send a letter or email to their camper! Because we’re not in the habit of writing letters to our kids much these days – with

5 Fun Ideas for Letters to Campers