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MEDIA
My work – as a certified parent coach, a mental health activist, a community leader, a speaker, and a writer focused on helping parents realize the power they have to foster healthy family relationships – is featured in national, state, and local media.
"Are You Raising Kids in Captivity, then Expecting Them to Survive in the Wild?" (Let Grow)
"Parents, Schools and Technology: Conquering Mean Behavior Together" hosted by Wilton Public Schools, Wilton Youth Council, Insight Counseling, Thrive With A Guide, & Newport Academy. (3/7/24 Wilton High School)
Weaving in 400 Seconds – Vanessa shares how she is weaving community in her area and beyond, and how she got to where she is today. (3/5/24 Weave: The Social Fabric Project at the Aspen Institute)
Speaker Vanessa Elias on "Raising Healthy, Capable, and Resilient Middle Schoolers" sponsored by the PTAs of Coleytown and Bedford Middle Schools (2/29/24 Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT)
Vanessa Elias facilitates roundtable discussion about mattering and our achievement culture, hosted by Weston Human Services. (1/29/24 and 2/5/24 Weston Library)
Are you the family's Chief Holiday Officer, and burned out? Vanessa offers tips to make December fun again on Midlife Mavericks podcast with Alison Jacobson. (11/26/23 Episode 114: Secrets to Managing Stress During the Holidays with Vanessa Elias)
Vanessa Elias is a co-facilitator of “Roundtable Discussion on Mattering,” leading a conversation on what mattering means to those in the room and how to view self-worth independent from achievement. (11/9/23 Comstock Community Center)
Vanessa on parenting teens through young adults, and self-compassion and finding joy, on Midlife Mavericks podcast with Alison Jacobson (11/5/23 Episode 111: Parenting Through a Mental Health Crisis with Vanessa Elias)
Senate Bill 1133, which increases childhood independence in CT, was signed into law. Vanessa Elias, co-founder of the Free Play Matters Task Force, has campaigned for this cause since its inception. (7/20/23 Good Morning Wilton)
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