The Communication Architect: Recent Episodes
Dr. Lisa Dunne
Dr. Lisa Dunne is an author, speaker, and educator. Her podcast, The Communication Architect, builds emotional health and relational resilience through the development of strategic communication competencies that increase personal leadership capacities. Drawing from both theoretical and practical examples, the podcast offers training in interpersonal, intrapersonal, organizational, and familial communication -- all in a friendly, upbeat, and personal style. Dr. Lisa has written several books on organizational and interpersonal communication, and she has been recognized by the City of San Francisco and the State of California for her work as an educator. She holds a Master's degree in Communication, a Master's degree in Organizational Systems, and a Ph.D. in Human Development. She is wife to her British husband Adrian and mom to their beloved GenZ kids, Ethan and Cymone. Dr. Lisa is passionate about helping people of all generations find purpose and passion in life.
The cause has never been clearer and the stakes have never been higher! America has weathered many storms from without and within over the past 250 years. What will it take for us as active citizens to protect and preserve the qualities that were handed down to us from our Founding Fathers? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for a special interview with historian, politician, and history professor Kyle Hermann as we celebrate the grandeur of America's global impact. Find out why our nation needs you more than ever at this pivotal moment in history.
And if you're tired of hearing anti-America rhetoric taught in our nation's schools, join us for our next parent interest meeting for our PK to college outreach. We will help you find or start a local academic support group that celebrates faith, family, and freedom. Learn more at AcademicRescueMission.com. God bless the USA!
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
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What educational methodology produces students with higher social competencies, lower somatic complaints, a higher willingness to study, greater rates of volunteerism, lower depression, higher test scores, and greater levels of less-measured socio-emotional outcomes like forgiveness? A new peer-reviewed journal article tells the whole story. Learn more by joining Dr. Lisa Dunne for Part 2 of today's interview with legendary researcher Dr. Brian Ray. Read about his stellar work at nheri.org.
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If you've been feeling the call to homeschool but are overwhelmed by the idea, we are here to help! If your kids are in preschool to 10th grade, go to Academic Rescue Mission and let us help you find a local support group or start one of our own. If your kids are in 11th grade through college, Chula Vista Christian University partners with parents to ensure that your greatest resource, your children, learn and grow in their God-directed path.
Learn more at CVCU.us/dualenroll.
Homeschooling works. You can do it; we can help!
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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What educational methodology produces students with higher social competencies, lower somatic complaints, a higher willingness to study, greater rates of volunteerism, lower depression, higher test scores, and greater levels of less-measured socio-emotional outcomes like forgiveness? A new peer-reviewed journal article tells the whole story. Learn more by joining Dr. Lisa Dunne for Part 1 of today's interview with legendary researcher Dr. Brian Ray.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
@DrLisaDunne
With over 28 years of experience as an osteopathic physician in family medicine, Dr. Donald Adema is passionate about bringing the wisdom of Scripture to the multifaceted arena of modern medicine. In his work at Chula Vista Christian University, Dr. Adema has been instrumental in bridging the chasm between hope and despair, misinformation and truth, helping students reason through the lens of science and Scripture. In his family practice, he is known for teaching patients to think critically and work with -- rather than against -- God's design for the human body. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for today's interview and discover the steps you can take to create a healthy ecosystem for your family.
If you'd like to be educated at the feet of giants like Dr. Adema, join us at CVCU! Learn more about our high school dual enrollment programs at www.cvcu.us/dualenroll. Education is formation!
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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If you've been considering homeschooling but have been concerned your kids might "miss out" on something formative, don't miss today's episode! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this interview as two lifelong homeschooling moms share their experience and their resources for the homeschool community. If you're in southern California, you'll be inspired by the tremendous amount of support and activities available for your children. If you're outside our region, you'll get ideas for groups you can start in your own city.
Homeschooling works. You can do it; we can help! Start your own PK to 7th grade homeschool support center at www.AcademicRescueMission.com, or join us for dual-enrollment classes anywhere in the US at www.CVCU.us/dualenroll. Your homeschooler can take high school classes once and count them twice, for both high school AND college. Join the new breed of homeschoolers who are finishing college during high school. CVCU is debt-free, mentor-driven, Bible-based education for your 8th to 12th grader.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Science matters. Genesis matters. GenZs have been marked as the most anxious depressed, suicide-ideation-prone, atheistic generation in the history of the nation. The vast majority, almost 50 million, are taught in secular schools where the truth and beauty of God's word has been stripped from the foundations of education. It wasn't always this way. A destructive seed was planted 60 years ago that has taken root in American soil. Children are now taught a false "science" that ignores the overtly verifiable facts of Creationism, the truth of scripture. As a result, they are hopeless, adrift without an anchor. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she interviews one of CVCU's favorite scientists, Paleobiochemist Dr. Brian Thomas, and gain some practical resources to help those in your realm of influence see the truth, purpose, and hope embedded in God's design. Learn more at ICR.org!
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
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The world is changing. Are you ready? Is your family ready? Education is formation, and many of our young citizens are trapped in an outdated cycle that is forming and transforming them not into productive members of society but into patterns of dysfunction and hopelessness. .Fortune Magazine says that over 4 million GenZers are what's called NEET, not in education, employment or training. They are drifting. What can we do to turn the tide? We are developing a new breed of education for a new era, a model that gives hope and purpose and vision to every generation. If you have breath in your lungs, you have purpose in your life. Join Dr. Dunne as she shares some of the epiphanies from her graduate school days, studying under a mentee of the father of adult learning. Mentors matter. Let us help you connect the dots across generational lines. Join our K to 8 outreach at AcademicRescueMission.com, our public school outreach at VeritasCC.us or our university certifications and degree programs at CVCU.us. Let's shift the culture of education for the next generation.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Maybe you've heard the saying that communication can make or break a company, a church, or a family. The wide-reaching impact of our communication skills crosses interpersonal and intergenerational lines.
If you'd like to learn more about communication tools that reset organizations, join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's podcast with CVCU professor David Baldwin, the founder of Leadership Insight Group 360.
Professor Baldwin teaches executives around the world, helping them implement successful communication strategies that positively impact their corporate culture. His client list includes Disney, Microsoft, Pepsi, Amazon, the US military, and many more global audiences. He is a leader of leaders, and we are blessed to have him on the CVCU team.
Don't miss Professor Baldwin's next webinar! Sign up for resources and invites at Leadership Insight Group 360 (www.LIG360.org). And be sure to meet all of our talented CVCU professors at www.CVCU.us/team.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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As the collective interviews in our local pastor series have exemplified, ministry is not for the faint of heart. Few people see the hours, the weight, and the pressure that pastors carry behind the scenes. It's a process. But these are the moments that build the church. That mature the church. The outworkings of faith are the journey, not just the destination. The product is formed in the process. The gold is refined in the fire.
Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's interview with Pastor Marco Contreras as he shares the ups and downs, the memories and milestones of the process that have brought him to where he is today. And if you're local to San Diego, tune in for news on the grand re-opening of the church campus and what you can expect to experience in this brand new rebuild.
Pastors, ARM is calling on you for the survival of the faith in the youngest generations. Will you open your doors to an academic outreach mission that will reunite families and transform your community? Education is formation. Join us on the Academic Rescue Mission from preschool to college, and let's take back education for the next generation.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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What's the DNA of your church? In our local pastors' series, we've been hearing incredible testimonies of the unique personalities and focal points of the local churches in our region. Don't miss this week's interview with Pastors John and Julie Sorrentino of New Covenant Tabernacle Church, where the transformative DNA is the language of love. Learn more about NCT's tremendous work in the SouthBay community at nctministries.com.
And don't forget to mark your calendars for April 9, our next Visit Day at Chula Vista Christian University. Experience innovative, faith- based college education for all generations. RSVP or learn more at CVCU.us/visitday.
Discover how we are rescuing the next generation from the toxic traits of public education. When pastors and parents partner together, the culture shifts. Learn more at www.AcademicRescueMission.com. You can do this; we can help!
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Join Dr. Dunne for this week's show as she interviews Pastor Andy Ballon, lead pastor of Vision Church in South Bay, San Diego. Pastors, if your church building is sitting open during the week, you'll love hearing Pastor Andy's innovative vision for linking arms with other pastors in the city. And you'll love hearing how the Academic Rescue Mission can come alongside your ministry to help you reach the next generation. Education is formation. Who's teaching your children, and what are they being taught? Go to AcademicRescueMission.com to launch your Christian education outreach program today. And be sure to check out Pastor Andy's tremendous work at Vision Church!
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Is your city ready for a multigenerational revival? The harvest is here! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with youth evangelist Jordan Lunderville. As he began to listen to the heart cry of GenZs, Jordan saw a disconnect, a gap, a chasm in the hearts of his classmates and friends. He describes the youngest generations as spiritually hungry but biblically illiterate, and he wanted to do something to change that statistic. At age 20, Jordan founded the nonprofit Revive All USA with the goal of getting 24,000 Bibles into the hands of public school students. Tune in to learn more about Jordan's work and what you can do to plant the seeds for revival in your city.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Did you know that there are predictable patterns of behavior that drive the success and failure of relationships? The Bible and the social sciences provide clear pathways to relational success, but the world system clouds them with chaos and confusion. We see the fallout in the trail of broken relationships, the ghosting phenomenon, the attachment crisis, and the tragic stats on anxiety and depression in the youngest generations. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for today's show as we talk about the secrets of relational success, from friendship to marriage. With a few simple and strategic changes, you can activate patterns of predictive behavior that will strengthen your interpersonal relationships.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Pastor Nehemiah Lemus has walked the road of rejection and rebellion, hope and transformation. From pastor's kid to gangster, he found himself searching for acceptance and living under the lie of the enemy. But a singular word deposited a seed of hope that ultimately brought him back to life. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this inspiring interview to learn how Pastor Nemo found Jesus and turned a hurting heart back to the kingdom of God. The local church is the hope of the world! If you're a Bible-believing Christian pastor who would like to share your story of hope or transformation, email Dr. Lisa at DrLisaDunne@cvcu.us.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Holidays are supposed to be a time for reconnecting and celebrating, but for many families, they also stir up unnecessary stress and strife. Family gatherings can draw immature or unresolved relational dynamics to the surface, highlighting pressures and intensifying grief and loneliness following loss. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she interviews CVCU Psychology Professor Lindsey Rauch to discover biblically-grounded practices and evidence-based psychological tools that will help you set realistic expectations and approach relational dynamics with greater clarity, compassion, and spiritual intentionality. Professor Rauch is a mental heath and wellness professional with a Master of Science in Mental Health and Wellness. She is currently completing her Ph.D. in Psychology at Liberty University. In addition to her work at CVCU, she is a proud military spouse and the mother of two adventurous boys.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Do you ever find yourself trapped in a Groundhog-day-like cycle where the telltale signs of unresolved issues keep creeping in? Behaviors like overreacting, not feeling connected to others, getting angry for no reason, feeling a constant undercurrent of frustration--these can all be clues that we need to adjust our relational resilience and our emotional fortitude. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on part one of this week's show to learn how you can give your children teh gift of relational, emotional, and mental fortitude.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Across the globe, interpersonal relationships are suffering today, and all generations are suffering for it. The focus on vengeance and disunity in our culture is wreaking havoc on longterm relational health. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne to learn how you can give your children the gift of relational, emotional, and mental fortitude by providing the skill set they need to thrive at home and in life. Out of the overflow of our hearts and homes, let's strengthen the bonds of community within our realms of influence.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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If you've been following the recent research in relational distress, you've likely seen the data on what's being called a global epidemic of loneliness. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she addresses concerns on the rise of behaviors that predict isolationism--and learn what you can do in your realm to help awaken hearts and restore the bridges that foster the key element of connectedness: friendship. Learn how CVCU is bridging the gap with relational educational models designed to nurture authentic relationship in the classroom and the community. Visit us at www.cvcu.us to discover the difference. Introducing our new adult programs and our new online programs: pastoral care, medical missions, apologetics, leadership, and more!
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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The tragic martyrdom of Charlie Kirk is yet another example of the horrific fallout of institutions that have falsely claimed to be ramparts of critical thinking and free speech. Instead, the sociocultural conditioning of soul-less, values-free, truth-deficit education has spawned a generation of hedonism and lawlessness. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on this week's episode as she shares her experience as a speaker at Turning Point and as a college professor for 25 years. If we want a better America, we must start by facing the brokenness of this one. Universities must recognize and repent for the role they've played in silencing free speech, in undermining critical thought, and in severing parental support in the scholastic process. Education is broken. We can fix it. May we continue to carry on the Charlie's courageous legacy of confronting and exposing the darkness in high places in public university campuses--of defeating the darkness with dialogue. Charlie's mission existed because a generation before him allowed the Great Commission to be outlawed on our watch. It's time to take it back.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Churches, your voice matters! Join Dr. Dunne on today's show to hear how one local pastor is building multigenerational leadership teams to pass the baton and protect the ministry from mission drift. From community outreach and church-based learning centers in Arizona to a thriving multigenerational leadership team and sports outreach in California, Pastor Rick Morris is impacting his community at New Hope Church in Eastlake Chula Vista. Learn more at NewHopeEastlake.org.
If your church is ready to join the rescue mission, go to AcademicRescueMission.com and click the "start an academy" tab! We can have your K to 8 homeschool support program running in just four weeks anywhere in the US. Or open your campus to offer affordable Christian community college class options right in the midst of your community. Churches, you play a vital role in rescuing the next generation.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Join me on this week's show for an interview with Pastor Josiah Elias, the lead pastor of Faith Chapel in Spring Valley, California. Pastor Josiah and his wife Ashley are devoted to discipleship. They want to see believers develop into wholehearted followers of Jesus, and they understand that discipleship begins in the home, in the early years of our children's walk with the Lord. They recognize the weighty mandate that the local church carries to equip and encourage parents in discipling their kids, and that as believers, we can't just look the other way when an entire generation is steeped in anxiety, depression, and atheism. That's why Faith Chapel is going all in on education. Learn more about the mission and the inspiration on today's show.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Many parents are up in arms about Assembly Bill 84, known as the charter accountability bill, declaring that it will mean the end of homeschool freedoms. But what is the bill really all about, and does it actually have an impact on homeschooling? Join Dr. Dunne as she interviews Nathan Pierce, the executive director of Family Protection Ministries, and discover the truth about AB 84. Learn more about this and other bills, as well as the work Nathan is engaged in at the state level, by visiting FPMCA.org.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Does history matter? Many schools have fallen away from the teaching of America's powerful history as a visionary nation that has influenced the rest of the world for almost a quarter of a century. But this foundational lack of instruction has created an unanchored generation. As the saying goes, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Join me for a special interview with historian, politician, and CVCU History Professor Kyle Hermann. You'll discover the historical decisions that have made America great--and what it will take to keep our nation in a position of influence and impact.
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If you've ever hiked the beautiful trails of Eastlake, California, you are likely to have come across a smiling workout warrior shouting "I have to run" or "Get paid!" as you jog by and instinctively pick up your own pace. On today's show, Army veteran, fitness coach and local celebrity Darryll Coleman shares his secrets of success for a happy, healthy lifestyle. Hint: You don't need a gym membership to get fit! Darryll exudes a pervasive joy that might make you think he had a perfect life growing up. But his story is one of tragedy, abandonment, hunger, homelessness--and then hope. Today, at age 57, Darryll has turned his story of loss into a source of motivation. Join us for today's show, and discover the secrets of functional fitness (and contagious joy!) at any age.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Fear. Depression. Anxiety. Suicide ideation. How do we respond to the needs of what is now being called "the anxious generation"? According to the Center for Disease Control, over 1.5 million kids under the age of 17 take anti-anxiety medication, and 61% of college students are struggling with anxiety, according to the American Psychological Association. What are the physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual roots of these oppressive conditions? Join Dr. Lisa for part 3 of the High Anxiety series as she examines causes, effects, and considerations for raising a generation of emotion-regulating champions. Parents, you're not alone. There is hope for the next generation--and for our own generations--if we lean in to the wisdom of God's word. Education is discipleship. Who is discipling your children, and what habits of the heart are being construed as normal or necessary? Let's not conform to the pattern of this world; let's instead be transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we can know God's good and perfect and pleasing will. You've got this!
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Join Dr. Lisa for part one of this three-part series on addressing emotion regulation in the youngest generations. In part one, she shares her own testimony with anxiety and overviews some of the psychosocial crises that are emerging in today's students. In part two of this series, she explains the power of inquiry-based learning, questions, and curiosity. As part of the analysis of human behavioral patterns, she assesses the cause and effect connections between three predominant GenZ emotions: fear, anxiety, and depression, examining their root causes as physical, social, and spiritual.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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The average 4 year-old-child asks 437 questions a day. Their developmental stage of epistemic curiosity leads them to think, to wonder, to imagine, to search for the why. By the time these same children reach the teen years, they have often lost their wonder, their curiosity, their sense of awe. Their questions turn inward. Their thoughts become anxious. Join Dr. Lisa for part one today's show, High Anxiety, and learn how your educational format can positively impact the triad of emotional fallouts sweeping the youngest generation: anxiety, depression, and atheism. Discover an ancient teaching technique modeled by Jesus himself that develops critical thinking skills, inspires awe, and works wonders for emotion regulation. Homeschooling works. You can do this; we can help.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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A mindset is a cognitive bias, a systematic manner of thinking that influences our decisions, our actions. Understanding the foundations of our mindset can help us move beyond the limitations of some of our belief-to-behavior patterns. How about you? Is your mindset oriented toward growth, or do you tend to get stuck in a fixed, limiting mindset that holds you back? Join Dr. Lisa on today's show to learn how to develop a family-friendly routine of mental flexibility that will lighten your stress load and provide a stronger base for mental health. What we believe determines how we behave, so let's set our families up for success with the building blocks of neural flexibility.
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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How can you create lasting change in your heart and in your home? Don't miss this interview with pastor, evangelist, and intercessory prayer warrior Francis Anfuso as he shares findings from his new book, Prayers for Every Day Battles and Generational Breakthrough. You can be a legacy maker and a curse breaker! Discover new tools to help you stand in the gap for your family across generations. Learn more at FrancisAnfuso.com.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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I'm all about breaking free from broken systems, so when our family heard about CHM twelve years ago, we jumped on board and never looked back. Americans are the sickest country in the developed world--and the vast majority of that diagnosis is what is called "preventable" disease. Preventable means you can prevent it! You have the ability, the agency, to live a healthier life. Why not partner with a faith-based group that wants to support your health instead of enabling your sickness? If you're ready to break free from traditional "sick care" programs that weigh down both your heart AND your bank account, don't miss this interview with Lauren Gajdek, Executive Director of External Affairs at Christian Healthcare Ministries. Learn more at CHMinistries.org. The system is broken; we can fix it!
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Charters. Education Savings Accounts. School Vouchers. If you've been wondering how government-funded education programs impact faith, family, and freedom, don't miss this interview with Israel Wayne. Israel is an author, a popular conference speaker, and the founder of ChristianWorldview.net. He and his family have been featured in Time Magazine, World Magazine, The New American, Court Report, and the Wall Street Journal. He has his wife Brook are second generation homeschoolers with 11 homeschooled kids of their own. Israel has done some impressive research on the true impact of government-funded education. What are the dangers? The false promises? The ultimate tax implications for everyone? Discover how you can best protect freedom, faith, and family on today's show.
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Don't miss today's show, as Dr. Lisa unveils a new program coming this fall to our homeschool academy campuses, Veritas Christian Community College. For only $200 a month, your 8th to 12th grade homeschooler can take dual-enrollment college classes while attending high school, graduate high school with an AA, and then transfer that credit into an accredited Christian university. Fall location rollouts include El Cajon, California; Oceanside, California; and Austin, Texas.
Want a Christian community college program at your homeschool academy? Just let us know! Learn more about the mission and modality at www.VeritasCC.us. Education is broken. We can fix it.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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Teens suspended for wearing a "two genders" t-shirt? Anti-faith curricula planted in the seemingly benign National Day of Reading rollout? What's really happening in America's public schools? Join me as I interview Michael King, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, a powerhouse agency that is taking back education in their state. Discover what's really happening behind the closed doors of the public school system--and what you can do about it.
Education is broken. We can fix it. Pastors and K to 6th grade parents, go to AcademicRescueMission.com. Junior and senior high students, go to VeritasCC.us. College students, go to CVCU.us.
You have options. It's time to step off the big yellow prison bus and start your family's public school exit right now. You can do this; we can help.
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If you've been feeling the pull to homeschooling and don't know where to start, or if you're surrounded by charter school pressures and feel like you've lost your academic (and moral) freedoms, don't miss this interview! In every state across America, parents have the freedom to educate your children independently--without a yoke to a woke government agenda.
Angela Lasch is the director of CHEA, Christian Home Educators Association of California, where she leads a team of parent educators who know what its like to homeschool in our state and want to help YOU succeed! CHEA is the flagship organization for homeschool support in California, and it has been our family's go-to for almost 20 years! (If you live outside CA, tune in to see where you can go for Christian support in your state). Join me for today's interview to learn more about CHEA's upcoming conference, support networks, free resources, and 24/7 homeschool support, including a free hotline service you can call for encouragement, answers, or prayer support.
Parents, homeschooling works. You can do this; we can help. Pastors, you can rescue your congregation from pagan indoctrination by becoming part of the solution. Go to AcademicRescueMission.com and learn how to open your church building during the week to support homeschooling families. Let's shift the culture of education for the next generation.
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Part 2: Every movement has a history, a moment in time where visionaries and pioneers stepped out and refused to part of the status quo. Before the Industrial Era, homeschooling was the common modality of the masses. But for over 150 years, children were pulled from the home, educated en masse, and treated as cogs in a machine. That was, until 1978, when across the US, pockets of "family schools" suddenly began popping up, unbeknownst to one another. One such "family schooler," Colonel Ray Moore, tells his story on part one of this show. He is considered to be the founder of what we know today as the modern homeschool movement. Learn about the history, the sacrifice, and his current work with Public School Exit and Exodus Mandate.
Homeschooling works. You can do it; we can help. Learn how to start your own church-based homeschool academy at AcademicRescueMission.com.
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Every movement has a history, a moment in time where visionaries and pioneers stepped out and refused to part of the status quo. Before the Industrial Era, homeschooling was the common modality of the masses. But for over 150 years, children were pulled from the home, educated en masse, and treated as cogs in a machine. That was, until 1978, when across the US, pockets of "family schools" suddenly began popping up, unbeknownst to one another. One such "family schooler," Colonel Ray Moore, tells his story on part one of this show. He is considered to be the founder of what we know today as the modern homeschool movement. Learn about the history, the sacrifice, and his current work with Public School Exit and Exodus Mandate.
Homeschooling works. You can do it; we can help. Learn how to start your own church-based homeschool academy at AcademicRescueMission.com.
publicschoolexit #exodusmandate #CEI #cvcu #academicrescuemission #homeschoolingworks
K to 12 Rescue Mission: https://www.academicrescuemission.com
Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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Pastors, take note! This is yet another tremendous resource to help rescue your congregation from pagan indoctrination! Join Dr. Lisa on today's show as she interviews Leigh Bortins, the founder and CEO of Classical Conversations. Leigh started her visionary program in 1997 with 11 students. Today, CC serves over 45,000 families around the globe. Known for its rigorous academia and dialogue-based high school classes, CC gives parents a highly organized support system to help them plan and execute their homeschool day. Learn more about CC at ClassicalConversations.com, or help your church join the rescue mission at AcademicRescueMission.com. Education is broken. We can fix it.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
Book Dr. Lisa to speak: https://www.DrLisaDunne.com
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"Children enter school as questions marks," Neil Postman chastised, "and they leave school as periods." What is happening in the scholastic environment to crush intrigue? Developmentalists have shown that children have what is known as epistemic curiosity, a need for understanding. But when they enter a traditional school environment, their question rate drops from one every two minutes to less than one every two hours. Modern education is not inspiring curiosity; it's undermining it, silencing it. Join Dr. Dunne on today's show as we unpack the value of a question, and learn how you can stoke the fires of curiosity by utilizing the Socratic method with your children, grandchildren, college students, and employees. Learn more about CVCU's signature Socratic method at CVCU.us.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
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Have you ever wondered about the power of words? Not just the words we speak over ourselves and our circumstances, but about the collective power of words as a culture-shaping entity? What if words were being used all around us right now to shift ideas, to create division, to engineer a future for our nation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with John Brown graduate Dr. Marlene McMillan, author of Mountains of Deceit: How the Dialectic Process has Infected the Culture. When we are surrounded by mindless, dull words that sear our consciences, we lose our individuality, our capacity for personal decision making, and our liberty is at stake. "Whoever controls the language controls the outcome," Dr. Marlene says. Learn how you can apply the language of liberty instead of the language of bondage over your realm of influence. Learn more about Dr. Marlene's work at WhyLibertyMatters.com or join us on the mission to free the next generation at AcademicRescueMission.com.
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Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show as she is interviewed by world changer Dr. Jim Garlow, founder of Well Versed World. You can be a difference-maker in your church, your city, your community! Let's work together to shift the culture of education for the next generation.
Join us on the Academic Rescue Mission by opening up your church building during the week and training parents to disciple their children. That's two generations of simultaneous influence--what an ROI!
Learn more about Dr. Garlow, his books, and his incredible international impact at WellVersedWorld.org. Education is broken. We can fix it.
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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How does the "circles not rows" methodology affect relational healing? Join us for an interview with trauma therapist Amber Alcoser to learn how you can use CVCU's relational format of circles in your homeschool environment, your family, your co-op, your church community and more! Amber is especially passionate about helping pastors make sense of trauma before launching their church plants. In a generation plagued with anxiety, depression, and mistrust, today's interview will provide some practical tools for helping those in your circle of influence make sense of their life experience.
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Is your ministry protected? In an era where faith, family, and freedom are all under fire, it's vital that believers take a proactive stance in protecting their vision. Join Dr. Dunne in this interview with homeschooling dad of six and founder of The 508 Company Corey Scott, and discover how shifting from a 501 to a 508 might provide the protection you need to help your nonprofit thrive. Learn more about The 508 Company at www.The508Company.com, and be sure to register for their annual conference in Colorado Springs (use our code KPRAISE to get $200 off this year's admission!). And if you're not sure what ministry to step into with your new nonprofit, why not help us shift the culture of education for the next generation? Using your existing church building and the talent pool in your own local community, we can help you launch a preschool to college homeschool outreach in just four weeks! Learn more at AcademicRescueMission.com. Education is broken. We can fix it!
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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In the 20 years since Dr. Dunne has been a homeschooling parent, she has seen more and more evidence of the fallout from traditional education. All around us, in our communities and our churches, we see the tragic fruit of a sterile, soulless process of educational methodologies that literally suck the joy out of learning. Whether you are considering home education or have been a homeschooler for many years, discover some relatable content and hope for the future in today's show. You can join us on the academic rescue mission for PK to 12th grade at www.AcademicRescueMission.com or for college at www.CVCU.us. See you there!
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Christian Community College: https://www.veritascc.us
CVCU degree programs: https://www.cvcu.us
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How is your current mindset affecting your home, your business, your friendships, your future? Our brains forge new neural networks according to our existing mental associations, the feedback loop of our expectations. What we believe internally affects our world externally by shaping our interpretation of reality. What can you do to break free from a problematic paradigm? Join Dr. Lisa on today's show to find out!
Parents often buy the lie that they are not equipped, not educated, not "expert" enough to homeschool their kids. The data proves otherwise! Moms, dads, you are the number one ingredient required for your child's socio-academic success! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she interviews fellow homeschool leader Diana Kluwin, and learn about the many support options available to you as a homeschool family, including record keeping and coaching. Public charters tell you what to teach and how to teach it--and then grade your work to make sure you are teaching it their way! That's not parent-directed education. Parents, it's time to break free from the system. You can do this; we can help! Learn more about starting your own church-based community education model at AcademicRescueMission.com.
Modern education is broken, and the result has been disastrous dysfunction in our nation's youngest citizens. Maybe your kids or grandkids have come home saying they've been bullied or pressured by classmates or teachers. Maybe you've seen the conversations on social media demonstrating the sociopolitical nonsense that has pervaded America's classrooms. Or maybe you've read the stats on the illiteracy rates, drug rates, suicide-ideation and violence and angst. Parents, grandparents, it's time for a diversion from this disastrous dysfunction. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show to find out what you can do to help rescue the next generation. And don't forget to register for our summer conference at CVCU.us.
In the 1960s, a phrase was circulated on public television as a result of rising crime in the city: "It's 10pm. Do you know where your children are?" The PSA was supposed to alert parents to check in on their kids and make sure they were safe. Today, the question is a sobering reminder for public school parents. "Do you know where your children are?" In today's interview, Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus shares about an alarming public school trend: students in government education centers are being taken from their homes after confiding in a teacher or guidance counselor about some point of disagreement with a parent. This is yet one more example of the toxic traits of traditional education. Parents, learn more about the perils of public ed on today's interview, and find out what you can do to break free from the system. Education is broken. We can fix it. Follow Brad's work at PacificJustice.org, and join the rescue mission at AcademicRescueMission.com.
Human development is a process of becoming. What social and biological forces underlie that developmental process? Identity, what developmentalists call a "relatively stable sense of self, is no longer stable. Identity is under fire, and we are seeing the tragic fallout in our youngest generations. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show to learn why teens are a target and what you can do to protect your family and friends from the ongoing assault on identity. As children created in the image of God, we are uniquely and wonderfully made. Discover how you can help your children navigate the floodgate of conformity that has been unleashed on the youngest generations. Join us on the AcademicRescueMission.com to shift the culture of education for the next generation.
Did you know that there is a language protein, FOXP2, that signals the brain to higher levels of chatter? Scientists say that humans speak between 7,000 and 20,000 words a day, and the Bible tells us that each of those words we speak over ourselves, over others, over our circumstances, has power. Life and death are in the power of the tongue, Proverbs 18:21 reminds us, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Whether we speak 7K or 20K words today, let's make them count for the kingdom.
Are you concerned about the chaos and dysfunction defining America's youngest generation? As parents, we have to ask ourselves if we are sowing the seeds in our homes today that will yield a harvest of hope tomorrow. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with Family Renewal Director Israel Wayne to discover how you can shift the culture of education in your family. Find out how he and his wife (both second-generation homeschoolers!) are training up a family of 11 kids! Learn more about Israel's work at FamilyRenewal.org.
The bad news? Modern education is broken. The good news? We can fix it. Join the rescue mission for K to 12 at AcademicRescueMission.com, or start a homeschool-based college campus at your church--anywhere in the US! Learn more at CVCU.us. Let's shift the culture of education for the next generation!
How do we set the barometers of faith and hope in our homes as we labor to train up the next generation of culture shapers? Join Dr. Lisa for an interview with recording artist and creative genius Joel Piper as he shares his own testimony of faith and unpacks the foundations behind music's transformative power. It's time to turn the tide for the most anxious, depressed, atheist generation in the history of our nation. Parents, we set the climate. We set the frequencies of faith in our homes. America's youth crisis is a solvable problem. Learn more about Joel's work at NewTogetherInc.com, and discover how you can join the mission to shift the culture of education for the next generation at AcademicRescueMission.com.
What anti-faith, anti-family bills are looming on the horizon? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with Nathan Pierce, the Executive Director of Family Protection Ministries. Nathan spends his day like a watchman on the wall, scouring the legislature for bills that intend to undermine faith or family. Learn how you can help protect your family and support FPM on today's show! Pastors, if you're ready to join the Academic Rescue Mission, we can help you reach your community with a model that disciples two generations at once! Learn more about your K to 12 homeschool support options at AcademicRescueMission.com and about your college options at CVCU.us. As believers, it's our responsibility to step in as agents of change. Let's shift the culture of education for the next generation!
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Are you concerned with amount of "screen time" taking over your family? What would shift in your home if your kids had only three hours a week in front of a screen? Not three hours a DAY, but three hours a WEEK? Meet a mom in today's interview who has done just that--and find out how that change has forever impacted her family. Moms and dads, if we don't make disciples of the next generation, someone else will. Join Dr. Lisa for today's show and find out what you can do to shift the culture in your realm of influence. Visit AcademicRescueMission.com to learn more about our national model to take back education for the next generation, or join us in SoCal at CVCU.us, where you don't have to go woke or broke to earn your college degree.
John Taylor Gatto said that government monopoly schools are structurally unreformable, that they cannot function if their central myths are exposed and abandoned. It’s time to do just that. If you’ve been wondering why the next generation seems to be parroting the same anti-faith, anti-family rhetoric across the nation, don’t miss this episode as Dr. Lisa addresses the source of misinformation that is undermining faith and family. The all-out attack has leaked into every institution of influence. Parents, it's up to us to protect the worldview of our children. If we don’t make disciples of the next generation, someone else will. Find out on today’s show what you can do to shift the culture in your realm of influence.
From Harry Harlow's first scientific presentation on love in 1958, scientists (and romanticists) have long been fascinated with this most powerful of human emotions. How do our interpersonal interactions in the home, the church, and the marketplace create or disarm frictions, and how can we utilize the fascinating findings of Harry Harlow's monkeys to help transform our realm of influence? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show to find out more!
The larger culture outside our windows swells with celebrity worship, fragmented identity, and idolatry. As parents, we have the unique ability to help steward our children's hearts so they won't be vulnerable to these permeations. How do we help our children develop a stable sense of self and a resilience that leads to foundations of hope and purpose? Join Dr. Dunne for today's episode to learn more!
A recent study analyzes the effect of decades of socialization and its impact on population growth--a socialization experiment that governments are now regretting and attempting to reverse. But can these generational worldviews be shifted back to a place of health and hope? It's a vital question, because America's kids face a similar danger. After decades of being saturated by the IV drip of indoctrination in public schools, their worldview is growing more anti-faith and anti-family focused with every year. What can you do as a parent, pastor, or community advocate to reverse the trend? Join Dr. Dunne for today's show to find out more, and join the Academic Rescue Mission today!
Does science matter? Kids in America's public school system have been fed an intravenous drip of evolution for 57 years. How has this foundational teaching affected the most anxious, depressed, atheist generation in the history of our nation? Join Dr. Lisa on today's show as she interviews CVCU science professor and ICR paleobiochemist Dr. Brian Thomas. Learn about his dinosaur digs and his new book Living in the Light of Genesis. Follow his work at ICR.org and CVCU.us. See you then!
Attorney Kerry Morgan is recognized as one of the top 5% of legal professionals in the United States, and his insights on the origin and limitations of federal government have the potential to impact tremendous familial and social change. Don't miss this eye-opening interview! Learn more about Mr. Morgan's work (and download some of his brilliant white papers) at LONANG.com, which stands for a phrase from the Declaration of Independence: the laws of nature and nature's God. Join the academic rescue mission at CVCU.us for college and AcademicRescueMission.com for PK to 12. Let's shift the culture of education for the next generation!
Have you checked in on your dorsolateral prefrontal cortex lately? :) If you've found yourself tending toward a glass-empty rather than glass-full mindset, this is a good time for a neural checkup! A scarcity mindset can limit our brain function, reduce our ability to control impulses--and even cause significant declines in our IQ. Wow! Join Dr. Lisa as she unpacks some striking similarities between Jonah and Scrooge, focusing on three heart postures we want to watch out for in our own lives.
If you haven't heard, there is an all-out war being waged against homeschoolers right now. Public school districts are literally closing their doors because homeschooling has become the educational methodology of choice--and for good reason! Families realized in 2020 that they had moral and academic freedom over their children, and after pulling them out of the failing public system, their kids are thriving! Scroll back on this podcast to hear all the stats on why Dr. Lisa believes as both a parent and a 25-year veteran of higher education that homeschooling is THE superior educational methodology for the current era!
Join Dr. Lisa in this special episode as she interviews lifelong homeschooler Ethan Dunne as he shares his insights on school, life, theater, and the value of mental margin. At 25 years old, Ethan brings experiential data to the homeschool conversation that is already supported by 40 years of statistical research at NHERI.org. Homeschooling works! You can do this; we can help. Join the K to 12 academic rescue mission at AcademicRescueMission.com or the college mission at CVCU.us.
What’s wrong with modern education? Over the last three years, this question has swelled from an outlier’s whisper to a resounding multigenerational roar. Traditional education is broken. Absolutely. But we can fix it! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today’s show to discover the benefits of a church-based academy. A church-based academy an helps reverse the trend of peer orientation and replace it with parent orientation, supporting the Luke 1:17 model of restoring the hearts of the parents to the children. A church-based academy increases intergenerational connectivity, providing a rich framework of relational discipleship and mentoring, providing young women with hope and vision, and providing young men with the training they need to carry the mantle of manhood. Finally, a church-based academy restores the local church the center of spiritual formation and community, providing a holistic approach to family discipleship and the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Modern education's dysfunction is a solvable problem! Learn more at ARM, AcademicRescueMission.com.
How can you develop a legacy of generational gratitude in your home? In an era where all-access materialism reigns, where entitlement-enhanced messages constantly flood the airwaves, it can be easy to focus more on our have-nots than on our haves. But did you know that gratitude is a learned behavior--one we can cultivate in our homes and our organizations? Join Dr. Lisa on today's show to discover the physiological, neurological, spiritual, and relational benefits of thankfulness.
America's education system is broken. We know this instinctively because we see the fruit: low academic performance. Functional illiteracy. Skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression. An anti-faith, anti-family environment. Many parents are contemplating their kids' scholastic futures, dreading the ramifications of public education but sickened (rightly so) by the cost of private education. Are these polar extremes the only hope for the next generation? Before you make that next big academic decision, consider the impact of the educational ecosystem on our mental, relational, and spiritual health, and ask your family some tough questions: Are you in an allegiance with Truth? Are you pursuing kingdom objectives? Or are you simply adding volume to the clanging gong of popular opinion? If we are leading our families down a pathway that conflicts with truth, it's time to draw a line in the sand and live set apart, consecrated lives. Join Dr. Dunne for today's show to get envisioned for a new way, a better way, a responsible model of education that won't leave you (or your kids) woke or broke in the pursuit of future goals.
Are public school administrators coercing teachers to keep secrets from parents? Don't miss this interview with John Stamper as he shares his firsthand account of the classroom culture and why he walked away from traditional education. Learn more about his work at State of the State Schools here, and join us on the Academic Rescue Mission for K to 12 at www.AcademicRescueMission.com or for college at www.CVCU.us. You can do this; we can help!
A new research report furthers the concern that our youngest generations (though certainly not only the young) are wading through a significant season of relational distress, an isolation that has swept over them through as a result of their sociocultural conditioning. What can parents and teens themselves do to help reconnect the relational ties that are scientifically proven to bolster emotional, psychological, and even physiological health? Join Dr. Dunne on today’s show as she unpacks the formula of friendship.
Growing up in City Heights, Ellis California Jones saw the best and the worst of what San Diego was capable of offering: opportunities that could lead to advancement or addiction, independence or incarceration. After reaching his dreams of playing football on a college scholarship, Ellis found himself running with the wrong crowd, making decisions that eventually put him behind bars. And it was there that he saw the irony of lifelong drug addicts circling in and out of prison. It was there that he developed his leadership skills, helping other inmates earn their GED, and it was there that he discovered--to his surprise--the common ground he shared with the conservative party. Today, Ellis is running for District 4 City Council in San Diego. Tune in as Dr. Dunne interviews Ellis California Jones on his faith journey, his life lessons, and his hopes for the streets of San Diego.
You've no doubt seen the DEI acronym sweeping across the globe. What does it mean, and how does it affect us? While Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has rejected DEI, Biden has declared a sweeping bow-the-knee mandate to its every whim. What is the truth behind the push for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every market, in every school, in virtually eery company across the globe? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for a lively interview with Kevin McGary as they unpack the findings in his latest book DEI in 3D.
We talk a great deal today about children's diets (and rightly so), but caring for the next generation goes beyond the physical. A child who is well fed but spiritually, mentally, and emotionally malnourished is not a thriving child. How can we ensure that we are stirring up the gifts, the ideas, the innovation of the next generation? Join us for today's show as Dr. Dunne and Ebey Sorenson talk about one of the formative philosophy books in the My Father's World Bundle, For the Children's Sake.
America's education crisis is a solvable problem. On today's show, Dr. Lisa explains the three pillars of effective education and what you can do to break free from the system. CVCU is helping churches across the US reach the next generation through an Academic Rescue Mission (ARM) that is shifting culture. This model will work in any community anywhere in the US. Luke 6:40 says that the student will become like the teacher. If we want to turn the next generation around, we must answer those two age-old questions from Plato: Who is teaching the children, and what are they being taught? Learn more at CVCU.us.
Inquiry-based learning is an academic buzzword today, but what does it really mean, and how can it help students to think critically? What are the secret ingredients of this methodology that connect it to innovation and a lifelong love of learning? At Chula Vista University and all of our homeschool academy subsidiaries, we teach in a format we call our Signature Socratic Method (SSM). Discover why this method will simplify your teaching and radically transform your homeschool environment. Experience the method in person for yourself at our CVCU campus, where we offer preschool to college classes built on the SSM model. Learn more at www.cvcu.us.
Did you know that the next generation faces a crisis of misattachment? In part 1 of this topic, Dr. Lisa Dunne unpacks the scriptural and biological underpinnings of attachment and why it's so vital that we understand this critical element of human development and relationship. Join us for part 2 at CVCU's RFRSH 2023 Parenting and Education Conference this weekend! Professor Brian Reiswig and the CVCU team will be offering sessions to equip and encourage parents of all ages, no matter where you are on the journey. RSVP at www.CVCU.us to join us in person or online. You can do this; we can help!
Thomas Jefferson reminded our early nation that true education has two mandatory components: A mentor and the classics . CVCU is excited to announce a structured approach to the classics in our newest PK to high school model. Join Dr. Dunne as she interviews the curriculum for our junior and senior high homeschoolers, The Principle Approach method. In this interview, Foundation of American Christian Education Teaching Director Dr. Max Lyons shares the history of this approach, which was founded in 1940 as America faced the threat of socialism. Sound familiar? Now, more than ever, it's time for a public school exit. CVCU will be offering training in both of our fall curricular choices at our upcoming conference at Chula Vista Christian University, and we'd love for you to join us!
Be sure to check out all of our CVCU events designed to support you on your journey, from conferences to camps to classes to our signature Socratic college degree programs for all ages. Visit www.cvcu.us to learn more. We're here to take back education for the next generation!
Do you think your state is too far gone to return to normalcy? Do you have doubts that the next generation will ever emerge from the sad statistical moniker of the most anxious, depressed, atheist generation in the history of our nation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with next generation evangelist Ross Johnston as he shares his incredible stories of interaction on the streets of CA. Learn more about sponsoring his work at CaWillBeSaved.com.
You can join the rescue mission for the next generation! We have master classes every month at SaveTheNextGen.com, where we can help you start an academic rescue mission in your own local church! Don't miss our summer camp, summer conference, adult degree programs and our debt-free, marketplace-focused bachelor degree programs at Chula Vista Christian University. RSVP today at www.CVCU.us.
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Have you been wanting to do something to save the next generation from public school indoctrination but wondering how your church can practically step into the rescue mission? Maybe you think your building is too small to accommodate students. Maybe you think your staff is overtaxed or your congregation wouldn't support it or your community wouldn't be interested. Find out why none of those reasons are likely to be true! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she interviews one of her latest academy startups in Conroe, Texas. As a smaller church with limited space, the pastors weren't sure if a homeschool academy was right for them. But after only one semester in operation, Harvest Family Academy has already doubled in size, and this church is seeing a tremendous impact on the community. The harvest is ready, friends! We can have your plug-and-play mission in a box school up and running in just four weeks! Join the rescue mission for the next generation at DrLisaDunne.com.
Parents often feel highly conflicted about what their children really need from ages 2 to 4. Do they need more time with peers or with parents? Join Dr. Lisa for an interview with PK mom Caitlin Nelson, who oversees the early learner program at The Academy at CVCU, for tips and tools that will help you steward those precious early years. Mom and Dad, you are the solution to America's education crisis! At CVCU, we can help you step into the ring with your own family or help families around you by launching your own academy with our plug-and-play model. Learn more at www.DrLisaDunne.com.
Why would a student who was accepted into an Ivy League university with a 1.7 acceptance rate decide to come to CVCU? Hear what made Mechanical Engineering major Daniel Pinedo choose Chula Vista Christian University. It's not too late to join us for fall! Apply for our new adult studies program or our traditional program at www.cvcu.us under the apply tab. Earn your degree debt-free, and gain the foundations you need for a career in psychology, business, nursing, pre-medicine, computer science, political science, or mechanical engineering. Apply by May 15th.
Modern education is broken. We all know it. Will we wait around for the government to fix the system, or will we take the future of the next generation into our own hands? After spending 20 years teaching in the college classroom, Dr. Dunne knew that she had a moral mandate to step in an be an agent of change. Find out what pillars set Chula Vista Christian University apart and how you can utilize these same pillars in your own parenting and schooling to help give purpose and direction to the next generation. If you're a pastor or church leader, you can create broad-based change by opening up your church building next week to the harvest that is growing around you in your community. Visit www.DrLisaDunne.com to join the rescue mission.
HR 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, which just passed in the House, intends to require greater transparency between schools and parents. But just as parents' eyes were opened in 2020 when they walked into their children's rooms and heard the socio-political nonsense being taught through Zoom, HR 5 should give parents a sobering view of what is really happening in government school classrooms--and what secrets are being kept from parents. Dr. Dunne first wrote about this issue in The Science of Social Influence over a decade ago. It's not new, and it's time parents heard the truth. Join us for this week's podcast as we break down the legislative ruling and the opposing side's radical secret-keeping agenda. Learn more about the bill and Congress.gov, and discover how you can educate your children without being yoked to pagan ideologies: Just visit us at www.CVCU.us to break free from the system.
If you haven't heard already, America's government school system is producing some of the lowest scores in a host of checkpoints: social maturity, emotional maturity, resilience, spiritual health, mental health--and yes, even academic performance. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. What happens when we refuse to stop courting and supporting a system that aggressively defends and promotes an ungodly agenda? The fallout is clear. Pastors, there are waiting lists all over the US right now. Parents are ready to move their children into parent-involved, Bible-centric education systems. Will you be part of the rescue mission? Visit Dr. Lisa at DrLisaDunne.com to see what happens when churches step up to the plate. Working together, we can shift the culture of education for the next generation!
Even if you've never met him in person, you've no doubt heard of Dr. Brian Ray. His research spans more than three decades of American scholastic assessment, and he is the single-most quoted source of wisdom in homeschool research today. Check out his impressive peer-reviewed work at NHERI.org. In this interview, Dr. Dunne and Dr. Ray talk about all things education: what we know about the parent-directed model, what we can see coming down the behavioral pipeline based on some of the parental practices surrounding us today, and what "secret ingredients" lead to the absolute best academic outcomes. Spoiler alert: Homeschooling works! Parents, you can do this; we can help! Visit www.cvcu.us to find out how you can jump into the rescue mission for your own family or your community. Just click the Start an Academy tab for more info.
Parents often wonder what practical steps they can take to give their children the necessary foundations for becoming intelligent, engaged adults who are difference-makers in the modern world. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this special interview as she talks with CVCU Junior Tristan Teng about the most influential experiences in his life that helped mold him into the person he has become today. At age 19, Tristan is a speech and debate champion, an outstanding scholar, and a highly engaged political servant. Learn more about homeschooling and CVCU's mentor-based approach at CVCU.us.
Who holds the ultimate governmental authority over your children? Is it the state? The church? The kids themselves? Join Dr. Dunne as she interviews Attorney Kevin Novak, author of the powerhouse book Abolition: Overcoming the Christian Establishment on Education. Discover who does--and who does not--have the right of responsibility for your children's spiritual, emotional, social, and academic growth. Parents, are you ready for a public school exit? Join us at CVCU.us to become part of the solution for the next generation.
Whether you're a GenZ, a Millennial, a GenXer, a Boomer, or a Builder, every generation needs relational connection. But how do we avoid the relational fractures that currently categorize much of modern America's relational connectedness (or lack thereof)? Join Dr. Dunne for today's episode on protecting and preserving the vital relationships in your realm of influence. Understanding the dialectical tension between individuation and differentiation will help create the foundation you need for agape love to flourish.
For over 20 years, Apologia has been our family's science curriculum of choice, and it's also the go-to series we recommend for all of our national homeschool academies (learn more at the Start an Academy tab at CVCU.us). Join me for an inspiring interview with homeschooling dad of seven and president of Apologia, Davis Carman. Be sure to check out Apologia's free resources for new homeschoolers, like Apologia.com/bootcamp and Apologia.com/free. Apologia offers science, worldview, and math resources that will give your students the foundations they need to succeed. Learn more at Apologia.com.
Cell phones seem like a necessity today, but most parents are aware of the dangerous gateway they can represent. Screens are not only shifting learning styles and creating a culture of emotionalism and narcissism, but they are also introducing children to a sobering array of perverse content. When should kids be allowed to have a cellphone, and what measures can you take to ensure safe usage? Join us for today's interview with Pastors Jonathan and Joanne Brozozog, lead pastors of Creative Church in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to learn more about their Cell Phone Permit course. As pastors and homeschooling parents of nine children, the Brozozogs are passionate about keeping students safe in a digital world. Learn more about their work at CellPhonePermit.com.
For those that graduated high school 30 or 40 years ago, it's easy to look back on our schooling and think, "Well, it wasn't that bad." But is today's traditional education environment the same as those of yesteryear? No. The classroom culture has shifted in a sobering, subversive way that should make us want to pump the brakes on the big yellow prison bus and jump right off. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show as we pull back the veneer on modern education's content and methodology. We know the data on the success of homeschooling, but often parents are afraid. It's a big step, maybe a scary step, to imagine taking full responsibility for your child's academic, emotional, and spiritual growth. But the data shows over and over again that the highest success rates, the best socio-academic training comes from the organic nature of homeschooling. Fear not, parents. As Spurgeon reminds us, we can bring our empty pitcher to the Lord, and he will fill it from the well that never runs dry. You can do this, mom and dad. We are here to help you. Be sure to check out our new FREE homeschool support courses at CVCU.us.
Parents, the roadmaps provided by the world's leading developmental researchers show us two compelling facts about the early years of learning: children learn most effectively and efficiently when we slow down and bring learning home. Yet for the last several decades, Americans have been focused on an opposite approach. What has been the resultant harvest, and what are the true predictors of socio-academic success? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for part two of this Early Learner episode as we unpack the developmental milestones of early childhood and discover what methods are truly worthy of the investment. Remember, you can join us on the journey to take back education from preschool to college. Just visit CVCU.us to learn more about joining the mission, starting your own academic outreach, or sponsoring a program to help us empower parents and pastors to turn their communities around.
There is a plethora of gadgets and technology that promises to help your child learn, grow, and develop. But what are the true predictors of socio-academic success? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's show as we unpack the developmental milestones of early childhood and discover what methods are truly worthy of the investment. Remember, you can join us on the journey to take back education from preschool to college. Just visit CVCU.us to learn more about joining the mission, starting your own academic outreach, or sponsoring a program to help us empower parents and pastors to turn their communities around.
If you've ever had a friend, relative, or even your spouse question the efficacy of the homeschool model, today's episode is for you. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she takes a comparative glance at some of the latest data on public school performance and holds it up to the light of the homeschool model. These are the numbers naysayers need to understand why homeschooling is the most effective and efficient model of modern education.
Homeschooling provides parents the tremendous luxury of time. While our academic counterparts are often stuck in the scholastic rat race that keeps them "studying" in school for 7 hours a day and then checking off homework boxes another 3 hours each night, homeschoolers have the grand freedom of learning through relationship and discussion for a fraction of that time period (and the scores to prove the model works). But it isn't time alone that creates the relationship, the bond, the power of the model. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for a reminder of the necessity of savoring the moment and living fully planted in the present as we train up a generation in the way they should go.
You've never met a congressional candidate like this one before! Pastor Tyler Geffeney saw an opportunity for influence in the 52nd district and knew he had to be part of the solution. His ten-point plan offers the hope, vision, and restoration that America so desperately needs right now. Learn more about Pastor Tyler's platform at Tyler4Congress.com. America, your vote is your voice! Let's make sure our values are being communicated and represented at the city, state, and national level.
If you're new to the homeschooling world in California, you may not yet be part of the flagship organization for Christian home education, CHEA: Christian Home Educators Association of California. For four decades, CHEA has been serving the homeschool community across our state with advice, advocacy, and events, including annual conference that brings in top speakers, exhibit halls, workshops, and tremendous networking opportunities to our state. And that brings us to the big news! As of October, Dr. Lisa Dunne will be taking on a new leadership role at CHEA. Check out today's podcast to learn more about what's ahead and how CHEA and CVCU are here to help you succeed in your homeschool adventure from kindergarten to college!
Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's interview with the founder and director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. This time, there's a twist: she's the one in the interview seat! Dr. Dunne first met Andrew in 2009 when she invited him in to host a writing workshop in her first homeschool academy, Mosaic Christian Academy. She was immediately impressed with his creativity, his humor, and his international fan club that had sprung up as a result of his video teachings (remember those?) on the topic of writing well. Join Dr. Dunne, Julie Walker, and Andrew Pudewa for this engaging interview on the power of true education.
What does it take to prepare a student for the rigors of college? Parents often ask if home education will equip their student to get into the college of their dreams. The question parents might also want to be asking is, “Do you want the fruit of that college or university in your child’s life?” Join 20-year veteran of higher education Dr. Lisa Dunne for today’s podcast as we explore what colleges really want in an ideal college student candidate, and find out why the homeschool model perfectly prepares students for success in college and beyond.
Have you ever heard of Piaget’s American Question? Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget (1896- 1980) is credited with being the first researcher to theorize that young children process information in a completely different manner from adults. Through his observations and analyses of test-taking in young children, Piaget began to theorize that they were processing information in a unique manner, and this curiosity led to his research proposal of stages of cognitive development in young children. One of his big concerns at the global level was what he deemed the “American Question: Why did Americans find themselves compelled to rush the developmental process in young children? Mamma, slow down. Relax. Learning is natural, organic. You were born for this. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for part 2 of relating through the lifespan and learn how every stage of life has a specific design for community, connection, and purpose. The home education movement is a powerful methodology for reclaiming the Titus-Timothy model at both the familial and organizational level.
The cumulative destruction of modern education is most visible at the college level, because it’s the built-up effect of a lifetime of indoctrination. After 20 years as an educator at the university level, Dr. Dunne saw that our system was broken beyond repair, and the next generation desperately needed a rescue mission. Students were living in their cars while amassing a 130K debt they would never be able to repay. Smart students sat in the back of classrooms, bored, unmotivated, wasting their time, talent, and treasure on a model that was not inspiring them. And struggling students were left behind because the-teach-to-the-middle mantra was intended keep a class of very different learners on the same proverbial page. Join Dr. Dunne for today’s show and find out how you can help combat the three great tragedies of higher education: content, methodology, and the cost.
Did you know that the developmental stages of socio-emotional development fit together like puzzle pieces spanning the generations? Titus and Timothy compel us to embrace the intergenerational model, the well of wisdom intended to flow down from one generation to the next. But modern culture segregates ages, ripping apart that fabric of connectivity at the seams. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for part 1 of relating through the lifespan and learn how every stage of life has a specific design for community, connection, and purpose. The home education movement is a powerful methodology for reclaiming the Titus-Timothy model at both the familial and organizational level.
Parents, what are you waiting for? You can do this! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with Revival Christian Academy Director Michelle Becerra. in Menifee, California. RCA offers curriculum counseling, ongoing records training, monthly parent meetings, bi-monthly co-op meetings, and more. Apply or learn about the program at RevivalChristianAcademy.com. Both the content and the methodology of education are broken beyond repair. If we are to reverse the sobering stats for the next generation, we need an education revolution. Parents and pastors, learn more about the rescue mission at CVCU.us!
Have you ever wondered about the benefits of the multi-age classroom or the importance of differentiating between Hebraic and Greco-Roman classical foundations in your homeschool curricula? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for today's interview with My Father's World Founder David Hazell. David and his family spend eight years in Russia where he served in Bible translation in Siberia and Moscow, helping coordinate Bible translations into more than 70 languages. As a curriculum writer and veteran homeschooling dad, he understands the importance of mentorship and play-based learning, two homeschool methods that often befuddle new homeschooling parents. Learn more about this all-inclusive curriculum and gain some helpful tips for your homeschool journey on today's show!
When Manoah, Samson's dad, learned through an angelic visitation that his wife was going to have a baby, he asked a very important question: "What is the manner of his child, and what is his mission?" While we may not have been visited by an angel to announce our child's arrival, the question is equally vital for us. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show as she unpacks the unique phases of childhood development, helping us recognize the unique patterns, processes, and seasons of childrearing, attachment, and homeschooling.
Have you ever wondered if a behavioral challenge in your child is pointing to dysfunction or if it's simply a quirky developmental phase? Having a better understanding of our children's unique developmental stages will help us parent better, teach better, connect better, disciple better, and ultimately train up a generation of champions! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she unpacks more evidence in support of home education and its tried-and-true methodology. Scroll back for a host of episodes that will encourage and equip you for the journey ahead, or learn more about Dr. Lisa's latest book on education at OutsourcedTheBook.com. If you're a pastor, be sure to join us on the rescue mission! Go to CVCU.us and click the Start a Homeschool Academy tab. The next generation needs us to step in, to speak up, and to hold the line against the government school's ongoing indoctrination of America's youth. Learn more at CVCU.us!
Stepping out of traditional education's rat race and into the margin of home education offers more than just an excellent scholastic option. Some families have discovered a renewed sense of passion and direction for an area of impact and influence in the community as well! Join us for this week's podcast, an interview with Awaken Academy Balboa Site Director Raechelle Rodriguez, as she shares how her home education journey led to an outreach opportunity that has been shaping the trajectory of her community in a positive and proactive manner. As Raechelle learned about the toxic traits of the public school system, specifically the highly sexualized curricala pushed daily by government education, she knew that she could be part of the solution. Learn more about her work at ChooseHealthED.com, and learn more about our rescue mission for education at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
What's it like to leave corporate America to start a new life as a homeschool mom? Join us for today's interview with Monica Hernandez, the site director of Awaken Academy Eastlake, as she shares her journey from banker to builder. Parents, you can do this! It's time for a public school exit. Learn more about our K to 12 work in San Diego at AwakenAcademySD.com, or visit CVCU.us and click the Start a Homeschool Academy tab to find out how your church can become part of the rescue mission.
Recently, California's parents rejoiced when mask mandates were lifted in public schools across the state. But the school system's virtue signaling effort is just a superficial attempt at winning back public trust. It doesn't change the root or the fruit of public education. In fact, the failed content and methodology of today's public education system has followed the same archaic format for the last 50 years. Today, that seed has produced a harvest: the most anxious, depressed, atheist generation in the history of America. Parents, even if your students aren't being inoculated, they're still being indoctrinated. Even if they're not masked, they are still ingesting Marxism, evolution, anti-family, anti-faith agendas. The question is, mom and dad, where will you draw the line? Join us for today's show and discover how you can break free of the government indoctrination centers that are training up a generation of anxious atheists. Visit AwakenAcademySD.com to see how you can become part of the rescue mission.
If you're ready to break free of public school puppeteering and rise above today's educational rat race, this podcast is for you! Discover a whole new world of great literature, meaningful conversations, and educational methodologies that actually work! Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she interviews homeschool mom and Awaken Academy teacher Elaina Triesch. You will be inspired and challenged by her innovative, well-spoken, and action-oriented responses about the journey: where she's been, what she's learned, and how it relates to your next steps. Parents, it's time for a public school exit. Break free of the big yellow prison bus, and join us on the homeschool adventure. You can do this; we can help!
For almost 40 years, the Christian Home Educators Association of California has been supporting, encouraging, and equipping independent homeschoolers. Parents, you are not alone on the journey of educating your child! Visit CHEAofCA.org to learn more about conferences, books, articles, and steps for un-enrolling from government schools. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for today's show as she interviews Rebecca Kocsis, the general manager of CHEA.
Are charter schools an effective educational model for Christian homeschooling parents? How do we navigate multiple ages, backgrounds, and the inclusion of hobbies like sports if we aren't leaning on the government school system? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for today's interview with homeschooling parent and cheerleading coach Denise DeLorenzo. Parents, you are not alone. There are many resources available to help you succeed in this model! Visit us at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us to learn more about the community of support at your fingertips, and visit NHERI.org and CHEAofCA.com to find out more about the stats and stories of homeschool success. You can do this; we can help!
Parents, the longer you homeschool, the more you'll see the fruit of the model activated in your children's lives! Deuteronomy 6:6-9 exhorts parents to talk about the truth of God's word as we do life together: on the road, at the table, in the field, as we live and work in intersected, integrated lifestyles. The sheer volume of time stolen from parents by the traditional method of education makes this type of ongoing discipleship virtually impossible. This week, we explore the harvest of long-term home education as we meet a mom who not only educates her kids but also serves alongside them in ministry. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne and Corie Di Matteo as they interview homeschool veteran Jessica Lopez. Parents, it's time for a public school exit! You can do this; we can help! Learn more about our local and national support systems at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
When parents get plugged in to their purpose and teach from their own talents, cities shift. Cultures change. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she interviews homeschool mom and military wife Megan Wagner, who has seen her passion for the arts, her applied creativity, and her relational margin increase dramatically as a result of her decision to homeschool. Parents, homeschooling provides the margin and freedom to support relational, emotional, spiritual, and of course, academic growth. View the model at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us, and get your family off the big yellow prison bus. You can be part of the rescue mission.
Is homeschooling for everyone? What about homeschooling with special needs? This week's guest, Ebey Sorenson, unpacks her experience coming out of traditional education, homeschooling her own children, and bridging the gap for those with special educational needs. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we continue our series of interviewing new and veteran homeschool parents. It's time for a public school exit!
Social science research is often bad news before it is good news. When we look at the rates of depression, anxiety, and identity confusion in the youngest generation, we see some common catalysts for this generational belief and behavior. The youngest generations lack the trust and security that comes from a secure base. They have significantly low resilience levels (hence the snowflake moniker) and dangerously low emotion regulation levels. Many of these generational shortcomings could be turned around with the healing of attachment. God is the father of redemption, of hope. He doesn’t leave us stranded and victimized, hopelessly awaiting the exit lane of life. Through his marvelous design of neural plasticity, he gives us the opportunity to grow, change, develop, and heal throughout our lifetimes. And as Barna says, the younger generation is “largely the product of the unaddressed dysfunctions of the generations that came before them...a generation that has inherited a cultural war zone but not the tools to bring peace to that war.” What can we do to turn the tide? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we address the tried-and-true steps to family renewal.
Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for part two of her interview with Dr. Brian Thomas, CVCU apologetics professor and paleobiochemist for the Institute for Creation Research. Dr. Thomas recently led Chula Vista Christian University students, staff, and faculty on a Flood-based tour of the Grand Canyon where they saw the existing geological evidence for Noah's Flood. Learn more about ICR and CVCU at ICR.org and CVCU.us.
“Learn not the way of the nations,” Jeremiah 10:1 says, “for the customs of the people are vanity.” We don’t hear the word vanity much in common culture today. The word vain, hebel, means empty, unsatisfactory. Certainly, we have all met people who typify this adjective, whose appearance may be radiant but whose minds are vacant. The customs of the people means here their manner, their statute, their ordinance. The vacant minded not only model their own mental vacancy and disconnect from logical, critical thinking; they expect others to bow to their ordinances, their statutes.
This is not the intended path of the Christian. Believers are to walk in the ancient path, the eternal highway. Philippians 3:13 says that we are to walk by the same rule and mind (pay attention to) the same thing. Galatians 5:25 says that we are to walk in the spirit. We must pay careful attention today to any “ways of the nations” that may be trying to encroach on our beliefs or behaviors. Instead, we must resist the customs and vanities of this world and keep our eye focused on the prize of the high calling that propels us onward.
Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for part one of her interview with paleobiochemist Dr. Brian Thomas as he shares his insights and wisdom from the field. Learn more about Dr. Thomas at ICR.org or CVCU.us/faculty.
An intruder has loomed on the horizon for decades, slowly inching its way toward our homes, toward the hearts of our children. A handful of educational prophets have called out into the wind throughout the last century, but parents have either looked the other way or stomped their feet at the enemy, hoping a carnal tactic would give them advantage in a decidedly spiritual battle. Today, the fallout is clear. Students lack the self-government that is derived from a healthy parent-oriented attachment and are driven instead by a modality of peer orientation. Their lives are void of opportunities for intergenerational wisdom, correction, encouragement, discipleship. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she unpacks another toxic trait of the public school system: the annihilation of self-government through an insidious attachment to peers.
Do we want to raise snowflakes or visionaries? Do we want to train up children who will curl up in a fetal position at the first hint of discomfort or champions who will stand strong and hold the line in this increasingly polarizing era? In part two of this episode, Dr. Dunne examines the foundations of developing resilience in the next generation. Drawing from research in biology and neuroscience, she helps parents plot a course for breaking free from the processes and procedures of the K to 12 government indoctrination centers and finding peace, finding hope, finding freedom. Be the change. You can do this, parents. Let's say no to snowflakes and yes to resilient visionaries who will turn this nation around.
Government schools are not only dumbing us down; they’re hyping us up, creating a new breed of emotion-driven anti-patriot that melts at the mention of truth. Enter the era of the snowflake. In their brilliant book The Coddling of the American Mind, Lukianoff and Haidt explain the “Great Untruths” being taught in American schools, modern myths that leave students choosing feelings instead of logic, conformity instead of innovation—being triggered instead of being transformed. You can be part of the solution. The next generation needs us: it’s time to wake up, stand up, and speak up. Be sure check out the tremendous work we’re doing across San Diego County at AwakenAcademySD.com and cvcu.us. If you're a pastor in San Diego, DM for help on making your church part of the rescue mission. It's time to stop making snowflakes and start raising champions. It’s time for a public school exit.
Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she continues her analysis of the ten toxic traits of public education. Today's trait is being spewed out daily from the sewers of government indoctrination centers, bearing its tragic fruit in a generation of numb, misattuned, and noncommittal spectators. We can't afford to look the other way and hope the system will change, that the world around us will change. It's time to step up. The mental, physical, relational, emotional, and spiritual health of the next generation is at stake. Learn more about Dr. Dunne's local efforts at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
Time and time again, the research has shown it to be true: Students learn more effectively in smaller groups, with individualized methods, in familiar settings, on a flexible schedule. In other words, homeschooling. Why, then, is the government school system not trying to replicate, to imitate, the model that research has proven to be the most overtly superior methodology of educational effectiveness? Because there is something else at play here.
Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for part two of this eye-opening interview with Dr. Brian Ray, founder of the National Home Education Research Institute. Dr. Ray's research spans 40 years, and his powerhouse, peer-reviewed data has swayed many a naysayer to the overwhelming benefits of the parent-directed method. Learn more at NHERI.org.
Homeschooling works. Be sure to check out the difference we're making partnering with parents in San Diego at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us. You can be part of the solution. Join us for the show to find out more!
As the founder of the National Home Education Research Institute, Dr. Brian Ray has been assessing the viability of home education for the last 40 years. If you have homeschool naysayers in your midst, be sure to check out Dr. Ray's peer-reviewed research on the parent-directed education movement at NHERI.org. Find out why millions of parents have chosen this route to train up their children and to raise responsible, compassionate, engaged citizens who are making a difference in their realm of influence. Don't miss part one of this interview with the legendary Dr. Ray!
There are many powerful reasons for breaking free of the toxic teachings of traditional education. And it's not only about the overtly soul-less content found in the public system. As Ken Ham has pointed out, many of today's Christian schools are also failing to produce thinkers, doers, disciples. More often than not, according to Ham's research, Christian schools have simply mirrored the methodologies and ideologies of the secular system. They walk like a public school, talk like a public school, and think like a public school. They’re like a secular textbook with an “I Heart Jesus” bumper sticker slapped on the front cover. And why? Because most of the teachers went to secular institutions and are simply parroting the information and methodology they absorbed in their own humanistic classrooms. Instead of creating a spirit of wonder and gratitude--two emotions that should fuel the transformative experience of learning--modern classrooms are stifling creativity and impeding the Great Commission. As Neil Postman puts it, education and school have become mutually exclusive. If we want to positively influence the trajectory of today's students, it’s time to take back the reins. The next generation needs active, engaged mothers and fathers to lead them to greatness. The future is family. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne this week to learn what we can do to get involved and to equip those in our realm of influence to free the captives and help the next generation find hope, purpose, and direction. Learn more about Dr. Dunne's work in San Diego County at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
As a nation, we have wasted an extraordinary amount of time and resources in the public sector trying to fix a broken system. As John Taylor Gatto says, "Over the years of wrestling with the obstacles that stand between child and education, I have come to believe that government monopoly schools are structurally unreformable. They cannot function if their central myths are exposed and abandoned." A better question would be how can we rescue parents who want out of government indoctrination centers but feel trapped? What responsibility can the local church take to help parents who believe they are unable to homeschool? How can we sponsor them, support them, come alongside them, and make what seems impossible possible for them? What can we do, individually and corporately, to help free the captives? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's episode as she shares about her experience in helping parents get free, and learn more about her work at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us. The weight of responsibility for the mental, emotional, physiological, and spiritual health of the next generation rests squarely on the shoulders of the Christian community. And if are more afraid of offending someone than of speaking the truth that might save them from destruction, then we may just be standing on the wrong side of the dividing line between the sheep and the goats.
At this point, most parents (at least in California), have awakened to the generational fallout from the public school indoctrination centers. They know it's time to make a change. But what if life is complicated? What if there are job requirements or single-parent households? Does homeschooling demand a 24/7 modality of education? One of the most frequent questions we get from parents is about that balance: Can I work AND homeschool? This question often stems largely from a misconception about what homeschooling is and is not. Home-based, parent-directed education means just that: the parent chooses the subjects, the people, and the process that will best serve the needs of the child. The parent is in the driver's seat--not the school board, not the secular state. Join Dr. Dunne on this week's show for an interview with new homeschooling mom Hillary Hebert, who has learned the secret of juggling these multiple variables and is now a walking testimony of the positively transformative nature of the homeschooling movement.
The generation coming after GenZ, Alphas, are predicted to be one of the largest global generations in history. Based on their training, habits, and incessant exposure to the world's values, they will be the most educated, the most sophisticated, and, if we don't turn the tide, the most liberal generation of all time. There is a constant battle for control of their consumer patterns, their social beliefs, even their souls. This fight for power has crossed the threshold of the home, the school, the government, and the marketplace. Whose children are they? Do they belong to the state or to the parent? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's episode as we unpack the signs and seasons of the battle for generational jurisdiction. What does history teach us? What political pressures are increasing today, and what difference does education make? Discover what seeds we must be planting today if we want to reap a harvest of peace, hope, and joy in our nation tomorrow. Learn more about Dr. Dunne's work in San Diego County at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
New homeschoolers face many unknowns: What books should I use? How do I motivate my child? Where do I begin? What have I gotten myself into? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she unravels the mysteries of curriculum selection, learning styles, and student motivation to help parents assess and address their children's unique developmental styles. Dr. Dunne is a lifelong homeschooling parent, the author of six books, an award-winning educator, and a wife of 30 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Development and a Master's degree in Communication, and she is passionate about rescuing the next generation from public education. Learn more about Dr. Dunne's work at CVCU.us or AwakenAcademySD.com.
Part two of my interview with Corie Di Matteo, who shares the lessons learned and mindsets shattered as she stepped into the new role of parent educator this year. Be encouraged by her take on relational resets, redefining priorities, and detoxing from the one-size-fits-none model of public education. From the highly secularized environments of the public school system, where the Great Commission has literally been outlawed on our watch, to the ineffective methodology that is dumbing America down, the next generation is caught in an undertow of anxiety, depression, and atheism. Learn more about how we're turning the stats around in San Diego County at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
Part one of my interview with Corie Di Matteo! Join us on this week's show as Corie shares the lessons learned and mindsets shattered as she stepped into the new role of parent educator this year. Be encouraged by her take on relational resets, redefining priorities, and detoxing from the one-size-fits-none model of public education. From the highly secularized environments of the public school system, where the Great Commission has literally been outlawed on our watch, to the ineffective methodology that is dumbing America down, the next generation is caught in an undertow of anxiety, depression, and atheism. Learn more about how we're turning the stats around in San Diego County at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
Plato once said the two most important questions every civilization must ask are these: “Who teaches the children, and what are they being taught?” From the highly secularized environments of the public school system, where the Great Commission has literally been outlawed on our watch, to the ineffective educational methodology that’s dumbing America down, the next generation is caught in an undertow of anxiety, depression, hopelessness, atheism. How do we teach them to hope, to dream, and to fully engage with the world around them? How do we turn the tide to raise compassionate, intelligent children who love God, their parents, and one another? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she shares the findings from her latest book, Outsourced, and her experience in launching a homeschool-based university and homeschool academies offering 200 classes across San Diego County. Learn more about Dr. Dunne’s work at AwakenAcademySD.com and CVCU.us.
Don't miss part two of this interview with Kevin McGary! Over the last two decades, Marxist ideologies have gradually seeped into the foundations of the nation's educational landscape, planting seeds of division and discord in America's soil through its ultimate training ground: the K to college public education system. In part one of this interview with culture-shaper Kevin McGary, we discuss what he calls the current fruit of Marxism, a movement that is now sweeping unfettered across the nation's pulpits and classrooms. What is the root? What is the goal? What can pastors, parents, professors, and university presidents do to minimize the damage? Join us for this week's show to learn how you can be a restorer of hope, unity, and biblical literacy in your realm of influence.
Over the last two decades, Marxist ideologies have gradually seeped into the foundations of the nation's educational landscape, planting seeds of division and discord in America's soil through its ultimate training ground: the K to college public education system. In part one of this interview with culture-shaper Kevin McGary, we discuss what he calls the current fruit of Marxism, a movement that is now sweeping unfettered across the nation's pulpits and classrooms. What is the root? What is the goal? What can pastors, parents, professors, and university presidents do to minimize the damage? Join us for this week's show to learn how you can be a restorer of hope, unity, and biblical literacy in your realm of influence.
Mass media consumption has a predictable, calculable impact on a significant portion of the population. Knowing its potential pitfalls should propel us to small changes (or perhaps sweeping ones) in our mass media consumption. In this final episode of the Media Literacy season, Dr. Dunne reminds us of the individual and collective impact of media on our sense of self, our identity formation, giving us the clarity we need to live free from the manipulation of a culture that is constantly cocooned by media. Discover some practical tools for those in your realm of influence as you learn the secrets of monitoring media intake and filtering false content. Cultures do not improve with inertia. It takes the sustained and collective efforts of courageous men and women to direct the course of history. May we all have the boldness we need to step out and speak up for the sake of the next generation. Our identities, and theirs, may depend on it.
Who are you? How did you become the person you are today? In a mass-media centric world, this is an increasingly vital question. We are not only a biological bundle of genetically-inherited traits; we are also the product of our surroundings. We become like the company we choose to keep. Whether it’s a physical friend or a virtual one, our beliefs and our behaviors are fashioned by the voices to whom we give the power of influence. In this episode, Dr. Dunne analyzes the modern-day Ahithophels, a generation of people whose lack of emotion regulation and positive relational influence has led them to a pathway of despair, comparison, hopelessness, fear. Discover the steps we can take in a media-central culture to remain rooted, grounded, and anchored in Christ. The identity of a generation, and a future nation, is at stake.
If you’ve ever been trapped in a paradigm, emerged from it, and then looked back in retrospect at the folly of deception, you have probably experienced a sense of amazement that you could have been so incredibly misled, so convincingly deceived by something so unreal. Many people today live in similarly problematic paradigms, caught up in a world that is more of an invasive illusion than a true representation of reality. There are imaginary definitions and pressures and imaginary milestones and deadlines and imaginary audiences and expectations. It’s a world of illusion and delusion, one that mass media defines and dictates: a handful of owners parroting the same narratives, applauding the same mediocrity, prescribing the same cures, consuming the same fare. Like our food intake, a media diet should be managed through portion control and nutrient density. Too much “dangerous nonsense” will skew the behavioral scale. To be effective, media use needs to be tempered, purposeful, and contemplative in nature, for its consumption is capable of directing the outcome of our lives: What we meditate on, we believe, and what we believe, we become. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she provides pathways for breaking free of mass media's problematic paradigms.
The wisest man in history, King Solomon, once said that humans become like the company we keep. Put another way, "We are the sum total of the five people we spend most of our time with." Now, parents are defensively aware of any stranger who might try to befriend their son or daughter, but what if the company kids keep is virtual, online, invisible to the eye? Does it still have power? Most definitely. In fact, media's ubiquitous presence is altering our behaviors, changing our families, and radically transforming our culture. As former MIT dean Lester Thurow said, "Values are not, and will not be, inculcated by the family, the church, or other social institutions in either the present or the future. They are and will be, inculcated by the visual and electronic media." What can we do to combat this full-scale inculcation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we learn how and when to pull the plug, to press the off button, and to find ways to turn down the volume on mainstream media's instant influencer status.
The benefits of connection are well known. From emotional to social to spiritual to physiological health, connection with other people influences our health at the macro and micro levels. However, it seems that there is a concerted effort today to isolate people from one another. After months of quarantine, California's governor even declared that families couldn't gather for Thanksgiving inside their homes, and if they decided to join together in the cathartic act of singing, they should wear a mask and sing softly. But this is not the only arena where isolation is becoming the norm. The foundations our children form in childhood and their teen years will influence the way they act and interact, the way they work and play, the way they think and speak and vote. The influences we surround ourselves with will foster the beliefs and behaviors that determine the ultimate outcome of our lives.
In the classic children's story The Emperor's New Clothes, two swindlers trick an entire village into pretending they don't see reality. Fearful of looking foolish before their fellow villagers, the men and women go along with the elaborate hoax, playing on the vanity of the emperor and their own pride. Instead of blowing the whistle, the villagers remain stuck in groupthink, creating a storyline that has been translated into 100 languages. Unlike the villagers, many of us do understand that we are called to be truth-tellers, that we are commissioned to be culture-shapers, that we are compelled to break toff the chains of deception in this generation. As historian Peter Burke says, "Change is often the result of conflict." Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we learn how to break free off the fear of man so we can rise up, speak up, and deliver the truth that will set people free.
Are we influenced by the company we keep? Do we absorb ideologies, lifestyles, beliefs, and behaviors through the process of repeated exposure to specific constructs? Join me for this week’s podcast as we unpack classical conditioning, conspicuous consumption, and the “coddling of the American mind.” In their insightful book by the same title, Lukianoff and Haidt assess the collective decline of civic discourse that has resulted in absolute mayhem in colleges around the nation. We’ve lost the collective ability to be sharpened or challenged by a thought that differs from our own, to agree to disagree. Instead, we make provisions for “safe space” bubbles that perpetuate the “childified adult” formula. But humans do not become mature, thoughtful, respectful, engaged, critically-thinking citizens by lying in a fetal position with our fingers in our ears. Baby-proofing the culture has led only to the rise of immaturity, of offense, of ideo-ophobia. How did we get here? And how do we get free? Join me for on Spotify or iTunes for this week’s Communication Architect podcast as we track the deleterious cultural implications of what Postman once called “the din of dangerous nonsense.” #bethechange #standup #speakup #thinkcritically #liberty #mindsetmatters #classicalconditioning #nosheeple
In part two of this two-part series, Dr. Dunne explains the foundations of entertainment-education and how music and other forms of media have shaped belief and behavior over the last seven decades. Through a targeted approach toward certain demographics and a highly specialized and well-researched agenda, lobbyists utilize mainstream media to attempt to change thoughts, actions, lifestyles, individuals, families, nations. How can you ensure that this subtle and not-so-subtle socialization doesn't bear a negative impact on you or your family? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne to learn the secrets of staying media savvy in the realm of persuasion, socialization, and indoctrination.
In part one of this two-part series, Dr. Dunne explains the foundations of entertainment-education and how music and other forms of media have shaped belief and behavior over the last seven decades. Through a targeted approach toward certain demographics and a highly specialized and well-researched agenda, lobbyists utilize mainstream media to attempt to change thoughts, actions, lifestyles, individuals, families, nations. How can you ensure that this subtle and not-so-subtle socialization doesn't bear a negative impact on you or your family? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne to learn the secrets of staying media savvy in the realm of persuasion, socialization, and indoctrination.
In 605 BC, an Old Testament warrior experienced some intense trauma. Over the span of his life, he was captured, relocated, renamed, indoctrinated, and threatened with violent death. He could have been bitter about his captivity, angry about his sentence, livid about his separation from home, but instead, he determined to live a life set apart--even in the midst of total cultural indoctrination. As a result, those around him had the courage they needed to stand firm on the battle lines. Not only did God meet them in the fiery furnace, but they escaped the heat without compromise in their heart of the smell of smoke on their bodies. The same can be true for us. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as we explore the neural and sociological pathways that lead us bravely through the darkened hallways of trauma and on to truth, courage, and consecration.
From fatherlessness to false narratives to chronic stress, our nation is experiencing significant trauma during this season of history. We can find hope and healing both as individuals and a collective whole by understanding our biochemical design, our internal wiring for secure attachments and healing through the connectivity of healthy relationships. When we look at the human body and brain under the microscope, we discover a biological compass, internal cues that can create a path to freedom, to wholeness, to healing. And the more we understand our own core, the more we understand our callings and capabilities, our freedoms and our frailties. Join Dr. Lisa Dunne as she continues last week's discussion on patterns of systemic trauma, and discover some practical tools for moving from labels to liberation.
How does our education shape our communication, our beliefs, our behavior? One of the most powerful systems of modern socialization is the K to college school system. In the US educational sector, about 56 millions students attend public schools each year with another 5.6 million in private schools and another 2 million in homeschools (pre-COVID homeschooling). How important is education to our beliefs, our behavior, and the future of our nation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for this week's Communication Architect to find out how you can be a force for positive change in your realm of influence.
Our social surroundings dramatically influence our paradigms. From our early childhood experiences to our educational systems to our social relationships, our brains are shaped to make automatic decisions on the paradigms we've adopted over the course of our lives. Will we seek vengeance or forgiveness? Will we seek division or unity? These responses, these actions, stem largely from beliefs we have absorbed from the context, culture, and cohort in which we are immersed. Our beliefs determine our behavior; thus, if we want to act wisely into those decisions, we need to become intentional about our strategic communication, both internal and external. How do we make a determination to step across that line and renew our minds? Find out on this week's episode of The Communication Architect!
Have you ever felt a little defensive about something someone said or did, and then the more you thought about it, the more you felt a wall being formed, brick by brick, between you and the other person? We all have moments where we feel isolated, frustrated, or caught off guard by someone's words or actions. At times, these events can feel like momentary glitches in our sense of self, but other times, they can be full-scale identity earthquakes that cause us to question the very core of who we are. How we respond to these moments can give us a glimpse into our social influences, our personal paradigms, and the unseen factors that drive our beliefs and our behavior. Our offenses can illuminate our allegiances. This week, in the second episode of the Mindset Matters series, Dr. Dunne will equip you with the tools you need to rise above faulty mindsets, deal with offenses, and communicate hope to those in your realm of influence.
Welcome to Season 3! Over the next several episodes, we will be unpacking the impact of mindset on our beliefs, our behaviors, and of course, our communication! Discover practical tools that will activate your faith, reset your organizational culture, and transform your interpersonal relationships. In Episode 11, Dr. Dunne analyzes the formation of mindsets: their origin, their potential inaccuracies, and how we can transform faulty mindsets that may be negatively impacting our relationships.
With the social distancing mandates of the COVID-19 crisis, many of our organizations are living in a "new normal" that includes limited or nonexistent face-to-face time. How do we maintain relational closeness from a social distance? How do we help our colleagues, employees, and friends navigate the new virtual frontiers of the marketplace while still helping them feel supported, valued, encouraged, and productive? In this episode, Dr. Lisa Dunne gives three tools for staying out of touch but not out of reach. As leaders and influencers, the standards we set, the expectations we hold, and the mindsets we embrace will trickle down to those within our realm of influence. Join us for today's episode to learn how to create emotional closeness from a social distance.
With the exponential increase of fear pervading our nation right now due to the coronavirus pandemic, we have an opportunity as leaders and communicators to help bring mental and emotional balance to those around us. Learn how fear impacts our brains, our beliefs, and our behavior, and learn how you can use your communication skills to help those in your realm of influence live proactively but peacefully in the midst of a national crisis.
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Dunne unpacks the building blocks of community and how these impact not only our organizational communication but also our organizational health. Learn simple strategies for creating internal and external margin that will take your strategic communication to the next level. Unlock the barriers holding your teams back from reaching their full organizational communication potential. Healthy, positive, strategic communication is the key to organizational success, and through our communication competencies, we create organizations of value or organizations of insignificance. Tune in to this week's Communication Architect to build up the communication competencies that will empower you to develop greater emotional health and relational resilience -- essential skills for both personal and organizational leadership.
In this week's episode of The Communication Architect, Dr. Lisa Dunne explains the three-point process of affirming, disclosing, and confronting. Good leaders don't avoid conflict; they manage it. Conflict can foster incredible growth, trust, and transformation -- if we steward it correctly. Learn the steps to using your words as agents of truth and healing in the organizational realm, and help your teams deal efficiently and effectively with conflict. Healthy, positive, strategic communication is the key to success in our organizations, so don't miss this week's episode of The Communication Architect!
In Season 2 of The Communication Architect, Dr. Dunne unpacks the core competencies for developing trust, value, and camaraderie in the workplace. Episode 6 assesses the root of friction and frustration in today's organizations, from high turnover rates to lack of recognition to staggering rates of disengagement. Can we break the cycle of dysfunction in modern workplace communication? Yes! As culture shapers, we can transform an organization from a den of division to a hub of healing! In this episode, Dr. Dunne draws from her studies in communication and human and organizational development to encourage the development of practical traits that will take your organization to the next level. In Season 2, you'll learn how to embrace differences as strengths, to utilize open communication formats, to foster environments of intergenerational mentorship, and to develop cultures of value and trust where every generation and personality type feels heard and believed in. Be the change in your organizational culture by becoming a Communication Architect!
In this podcast, Dr. Lisa Dunne offers a social science perspective on the concept of relational development. Drawing from studies like Knapp's Stages of Relational Development and modern neuroscience research on the bonding hormone, oxytocin, Dr. Dunne shows how we can take simple, practical steps toward building a healthy relational base -- and why this type of community is vital to our emotional, mental, and physiological well-being. In an era where loneliness and isolation have reached epidemic proportions at the global level, this podcast offers helpful step-by-step solutions for positive change founded in both experiential learning and the trusted academic literature of theology, psychology, and neuroscience.
In this episode, Part 2 of The Friendship Formula, Dr. Dunne continues to unpack the practical and theoretical social science research on relational development. Many of us try to find our worth, value, identity, and purpose in external identities, but the health of our interpersonal relationships really depend on facing an alternate truth: we will never be able to maintain healthy relationships with others if we do not first possess a healthy sense of self. Breaking the paradigm on fierce independence, this episode explains the socio-emotional base for vulnerability, demonstrating how our natural human insufficiencies are designed to draw us outside of ourselves, connecting us to others sociologically, biochemically, and generationally. There is freedom in our frailty.
I'm Dr. Lisa Dunne, and I'm so glad you've joined us today on The Communication Architect! In Episode 3, Cultivating Peace in the Age of Anxiety, we are talking about a topic that is near to my heart. I've worked with the next generation for almost two decades, and in case you haven't heard about the ongoing struggles, mental health has reached a crisis point in the two youngest generations. In this episode, I share my own battles with anxiety, fear, and depression to encourage new ways of communicating strategically about these issues and to help us all develop solutions for change -- both personal and global. If you'd like more tips on helping the next generation, see my blog The GenZ Gap at DrLisaDunne.com.
I'm Dr. Lisa Dunne, and thanks for joining me here on The Communication Architect! In Episode 2, The War of Words, we address some of the foundational principles of the power of the spoken word. Some of the negative communication we receive is unintentional -- we pick up on a casual or accidental phrase and allow it to take root. Sometimes, though, those words are intended messengers of ill will -- words that are sent to deceive, desensitize, or destroy us. The self-talk that emerges from our responses to this communication will color our relationships with self and others. Episode 2 will help you develop the intrapersonal skills you need to be a Communication Architect.
Hi, and welcome to The Communication Architect! I'm Dr. Lisa Dunne, and for the last two decades, I've had the privilege of working with thousands of people from all generations, helping them develop effective communication strategies. I grew up in a home that didn't model effective communication, relational resilience, or emotional health, but through my doctoral studies, I discovered some fascinating tools and tips that helped me take my internal and external communication to the next level. In Episode 1, we'll talk about the incredible design of the human brain, creating a foundation for the development of the new patterns that will create the scaffolding you need to become a Communication Architect.