Robert Brooks
Harvard-trained psychologist and resilience expert known for decades of work on strengths-based parenting and co-authoring multiple books on resilience and self-discipline.
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Jun 30, 2022 • 1h 2min
408- Nurturing Resilience and Motivation in Children with ADHD
Children with ADHD often display low self-esteem and a general sense of pessimism. Robert Brooks, Ph.D., discusses how parents & professionals can counter these feelings with a strength-based approach that highlights a youngster's "islands of competence."
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Feb 5, 2026 • 58min
1KHO 701: Charismatic Adults | Dr. Robert Brooks, Raising Resilient Children
Dr. Robert Brooks, Harvard-trained psychologist and resilience expert known for strengths-based parenting, joins to explore honoring children’s islands of competence. He explains how charismatic adults help kids gather strength. Short conversations cover empathy-first discipline, small social moments that build resilience, and how parents can model healthy screen and AI habits.
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Mar 21, 2023 • 60min
Dr. Robert Brooks on Building Resilience
Dr. Robert Brooks is a leading expert on resilience. He is a Doctor of Psychology, serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and has authored or co-authored over 19 books. During the past 40 years, Dr. Brooks has also lectured nationally and internationally to thousands of parents, educators, mental health professionals, and business leaders on topics pertaining to motivation, resilience, family relationships, the qualities of effective leaders and executives, and balancing our personal and professional lives.Dr. Brooks joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast on how to build resilience in personal and professional life, as well as how resilience factors into parenting, leadership and more. Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
