The holidays are hectic, but they don’t have to be! In this episode, I sit down with Niro Feliciano. She’s a cognitive psychotherapist, an expert on anxiety and brain science, and a wife and mom of four. We discuss how you can create a less frantic holiday season and enjoy the time you have with your loved ones. Let’s get into it!

In this episode, Paula Faris is joined by therapists Sissy Goff and Niro Feliciano,and a special guest, Paula's husband John, to tackle the truth about teen dating and friendships. We are digging into navigating teen dating conversations, concerns about teen dating, teaching our kids how they deserve to be treated in friendship and dating relationships, having realistic expectations of teen relationships, healthy boundaries for teen dating, helping teens foster healthy friendships, and modeling healthy relationships for our kids of all ages.

We’ve been told we only get 18 summers with our kids—but what if that’s not true? All month long, I’m joined by therapists Sissy Goff and Niro Feliciano to talk about teens and parenting. In this episode,we’re unpacking the pressure, guilt, and anxiety parents feel around the ticking clock of childhood. We’ll expose the myth of 18 summers, explore why parenting feels so stressful, and offer a more hopeful, realistic way to connect with your kids—long after they’ve left the nest!

What we need to know as women about self-worth, confidence, contentment, and how social media affects it, plus learn about the habits that we have every day and what they're doing to our hearts and our brains.

In this episode, Niro Feliciano shares her incredible personal experiences, her journey through doubt, and how she found strength and purpose amidst suffering.

Niro Feliciano has been an anxiety specialist for the past 17 years and today, she’s explaining the difference between happiness and contentment; the true heart of your well-being. We also discuss why you need a specific journal, and how to find comfort in uneasy situations. 

Child anxiety rates are on the rise, therefore, it’s a topic that feels familiar to many parents. In today’s episode, I’m joined by fellow mom and mental health professional Niro Feliciano. We answer questions submitted by listeners on the interaction of parenting styles and child anxiety.

Niro Feliciano set out to write the book on happiness...then she realized happiness wasn't even the goal. In this episode, we discuss what contentment means and how we can ditch the metrics to move towards it. 

Licensed therapist Niro Feliciano talks about the impacts of COVID on families, and how we can begin to recover.

In Part Two of her Love in Lockdown Series, Sonni and Niro answer YOUR questions on how to survive love in lockdown. Whether it’s relationships with your spouse, partner or kids, they covering it all.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed or stressed out when it’s supposed to be the most magical time of year, then this episode is for you! Today’s guest is psychotherapist and author of All Is Calmish, Niro Feliciano, here to break down how high-achieving women can manage holiday stress. 

Are we raising soft kids? In Episode 3 of our TEENAGERS series, therapists Sissy Goff and Niro Feliciano are back, along with my husband John, to call out the rescue culture that’s stripping our teens of their grit.

We dive deep into why failure is essential for building resilience—and how stepping in too soon tells our kids they’re not capable. 

This episode is not here to guilt us as parents - but to equip us! Niro Feliciano, is a psychotherapist, mom of four kids and regular contributor on The Today Show. She shares about brain science and how the dopamine high/low pattern is really impacting the moods and wellbeing of our children (and us). 

“If happiness is getting what we want, contentment is wanting what we have.” This is the profound lesson in today’s episode with guest Niro Feliciano, psychotherapist and author of This Book Won’t Make You Happy, Eight Keys to Finding True Contentment. She urges us to find joy in the everyday moments-even with ambitious plans and exciting achievements-because “life happens between the goal posts.”

Tips and strategies around mental health and parenting

Therapist Niro Feliciano weighs in on the themes of Prince Harry's memoir, from the impact of childhood trauma to H & M's strengths as a couple

Niro Feliciano talks with Dr. Marcia Sirota about how to find contentment in everyday life.

In a society that pursues happiness at all costs, how do we cultivate contentment? Niro Feliciano, psychotherapist and author of This Book Won't Make You Happy, talks with Amy Julia Becker about the keys to finding true contentment.

What is the difference between happiness & contentment, why is happiness so hard to find in the first place, and what are the 8 keys to contentment?

When you chart your course, do you feel like there's a map guiding you along the journey? Well as we all know, life doesn't always unravel as you thought it would. You chart a new course, that involves uncertainty, and worry. Niro talks to Amy about her own path and how it shifted in a way she wasn't expecting.

In this episode, Niro and Kelley discuss how every family faces mental health challenges, how faith and fate changed Niro’s family’s destiny, love, faith, and finding spiritual compatibility, and parenting through a child’s mental health crisis.

Teen anxiety, depression, and even OCD-like symptoms are rising at staggering rates—and technology plus social media are playing a major role. In this second episode of our month-long series on TEENAGERS, I’m joined by therapists Sissy Goff and Niro Feliciano to unpack the connection between mental health struggles and the digital world our kids are growing up in.

Jill Wagner talks with Niro Feliciano about the public's reaction to the shooting of the United HealthCare CEO. (04:30)

I can’t say enough about these two hosts of the Raising BG Podcast. Therapists Sissy Goff and David Foster have to be the kindest humans on the planet. You will hear it in this episode as we share our experiences in helping bring contentment to the family. 

How to help our teens navigate healthy and loving friendships...and some parenting tips!

What is normal? And why are we obsessed with being normal? Today’s guest, Niro Feliciano would argue that “normal” often means overscheduling yourself, being exhausted and overwhelmed, spending too much time on your phone. How we can start living with more intention?

Amy, Lisa, and Niro dive into a fascinating discussion about happiness versus contentment, social media detoxes, and the impact gratitude has on our bodies.

We talk about the difference between happiness and contentment; the lesson in resistance; the very human desire to end suffering; the power of faith in healing; what types of connection foster contentment, and more.

After noticing really different reactions to the show from white Christian women and Christian women of color, Niro joins Amy to talk about Shakira and J Lo, about how culture shapes our view of the world, and how to grow in love even when we disagree.