Episode 1: Challenges and Accomplishments

Anne Zachry, PhD, OTR/L, is a pediatric occupational therapist, assistant professor and Chair of the Occupational Therapy Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Her research has been published in national peer-reviewed journals and her journals and her profession's trade magazines as well as a number of parenting magazines. Her blog, Pediatric Occupational Therapy Tips, has had over 2 million site visits. She is the author of the book Retro Baby, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Anne can be reached through her website, http://www.DrAnneZachry.com, on Twitter @AnneZachry, or via email at annezachry@gmail.com.  

Recommendations from Episode 1:

• Carol Dweck's research on growth mindset - 
  • Her book, Mindset 
  • Her TED Talk: The Power of Believing You Can Improve
• Angela Duckworth's research on grit - 
  • Her book, Grit
    
  • Her TED Talk: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
    
• Leo Buscaglia, aka "The Love Doctor," a writer from the 1960s and 1970s who wrote and produced videos on love and relationships.
• Atypical - Netflix series

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The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street."
~Leo Buscaglia