Staying Curious with Timothy Yeager & Hillary Laney

In the Season 2 premiere of the HRE Podcast, Timothy Yeager and Hillary Laney shift the focus to the people behind the care—the staff. They explore how fostering emotional safety, curiosity, and joy in challenging work environments supports both client outcomes and long-term staff well-being. Through personal reflection and open dialogue, they lay the groundwork for a season centered on compassionate leadership and sustainable care.

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The HRE Podcast

Shaping Futures: Pioneering Compassionate Care in Applied Behavioral Analysis

In the Happy Relaxed and Engaged podcast, hosts Timothy Yeager and Hillary Laney discuss the necessary changes towards assent drive care that need to happen in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. Each week, they’ll interview a leader in the field to discuss how to implement those changes.

About your hosts

Timothy Yeager

A husband to Tiffany and a father of four: Roslyn, Atticus, Ezra, and Hunnter. A son to Ben and Phyllis. The Chief Clinical Officer of one of the largest ABA therapy providers in the country and a functional contextualist with a firm assumption that we can transform lives and communities through the science of behavior analysis.

Hillary Laney

Hillary Laney, BCBA, is passionate about providing services to clients with significant behavioral needs which prioritize dignity, safety, rapport, and assent. Hillary has overseen the training of over 300 supervising clinicians and her team has supported over 500 successful Practical Functional Assessments. In her free time, she volunteers moderating the PFA & SBT Community, an online group of over 20,000 members, which provides free content for members to learn and grow in assent-based practice. Additionally, Hillary is an epic Swiftie. What's your favorite Era?