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Recognizing and Talking about Eating Disorders (w/ Bracha Kopstick) Mar 09, 2022

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Adolecent Nutritionist Bracha Kopstick is back! This time she and Robrenna sit down to discuss eating disorders and disordered eating. Since the pandemic, there have been huge increases in eating disorder diagnoises. Bracha helps us understand that eating disorders serve a purpose in our teens lives - a sense of control. They unpack this as well as a variety of topics:
1. What are eating disorders and what are the most common?
2. What are the signs and symptoms of eating disorders?
3. How social media effects eating disorders and disordered body image
4. The #1 indicator that a child will develop an eating disorder
5. How parents can help their children who are struggling with eating disorders
Sources Mentioned in this Episode:
Be sure to check out our other episode with Bracha (How to Talk to Your GenZ Girl about Food and Diet Culture) - https://www.lifeaudio.com/mama-take-heart/how-to-talk-to-your-gen-z-girl-about-food-and-diet-culture
“Here are 4 key points from the Facebook whistleblower's testimony on Capitol Hill” - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043377310/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-congress
How to Talk to Your Teen about Eating Disorders: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-talk-to-your-teen-about-eating-disorders
Eating Disorder Awareness Month: https://behavioralhealthsystems.com/eating-disorder-awareness-month/
Teen eating disorders: Tips to protect your teen https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/tween-and-teen-health/in-depth/teen-eating-disorders/art-20044635
Find More and Follow Bracha -
Website: https://beekaynutrition.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adolescent.nutritionist/
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Help Your Teen Figure Out Life, Love and God (with Jessie Minassian) Mar 02, 2022

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Jessie is a popular speaker, blogger and author of 14 books, including “Crushed: Why Boys Don’t Have to Make or Break You.” Her work for girls and their parents has been featured in Focus in the Family, Parenting Today’s Teens, She Reads Truth, Revive Our Hearts, and Brio Magazine. She has two teenage daughters.
In this episode, Jessie and Robrenna discuss:
1. How Jessie decided to create her website (lifeloveandgod.com)
2. The power of silence to make us stay trapped in shame and secrecy
3. Disordered eating
4. The common questions girls have for Jessie about their beauty and relationships
5. Why there are no perfect families
Connect with Jessie:
Her site: www.LifeLoveandGod.com
Find out more about Jessie’s books: Backwards Beauty, Unashamed, Crushed, and Family. https://lifeloveandgod.com/books/
Her latest YA Fiction Nedé Rising is under the pen name Jess Corban (https://jesscorban.com/)
Sign up for Jessie’s quarterly newsletter to get updates, hear about giveaways and find out what happens "Between the Lines" of my books: https://lifeloveandgod.com/newsletter-signup/
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What Your Girl Should Know About Emotional Abuse (w/ Elizabeth Sabillon) Feb 23, 2022

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Today, Robrenna talks with Elizabeth Sabillon, host of Beauty Marks Podcast. Here are some of the topics they cover:
1. Dating in high school and the pressures surrounding young relationships
2. Body image and disordered eating
3. What to look for in health and unhealthy relationships
4. Specific red flags of toxic or emotionally abusive relationships
5. Loving and affirming your daughters to lay a strong foundation for openness in communication.
6. The importance of knowing the parents of your children’s friends.
Resources:
10 signs of Healthy Relationships: https://www.joinonelove.org/signs-healthy-relationship/
10 Signs of Unhealthy Relationships: https://www.joinonelove.org/signs-unhealthy-relationship/
Connect with Elizabeth: www.instagram.com/elizabethsabby
Listen to her podcast Beauty Marks: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beauty-marks/id1518278906
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What Moms Should Know about Emotional Abuse (with Stephanie Olson) Feb 17, 2022

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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. So today, we’re having a frank conversation about teens in emotionally abusive relationships.
My guest today is Stephanie Olsen, a speaker, teacher and the CEO of Set Me Free Project. We discuss:
1. Defining emotional abuse
2. What a healthy relationship looks like
3. What an abusive relationship looks like
4. What should we do when we think our daughters fear our judgment
To connect with Stephanie:
Set Me Free Project: https://www.facebook.com/setmefreeproject
https://twitter.com/TheSMFProject
https://www.instagram.com/setmefreeproject/
https://www.instagram.com/stephanieolsonspeaking/
https://twitter.com/stephanieospeak
Resources:
I would recommend parents read and watch videos first before sharing with their girls to determine if they are age and content appropriate for them. Please take care when reading blogs, articles, and watching videos on these sites, some may be triggering for survivors of domestic violence or those with a sensitive and empathic nature.
10 signs of Healthy Relationships: https://www.joinonelove.org/signs-healthy-relationship/
10 Signs of Unhealthy Relationships: https://www.joinonelove.org/signs-unhealthy-relationship/
One Love Foundation: https://www.joinonelove.org/
Loveisrespect: https://www.loveisrespect.org/

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Love Is The Resistance (with Ashley Abercrombie) Feb 09, 2022

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Gen Z is an advocate generation, seeking change and social justice. How can mothers be a model for them to look up to in this regard? Robrenna and Ashley cover a lot of ground in this episode, including:
1. What does it look like to have a responsibility to one another, in our communities and neighborhoods?
2. What God does in the tension of conflict, and how we can have conversations where we may not agree but we can still love
3. The power of curiosity in conversations
4. How social media and the internet shapes how we think, and a question to consider: who is pastoring you right now?
Follow Ashley:
www.ashabercrombie.org
www.instagram.com/ashabercrombie
www.twitter.com/ashabercrombie
Author | Pre-order Love is the Resistance: https://www.ashabercrombie.org/
Podcaster | Listen to the Why Tho Podcast: https://www.ashabercrombie.org/podcast
Advocate | Treasures: https://www.iamatreasure.com/
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Agape: God's Type of Love Feb 02, 2022

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In this episode, Robrenna talks about 7 different kinds of love, where the terms come from and how, when we show God’s love, we can show the world who He is and what He is up to.
Resources from this episode:
Bible Project Agape Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slyevQ1LW7A
C.S. Lewis' Four Loves: https://www.cslewis.com/four-types-of-love/
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Image Credit: Getty/paseven

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An Important Conversation with Sexual Risk Avoidance Specialist Barb Winters Jan 26, 2022

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What can you do if your child has been exposed to or is viewing p*rn? In this important episode, Robrenna and Barb talk through practical steps to take to protect your kids from the devastating effects of p*rn. They also talk about the link between trafficking and p*rn.
Links to Info Discussed in today’s episode:
Barna Groups Study P*rn Phenomenon
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/HOME
Follow and Connect with Barb:
Website: https://hopefulmom.net/: Be sure to stop by and subscribe for updates and to receive a FREE PDF: 7 Steps After Your Child Sees P*rn
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/difficultconversationsforparents
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/difficult.conversations/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Barb_Winters
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Image Credit: Getty/Ponomariova Maria

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When History and Fiction Collide (with Kristen Terrette) Jan 19, 2022

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Sometimes the best way to connect with our kids on hard issues is through good books.
Follow Kristen:
Website: www.kristenterrette.com
Instagram: @kterrette, https://www.instagram.com/kterrette/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorkristenterrette
Get a copy of Kristen’s book See You Monday: https://amzn.to/33xgmuS
"Sharing Our Stories" Blog: https://coveringitall.blogspot.com/2020/08/sharing-our-stories-introduction.html
Wholly Loved Ministries: https://whollyloved.com/
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Image Credit: Getty/Oksana Horiun

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Talking with Your GenZ Kids about Race (with Malaika Geuka Wells) Jan 12, 2022

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According to Pew Research, Gen-Z is the most global and diverse generation of Americans. In this interview with Malaika Geuka Wells, Robrenna and Malaika discuss:
1. How they talk to their kids about race and racism
2. God’s original intention for diversity and connection (Galatians 3:27)
3. How racism is an impediment to godliness and the gospel
4. The difference between ethnicity and race
5. Why race was created
Connect with Malaika Geuka Wells:
Facebook @MalaikaonMission,
Instagram @malaikaonmission
Follow Robrenna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robrennaredl/
Image Credit: Getty/SurfUpVector

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Encouraging Multicultural Friendships (with Dr. Michelle Reyes) Jan 05, 2022

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Find Dr. Reyes:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelleamireyes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmichelleamireyes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmichellereyes
Resources from This Episode:
Get your copy of Michelle's book: Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures: https://zondervanacademic.com/products/becoming-all-things
The Race Wise Family by Helen Lee and Michelle Ami Reyes Available for pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Wise-Family-Postures-Becoming-Households/dp/0593193954/
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Image Credit: Getty/Svetlana Shamshurina

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