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#166 What Not to Post May 23, 2022

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This episode is all about safety and security.

Safety expert and former scientist, Cathy Pedrayes is best known to her 2.3 million TikTok followers as the “mom friend.” With her signature blue dress and pearls, Cathy's content includes clever safety tips, such as how sleeping with a door closed can save a life and go-to lies for awkward situations and what not to post and what to do when strangers approach you or knock on your door. Cathy’s safety life hacks have been covered by Good Morning America, Buzzfeed, Today, and more, as well as in her new book published by Simon & Schuester, The Mom Friend Guide to Everyday Safety and Security: Tips From the Practical One in Your Squad.

We also discuss. . .

What are 5 seemingly innocent questions that strangers use to take advantage of you?

What should teens know about protecting themselves in their dorm or apartment?

What are the top apps to ease worried parents’ minds?

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#165 What to Expect From Older Teens May 16, 2022

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In this episode I share highlights from my Dial Up the Dream Event and share the "Why" of my new bestselling book, Dial Up the Dream: Make Your Daughter's Journey to Adulthood the Best for Both of You. I also interview four amazing, authentic and knowledgeable women about their experience mothering emerging young adult daughters.

Neha Gupta, author and founder of College Shortcuts.

Sherry Duson, who is a Texas and an Arizona Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, and the Founder and Director of The Center for Postpartum Family Health in Houston, Texas.

Ann McKittrick, parenting coach, early childhood educator, and founder of Nurtured Noggins,

Sue Ludwig, Author of Tiny Humans Big Lessons, President & Founder of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT),

Sherry, Ann and Sue share the good, the gold and the challenges of parenting a late teen to early twenties daughter.

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#164 Three Questions to Improve Communication with Your Teen May 09, 2022

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In this episode I am talking to Cai Graham from Northern Ireland. Cai has been a teen mentor for decades. She shares some great practical advice for us today including the 3 questions that improve communications with your teens by speaking less and learning more.

BIO:

Known for being able to help teens get their spark back within three sessions, Cai Graham is a UK-based Master Teen Mentor with three decades of experience as a mom and Master Practitioner in NLP, hypnotherapy, and coaching. She goes straight to the heart of the issue and brings a side of humor to lighten difficult subjects.

Cai is a podcaster, international speaker, and Amazon #1 best-selling author of The Teen Toolbox. Her mission is to help parents to support their children so that together they can build a mentally healthier and happier generation of young people.

Three tools from The Teen Toolbox

Box Breathing : Calming the chaos in your head : www.caigraham.com/boxbreathing

Brain Dumping : Prioritising tasks to avoid overwhelm : www.caigraham.com/brain-dumping

3 Questions : Opening up the dialogue with your teen : www.caigraham.com/threequestions

Learn more about Cai at https://www.caigraham.com/

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#163 Dial Up the Dream May 01, 2022

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Okay this is a very special podcast to me. Instead of me interviewing a guest, I’m going to be the one interviewed. If you have been listening to my podcasts for the last twelve weeks you know that I have written a new book called, Dial Up the Dream: Make your Daughter's Journey to Adulthood the Best for Both of You for moms of daughters from 17 to 25. Well, in this episode my friend and colleague, Sherry Duson will be interviewing me.

Sherry Duson is a Texas and an Arizona Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, and the Founder and Director of The Center for Postpartum Family Health in Houston, Texas. Since 1999 she has focused her practice on helping new mothers and the needs of young families. In 2014, she opened the Center for Postpartum Family Health, using therapists training under her supervision, to provide services on a sliding scale to the community.

Sherry did a great job of interviewing me. You will enjoy listening to a couple of seasoned therapists who have lived (and living) through these emerging adult years with our own daughter's. We get real!

Dial up the Dream is launching May 3rd, 2022. You can order it anywhere books are sold.

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#162 Take Action Over Anxiety Apr 25, 2022

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In this episode I interview Dr. Robyn Graham author of You, Me, and Anxiety: Take Action Over Anxiety to Enjoy Being you.

Do you ever wonder what it might be like to not feel anxious all the time?

The good news is you no longer have to feel alone and isolated.

You me and anxiety helps you identify anxiety, recognize its symptoms, and take intentional action to manage and overcome it so that it no longer has a negative grip on your life.

This book does not promise that overcoming and managing anxiety will be easy, but it will show you that you have the ability and tools to navigate through it.

Dr. Robyn Graham is an anxious introvert on a mission to help teen girls go from feeling anxious to relentless by sharing her life-long journey with anxiety and the tools and resources that helped her not only survive but thrive. As a clinical pharmacist, professional photographer, brand strategist, and business coach, Robyn has witnessed both the clinical and social complications of anxiety and how it holds people, especially girls and women, back from achieving their goals and dreams.

Robyn is a mom to Joshua, Samuel, and Grace, wife to Dr. John Graham, dog mom to Stella and Kona, and a daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. This is her first book.

You can follow Dr. Graham on the following social media channels:

· Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therobyngraham

· Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therobyngraham

· Twitter: https://twitter.com/therobyngraham

· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobyngraham

Contact Robyn at https://therobyngraham.com/

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#161 The Light and Dark of Parenting Apr 18, 2022

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In this episode I interview Cathy Cassani Adams about her new book, Zen Parenting: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World. We discuss what it means to have a Zen Mindset when parenting.

There is so much wisdom in this episode like,

"Kids don't learn kindness because we shamed them into it. True Kindness needs to be experienced and felt--ideally with their parents." Cathy Cassani Adams.

Cathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, co-hosts the Zen Parenting Radio podcast and is co-founder of the annual Zen Parenting Conference. She is a social worker and former elementary school educator from a family of educators, and a yoga teacher who is a forever student when it comes to breathing and mindfulness. Cathy teaches in the Sociology/Criminology Department at Dominican University, and she lives outside of Chicago with her husband Todd and their three daughters

Learn more about Cathy and her new book at https://zenparentingradio.com/

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#160 Motherhood, Identity, and Wellness Apr 11, 2022

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“Even mothers who hit all the marks may not be well or on a good path. For this reason, we need to talk about a mom’s inner life. We need safe places to process our struggles and needs, friends who listen and empathize, and healthy conversations that move us forward so we can genuinely thrive.” Kari Kampakis

In this episode I interview Kari about her new book, More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive.

Kari Kampakis is an author, speaker, and podcaster from Birmingham, Alabama. Her newest book which we are going to talk about in this episode is, More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive, Her book was just released on April 5, 2022. Her other books, Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know andLiked: Whose Approval Are You Living For, have been used widely across the country for small groups studies.

Kari’s work has been featured on Today show, Today Parents, andFocus on the Family, Kari also hosts the Girl Mom podcast. Kari and her husband, Harry, have four daughters and a dog named Lola. Join Kari on Instagram, Facebook, and the Girl Mom Podcast, or visit karikampakis.com.

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#159 The Importance of Staying Grounded Apr 04, 2022

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Staying grounded is one of the best ways to dial down the drama. However for most moms "staying grounded” is not on the top of your daily to do list. It probably is not on your list at all.

What do I mean by being grounded.? (You may call it centered or anchored)

It's when you are deeply rooted in yourself, in your clarity, in your values, in your spirituality and faith. And when you are rooted you are not preoccupied, you are present to the world around you and yourself. Being grounded is like a strong oak tree with deep deep roots. Even when hurricane winds of drama start to blow the tree remains stable . It might lose some leaves or some twigs but it stands strong even in the worst of storms...even adolescent storms. Another metaphor for being grounded is being anchored. Again you stay steady even though there is turbulence all around you.

It’s very challenging for moms to stay grounded. And here's why. Because everyone is pulling for our attention. In this podcast I will give you practical ways to stay grounded.

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#158 Anxiety Driven Anger in Teens Mar 28, 2022

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Does your teen frequently get angry?

In this episode, we talk about what anxiety-driven anger looks like in our teens.

Kelsey Torgerson Dunn, MSW, LCSW, specializes in anxiety and anger management therapy for kids, teens, and college students. She opened her group practice, Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, in early 2017. She practices cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindfulness skills, and often finds that just having someone on your side is the most helpful part of counseling.

Kelsey recently published When Anxiety Makes You Angry written for teens. “Using a proven-effective approach rooted in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), When Anxiety Makes You Angry will help you identify the anxiety beneath your anger, accept difficult emotions—rather than fighting or trying to ignore them—and learn healthy coping and self-regulation skills to help you find emotional balance. You’ll also discover how to “train your brain” to stop and think before reacting; and how to choose calm over chaos when faced with the things that trigger your anxiety or anger.

To learn more contact Kelsey at https://www.kelseytorgersondunn.com/

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#157 Keep Girls Safe From Predators Mar 18, 2022

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The episode today is hard to hear but very important. It reminds us that the daily battle over the phone and internet are worth it because our teens (especially girls) are being stalked. Our guests today are Andrea Perry and Jeff Keith they both work at Guardian Group and are both committed to reducing human trafficking. What was eye opening for me is that human trafficking isn’t just stealing your daughter away from your home, it can happen in your home on the internet. Our teens don’t just need us to monitor the time they are online, they also need to be monitored about what they are doing and who they are talking to. In this episode we talk about the important conversations you can have with your teens to keep them safe.

Andrea Perry received her degree in Psychology from California Polytechnic State University in 2009. Post college her efforts were focused in the adolescent counseling sector, working with youth in multiple different capacities. in 2015, she was introduced to Guardian Group and the efforts to prevent and disrupt trafficking. With a passion to make a difference in this world and help young people she began volunteering and later joined the team full time.

Jeff Keith started his anti-trafficking work in 2004 while working with global anti-human trafficking organizations and researching best practices in the fight against human trafficking in the United States. During his research, Jeff recognized an opportunity to significantly reduce human trafficking in the United States by providing focused training, directed networking, better resource coordination and innovative anti-trafficking technology, and thereby founded Guardian Group.

To find out more go to https://guardiangroup.org/

Follow on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardiangroupus/

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