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**Thrive Parenting**

Hey, it’s hard to be the parent of a teen. We help you reclaim your time, energy, confidence and health so you can feel your best. Each week we bring you tools and techniques to feel happier while raising strong, confident teens with fewer rules and more laughter. We’re Erik and Michelle Lehnardt and we’ve taken a deep dive into positive psychology, life coaching and brain science to bring you better, easier ways to raise great teens. We don’t claim to be perfect (in fact, if you want to tell us something we’ve done wrong, we’ll say, “You’re probably right.”) but we have 28 years of parenting experience and we can save you from so many missteps and mistakes. Looking to feel amazing while creating a joyful home and raise kind, strong, self-sufficient kids? Keep listening.

Latest Episodes:

Episode #26 Teen Romance with Taylor Berhow Sep 12, 2019

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What to do about a teen relationship you don't approve of? How about teens who are afraid they will never date? Wildfire vs. fireplace romances and so much more.

Episode #25 ACT/SAT Test Taking Tips From a Family With Three Perfect Scores Sep 07, 2019

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Test taking tips for your teen taking the ACT or SAT in the next few weeks or the next few years.

The Official ACT Prep Guide 2019-2020, (Book + 5 Practice Tests + Bonus Online Content)

khanacademy.org
ERIK'S WORLD FAMOUS MATH WORKSHEETS:
UP TO 6X6 (for the littles)
UP TO 15X15 (for everyone else)

Episode #24 Five Ways to Help Girls Improve Their Lives Right Now Aug 28, 2019

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It's hard to be a human. It's even hard to be a teenager. It's REALLY hard to be a teenage girl. Make sure your daughters know they are loved just as they are.
Circumstance
Thought
Feeling
Action
Result

Episode #23 Changing Your Teens Behavior Aug 22, 2019

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How can we change behavior in our teens that we don't like? In truth, we can only change ourselves, but as parents, it's our responsibility to teach our children.

Episode #22 Find Your Strengths with College and Career Coach Loren Kelly Aug 15, 2019

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The first step to college and career readiness is self-knowledge. Loren Kelly teaches parents and teens how to identify strengths and use those to identify possible career paths.
Links referred to in the episode:

ONET Website - www.mynextmove.com - This is a free website provided by the government that has an online assessment, labor market information (wage, demand, etc.), and education/training information on each career.
Work Values Assessment - https://www.123test.com/workvalues-motivation/ - This website is free and helps young people identify which of 14 work values they desire most. Loren loves this one for self-awareness.
Truity Personality Test - https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new - Truity has several versions of the Myers-Briggs personality assessment. This particular one is free and still provides some great career perspective.
Loren's website and free guides for parents - https://lorenkellycoaching.com - Front and center on the homepage are two links to free guides for parents. One is for a roadmap that outlines the five steps to college and career planning that she mentioned today and the other helps parents uncover intrinsic motivation within their students.
Informational Interview Guide - http://eepurl.com/gkvpw1 - This is Loren's free informational interview guide that helps students and parents navigate a low-prep, high-impact career planning activity! Follow these easy steps to collect great information from a professional in a field of interest.

Episode #21 Conquering Back to School Anxiety Aug 08, 2019

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Almost everyone feels some anxiety about going back to school, but you can help your teen reduce stress and feel confident.

Episode #20 Emotional Childhood/Emotional Adulthood Aug 01, 2019

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It can be so easy to act like a child by yelling, blaming others or playing the victim. But owning our emotions creates powerful parenting. Emotional adulthood might be the most powerful tool for getting along with other people-- especially our teens. Simply put, emotional adulthood means taking responsibility for your own thoughts and feelings rather than blaming other people. Emotional adults don't get offended easily (or at all!) and they recognize that when people hurt us they usually act out of ignorance, not cruelty.
It sounds so basic, but once you start thinking about emotional adulthood, you'll recognize many situations where adults act like emotional children-- throwing tantrums, getting offended at small slights and blaming others for their feelings.
On the flip side, we can't expect full emotional adulthood from our teens. But we can teach emotional adulthood by modeling it ourselves.

Episode #19 How to Addiction Proof Your Teen with Taylor Berhow MSW Jul 25, 2019

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What do you do when your teen shows up with marijuana, or comes home drunk or plays Fortnite for six hours straight? Taylor Berhow answers these questions for parents and gives concrete information on how to prevent addictions.

Episode #18 Our Top Twelve Very Best Parenting Tips Jul 18, 2019

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When we taught our parenting masterclass, we often found ourselves saying, "this is our very best tip-- if you can apply this one concept it will change your life..." We compiled those very best tips into one podcast. This is the good stuff.

Episode #17 Your Teen Can Learn Anything Jul 11, 2019

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Your teen has unlimited potential. Help them see the best in themselves with these mind expanding ideas.
There are so many ways to navigate the school systems and you can find a way that works for your teen. Summer is a great time to come up with solutions to ensure a happier school year.
Useful links:
video YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING
https://www.khanacademy.org
https://www.duolingo.com

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