10 for Teens + Tweens

That’s a wrap on 2024. As you reflect on the past year, what might stick out in your mind are negative memories, what you didn’t get to do, and things you had a hard time with, failed at, or gave up.

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There’s a saying that goes, “Boys will be boys.” But I think it's time we rephrase that. This is a tough topic, but because there are boys your age who are being taught certain beliefs and behaviors,…

We just celebrated Thanksgiving in the US, and we've already discussed gratitude in episodes 003, 049, and 079--could there possibly be even more to say about gratitude? Actually, yes. The reason I k…

Sometimes you’ll set goals and reach them, and sometimes you won’t. So then what do you do?
 
You may remember, a few months ago I made a big hairy audacious goal to reach ONE MILLION podcast downloads…

I’ve had multiple requests for an episode on ADHD. This topic is personal to me because I was diagnosed with ADHD 3.5 years ago, a few months after I started this podcast. I will preface this by remi…

Media literacy is absolutely crucial for people to develop because we live in a digital world. And if you haven’t heard yet–you can’t believe everything you read OR see OR hear on the internet. So I …

Building Trust in relationships is like building a bridge; it takes effort from both sides–mutual trust between you and the other person. And similar to a bridge, Trust is built on pillars, like Hone…

I’m eager to share my interview with Nisha Glenn--an author and the founder of Educated Girls Rock!

Nisha utilizes the knowledge she gained from not only her education, but also her life experience, t…

Even if it’s the middle of the school year when you listen to this, I want to share my best advice  that can help you all year long.

It all stems off these two words: Own It. This was inspired by my d…

I’m thrilled to share my interview with Lexie Polevoi--an advocate for girls in STEM.

Lexie empowers girls to develop their STEM skills through after-school enrichment programs and workshops. We discu…

Have you watched any of this Summer’s Olympic Games? Oh my goodness it’s been unbelievable watching the very top athletes from all over the world compete at their sport. On social media I’ve seen a j…

Are you a procrastinator? I am, too. Sometimes we procrastinate because we underestimated how much time something would take, or we got distracted, or we had multiple things to do, or we avoided doin…

You've grown up learning about safety, and I want to add to your safety tool box. I know what it’s like to be in an unsafe situation and NOT know what to do--that can feel scary. My hope is that by t…

I’m thrilled to share my interview with Gitanjali Rao--inventor, social activist, STEM advocate, and author of  “A Young Innovators Guide to Planning for Success.”

Gitanjali wrote this how-to book to …

Make room for new emotions! Let's discuss the movie “Inside Out 2”!

The first “Inside Out” movie came out nine years ago, introduced us to the main character–an 11 year old girl named Riley–and her em…

Can you believe we reached 100 episodes?! I’m beyond excited, I’m still pinching myself, but I’m also so incredibly proud of what we’ve created and accomplished together. Let's look back at our favor…

There’s a topic that I’ve touched on multiple times, yet it keeps getting requested. So let’s do a whole episode on body image. We'll discuss how to shift from wanting to change our bodies to accepti…