Kaleigh Cornelison on Teens in Sport & Social Media Use, and How to Talk About Eating Disorders with Loved Ones

" I think young people often don't get that chance to like take a step back [from sport] and say like, is this working [for me]?" shares Kaleigh Cornelison, who specializes in working with teens and adolescents. 

Kaleigh is a licensed clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience working with teens and the adults who care about them. She leads workshops, creative resources, and writes the both, and newsletter for parents and professionals who wanna embrace both the challenges and the joys of the teenage years. She takes a balanced approach to social media use, acknowledging both the benefits and the downsides to how it impacts development, connection, experiences in sport, and more. 

This episode covers

• her experiences in sports growing up, through college, and training for her first half-marathon
• why she decided to specialize in working with teens and adolescents as a social worker
• the ups and downs, pros and cons to teens participating in sports—from social connection to identity to body image and disordered eating
• how social media can both help and harm our experiences in sport (and of course, as a human, in general)
• how to talk to teens in a way that actually connects with them, especially when it comes to the hard stuff (like disordered eating behaviors)

Connect with Kaleigh Cornelison through her newsletter bothandnewsletter.com. And on Instagram @kaleighcornelisonmsw

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