If you are concerned about Teens and Eating Disorders, we want to help. Listen to this podcast episode, read the transcript, or at the list print off the free resources shared below. I interviewed Laura from Remarkable Now about her 15 year eating disorder, and her insights are recorded here. Podcast on eating disorder Listen to the podcast episode with… Read More
When Your Teenager is Acting Out
After I shared about the year of the teenager initiative, I had a handful of people reach out to let me know they were in a really hard place with their teen. Struggling with teens who were acting out. My heart hurt for them. One person told me, “I love following along to what you share, but sometimes it makes… Read More
Parenting with the Independence and Responsibility Continuum
To know the best way to deal with your teen, it is best to first assess where your teen falls on the Independence and Responsibility Continuum. This is a 4 quadrant system my dad put together and shared with me in our podcast interview. I’m now sharing it with all of you with a little more explanation and a print… Read More
How to Relieve Stress
Helping our teens know how to relieve stress is an important discussion in parenting. Tools such as a stress chart can help identify emotions. Stress Relief Ask any teenager, and most of them will tell you they are stressed. For the Beyond Good Intentions parenting podcast episode 89, I spoke to counselor Nicci Bontrager from Joyful Family Counseling and she… Read More
We Were All Teenagers Once
I’m here to declare 2020 the year of the teenager!!! Movements are all over today: March for our Lives, Me Too, and Save the Turtles are just a few recent social movements that are calling for CHANGE for a very important cause. I want to start a global conversation–a new movement, a rally, a campaign– about loving our teens more… Read More