AdolEssence and Beyond

AdolEssence and Beyond

By Gina DermodyParentingKids & Family
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AdolEssence and Beyond episodes

  • Taking care of you
    As a parent, it's easy to get caught up in the many demands of life and forget about taking care of you. However, it's essential to prioritise self-care because it directly impacts our ability to care for our adolescents or young adults. Tuning in to our needs means taking a moment to check in with ourselves, acknowledging our feelings, and taking action to address them. This can be as simple as taking a few deep breaths or going for a walk.
    Practicing self-compassion is another crucial aspect of self-care. This means treating you with kindness and understanding, just as we would a good friend. By being gentle and forgiving with ourselves, we can create a more positive and nurturing environment for our families.
    Staying mindful and grateful can help us maintain a positive outlook on life and stay focused on the tasks at hand. Mindfulness involves being present in the moment and fully engaged in what we're doing. Practicing gratitude means taking the time to appreciate the good things in our lives, no matter how small. By incorporating these practices into our daily routine, we can improve our overall well-being and become better parents to our children, adolescents and young adults.
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    17 min
  • Exploring your Adolescents Indentity
    Exploring your adolescent identity is an important interval part of ensuring their happiness. While we have come a long way in exploring sexuality, gender and identity, a lot of confusion still what is best for adolescents. They need help from parents who are ultimately interested in their wellbeing.
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    21 min
  • Mindful Moments with Charlotte Farragher

    Today's Podcast explores the resource that is yoga and mindfulness for the adolescent and parent mind, We speak with long time practitioner Charlottes on her own experience of anxiety and how yoga had become an interval part of her life.


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    Share your thoughts on this episode with me I would love to hear your feedback. Until then take care. Gina



    32 min
  • Keeping it simple

    This episode looks at how you can add to your life and in turn to your Adolescents. Keeping it simple gives you the

    options to add instead of taking away.

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    Share your thoughts on this episode with me I would love to hear your feedback. Until then take care. Gina


    20 min
  • Acceptance

    Acceptance what does it really mean and why is it so important. Let's look at this concept and the importance of adopting it as an essential part in our lives. If we are really going to keep anxiety at bay


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    If you like support or guidance please feel free to contact me on [email protected]


    Share your thoughts on this episode with me I would love to hear your feedback. Until then take care. Gina



    20 min
  • How to...
    How to… persuade, support and nudge. Let’s look at how we can help ourselves and other to meet somewhere in the middle. Parenting is about persuasion right? Yet it often escalates into pushing, giving out, giving in. This episode looks at these dilemmas and how to work with demands expectations and challenges.
    Thank you for tuning into this podcast hosted by Gina Dermody. We hope you enjoyed listening to it as much as I enjoy creating it for you. If you found the content useful and informative, we kindly encourage you to leave a review and rating using the stars. Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us improve our future content.
    If you're interested in receiving daily tips and tools related to adolescent and young adult , please follow me on Instagram at adolessence_tuam or on Facebook at AdolessenceTuam. We regularly share valuable insights and resources that can help you navigate the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood.
    Finally, if you're seeking support for yourself or a loved one, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via email at [email protected]. We are here to help and support you in any way we can. Thank you again for listening, and we hope to hear from you soon.
    22 min
  • Adolescent presentations and challenges


    Adolescent presentations and challenges

    How is your adolescent showing up , what are they really trying to tell you, how are their thoughts working. Often we need to look and listen to an adolescent to fully understand what is happening in their head. We need to be curious about their presentation, their learning style, their levels of anxiety their support statement and we have to try and meet and support them in this presentation.

    Thank you for tuning into this podcast hosted by Gina Dermody. We hope you enjoyed listening to it as much as I enjoy creating it for you. If you found the content useful and informative, we kindly encourage you to leave a review and rating using the stars. Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us improve our future content.

    If you're interested in receiving daily tips and tools related to adolescent and young adult , please follow me on Instagram at adolessence_tuam or on Facebook at AdolessenceTuam. We regularly share valuable insights and resources that can help you navigate the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood.

    Finally, if you're seeking support for yourself or a loved one, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via email at [email protected]. We are here to help and support you in any way we can. Thank you again for listening, and we hope to hear from you soon.


    24 min
  • Showing up.
    Let’s talk about showing up and what it means. We seem to have forgotten how to be real, how to get it right and wrong. Sometimes when we are rearing adolescents we are held to ransom by what we are supposed to do which means we sometimes forget to trust our own style, our gut instinct, are getting it wrong and then re setting. Tune in and let’s discover how to show up.
    THINGS YOU CAN DO ⬇️
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    This podcast is tailored around your comments or questions email me any questions you have and I will be happy to talk about it on Adolessence and Beyond podcast. Should you need advice please feel free to email me on [email protected]
    Thank you for listening and remember to share, follow and maybe a comment what you think of this episode on Adolessence & Beyond :)
    22 min
  • Adolescent Psychothearpy
    How does Asolescent Psychotherapy work? This is an overview of how Adolescent Therapy works. Listen to the various presentations, the growth and learning involves for Parent Caregiver and Adolescent
    THINGS YOU CAN DO ⬇️
    You can follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠adolessence_tuam⁠⁠⁠ or on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠AdolessenceTuam⁠⁠⁠ for daily feeds.
    Check out my website ⁠⁠⁠www.adolessence.ie⁠⁠⁠ for more information that may be of interest to you.
    This podcast is tailored around your comments or questions email me any questions you have and I will be happy to talk about it on Adolessence and Beyond podcast. Should you need advice please feel free to email me on [email protected]
    Thank you for listening and remember to share, follow and maybe a comment what you think of this episode on Adolessence & Beyond :)
    24 min
  • Parenting through shame and triggers
    Let’s look at how we get triggered as parents and the options we have to show up and re set. Shame and difficult experiences all form a major part of the parenting role. When we can’t erase difficult experiences what can we do? Let’s find out in todays episode.
    THINGS YOU CAN DO ⬇️
    You can follow me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠adolessence_tuam⁠⁠⁠ or on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠AdolessenceTuam⁠⁠⁠ for daily feeds.
    Check out my website ⁠⁠⁠www.adolessence.ie⁠⁠⁠ for more information that may be of interest to you.
    This podcast is tailored around your comments or questions email me any questions you have and I will be happy to talk about it on Adolessence and Beyond podcast. Should you need advice please feel free to email me on [email protected]
    Thank you for listening and remember to share, follow and maybe a comment what you think of this episode on Adolessence & Beyond :)
    20 min

About AdolEssence and Beyond

From the publisher's feed

Host Gina Dermody Adolescent Psychotherapist founder of AdolEssence in Tuam, Co. Galway. Specializes in all things Adolescents related so this is for you the parent, the young adult and the adolescent. This podcast is for everybody, we all have something to learn about the life stages on Adolessence and Beyond so tune in!