Coffee Break with Trail Youth

Coffee Break with Trail Youth

By Tonya GuinnSociety & Culture
Download on the App Store

Coffee Break with Trail Youth episodes

  • Stepping Outside Your Own Comfort Zone
    Nick and Joseph talk about what percentage of the US and UK goes outside their comfort zone, what percentage of the entire world goes outside their comfort zone, what makes stepping outside your comfort zone so important, and when it just does not make sense to step outside your comfort zone. We also ask questions to help people know if they are taking steps outside their comfort zone. If you want more inspirational topics carried out by teens for teens make sure you hit the subscribe button.
    22 min
  • Interview with Sorin

    Nick interviews Sorin, a former addict who is now an outreach coordinator with Adult & Teen Challenge in Seattle. He tells how he went from being an addict to becoming sober, what others can do to avoid becoming an addict, and tells us a little about his history with jobs and schooling (college, high school, i.e.). If you want more inspirational stories carried out by teens for teens make sure you hit the subscribe button.


    31 min
  • Interview with Trinity
    In this episode, listen as Nick interviews Trinity as she tells her story from being diagnosed with cancer through her journey fighting cancer to becoming cancer free. Feel free to get grab a cup of coffee and listen to this very inspirational story offering hope. If you want more inspirational stories carried out by teens for teens make sure you hit the subscribe button.
    45 min
  • Interview with Jerry Blackburn

    An interview with Jerry Blackburn about his career as a substance abuse professional. If you don't know who Jerry is then I will explain in a few sentences.

    • Jerry is the current program director for the Empower Youth Network 

    • Jerry was an adjunct faculty member in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Seattle University.

    • Jerry is a graduate of UW with a Master of Education and has been a certified Substance Use Disorder Professional since 1999.  

    • Jerry currently serves as a board member for The Garage- Issaquah Teen Café, Parent Wiser- the PTSA Council Education Committee, the Greater Issaquah Equity & Inclusion Group, as well as serving as a longtime steering committee member for the Counselor Camp- Adolescent/Young Adult Behavioral Health Conference. 

    • In 2005 he was honored by the Washington State Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse with the Richard Rivera Passionate Youth Professional Award, the Issaquah Schools Foundation presented him with the Golden Apple Award in appreciation for his dedication to the health of young people in 2017, and in 2021 he received the Influence the Choice Vicki Hoffman Legacy Award for his work as an advocate for preventing substance use and promoting the mental, physical, and social wellness of our youth. 

    • Jerry lives in Issaquah with his wife Val, a long-time middle school teacher in the LWSD, and his son Isaak, a student at IHS. Jerry is an avid runner, loves to cook, and enjoys keeping their 100-plus-year-old house happy.



      • 27 min
    • Communication and Confrontation

      Joseph and Nick talk about communication and confrontation and specific areas that can help how good of a confronter you are and how good of a communicator you are. They will also cover how 65% of people said that criticism from others devastates them and other shocking developments of how this subject has gotten people stressed out and fed up with each other. Be ready for some babbling on this topic again and again. If you could subscribe to our podcast that would be greatly appreciated so please hit that like button! Woo-Hoo!!!

      27 min
    • Interview with a Substance Abuse Counseler
      Today, Nick interviewed a substance abuse counselor named Jeannie Bowers from mount si high school and she shared her story as a substance abuse counselor. Nick asked a variety of questions ranging from the proudest moment of her career as a substance use disorder counselor, tough clients she has dealt with, and what she has done to help teens dealing with suicidal thoughts. If you have suicidal thoughts, please call this line to 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline we are in your thoughts and feel for you! If you listen to this podcast if you could please hit that like button as it really helps us know if you people like our podcast an want us to keep coming out with podcast episodes.
      22 min
    • Food Guidance for Teens and Josephine interviews Tonya

      In this episode, Joseph and Nick talk about Food Guidance for teens which is the different issues they have to face when it comes to food insecurity, food safety, obesity, food disorders, etc. We talk about what can cause these issues, how to fix these issues, and how to prevent them in the first place. If you do need help with any of these issues please call a counselor and get help today. To end this episode there will be an exclusive 1 on 1 interview with Josephine interviewing Tonya. If you do listen to this podcast you should hit the subscribe button as it really benefits our podcast and will have you up to date on when an episode is published. The subscribe button helps us know if the community likes our podcasts and if we should keep making them as frequently as we are at the moment. If you want to help as a volunteer with Trail youth or just want to check out our coffee shop click on this link which will send you to our home page.

      Here is the link:

      https://www.trailyouthcoffee.org/



      28 min
    • Staying Safe
      Today Nick and Joseph talk about ways for teens to stay safe from troubles like natural disasters, mass shooting situations and general ways to fight and run away from people and animals including self-defense classes.
      19 min
    • Tom Armour
      In this episode, we sit down with Tom Armour, a big-time helper with Trail Youth and the leader of the Sno-Valley Young Person AA Meetings at Trail Youth. He talks about his adolescent hood and how he was an alcohol addict and working through how to get through his dark childhood. He told us about what he has done for others going through similar issues. Also, the timeline of his life and the biggest takeaways from his drug and alcohol addiction.
      16 min

    About Coffee Break with Trail Youth

    From the publisher's feed

    Want to know what goes on in the mysterious mind of a teenager? Curious about a teens world view, and thoughts about today’s issues? Join Coffee Break with Trail Youth where teens expose what life is…