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Ali Wentworth revisits her conversation with bestie and supermodel Brooke Shields to discuss social media and the hyper-sexualization of teenage girls. Brooke also opens up about her own complicated relationship with sexuality and both women dig into how they’re navigating monitoring their daughters’ activity on social media.

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On the heels of the largest student-led national protest aimed at highlighting the erasure of LGBTQ+ people in schools, Ali Wentworth revisits her conversation with Stephen Russell, Ph.D (Regents’ Professor of Child Development) to discuss ways families can support LGBTQ+ teens. Dr. Russell provides insight into the unique challenges faced by queer youth today and how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting many LGBTQ+ kids in quarantine. They take a closer look at gender identity and expression and Stephen offers ways parents can create more inclusive and affirming environments both in and out of the home.

Resources:

lgbtcenters.org

glsen.org

pflag.org

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Dr. Lisa Damour (psychologist and author of Untangled and Under Pressure) joins Ali to discuss teens and emotional health. Dr. Damour touches on different types of stress and how parents can manage the dreaded meltdowns, instill academic confidence in their daughters, and navigate social turmoil in a socially distanced world. 

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Doctors, authors, and twin sisters Lexie and Lindsay Kite have a message for us girls and women out there to defy the world and love our bodies. Sounds simple enough, right? Uh huh. When was the last time you were ok with going up a size? Now you get it. They talk with Ali about how to combat the pressures women feel to conform to ideals set mostly by men in Hollywood, the influence of social media and comparing ourselves to millions of filtered images worldwide, and why women should value everything they have to offer knowing they are more than just their bodies. // Book: More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament.

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The scientific study of happiness is a relatively new field, but in the past 30 years it has exploded. Fantastic! What have we learned? First off, great news, it turns out that we are NOT completely powerless against our DNA. Sure, our genes play a significant role, but there are many very important areas of our "happiness portfolio" that are completely under our control and can thwart that biology. Harvard professor, PhD social scientist, bestselling author, and columnist Arthur C. Brooks explains why so many people find themselves with a happiness problem. Luckily, he’s got the formula to solve it. //

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Ali is pretty cynical when it comes to meditation. She’s convinced there is nothing that can possibly calm her busy mind. Then there’s Bob. Bob Roth is the transcendental meditation teacher to the stars having taught, among many others, Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, Tom Hanks and, yes, George Stephanopoulos. He breaks down with Ali the approach, value, and neuroscience of transcendental meditation, which he says is different from all the other kinds we’ve heard about.

Bob Roth is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation.” You may also know him from his SiriusXM radio show, “Success Without Stress” or his bite-sized talks on the podcast “Stay Calm with Bob Roth.” 

Bob also serves as the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, a nonprofit that provides Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations. //

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What would you do if you went in for a COVID test and walked out with stage 4 lung cancer? Oh, and no symptoms. The unthinkable has happened to author and actress Annabelle Gurwitch. She opens up to Ali about this emotional and life changing rollercoaster. She tells Ali what she has learned about herself, her friends, and her sense of humor throughout the scariest time in any person’s life. //

Annabelle is a New York Times bestselling author. She has published a number of books that include "I See You Made an Effort," and "Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About my Family You Might Relate To."

She is a co-host of the podcast “Tiny Victories." Be sure to check out Annabelle's new book, “You’re Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility,” now on Amazon. //

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Ali gets personal with actress, producer, author, activist and feminist Marlo Thomas about her 40-year marriage to TV talk show host Phil Donahue. It was a marriage she wasn’t looking for and never saw coming, but as Marlo says, “He just became essential and I couldn’t live without him.” Well, it’s one thing to find your irreplaceable person, but how do you defy the odds through the ups and downs? Having interviewed 40 celebrated couples for their book “What Makes a Marriage Last” – Marlo is peeling back the curtain to share the secrets to a partnership that works. // Marlo and Phil are also co-hosts of the podcast “Double Date.” //

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Ali loves therapy. She’s a huge proponent of it for anyone and everyone and believes in the personal growth made possible just by talking to someone. Of course not all therapists are made alike, so she’s talking to psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb about therapy: what should you look for in a therapist, what to expect out of the relationship, how it can help and why it is so important for anyone. //

 Lori Gottlieb is also the New York Times bestselling author of “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” and the co-host of the “Dear Therapists” podcast. Her 2019 TED Talk was one of the top 10 most watched of the year. //

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This week, Ali explores authentic love with guest Glennon Doyle. Both of their stories suggest that once it hits you it is undeniable, but what happens when that authentic love is with a person that is not at all what you were looking for? What if choosing that person means rocking the boat? The “Untamed” author opens up about the life experiences that led her to take that leap for true love with Abby Wombach and she makes us rethink what the ‘easy thing’ to do is. //

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