In Your Ellement

Have you ever felt like you were not trusting yourself and your passions because you were trying to make others happy? Or you were going along with what is more socially rewarding? Maybe your passions are a creative outlet at first, but what if they are more than that? Creativity can play such an important role in our lives and show up in many ways. Learning to embrace it and other artistic expressions can also help us live a balanced and full life.

Abby and Mary reflect on their conversation with Ayanna Witter-Johnson and how she pushed through the noise in pursuing her career in music.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Sixteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and changemakers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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Music is a gift that allows us to tap into all of our emotions - from happy to sad, to sheer joy and utter pain. Whether you are the listener or the performer, music is one of the best ways to tap into self expression.

Ayanna Witter-Johnson shares the journey of her music career, the support systems and doorways that led her to her path, and how music gives us all a way to creatively express love, beauty, honesty, and vulnerability.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Sixteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and changemakers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Join our sister organization the ellement collective at their next workshop in Colorado!

Friendships as girls can sometimes be tricky, but most times they are a gift. Ellement teens join us sharing about all things friendship in their worlds.

Join us in this reflection by asking yourself or a friend any of these questions...

Friendship to me looks like...

My best friends make me feel...

I look for friends that are...

I make new friends by...

Describe one of your best friends and why you love them.

We'd love to hear from you! DM us on the IG below to get your input shared on our platforms.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and changemakers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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Ellement teens share their relationship to being competitive as girl in this society.

Join us in this reflection by asking yourself or a friend any of these questions...

I do/don't consider myself competitive, because...

Sometimes I feel competitive with other girls because...

Things that make me feel competitive with other girls include things like...

Being competitive makes me feel...

Tune in next week to hear about how we can move from our tendency to be competitive to building into friendships with other girls more and more.

We'd love to hear from you! DM us on the IG below to get your input shared on our platforms.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and change makers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

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Did you know that we are biologically programmed to be competitive with other girls? While this may be the case, it no longer serves us like it used to when we were cave people... In fact, it's doing more harm than not.

Abby talks with the co-founder of the Girltelligence app, Naama Barnea-Goraly, about why we are naturally competitive with other girls, and how we can shift that energy into building each other and forming friendships instead.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and change makers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

---> Become a founding member and test the beta version of the sister app.

---> Submit your creative expression for a chance to be featured on the podcast!

We hear a lot about the negatives of social media, but what about the positives? While many of us have a "hate-love" relationship to social media, we wanted to talk about how social media can also inspire connection, dialogue, and even be a platform to share our voice. Charlie Scott Amaya joins Abby to talk about how they have used social media to spread awareness, inspire justice, and ignite joy.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and change makers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Check out our website!

---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

---> Become a founding member and test the beta version of the sister app.

---> Submit your creative expression for a chance to be featured on the podcast!

Kindness is free! It doesn't have to be a big grand gesture to be kind to someone or even to yourself.

Abby's mom, Brooke Jones, comes in as a guest host for this episode and shares the benefits of kindness and ways to express it that are easy and impactful.

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Discover the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and change makers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Check out our website!

---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

---> Become a founding member and test the beta version of the sister app.

---> Submit your creative expression for a chance to be featured on the podcast!

"We all have opportunities everyday to be kind." Teen-host Abby's mom, Brooke Jones, comes back on to talk more about one of her greatest values and missions in life - kindness. Brooke shares more about her work with the Random Acts of Kindness foundation, a story of kindness that has stayed with her, and what her and Abby call their "pay it forward" project.

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Watch Brooke's Ted Talk

Discover the Random Acts of Kindess Foundation

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and change makers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Check out our website!

---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

---> Become a founding member and test the beta version of the sister app.

---> Submit your creative expression for a chance to be featured on the podcast!

Sometimes our parents' experiences in their youth can mirror our own... Abby brings on her mom to share the story of her upbringing to now being Abby's mom and working in the world of kindness. The two of them talk about how to recognize where you are at with your own mental health and the importance of finding ways to manage it. They touch on how working with their mental health has helped them to understand each other better and connect as mother and daughter.

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Learn more about Brooke Jones

Connect with Brooke

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and change makers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Check out our website!

---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

---> Become a founding member and test the beta version of the sister app.

---> Submit your creative expression for a chance to be featured on the podcast!

Want to start something, but it feels like you are starting from nothing? Abby and her mentor Mary Allard reflect on what it's been like to start this podcast, the stress and fear that comes with doing something you've never done before and why it's so important to have passion to push beyond the hard parts and create something that matters to you.

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In Your Ellement is a teen-hosted podcast covering conversations with teen allies. Fifteen-year-old host and TEDx speaker, Abby Jones, chats with some of the most inspiring educators, creators, and changemakers reflecting on their teen years, what makes them feel the most “in their element” on the daily, and things they wish they had known as a teenager.

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---> Check out our website!

---> Follow us for a chance to be mentioned out on future episodes!

---> Become a founding member and test the beta version of the sister app.

---> Submit your creative expression for a chance to be featured on the podcast!