Raising Confident Teens

Jenna and I chat with Jessica Speer about navigating friendships as a teenager. We talk about how friendships change in middle school and why friendship and social struggles are common in the preteen and teen years. Jessica has a great concept called NRF (Not Really Friends) to help kids realize that not everyone who comes into their life has to be their friend. You can be kind, but you don’t have to have a close relationship with them.

She also has nine friendship truths in her book. We talked about a few of them – Everyone develops friendship skills at a different pace, Friendships have different phases and change over time, Close friendships can be hard to find and may not happen until you are older, and We teach others how we want to be treated by speaking up.

Jessica Speer is the award-winning author of BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships (2021) and Middle School – Safety Goggles Advised (Releasing August 2022). Her interactive books engage and entertain readers by combining the stories of preteens and teens with fun activities, like quizzes and fill-in-the-blanks. Blending humor, a dash of science, and practical insights, her writing unpacks the tricky stuff that peaks during adolescence. 

She has a master’s degree in social sciences and explores social-emotional topics in ways that connect with kids. Jessica is regularly featured in and contributes to media outlets on topics related to kids, parenting, and friendship. She lives in Colorado with her husband and two daughters.

Website -  www.JessicaSpeer.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jessica_speer_author/

Hudson and I had a great time chatting with Charle about the teenage brain and all the changes it experiences during adolescence. This was such a fascinating conversation! This knowledge can help you understand your teenagers better and lead to a better relationship as you work together to navigate this time.

Charle Peck serves districts and school leaders as a consultant with over 20 years of teaching and mental health leadership experience. After witnessing gaps in our overburdened education system, she pursued a Masters's degree in Social Work to explore more effective, sustainable solutions. Charle’s clinical work in trauma with struggling families, undervalued teens, and disenfranchised school staff guided her in co-creating a revolutionary program to optimize the well-being of entire school communities. Charle continues to support overwhelmed parents and caregivers with their anxious teens and speaks to large groups to share her expertise as a Keynote Speaker.

Using her unique lens as an educator, a therapist, and a parent to help others, Charle infuses evidence-based data to develop targeted mental health programming for schools, specifically around anxiety, trauma, and suicide awareness, while promoting self-care. She designs and delivers online courses and virtual training internationally, and as the Co-Founder of Thriving Schools Consulting, LLC, she invests her time and energy into reaching people on a massive scale, one community at a time.

You can find more information about her at https://thrivingschool.org.

The Adolescent Brain by Dan Siegel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1u5OEc5eY

Why Teens Seek Novelty and Danger by Dan Siegel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGcFqzZYJxQ

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You are going to love this week’s guest! Bianca Brown is a teenage entrepreneur who manages a busy schedule as a an athlete and honor student and is very involved in community service and giving back. Last year during quarantine she started creating soaps and other personal care products. Realizing that this could be more than just a hobby she created a business, Simply B. She sat down with us to share some of the things that she has learned being a teenage entrepreneur.

Bianca's Links

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https://simplybllc.com

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/simplyb_llc

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/SimplyB_llc-100322932123074

TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@simplyb_llc

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Goal Setting with Esther Freeman (Part 2)

On today’s podcast we chat with Esther Gonzalez Freeman. As she tells us in the podcast, when she first went to college she really struggled, even though she had done well in high school. After learning some hard lessons about resilience, authenticity, and the true nature of success, Esther went on to earn a BA in Political Science and an MS in Leadership and has since turned her pain into purpose.

Now a highly sought-after speaker, facilitator, writer, and a successful board-certified career and business coach, she is passionate about motivating, empowering, and guiding others to create fulfilling, purposeful, and balanced lives. Over the course of her career as an educator and coach, she has helped thousands of students clarify and move closer to their goals while encouraging them to ask for help, come back from failure, and live life on their terms.

We talk about the importance of goals and the steps to setting goals that you can achieve. We also talk about what you can do when you run into obstacles and how parents can best support their teens in their goals.

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Goal Setting with Esther Freeman (Part 1)

On today’s podcast we chat with Esther Gonzalez Freeman. As she tells us in the podcast, when she first went to college she really struggled, even though she had done well in high school. After learning some hard lessons about resilience, authenticity, and the true nature of success, Esther went on to earn a BA in Political Science and an MS in Leadership and has since turned her pain into purpose.

Now a highly sought-after speaker, facilitator, writer, and a successful board-certified career and business coach, she is passionate about motivating, empowering, and guiding others to create fulfilling, purposeful, and balanced lives. Over the course of her career as an educator and coach, she has helped thousands of students clarify and move closer to their goals while encouraging them to ask for help, come back from failure, and live life on their terms.

We talk about the importance of goals and the steps to setting goals that you can achieve. We also talk about what you can do when you run into obstacles and how parents can best support their teens in their goals.

IG:  https://www.instagram.com/mybalancedplate

IG:  https://www.instagram.com/freewomandesigns

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https://www.facebook.com/confident.teensbizpage/

Monicha Wimbley is a mom of three, a business owner of two, and a life organizer & strategist. She uses her natural gift of system creation, to provide structure and instruction when it comes to goal planning, task creation, time management and overall life organization. Basically, she teaches people how to “do the work” by helping them tap into their individual strengths, recognize their weaknesses, and form a system of productivity that works for them. 

Join us as we chat about how teens can learn to manage their time. This is a great skill that will be useful your whole life! We talk about how to prioritize tasks, how to limit distractions, how to manage deadlines and more.

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Check out Monicha’s website - https://monichawimbley.com

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This year I started doing something new that has really changed my perspective. I started keeping track of my finished projects, goals accomplished, family wins and great memories in my planner. I call it My Great Things List. Whenever I’m feeling down or struggling, my list helps me realize that I am making progress and great things are happening. It also helps me be more aware of all the great things that are happening all the time in my life. Try it for yourself, I think it will become a new habit you will love!

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Many times teens feel like they are in a stage of their life where they are powerless. But they actually do have amazing power to do either good or bad. On today’s podcast Jenna and I chat about the power of our words, and how what we say can have an effect on not only others, but also our own lives.

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On today’s podcast we chat with teen entrepreneur, Joseph Richter. Joseph started his business when he was fourteen years old as a way to make money to pay for a school trip. Chesco Woodworks has become a profitable little side hustle and contributor to the local community. Joseph talks to us about lessons he’s learned, challenges he’s faced, and gives advice for other teen entrepreneurs.

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Follow Joseph on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ChesCoWoodWork

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Join us on today's episode for part two with Doug Noll. On this episode Doug goes into the how-to's of how to really listen, not to the words but the the feelings and emotions. If you missed the first part of our conversation, be sure to go and listen to that one here.

Find more information about the resources Doug mentioned here: https://dougnoll.com/podcast/confident-teens-podcast

Doug’s website: https://dougnoll.com

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