Our brains are amazing and they want to help us out. So they will see things the way we want to see it, find the things we want to find. Whether we are aware that we "want" to find it or not. What are you looking for in the world? Hate? Danger? Doubt? You'll find it. What about love? Safety? Faith? You'll find that, too. It's all there to be found. The question is, what are you looking for?

We all have things we don't want to give up. Even if we know we should. Video games. Too many hours on Netflix TikTok or YouTube. Attitudes. Hatred. The person you might be dating. I get it. It's hard to give up some things that we enjoy, even if it's bad for us in the long run. But what if something is waiting to replace it. Something better. Something lasting. Something...real?

We are all in a transition period right now: SUMMER! Schools are closed, even though they've been closed for about four months now, and young adults are transitioning to the next chapter of their lives. What can you do to make this transition a transformation? To not just move on to the next level of school, but to move up to the next level of you?

I'm just going to say it: most people are viewing relationships wrong. It's not your fault, it's the way movies and TV portray them. BUT, all that is about to change today. Right now. In this podcast. I will present to you a life-changing, mind-altering, power-inducing way to look at relationships. Be warned, once you hear this, you'll never look at relationships the same again...and that will probably be for the best.

Nancy ends up trapped in her car at the bottom of the ocean floor. What she does to get out will astound you.

There are two types of action you can be taking toward your goals and dreams: massive action and passive action. In this episode, I talk about what the difference is and what that might look like for teens. I also go over the unpleasant feelings that stop us from taking action.

Our brain wants to separate things into simple, clear containers. So, oftentimes when there is a complicated issue (or even a not-so-complicated one) our brain will paint an "Us vs. Them" picture. In this episode Joey talks to teens about what that perception might be doing in their lives and how to change it, if they want to.

I process the world around me by writing. I wrote this in response to the civil unrest and chaos going on in America right now.

My next episode will go into the symbolism and meaning of the poem. Though, hopefully like any good literary work, you can derive your own meanings from it.

Going from high school to whatever is next is the craziest, most drastic transition of anyone's life. In this episode, I talk to teens who have just graduated. I tell them the most important thing to realize and 5 things to keep in mind as they go forward to college, career, or wherever their journey takes them.

Life is rarely a clear cut story with all the details neatly filled in. Our brains naturally bridge the gaps of what isn't clear with narrative about other people's motives, our position in the world, and what the future will be. Teens' brains, along with the rest of us, sometimes choose to write negative narrative to fill in those blank pages. That negative narrative changes the way we feel and ultimately show up in the world.

No teen wants to be walked all over or taken advantage of. We don't want to feel weak or like we're a push over. But, we are afraid if we try to be kind or give people the benefit of the doubt, then they'll step all over us.

However, in order to stop feeling like we are being walked on, other people don't have to do anything. We have to do something. Two things, actually. Change our view and enact boundaries. Doing those two things is the difference between being a door and a doormat.