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I gave 15 tips on how to overcome the effects of single parenting in the life of a teenager and young adult. Please send me a voice message with your questions, contributions and suggestions. I would really love to hear from you. I'm gracefrancistp on all Social media platforms.

It's been a while community but we're back! Yes... Fully back! This issue of single parenting has been an issue for me, and I know a lot of other teenagers are going through this. In this episode, I decided to share a summary of my life story... Yeah! I grew up in a single parent home and it wasn't easy. Click on the link below to share your own story with our community. https://anchor.fm/therapypoet/message We still love you

The search for acceptance by peer pressure has led a lot of Teenagers into making decisions and taking actions that led to regrets and hurt. The search for acceptance has hurt a lot of teenagers emotionally, physically, psychologically and otherwise. For you to be accepted, you have to first ACCEPT yourself! Acknowledge your self worth, acknowledge that you are powerful, you are strong and you are unique, you are important and you don't need approval from friends to feel relevant. Love yourself for who you are, improve yourself to be a better version of you for you. Dear Teenager, giving in to peer pressure is not an option! Compromising your standards for people who don't value you is not worth it, breaking your principles for people who don't see you is absolutely not worth it!

What happens when you leave your wilderness? What happens when you try to cut everything short just because you decided to take a short cut? We all have this famous quote that "there is no short cut to success", in the same vain "there is no short cut to Purpose". For you to move into your purpose, God has to train you for what is ahead of you and He does that through the wilderness. An example of someone who left her wilderness is Naomi from Ruth 1:1-5. Naomi left Israel because there was a famine in the land, and she left to Moab with high expectations and hope. She felt she was doing the right thing by avoiding hunger so she went to a land of plenty. Did Naomi ever return back to Israel the same?? Keep listening as I unvaile the truth about the Wilderness to you. Thank you very much for listening. Don't forget to share this episode to a friend or a family member.

This is the last episode where we talk about the disadvantages of placing High expectations on your teenager. It is not easy to try to please someone all the time, it is frustrating, depressing and saddening! Your teenager has the right to say NO sometime to any decisions you take that they feel they can't keep up with. When your teenager says NO, it helps them build resilience to stand out in the society. It helps them build resilience to peer pressure. A parent-teen relationship will never work out if you don't discuss with your teenager! Find time to talk, create time to talk! Listen to what your teenager has to say and make your decision and opinions less demanding. Thank you so much for listening, DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE US A MESSAGE and tell us how helpful this podcast is to you. We would love to hear from you.

A big "Thank you" to everyone Following and Listening to this Podcast. We are indeed grateful. We sincerely apologise for the two weeks silence which took place unannounced, but we're back and we hope to serve you better this time. This episode is just a review of the first three episodes under the topic "Wilderness Before Purpose". We still have more to discuss on this particular topic but today, i decided to just encourage you again and remind you that "No wilderness comes without a glory!". Hold strong that truth and that promise of God that you have always heard. He is ever ready to deliver you, all you can do is have a little faith. Your wilderness is a journey and every journey has a destination, you will definitely get to yours soon! Amen. Thank you once again for staying with us. Follow our social media pages @therapypoet, and don't forget to leave a voice message about the impact of this podcast on your life. We can't wait to hear from you. We sincerely love you

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No more high expectations!!! Yes! I'm screaming it out loud. A lot of teens are going through a lot of struggles because of the expectations placed on them by their parents. In building a parent-teen relationship, as much as it hurts your ego as a parent, try asking for your teenagers opinion sometimes. Please! They feel too. They have feelings. Don't just impose anything on them because you feel that is the best for them. You're best might not be what they want for themselves. Your dream may not be your teenager's dream. Your passion may not be your teenager's passion. That is a hard truth, but you have to accept it. Support your teen in that path that they want to go as long as it is the right path. What are the effects of placing high expectations on your teen? 1. It leads to Depression! 2. Low self-esteem! The rest are listed in the audio. Thank you for being a great audience and for giving me 5 minutes of your time. Don't forget to share the episode. I love you

In this episode of Wilderness Before Purpose, we see a new man, who had to go through his wilderness with a different mindset and a different attitude. The life story of Moses is quite an interesting one. He had to leave the palace to the wilderness where God was supposed to train him towards achieving his purpose, but Moses went into his wilderness acting like a looser. Moses was supposed to be a leader of multitudes instead he was a leader of sheep's! Moses had given up on his life, he was just going with the ideology of "whatever the day brings". The journey through the wilderness is never an easy one but whenever you feel like giving up, always look for the light at the end of the tunnel. Focus on that light, it not only gives you hope; it tells you that there is a way out of that tunnel but you can't get to it if you choose to remain stuck..... Thank you for sticking with me till this point. PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE ON HOW THIS PODCAST HAS HELPED YOU, AND FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR MORE. Thank you for giving me five minutes of your time