TRUSTED by your Teenager with Kristen Duke

My friends, I've declared this episode among my top 10 favorites in my two years of podcasting. So many wisdom nuggets on information, it's worth the 1 hour listen!

Dr. Coulson not only shares some gems about how to help our teens with toxic friends, but it applies to so many relationships as well.

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This episode is full of little tidbits about how we can help our teens be a better friends and make good friends. LISTEN and SHARE, and leave an iTunes review if you felt inspired!

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My teen friends--have you talked to your parents about sex? I mean, beyond the birds and the bees of "how babies are made?" I would expect that most of you haven't, but if you have...yay! I'm giving you MY thoughts on the sex talk, as if you were my teenagers.

With that, I encourage you to TALK TO YOUR PARENTS! Ask them questions, invite them into your world of curiosity. My hope is that they will be honest and forthcoming and open with you.

This is a jumping off of my Teens+Sex chat on the Beyond Good Intentions podcast #96 if you want to share that with your parents. It's got 20 questions to chat about.

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I'm happy my guest @KristinBHodson is here to help us know how to best have sex talk with teens. No longer is it enough to have "the talk" just once, it should be an ongoing discussion with 1,000 1 minute conversations, Kristin says.

Kristin runs a practice in Salt Lake City called @TheHealingGroup and is also a professor at the University of Utah.

As often happens, I ended up falling into the therapy chair to discuss my experience on the topic, and Kristin weighs in.

I wrote a summary blog post with 20 questions to ask your teens, click on the link to grab those!

You will surely walk away from this listen with your mind expanded.

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This interview with Wendy about her son Erik coming out as gay is heartwarming. She helps me understand the difference between cisgender (new word for me!) and transgender. Listen and share with any mama warriors out there that could use some support.

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Listen as Madeleine shares her story of manipulations and sexual abuse from a teen relationship.

She not only shares tips we can offer our kids to hopefully avoid the same, but also suggestions on how to help, including a specific type of trauma therapy.

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Ruby Franke has 6 kids (3 teens) and I really loved our chat all about teens and dating! She is a very intentional mother, and she shares their family adventures on their YouTube channel and Instagram @8passengers. 

They have been preparing their kids for dating since they were little, teaching personal accountability.

Watch Ruby's Love story here: Love Story

Read about my Love Story here: Love Story

***Print 27 Creative Teen date ideas on my website

Other dating points we discussed in our chat:

• Kindness
• Shame
• Numbness
• Choosing variety
• Group dates
• Expectations
• 3 most important on the marriage list

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My guest Cassie from @Fit_Is_a_Journey shares with us how she struggled with body positivity since she was a teen, and how a dear friend help her out of a tough mental state.

She shares some tips for parents to watch out for, and how to help our teens find that beauty.

In this episode, we learn some "do's & don'ts" of how to talk to our teens about what they are eating. Us parents are all well intentioned (that's why we're listening, right?) but sometimes we mess up, and I've asked Laura Solorzano to come chat with us about her eating disorder, and tips for parents to do better.

You can find Laura at @Remarkable_now on Instagram and her website www.RemarkableNow.net

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My dad, Norman Hill, dissects the responsibility & independence continuum between parents and teens in this BONUS episode. It's important to know WHERE your teen lies on this scale, to best know how to parent and what they need most.

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