Talking To Teens: Expert Tips for Parenting Teenagers
Kids & Family
There’s a lot to be worried about these days! Whether you’re feeling anxious about the ongoing pandemic or just concerned that your teen is struggling in school, it’s easy to let distress clutter your mind. When we let that anxiety crawl around in our brain, we often find ourselves distracted from the better moments in life, thinking obsessively about a work meeting when we’re supposed to be spending quality time with our families.
Interestingly, that voice inside our head–the one that’s always muttering about the past and the future–can be useful, if we know how to harness it. This inner dialogue comes from an evolutionary need to learn from past mistakes to survive the next challenge, and can help us immensely when tackling life’s challenges! If parents can learn to steer this voice in a positive direction, they can help teens do the same. That way, these young adults will know how to handle that tricky inner dialogue before they head off into the real world.
Our guest this week is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind as well as an award-winning professor of psychology and business at the University of Michigan! His name is Ethan Kross, and his new book is called Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It. In our interview, Ethan and I are getting into how and why we talk to ourselves, and what we can do to make the most of our inner voice.
In this week’s interview, we’re discussing the idea of being “present”...and why it doesn’t always help us feel better. Plus, we’re diving into tons of other strategies for harnessing your inner voice that might be the perfect solution to that constant worrying!
Ep 233: The Opioid Crisis: What Parents Need to Know
Ep 232: Solving Conflict and Building Connection
Ep 231: The Power of Strangers
Ep 230: Breaking Down Systemic Racism
Ep 229: The Blame Game
Ep 228: Repairing Relationships
Ep 227: Are We Too Hard on Our Kids?
Ep 226: Making Better Decisions
Ep 225: The Hidden Benefits of Joy and Fun
Ep 224: The Power of Peer Influence
Ep 223: Mastering Work/Life Balance
Ep 222: Demystifying Sex
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Ep 221: The Forgotten Power of Friendship
Ep 220: How to Raise An Anti-Racist
Ep 219: Discipline Without Negativity
Ep 218: Planning For a Bright Future
Ep 217: Why Your Teen Thinks Differently
Ep 216: Creating a Coming-of-Age Ritual
Ep 215: Eating Together, Being Together
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