Raising Resilient Teens
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsSurprise! Your kids are different from you!
They’re growing up in a different world; one with more complexity and an overwhelming number of choices. Their education supports a lot of learning and information, yet limited life skills. What impact is this having on their ability to evolve as successful adults? What can you do as a parent to help?
Join us and help prepare your teen to one day 'leave the nest' and confidently embrace the challenges and triumphs of adulthood.
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Episode 37: Raising a Resilient Teen who has Special Needs, with Jackie Jackson Daley
September 27, 2017 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBJackie Jackson Daley is the mother of two boys ages sixteen and eight. Her older son has multiple special needs resulting from early surgical trauma, including a diagnosis on the spectrum as well as Tourette’s, cerebral palsy, PTSD and global cognitive delays. She has spent the sixteen years working to advocate for her son in the world. Jackie received her B.A. in psychology from Stanford University in 1995 and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psyc...
Episode 36: Why Your Teen Should Have a Life Coach, with Suze Gardner
September 20, 2017 08:00 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBSuze Gardner is an athlete, athletic coach, and life coach. At 19, Suze was a member of the US National Women’s Water Polo Team when she decided to make a shift. She spent the next 13 years working with teens, coaching water polo, primarily at the high school level but with some middle and elementary athletes as well. In her first season as coach at the Burlingame High School, the team earned its first CCSA tournament bid. Over the following years, Suze took multiple Burlingame Aquatic Clu...
Episode 35: Show Your Kids Your Vulnerable Side, with Samantha Divino
September 06, 2017 08:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBSamantha Divino is 30 years old and currently living in southern Maine, right outside of Portsmouth, with her boyfriend and dog and working as a consultant at a hospice company. Prior to the senior care industry, she was working in tech sales in Boston. Sammy realized her passion for senior care and specifically hospice, while caring for her grandfather who had terminal cancer. She was born and raised in Massachusetts and has a brother who is 3 years younger. Sammy’s parents divorced when sh...
Episode 34: Empowering Teens to Realize Their Own Strengths, with Charle Peck
August 23, 2017 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBCharle Peck is a social science high school teacher with over 15 years experience in the education field. Additionally, she is a Certified Personal Coach and Speaker who specializes in improving the lives of families and teens by helping people realize their own strengths and empowering them to make positive changes in their lives. Her credentials consist of a Bachelor of Science degree in Individual & Family Development, a Master’s degree in Education K-12, an Honor Specialist in Family S...
Episode 33: Fostering Independence in Your Children, with Catherine Van Veen
August 16, 2017 08:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBCatherine is the founder and Managing Director of Personally Recommended Australia, specializing in market research and recruitment for the retail industry globally. Catherine completed a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resources and Industrial Relations and has held much senior Recruitment & Human Resource positions over her 25-year career. She understands what employers look for in hiring young talent, and what makes a great candidate. Combining industry knowledge with business ...
Episode 32: Learn About Yourself and Let Go, with Sheryl O'Loughlin
August 09, 2017 08:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBSheryl O’Loughlin is the CEO of REBBL, a fast-growing super herb beverage company, which produces REBBLs: organic, soulfully Crafted Coconut-Milk Elixirs with super herbs and the best ingredients of the Plant Queendom. She is also the author of Killing It! An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart. Before coming to Rebbl, Sheryl was the Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Prior to...
Episode 31: A Teen’s Views on Resilience and Struggle, with Ja’Naylah Johnson
August 02, 2017 08:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBJa’Naylah Johnson is a member of the Alameda Chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of America. At just 16, Ja’Naylah is the first girl to make it to the California State Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year Competition. Ja’Naylah and eight other competitors recently went to the California State Capitol to meet with State Legislative leaders to lobby for increased funding for Boys & Girls Clubs. In overcoming life’s struggles, and with the support of the Alameda Boys & Girls Club, Ja’Naylah is a co...
Episode 30: Figure Out Who’s Who in Your Zoo, with Lisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough
July 26, 2017 08:00 - 32 minutes - 45 MBLisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough each have over twenty years experience in corporate Human Resources Management and Leadership Coaching. They understand what ‘makes people tick’ and have had the opportunity to observe daily, the impact of behavior on productivity and performance at work. Taking everything they know about what it takes to be successful at work, they have turned their attention to the next generation – ‘teens’, helping parents prepare their kids for life and work in the real w...
Episode 29: Creating and Enforcing Boundaries in the Home, with Lisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough
July 19, 2017 08:00 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBLisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough each have over twenty years experience in corporate Human Resources Management and Leadership Coaching. They understand what ‘makes people tick’ and have had the opportunity to observe daily, the impact of behavior on productivity and performance at work. Taking everything they know about what it takes to be successful at work, they have turned their attention to the next generation – ‘teens’, helping parents prepare their kids for life and work in the real w...
Episode 28: The Future of Workforce for Today’s Teens, with Joanna Riley
July 12, 2017 08:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBJoanna Riley is an entrepreneur, advocate and mentor for women in technology, and the President and Co-Founder of 1-Page, a Silicon Valley technology company transforming the way companies find their best next hires using artificial intelligence. Joanna began 1-Page based on a book authored by her father, which argued that job seekers should be evaluated on what they can do, as opposed to being judged on their previous accomplishments, experience, age or gender. In 2014 she led 1-Page to a...
Episode 27: Help Teens Uncover Their True Selves, with Evan Carmichael
July 05, 2017 08:00 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBEvan Carmichael #Believes in entrepreneurs. At 19, he built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a VC helping raise $500k to $15mil. He now runs EvanCarmichael.com, a popular website for entrepreneurs. He breathes and bleeds entrepreneurship. He’s obsessed. He’s aiming to help 1 billion entrepreneurs to change the world. He’s set 2 world records, uses a stand-up desk, rides a Vespa, raises funds for Kiva, wears 5-toe shoes, and creates Entrepreneur trading cards. He speaks glo...
Episode 26: Raising Teens in a Blended Family, with Lisa Allanson, Lisa McDonough and Guest Lilian Gonzalez
June 28, 2017 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBLisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough each have over twenty years experience in corporate Human Resources Management and Leadership Coaching. They understand what ‘makes people tick’ and have had the opportunity to observe daily, the impact of behavior on productivity and performance at work. Taking everything they know about what it takes to be successful at work, they have turned their attention to the next generation – ‘teens’, helping parents prepare their kids for life and work in the real w...
Episode 25: Teaching Your Teens the Importance of Setting Goals, with Robert Mallon
June 07, 2017 08:00 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBRobert Mallon is co-founder of Rusty Lion Academy. He and his business partner, Bill Watkins, are best friends who together have over 80 years of professional experience as leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, and coaches. For years, they kept hearing from men struggling to grow their companies and careers without screwing up their lives. That's why they founded Rusty Lion Academy. When men master their process, they get what they want most in the most important areas of their lives. When the...
Episode 24: Helping Your Teens Break the Chronic Stress Loop & Develop Healthy Habits, with Claire Ketchum
May 31, 2017 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBClaire Ketchum holds a BS in psychology and a K-12 Teaching Certificate from Hobart and William Smith College. She is also a Certified Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach through The Institute of Transformative Nutrition. Claire is on a mission to teach teens how to break out of the Chronic Stress Loop, so they can create healthy habits, manage expectations better, experience more success and remain happy and healthy ...
Episode 23: Strategies for Behavioral Change, with Dr. Marcie Beigel
May 24, 2017 08:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MBDr. Marcie Beigel is the author of the #1 Bestseller “Love Your Classroom Again.” She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctorate, and also earned a Doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University and has a New York State Certification as a Special Education Teacher and Administrator. Over her 20 years of working in behavior, she has helped thousands of families and educators master behavior in the small beings in their care. She is a columnist at New York Parenting and has recently...
Episode 22: What it Means to Raise Healthy Humans, with Mercedes Samudio
May 17, 2017 08:00 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBMercedes Samudio, LCSW is a parent coach, speaker, and author who helps parents and children communicate with each other, manage emotional trauma, navigate social media and technology together, and develop healthy parent-child relationships. Over the course of her career, she has worked with adoptive families, foster families, teen parents, parents navigating the child protective services system, and children living with mental illness. Mercedes started the #EndParentShaming movement as well...
Episode 21: The Importance of Parental Guidance In Navigating Social Media Use, with Lisa McDonough and Lisa Allanson
May 10, 2017 08:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBLisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough each have over twenty years experience in corporate Human Resources Management and Leadership Coaching. They understand what ‘makes people tick’ and have had the opportunity to observe daily, the impact of behavior on productivity and performance at work. Taking everything they know about what it takes to be successful at work, they have turned their attention to the next generation - ‘teens’, helping parents prepare their kids for life and work in the real w...
Episode 20: Teach Your Kids How to Hold Accountability, with Drew McLellan
May 03, 2017 08:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBDrew McLellan has worked in advertising for 25+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group in 1995 after a five-year stint at Y&R and still actively runs the agency. He also owns and runs Agency Management Institute (AMI), which serves 250+ agencies small to mid-sized agencies (advertising, digital, marketing, media and PR) every year, so they can increase their AGI, attract better clients and employees, mitigate the risks of being self-employed in such a volatile business an...
Episode 19: Let Your Teens Find Their Own Way, with David Mammano
April 26, 2017 08:00 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBFor more than 20 years, David Mammano has been a serial entrepreneur. Having started seven companies from scratch, he thrives on starting and growing businesses. Today he thrives on helping others start or grow their businesses by infusing the latest entrepreneurial principles into their strategy. Relevant experiences include being a three-time Inc. Magazine 5000 Growth Company, the host of the Avanti Entrepreneur podcast, a TEDx speaker, an adjunct professor at the University of Rochest...
Episode 18: Dreaming Big is Where it Starts, with Mitch Matthews
April 19, 2017 08:00 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBMitch Matthews is co-founder of the BIG Dream Gathering, a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and author. His DREAM – THINK – DO podcast helps people to dream bigger, think better, and do more… and has been rated #1 by the Huffington Post. Mitch’s personal dream is to help launch a million dreams in his lifetime. Bringing this goal to colleges and universities across the country, the Big Dream Gathering is now more than a series of events; it's a movement – a movement of people giving themselve...
Episode 17: Build Up Your Resilience Reservoir, with David Covey
April 12, 2017 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBDavid Covey is the 3rd son of Stephen R. Covey, and he grew up with 7 Habits his whole life. He worked 16 years at FranklinCovey (FC) which included 8 years in the United States and 8 years Internationally. He managed both the USA and international business. He left FC after his father retired to set up SMCOV, as well as three additional companies. SMCOV helps companies expand globally through licensing. David has also co-authored two business books for release in Spring, 2017. What you’ll...
Episode 16: Express Your Feelings & Know Your Value, with Amy Anderson
April 05, 2017 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72 MBAmy Anderson is an Emmy Award-winning writer, speaker, entrepreneur, former senior editor of SUCCESS magazine and creator of Transformative Writing for Non-Writers. If you’d met her 20 years ago, you’d never believe any of this was possible. Within two more years, she was a daily drug and alcohol user, suffered seizures and hallucinations regularly, and lost nearly all of her relationships. She lived in a place with no running water, phone, or heat. She weighed 78 pounds, rarely bathed, and ...
Episode 15: Developing a Collaborative Approach in Raising Children, with Dr. M. Alex Peterson
March 29, 2017 08:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBDr. M. Alex Peterson is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California (PSY18593) with a specialty in child and adolescent neuropsychological assessment. He has been in private practice in Oakland, CA since 2006. He was previously employed as a neuropsychologist through the Neurology Department with Children's Hospital Oakland. He completed his postdoctoral training through the Neurology Department with Oakland Children's Hospital where he is subsequently employed. What you’ll...
Episode 14: The Importance of Letting Your Kids Struggle, by Dr. Christine Carter
March 22, 2017 08:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBA sociologist and senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, Christine Carter, Ph.D., is the author of The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Work and Home (2015) and Raising Happiness (2011). Drawing on the latest scientific research on positivity, productivity, and elite performance, Carter demonstrates a sweet paradox: by doing less we can actually accomplish more. A sought-after keynote speaker and executive coach, Dr. Carter also writes an award-winning blog, whic...
Episode 13: Help Your Child Understand Their Value, with Heather Ann Havenwood
March 15, 2017 08:00 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBHeather Ann Havenwood is a serial entrepreneur and regarded as a top authority on Digital Marketing, Sales Coaching, and Online Publishing Business Strategies. Heather Ann has been named Top 50 Must Follow Women Entrepreneurs for 2017 by the Huffington Post. She has also been called Chief Sexy Boss™ (nickname from her Amazon Best Seller book Sexy Boss™: How Women are Beating the Big Boys), and others call her an Icon Creator or the Wizard Behind the Curtain. In 2006, she started, developed...
Episode 12: Know When to Nurture and When to Teach, with Lilian Gonzalez
March 08, 2017 09:00 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBLilian Gonzalez, MA is a native Spanish speaker with a BA in Child Development and Biology from Mills College. She holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of San Francisco. She currently does research on multiculturalism and multicultural competency and has a special interest in working with young professionals struggling to balance personal and professional lives. As a family therapist, Lilian provides counseling to fami...
Episode 11: Why Your Kids Must Communicate Verbally, with Nicola Ries-Taggart
March 01, 2017 09:00 - 32 minutes - 44 MBNicola Taggart is a personal and professional success coach, facilitator, and speaker. For more than 10 years, Nicola has worked with executives, leaders and business professionals to help them increase their confidence and connections as a leader and in life. Nicola has helped executives and emerging leaders within a variety of industries (including nonprofits, medical education, advertising and pharma/biotech) gain clarity as to what’s important to them and what type of leader they want ...
Episode 10: Getting Your Kids Ready to Leave the Nest, with Lisa McDonough and Lisa Allanson
February 22, 2017 09:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBLisa Allanson and Lisa McDonough each have over twenty years experience in corporate Human Resources Management and Leadership Coaching. They understand what ‘makes people tick’ and have had the opportunity to observe daily, the impact of behavior on productivity and performance at work. Taking everything they know about what it takes to be successful at work, they have turned their attention to the next generation - ‘teens’, helping parents prepare their kids for life and work in the real w...
Episode 9: Understand Your Kids For Who They Are, with Elizabeth Jensen
February 15, 2017 09:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBElizabeth Jensen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, where she has practiced for the last 16 years. Her work includes mental health services to children and their caregivers, parenting coaching and education, educational advocacy and graduate field education. She is also the mother to three girls. What you’ll learn about in this episode: The biggest challenges facing teens today (like anxiety and relationship issues) Why kids need a break af...
Episode 8: Your Child Doesn’t Need to Be the Best, with Dr. Anne Parker
February 08, 2017 09:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBDr. Anne Parker is a pediatric specialist with over 25 years experience treating children and teens in the Bay Area. Dr. Parker completed her training at the University of California and joined Alameda Pediatrics in 1991 after completing her residency program. Dr. Parker brings to our show a unique understanding of health challenges faced by teenagers, a growing client group in her practice. In recent years she has worked with a number of teens facing both physical and emotional health cha...
Episode 7: Teens Need a Healthy Diet, with Mary-Sheila Gonnella
February 01, 2017 09:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBMary Sheila received a B.A. in environmental education from Sonoma State University and earned her teaching credential from Chapman University. She received certification as a nutrition consultant from Bauman College, a certificate in clinical Ayurveda with DeAnna Batdorff, and is certified as a Pilates mat and rhythm workout instructor. She has studied amino acid therapy with Julia Ross and hormonal balance with Dan Kalish. Mary Sheila has a private nutrition practice, Occidental Nutrition,...
Episode 6: Teens Need to Learn to Self-Regulate, with Sheila Jenkins
January 25, 2017 09:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBDr. Sheila Jenkins is a pediatric neurologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco. She has broad expertise in neurological conditions affecting children, with specific interest in the diagnosis and management of developmental delay, epilepsy and seizures, headaches, concussions, and movement disorders. Dr. Jenkins is passionate about helping families to understand the root cause of their child’s condition and working together with them to find the best solution to help them imp...
Episode 5: Teaching Teens Crucial Communication Skills, with Matt Huxley
January 18, 2017 09:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBMatt Huxley is in his 24th year in public education. He taught for 10 years at the middle and high school levels and has spent the last 14 years in administration as an Assistant Principal at Berkeley High School, a Principal at Mill Valley Middle School, and now as Executive Director at The Academy of Alameda. While the work is not always easy, Matt feels blessed to be an educator and to have the opportunity to work with really great people in an effort to provide a world class education to...
Episode 4: You’re a Parent First -- and a Friend Second, with Stephen Woessner
January 11, 2017 09:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBStephen Woessner is CEO of Predictive ROI and host of the Onward Nation Podcast. Onward Nation is a top-ranked business podcast in iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and iHeart Radio with listeners in over 100 countries around the world, five days a week. Stephen has interviewed nearly 350 of today’s most influential business leaders including Gary Vaynerchuk, Darren Hardy, Don Yaeger, Jay Baer, Verne Harnish, Jeffrey Hayzlett, Kute Blackson, Joanna Riley, and Scott McKain. His insights have bee...
Episode 3: You Need to Train Millennials, with Lee Caraher
December 28, 2016 15:35 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBLee Caraher is a CEO and acclaimed communication strategist known for her practical solutions to big problems. She started Double Forte in 2002 as a new kind of communications firm designed to work with good people, doing good work for good companies, by providing the best results and service in the business. After struggling with how to work alongside Millennial clients and employees (Lee’s agency is now 35 people, 16 of whom are under 30) and figuring out how to bridge the generation gap...
Episode 2: Perfect Parenting Does Not Exist, with Karen Catlin
December 28, 2016 15:34 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBKaren Catlin is an advocate for women in the tech industry, a leadership coach, a TEDx speaker, and co-author of "Present! A Techie's Guide to Public Speaking." Formerly, Karen was a vice president at Adobe Systems. Karen started a blog in 2012 called "Use Your Inside Voice - Thoughts on the Intersection of Leadership and Parenting." She believes that many leadership skills can be applied to parenting, and vice versa. In her blog, she explores these overlapping skills with personal stories...
Episode 1: Let Kids Learn Their Strengths, with Laura Henderson
December 28, 2016 15:33 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBLaura Henderson is a successful technology executive who made her mark in the industry as the General Manager of TEKLYNX Americas, Inc., the leading global provider of barcode and label software. As a strategic, results-oriented leader with a keen ability to create high-performing operating cultures, Laura has consistently achieved double-digit top and bottom-line growth at TEKLYNX Americas, Inc. After nearly two decades of success leveraging technological advancements for the betterment o...