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Intuitive Eating: 5 Steps for Your Teen
What is Intuitive Eating? Almost all teens are affected by the appearance-oriented world we live in. So what can we do as parents to help support them break out of that cycle and learn to love their bodies? As a Teen Health and Wellness Coach, a principle I like to...
How to Get Your Teen to Eat Healthy
As our teens begin having more independence and freedom and they begin making their own food choices, how can we as parents encourage them to make healthy selections in and out of the home? Here are 6 tips to help get your teen eating healthy!
10 Self-Esteem Affirmations for Teens
A teen’s self-esteem is fragile. It can easily be damaged by a difficult friend, a tough teacher, or a critical parent. Criticism and a common tendency to compare herself with others can lead to questioning her self-worth and her abilities. However, with strong self-esteem, a teen will have the confidence and courage to try new things, set and achieve goals, and maintain a positive attitude towards herself and others.
When Perfect Becomes the Enemy of Good
Guest post by Kristie Santana the founder of the National Coach Academy (NCA) For many of us, it is all too familiar a cycle. The pressure to perform and garner accolades fuels workaholic tendencies, and the moment we encounter genuine failure, we shut down. We’ve...
Decision-Making Dialogue
All teens are in a stage of development where the part of their brain that assesses risk and controls impulses is still developing. They need guidance and practice in making responsible, self-empowering decisions.
How can you help your teen develop good decision-making skills?
How to deal with an argumentative teen
If you are a parent who struggles with day-to-day communication with your teen, it may be time to take a close look at what led you to this place. Is there a crack in the foundation of your relationship? What needs to be repaired?
Why Your Teen Says You Never Listen
It’s not uncommon for teens to complain that their parents never listen and just don’t understand. While this sentiment is sometimes charged with sarcasm and exaggeration, it highlights a core problem with parent-teen communication.
Body Image
Having a healthy body image doesn’t mean teens don’t care about their looks, it means they value and appreciate their body. It means they accept and appreciate their body for what it is and what it does, not what it looks like.
Understanding Peer Pressure
The notion of peer pressure typically invokes an image of a teen being cornered or threatened by friends to vape, take drugs, have sex, or try alcohol. A teen succumbs for fear of losing friendships or facing ridicule. In reality, this is not how peer pressure works.
How to support your teen in grief
The death of a pet, friend, teacher, or loved one can catapult a teen into an emotional process of grief. It can be a challenge for parents to support their teens through the intense emotions that arise.
Help! My teen isn’t ready to be an adult!
When I coach parents with concerns about their teen’s readiness for more autonomy, we focus on creating an environment and relationship that will support their teen’s journey toward independence and teach essential life skills.
How to Deal with a Difficult Teenage Daughter
Your teenage daughter is growing distant and moody and becoming more difficult to communicate with. She rolls her eyes at your well-meaning advice and explodes when you offer a thoughtful suggestion. So, what is the right approach? What are the most appropriate consequences? How can you parent a difficult teenage daughter with compassion and calm?