73: Seasons of change
Launching Your Daughter
Nicole is changing the direction of the podcast to Soulfilled Sisterhood where guests will be women, their work and impact on the world and how they making a difference for our future girls
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72: Ways parents can navigate divorce with teens
Launching Your Daughter
Stuart Fensterheim shares his expertise in couples work and how to help parents navigate divorce with their children.
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71: Encouraging teen girls and raising self esteem
Launching Your Daughter
Ways parents can communicate to improve your daughter's self-esteem and self-confidence.
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70: Myths, Fairy Tales and Motherhood Creativity
Launching Your Daughter
Lisa Marchiano LCSW discusses how myths and fairytales mirror what continues today with mothers and their creativity. Lisa shares the importance of self-care and how it impacts the parent-child relationship.
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69: Family roles and teens who challenge them
Launching Your Daughter
Parents and caregivers may have an expectation of what they want their teenage daughter to become when they grow up and their girl can challenge that image. This episode is about exploring those inner thoughts and feelings through the lens of a movie.
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68: Story telling for anxious girls or picky eaters
Launching Your Daughter
Brenda and Susan have written multiple story books for parents of young girls who want to decrease anxiety symptoms or being a picky eater. The illustrations and story show young girl learning how to be more confident and overcome fears.
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67: Transitions high school and beyond
Launching Your Daughter
Today's episode I discuss encouraging teen girls to explore the next chapter in their lives, reflect on the current one and embracing change. We all go through transition in life and it can evoke feelings of joy, sadness, confusion, and fear. Allowing ourselves to feel the depth of the emotions and discuss it.
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66: Deepening parent and teen relationship
Launching Your Daughter
Nicole Burgess LMFT and Life Coach discusses creating a deeper relationship between parent and teen daughter
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65: Assertive mothers and daughters
Launching Your Daughter
Guest Dr. Hanks discusses her book The Assertiveness Guide for Women and how parents knowing themselves can empower their daughters.
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64: Time management and organization for teens with Maggie Wray
Launching Your Daughter
Guest Maggie Wray PhD shares about how parents can support teens in time management, focusing and organization.
info_outlineIn today’s episode, I discuss ways parents and caregivers can either deepen their relationship with their teen daughter or create a bigger divide. Over the years teenagers have shared their frustrations with me about what their parents do or don’t do in building a relationship with them. These suggestions are areas to reflect on, discuss during family meetings, explore how to improve or change current behaviors both as parents or as teens.
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In this episode you will learn: Actively listening to your teenager without judgment or trying to fix Grilling your teen with questions Be mindful of not stereotyping your teen behaviors Chores, timing, hidden agendas and compliance Family meetings Conflicts and apologies-this is repair work in the relationship; embracing imperfections Social media-do NOT publish embarrassing photos or video about your child-causes shame, humiliation, and damages your relationship with your teenager Not sweating the small stuff and choosing conflict wisely Criticizing or nitpicking your teen daughter or giving feedback with love and respect Putting down your teens appearance vs self-expression Being on the phone, social media or with friends vs being with your teen Comparing your children to one another or other teens-creates self-doubt, sense of unworthiness Expectations at extracurricular activities-criticizing your child or belittling their performance Working together as a team vs placing the problem between your relationship