Adolescence is a time of extreme emotions, and it's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind your child is going through. Matt Richtel, the Pullizer prize-winning journalist and author of How We Grow Up, explains that one of the key reasons GenZ is having mental health problems is they've become wh…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Why is it that so many teenagers today seem to be struggling with mental health? In this conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel reveals the surprising science behind adolescent development, expla…
Teen emotions: Yes, those things. The ones that can seem unfathomable, and require us to reach into the bottom of our reserves to manage our own feelings. I had such a great talk with @mrichtel a fellow parent of teens, and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of How We Gros Up. He has br…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? The happiess hack article by Dana Millbank: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/24/happiness-purpose-community-contribution/ Checkout my Substack: teenagersuntangled.substack.com Support the sho…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? To lose a child is one of the worst things any of us an imagine. To lose him at 16 to a recreational drug is an unbearable pain. That's what happened to Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE, but she has turned her pain into an incr…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? For this Sunday catch up I was joined by Susie Asli to discuss the challenges of parenting during times of personal loss, such as the death of a pet or a parent. We share our experiences of our children’s different re…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Sleep's a FREE performance-enhancer, so why are so many teens not getting enough? For us parents, sleep is the thing we all obsess about when we first bring our babies home, but if you're anything like me by the time …
Dieting is the cause of disorders, according to eating disorder expert @the_food_psychologist. Give your kids nutritious foods but don’t label foods good or bad and watch out if your kids start going on diets. They could set up a lifetime of eating disorders. #parenting #podcast #education #me…
'Killer' food? The UK's lockdown PE sensation, Joe Wicks, has annoyed a lot of people with his Channel 4 shockumentary, Licensed to Kill, which set out to expose 'killer' unhealthy, ultra-processed foods. Whilst you'd be forgiven for thinking the angriest would be the food companies, it's riled u…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Whatever food fears we've inherited, or learned, will be passed on to our kids unless we understand and challenge our beliefs, according to food psychologist, Dr Anna Colton. As she rightly points out, fear-mongering …
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? Remember those years when your child followed you everywhere, and gazed at you with adoring eyes because you knew everything? Have they now turned into a teenager who simply grunts, or screams at you, when they occasi…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? It's one thing to get advice on how to parent, it's another to have independent studies that give real evidence on how well one approach works rather than another. Faced with raising two young kids in a COVID lockdown…
What do you think of this episode? Do you have any topics you'd like me to cover? The mini-series, Adolescence, is a global hit, topping Netflix charts in 71 countries and amassing 24.3 million views in its first four days. It's sparked a global conversation about parenting, masculinity, and the im…
“It’s safe and it’s right to trust your kids more and worry about them less… give them all the support that you can, but treat them respectfully, like they have brains in their heads and want their lives to work out.&rdquo…
Be more Nigel (my father-in-law, not Farage) While the experts of the world battle it out to set some actual guidelines we parents are having to muddle through. In fact, my words for parenting are more ‘muddle’ and ‘ha…
How to create a relationship with our kids that flourishes rather than dies Nobody has a child and thinks, I can’t wait until the day they will no longer talk to me. Whilst it’s not a goal for any of us, there are things we might inadve…
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I've worked as a BBC Correspondent, a World News Anchor for CNBC Europe and a Parenting Supercoach for Parent Gym, supporting parents in the most deprived boroughs of London.
I'm the mother of two bonus-daughters, now in their twenties, two teenagers, and married to the most amazing, but messy, man. I live in a Tudor house in the UK countryside, walk my two cockapoos daily and read voraciously.
My main purpose in making this podcast is my desire to break negative family cycles so I can understand and parent my own teens better.
I'm a lover of yoga, jogging, hiking, skiing, flying, reading, music, and all types of adventurous travel.
Originally born in Zambia, I'd lived in six different countries by the age of ten and thank my lucky stars to have settled in the UK.
Most of all I am loving the opportunity to give back for all the good fortune I've had in my life.
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https://www.amindful-life.co.uk
Susie started practising mindfulness over a decade ago, after a particularly stressful time in her life. It was so effective that she decided to train in Mindfulness with the NHS and the Mindfulness in Schools project to become a Paws b and dot b practitioner, which enables her to teach mindfulness both to primary and secondary school children.
Susie teaches adult groups, 1:1s, families, in schools (children & teachers) and students (at the Guildhall College of Music & Drama).
She's also a qualified psychotherapist (from the Psychotherapeutic Institute in Copenhagen) and a trained musician (working and playing as a freelance viola player and chamber musician, as well as teaching children and adults).
Susie is mum to three children whom she has parented alone for 12 years
