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Nov. 20, 2024

114: Friendships, frenemies and boy banter. Parenting our teens through the relationship pitfalls.

Send us a text Friendships and fitting in are everything to teenagers, so you could argue that understanding the dynamics and supporting our kids through the turmoil of the teen years is one of the best things we parents ca…
Nov. 19, 2024

Boys, banter and masculinity #internationalmensday

Andrew Hampton FRSA thinks year seven at school is the best stage to begin having discussions that prevent rape culture setting in, and tackling the unhelpf ideas that boys can form around masculinity. In the full intervie…
Nov. 13, 2024

113: The damage of an emotionally immature parent

Send us a text If we genuinely think about how many of us are emotionally mature before we become parents the number is probably pretty low. The act of caring for someone else, and having to manage our own feelings, can be i…
Nov. 6, 2024

112: Boys, image, and masculinity on social media; the rise of Looksmaxxing

Send us a text What we see on TikTok often starts on message boards in fringe groups then spills over into the mainstream. This is true of the Looksmaxxing social media trend that's been gaining more and more currency among …
Nov. 4, 2024

Community catch up: Underage sex, the lying teen, parenting responsibilities and thank you's

Send us a text BOOK MENTIONED: Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore EPISODE TO HELP THE PARENT WITH AN UNDERAGE TEEN: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/1882538/episodes/12524413-3…
Oct. 31, 2024

Point to your child’s North star until they can see it for themself.

How Your Mindset Can Unlock Your Teen's Motivation It's easy for us parents to fall into the trap of believing that teenagers are inherently short-sighted, illogical, and incapable of making wise decisions. So many of thin…
Oct. 30, 2024

111: Boundaries: How to set them and why they’re so important.

Send us a text Boundaries exist, regardless of whether we're conscious of them or not. The first place we experience them is in our own home, and the way they are created, managed and enforced can set us up for a lifetime of…
Oct. 28, 2024

Community catch up. The award, thank you's, coming up, and a trip to the big Apple

Send us a text A quick catch-up with news of what's been going on, what's coming up, thank you's and my trip to Apple HQ in London. Wednesday's episode: Setting boundaries Email me: teenagersuntangled@gmail.com Where Apple i…
Oct. 23, 2024

110: Motivation: How to motivate your teenager. An interview with eminent Psychologist David Yeager

Send us a text When kids hit puberty they become driven by a core motivation that many of us adults don't fully appreciate. It's not simply fun, or sex; they're looking for experiences that give them social status and respec…
Oct. 21, 2024

Monday moves: Community thank you's and what's coming up

Send us a text THE BOOK: 10-25: The science of motivating young people by David Yeager LISTENERS SHARING WITH OTHERS: Middlesbrough Boston Miami Dubai LARGER COMMUNITIES: Manchester Toronto Birmingham Sydney POPULAR EPISODES…

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Point to your child’s North star until they can see it for themself.

How Your Mindset Can Unlock Your Teen's Motivation It's easy for us parents to fall into the trap of believing that teenagers are inherently short-sighted, illogical, and incapable of making wise decisions. So many of things they do seem to back u…

Our ‘culture of comparison’ is a key factor in the damaging levels of stress experienced by parents

41% of parents and caregivers say they are so stressed they cannot function most days." This was in the report, Parents Under Pressure, issued by the US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy". Some of the key factors outlined in the report include things…

Moving Up and Moving Out: The empty nest and the terrible eighteen to twenty two's

One of my husband’s long standing friends moved to Florida when he graduated, but he always stays with us when he’s in the UK. His daughters were home-schooled and we’ve vaguely followed their progress all the way to the latest sta…

About the Hosts

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Rachel Richards

Host

My main career was as a BBC Correspondent, World News Anchor for CNBC Europe, BBC World New Radio, and roving reporter/newsreader on local radio.

I’ve always been fascinated by parenting so loved being a Parenting Supercoach for Parent Gym, working in the most deprived boroughs of London.

I’m now the mother of two step-daughters and two teenagers. A failed dog-trainer (you try it in a house where everyone else gives them cheese) and terrible, but enthusiastic, gardener. I’m a long time lover of Ashtanga yoga, jogging, hiking, skiing, reading, music, and all types of adventurous travel.

I was born in Zambia and lived in six different countries by the age of ten, before settling in the UK.

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Susie Asli

Co-host

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