Can You Fix It?
Many teen girls spend a lot of time worrying about parts of themselves that they can’t change. In this podcast the Council discusses why that kind of thinking is damaging to self esteem. We also discuss tips that can help you accept those parts about you that you can’t change.
Staying Healthy During The Summer
For some people it is a lot easier to be healthy during the summer than it is during the school year. For others, summertime means sitting on the couch watching TV eating potato chips. Our discussion today focuses on simple ways that you can stay healthy during the summer. We discuss exercise and good summer [...]
Too Young, Too Fast
This was the title of the Dr. Phil show last week on teen girls who are very young and are having sex with multiple partners. I will post the show web address below if you would like to watch it. I loved the show. Everything that was said to the girls and about the girls is [...]
Effects of Bullying You May Never See
Well, many of you know that I have not been working lately due to the expansion of my family, but I do try and keep up to date on the issues that are affecting many people in the psychological sense, especially teens. Anyway, a colleague and dear friend of mine forwarding this article to me [...]
Many Boys Want Girls To Dress Modestly
Ladies… when you go out on a date, and you are dressed kind of skanky, it makes guys (at least the ones who really want to get to know you) uncomfortable. Guys want to be able to look at you and talk to you without feeling like a pervert. Today we talk about dressing and [...]
Your Parents Are Your Own Fault
Mat has been reading an awesome book on parenting by Larry Winget called Your Kids Are Your Own Fault. We don’t want to let you guys off the hook. Your relationship with your parents has two sides to it. In this podcast we talk about how you affect the relationship with your parents. Actually the [...]
Do Our Choices Now Effect Us Later?
Yes, of course they do, but that isn’t a bad thing. I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine who was just finishing another semester of college and she was debating what steps to take next. She had the opportunity to either go back to school in the fall or go to China and [...]
You Gotta Read This!! Teen Esteem Council’s Recommended Reading List
Today we wanted to talk about the best books that we have ever read. Aubin and Summer both say that they don’t like to read. For two people that don’t like to read, they sure add a lot to our conversation. Jessica and Mat are avid readers and have long lists of their own.
It was [...]
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Senior Year and Senioritis
Jessica and Aubin are back with us and they want to talk about Senior Year and Senioritis. Congratulations to both of them for getting accepted in to college. It does not seem that long ago that Jessica was in studio with us talking about the beginning of the school year. Now the year is more [...]
What’s Real About Teen Sexuality – Part 2
WOW! Thanks for all of the support that we are getting. February was another amazing month for us. We obliterated last months record for the number of podcast downloads. We keep getting more and more excited about things as they develop.
Last week we talked about some statistics that shed light on teenage sexual behavior. This [...]
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