Our First Birthday
It is our birthday. The Teen Esteem Council podcast has been broadcasting for 1 year. Thanks for all of the support that you have given us. Thanks to all of those who have been following us from the beginning.
With that in mind, Summer and I thought it would be a good idea to talk about [...]
Announcing the release of our book DROPPING HIM, FINDING ME
The book is finally out. Dropping Him, Finding Me has been released. This podcast discusses the release of the book.
It is only Me today. Summer and I recorded a podcast on Saturday and when I went to do the editing, there was a futuristic echo on the voices. I couldn’t fix it and so I [...]
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Back To School Stress
Going back to school can be a stressful time. In this podcast episode Mat and Summer talk to Jessica Barlow. Jessica is going to be a senior this year and we asked her to give her thoughts on what stressors she faced, going back to school, as a Sophomore, Junior, and now as a Senior. [...]
How I Beat An Eating Disorder Part 2 With Alicia Cottle
Thanks again to Alicia for being willing to join us and share this very personal story. In this podcast we continue discussing how Alicia overcame her struggles with having an eating disorder. Alicia shares with us:
- how hard it was to change her identity as a person with an eating disorder
- how she had hopes [...]
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How I Beat An Eating Disorder with Alicia Cottle
Mat and Summer are incredibly excited to bring this weeks podcast to you. Our guest is Alicia Cottle. Alicia struggled with an eating disorder all through her high school years and into college. This is the first time she has told her story to anyone other than those who are very close to her. In [...]
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Do I Look Fat? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
Are you afraid that boys won’t like you? Are you afraid that you will be rejected by your friends? Do you feel like you are unlovable if you do not have a perfect body?
How much do your conversations revolve around your weight and body image? Do you put yourself and the way you look [...]
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Body Image Basics Part 3 With Bonnie Morris
This is the second part of our conversation with Bonnie Morris. The topic of today’s podcast is eating disorders.
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If they do that with food, imagine what they do with people.
I have been thinking about the double standard that advertising industry is sending to teen girls. On one hand, the advertisers are portraying an image of the ‘perfect girl’ that is impossible to obtain. They use that image to get girls to think that their product will make the difference in their social life, giving [...]
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Handling Disappointment
I was talking with one of the girls that I work with yesterday. She was incredibly disappointed because she was hoping to have received a graduation certificate from a school that she was attending. She was supposed to have received it yesterday. However she had not yet fulfilled all of the requirements to have been [...]
Body Image Basics Part 1
Mat and Summer talk about their thoughts on body image and teenage girls. Body image is an issue that affects everyone, not just teen girls. It is one of the major problems facing teen girls today.
