Tessa sits with fellow therapist, author and speaker, Sheryl Ziegler and talk all about the dreaded exhaustion of motherhood and how we can prevent and manage the feelings of MOMMY BURNOUT! EVERY mom needs to hear this one!! You can find more about Sheryl at www.drsherylziegler.com

Tessa shares all of her thoughts (in such a quick episode) about tiktok and why it’s a toxic social media platform for our kids (and you too!)

Tessa sits with New York Times best selling author and speaker, Jessica Lahey, to talk about how much our kids benefit from experiencing struggle and failure.

Tessa shares some of her thoughts moving forward with the podcast. She also shares some sad news about a big influencer in her mission and career (Collin Kartchner) and her plans on continuing his passion and message

Tessa revisits her deep belief in practicing emotional hygiene and helps break down the best way to do just that so you feel emotionally balanced more often and find it easier to regulate your emotions when you are feeling off.

Only fitting with Halloween approaching for Tessa to share her personal experience with anxiety and how she helps other’s find a way out!

That’s a wrap for the book, For the Sake of Our Youth! But Tessa isn’t done talking! She’s going to continue discussing the cultural impact on our kids with guests, stories, cases, and continued conversations. Tessa’s ready to bring up issues that aren’t covered in her book as well! Get ready for another set of informative and resourceful episodes headed your way!

Listen as Tessa shares the importance of practicing atonement at home, how to teach our kids the importance of it and also the need for atunement within the family.

It can be really scary when your family doctor tells you your child may need some anti depressants or mood stabilizers. It’s scary trying to figure out when is the right time or how to bring it up to your child/teen. Listen as Tessa shares her thoughts on medication, therapy and how to navigate through the uncertainty.

Many times families don’t know where to begin or even what the benefits might be for limiting (or completely getting rid of) screens. Listen as Tessa interviews founder of ScreenStrong.com, Melanie Hempe. Melanie shares her story with her son who became addicted to video games and led their family to become screen free. Every parent can benefit from hearing her story! Visit www.ScreenStrong.com for more information!

We’re all so tired, so why can’t we fall asleep?? Listen as Tessa shares some great tips and tricks to help your kids fall asleep fast (and yourself as well!)

Listen as Tessa shares the 3 elements needed for emotional maturity and how we can parent our children to help develop these elements faster.

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Hurt people hurt people! Tessa’s philosophy to get through hard relationships, hard emotions and teaching her kids how to become self aware. This needs to be understood to handle cyberbullying and tough teenage years.

This is a hard one but necessary! Because it’s suicide prevention month, let’s figure out why we need to talk to our kids (even if we aren’t worried) and how to do that!

Instead of that easy fix (screens) we can teach our kids how to cope in a healthy way to get through this hard life. You can start TODAY by challenging them and allowing the struggle of boredom, anger and discomfort that will soon lead to exploration, creativity and self soothing!

This ones for all the moms out there who are having a hard time connecting with their teen. Tessa discovered the Frosted Glass when working with many mother/daughter relationships. With a new perspective, you can learn how to knock down some walls and build connections today!

Tessa shares her thoughts and discoveries on screen addiction. She then shares her gradual build up plan for phones and when to give it to our kids.

Life is tough especially when our emotions are out of whack and feel out of control. Listen to how Tessa likes to think about managing emotions and how to get back some balance. An easy way to teach our kids the importance of emotional health.

Learn how to build connection with your child/teen in a way full of healthy, effective communication and mutual respect.

Listener calls in with a great question about finding balance with screen time during COVID

Tessa gives a practical exercise to help simplify parenting as well as brings attention to how much the parent’s influence affects the child/teen. Tessa shares some easy ways to start connecting with your child.

Tessa shares the last two cultural influences impacting our kids and their mental wellbeing

Tessa expands on two more influences that are contributing to the growing rate in teen depression, anxiety and suicidality. It’s important for parents to understand all of the cultural influences that Tessa has found as contributors so parents can make the appropriate changes.

Tessa breaks down the first two cultural influences that contribute to the rise in teen depression, anxiety and suicidality with some stories, cases and excerpts from her book. 1. Glorified Option 2. Immediate Gratification