Thoughtful podcast aims to support teens' mental health.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Violence & Scariness
a little
Suicide and self-harm are discussed in several episodes in the context of how these topics impact teens and how mental health support can help address them. No detailed accounts or explicit depictions.
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The podcast's website links to information about the host's specific services and fees as a life coach.
Positive Messages
a lot
Strategies and tools are available to help with stress, anxiety, and depression during teen years. Seeking support and medical attention for mental health is normal. Developing self-care routines and strategies in teen years can follow into adulthood.
Positive Role Models
a lot
Adults and teens who've experienced depression and anxiety share their stories of coping and healing in healthy ways. Host Sami Halvorsen normalizes mental illness/mental health struggles and provides tools, stories, and evidence that recovery and a life of happiness are possible with professional support.
Educational Value
a lot
Teaches strategies and tools to cope with various situations and issues teens face, including learning self-regulation, feeling confident in social situations, becoming self-reliant, healing from trauma, facing fears, and addressing avoidance. Many episodes are specifically focused on steps to support depression and anxiety. Also approaches teenage dating, like looking out for red flags, trusting your gut, and anxiety around dating.
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Teen Life Coach is a podcast about topics that generally impact teens as they navigate high school and prepare for college. Host Sami Halvorsen is a Certified Life Coach who routinely works 1:1 with clients and their families outside the show. She welcomes guests to share their experiences with and expertise in areas like stress, anxiety, depression, and more. Topics range from lighter (dating, homework, developing healthy friendships) to more serious (suicide, self-harm, etc.); some may be sensitive for young listeners depending on their circumstances and experiences. The show's website links to Halvorsen's specific services and fees.
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What’s It About?
THE TEEN LIFE COACH aims to support teens, especially teen girls, in developing self-confidence and techniques for managing anxiety. Episode topics include handling family conflict, strategies for teen dating, tools for completing homework, developing healthy friendships, understanding depression, and more. Guests are invited on to tell their personal stories. For example, Monique Hear, who's featured in the documentary Tell My Story, shares her journey as a teen who struggled with anxiety and depression, resulting in an attempted suicide.
This podcast can be a great tool to prompt dialogue between adults and teens about challenging topics, feelings, and situations. Although the show is targeted specifically at teenage girls, many of the topics are relevant across genders, as well as possibly for older tweens.
The show includes miniseries that take deeper dives into complex subjects. For example, one focuses on social media, with episode sub-topics like rejection, self-confidence, FOMO (fear of missing out), and self-control. And many episodes have timely topics/themes, like sharing ideas to address the negative social impacts of COVID and handling stress during the holiday season.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about anxiety. What are some signs that you're experiencing anxiety? What are some strategies to help cope with it?
What are some self-care strategies that help you when you feel anxious or stressed?
How would you describe a healthy friendship?
Are the topics addressed in The Teen Life Coach relatable? What other topics might you like to see the show discuss?
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