Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
Colleen O'Grady, MA. is a speaker, trainer and author of the award-winning and best-selling book Dial Down the Drama: Reduce Conflict and Reconnect with Your Teenage Daughter---A Guide for Mothers Everywhere. Colleen shares her wisdom from twenty-five years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist which translates into over 50,000 hours of working with parents and teens. Colleen, known as the parent-teen relationship expert helps you raise the bar of what's possible for the teenage years. Colleen not only knows this professionally she has been a mom in the trenches with her own teenage daughter. You really can improve your relationship with your teen and dial up the joy, peace, and delight at home and work. Every episode is geared to uplift you, give you practical parenting tips that you can apply right away and keep you current on the latest in teen research and trends.
Episodes
May 10, 2021 • 39 min
Every parent wants to keep their teen safe online. But we can fall into the trap of spending most of our time fighting over screen time while spending minimal time on educating our teens and raising their awareness of the dangers online. We need to intentionally focus on having informative conversations with our teens.
Every time your child logs onto social media they are at risk from a number of social media-related dangers like ...
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May 3, 2021 • 40 min
As you know we have a lot of stressed out teens. Because of stress our teens are having tension headaches. And though stress doesn’t cause migraines; it can trigger one. Today I have invited a special guest Dr. Alexander Feoktistov MD. This was a really informative interview for me. Here are some things that I didn’t know:?
Over 10% of our teens are suffering from migraines.
The symptoms in teens are different from how they appea...
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April 26, 2021 • 49 min
If you are stressed out because your teen doesn't know what they want to be when they grow up. You are not the only one. Moms spend a great deal of time thinking/worrying about their teens future and so are teens. What are their interests, skills, and passions? What should they major in? What career are they going to pursue? Teens are under more pressure than ever before to know their life plan when they have had limited life e...
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April 12, 2021 • 42 min
In a culture of perfectionism and pressure we need ways to release the stress. I can think of no better way than healthy humor. There is so much fodder for humor while parenting teens and living in these middle years. Today's episode is on the lighter and even fun side. Our guest today helps us take ourselves and our situations lightly.
In this episode I interview Kristen van Ogtrop.
Kristin is the author of Just Let Me Lie Dow...
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April 5, 2021 • 49 min
In this episode I interview Jessica Lahey. Her latest book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, published by Harper Collins will be released April 6th, 2021 every where books are sold.
Jessica writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and the New York Times. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the...
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March 29, 2021 • 25 min
In this episode we are going to talk about space and why we all need it: you, your teen, and your partner. We'll also talk about how to use space well and finally six ways moms can reclaim their space. I think out of your whole family moms have the hardest time getting space and we probably need it the most so we have to be strategic to make sure we get it.
Everyone in your family needs space, its not a nice to have; it is a co...
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March 22, 2021 • 54 min
In this episode I interview Dr. Kenneth Bock the author of "Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression and Other Mood Disorders in Adolescents and Teens." This book is literally fresh off the press.
Over the past decade the number of 12 to 17 years olds suffering from mental health disorders has more than doubled. Which leaves all of us asking what is causing this epidemic. And I know many of you li...
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March 15, 2021 • 25 min
In this episode we are going to talk about where to see and discover signs of growth in ourselves and in our teens. Recognizing signs of growth is so important to a moms well being. Signs of growth motivate us to get back in the parenting game because it reinforces that what we do matters. But signs of growth are rarely like blockbuster movies, they are not flashy. It's easy to miss them especially when it comes to our teens. U...
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March 8, 2021 • 40 min
In this episode I interview Michelle Icard about her new book, "Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School."
Michelle draws from her decades of experience working with families to focus not only on those big, thorny topics—like friendship, sexuality, impulsivity, and technology—but on conversations about creativity, hygiene, money, privilege, an...
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March 1, 2021 • 47 min
Between ages 8 and 14 girls confidence levels drop by 30%. Half of teen girls feel the pressure to be perfect. Girls are 22% less likely than boys to describe themselves as confident. Nearly 8 in 10 girls want to feel more confident in themselves.
Katty Kay and Claire Shipman are on a mission to change this. Each of them have incredible experiences as journalists and both are mothers of fifteen-year-old daughters. They wrote New Yo...
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February 15, 2021 • 27 min
In this episode we are going to talk about all things control. I think there can be a lot of confusion for parents around control.
You hear phrases like keep your teens under control because you don’t want them to be out of control
and then you hear
don’t be too controlling or over controlling,
or
you need to exercise self control
And then you have parental controls for everything social media.
So I think it's easy to get ...
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February 8, 2021 • 25 min
Parenting is hard.
So what do we do with that reality? I’m definitely not going to give you 5 tips to easy parenting.
It's going to be hard. So what do we do with that emotionally? It's easy to get angry about it, or bitter or resentful. It's easy to want to numb on great wines and Netflix. It's easy to fantasize about escaping the hard and going to a remote tropical island. It’s easy to get discouraged and frustrat...
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February 1, 2021 • 27 min
Do you have a hard time saying no to your teen? Do you have a hard time saying yes to your teen?
You may say no frequently because you are scared of letting your teen have more independence and freedom?
You may yes frequently because you are scared of your teen's reaction.
What you want to shoot for is saying yes and saying no from a clear place instead of scared place..
Today we are going to talk about why it's hard to say...
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January 25, 2021 • 33 min
This is the 100th episode of Power Your Parenting: Moms with Teens Podcast. Woo Hoo. This is because of all you amazing listeners.
Does your teen feel accepted by you? Why is this important?
A big part of your parenting job is to tell your teen what is unacceptable. Setting boundaries and consequences for unacceptable, unhealthy, risky or dangerous behaviors is the hard work of parenting and is desperately needed.
Your teens behavi...
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January 18, 2021 • 32 min
After observing moms and teens for decades, I see predictable traps moms of juniors and seniors fall into . These traps dial up the drama, leave your relationship strained and you drained. This podcast will help you avoid these common pitfalls so you wont miss these precious years with your teen before they go off to college. With a little information, awareness and strategy you can avoid the traps and experience everything you hop...
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January 11, 2021 • 33 min
Would you like to feel like you're moving forward in 2021?
This episode is the last in a 3-part series to help you successfully start 2021.
I want to focus on how you and your family can move forward even in the midst of a global pandemic and the constant barrage of bad news.
Experiencing moving forward is so important to our mental health. You see that clearly with your teen. You want to see your teen moving forward with the...
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January 4, 2021 • 35 min
What do you want?
This episode is the second in a three- part series. Think of this as your virtual retreat. My intention is to help you start the new year strong
The previous episode we explored what you were tolerating. So that you can clean up the messes and irritations from 2020 and not drag them into the new year. When you dial down what you tolerate you free up attention for what you really want.
In this episode we explore ho...
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December 28, 2020 • 27 min
In the next several weeks I will lead you through a process to get you ready for the new year. Think of this as your personal retreat.
What are you tolerating?
Today we are going to explore tolerations, messes, and irritations. You know the things that annoy you on a daily basis and steal your I feel good energy.
If I ask you the question what are you tolerating? What’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Maybe the first thing th...
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December 21, 2020 • 49 min
Today we are going to talk about how mindfulness meditation can dial down the drama and help you be the best parent for your teens.
Did you know that 47 different studies showed that mindfulness meditation reduces anxiety, reduces depression, increases well being , improves quality of sleep, and improves health outcomes?
I have a special guest today that will help us explore mindfulness and parenting.
Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, RY...
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December 14, 2020 • 43 min
Moms, as you know social media has created a whole new set of problems for parents of teens.
I know trying to monitor screen time will bring out the beast in most teens. And that’s so draining to deal with that day after day. Today we are going to go deeper and explore the impact of how social media is impacting our teens. Specifically addressing this selfie generation. And how it's not just about posting selfies it's direc...
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