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47. Navigating Young Teens with Car Rides, Sleepovers and Dances
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about navigating the Early Teen Years; Sleepovers, Car Rides and Dances. She shares some examples from her own experience of having a tween boy and experiences from the parents in her...
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46. Older Teen Boys talk about their Challenges, Joys and What Matters Most
Tess Connolly LCSW talks with three older teen boys Arthur, Peter and Luca about different stresses in their lives and how they manage this. They talk about the positive relationships with their parents as they head...
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45. The Challenges and Benefits of Parenting in Midlife
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about parenting in midlife with tween and teens
Tess shares her experience about parenting in midlife and what life is like being an older parent and parenting a tween and shares examples of...
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44. How to Get Through College with No Debt
Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jason Brown about getting through college debt free. Jason shares his story of how he did it and gives you tips of how you can do it too.
Jason shares his story of how he got two...
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43. How to Repair with our Tweens and Teens
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about how to repair our relationship with our tweens and teens. She offers 5 strategies for repairing our relationships with our children and gives examples and the language to help guide your...
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42. Managing Stress in Your Marriage
Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Susan Gadoua, LCSW about managing stress within our marriages and partnerships. They talk about the different stresses that happen when our children go through their tween and teen...
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41. 3 Simple But Overlooked Ways to Connect to your Teen
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about 3 simple but overlooked ways of making the best connection with your tween/teen.
Tess talks about a recent discussion that she had with a client about ways we can connect with our...
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40. Social Emotional Skills We all Need for Success with Dr. Carol Scott
Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr Carol Scott about a developmental reset for self awareness success, a 7 step strategy which looks back at skills that we should have gained in our younger years but we may be missing...
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39. Inside the Teen Mind
Tess Connolly LCSW talks to Kiera Gray a teenager about what it is like being a teen and discusses her blog, Inside the Teen Mind.
Kiera tells us about her course “Inside the Teen Mind” that she has created. Her...
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38. Teens and Substance Use - What to Look for and Ways to Talk with Our Teens
Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Richard Capriola, Substance use specialist and the author of the book “The Addicted Child” and they discuss substance abuse in adolescence.
Richard talks about his background in...
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37. Getting Back to Basics with our Pandemic Stress - 3 Ways to Care and Support Yourself and Your Family
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about ‘Getting “back to basics" with our pandemic stress.’ She acknowledges all of our ongoing stress along with the ongoing changes we are experiencing in our families and some really simple...
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36. Resetting with H.E.A.R.T.
Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Sonja Montiel and Hilary Bilbrey about their decided heart companioning technique that fosters a trusting relationship and a strong sense of belonging between you and your child.
Sonja...
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