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Teen WhispererTeen Girls & Self Harm: What you can do to help?Following the last episode where I talked about self harm vs self care, in this episode I talk about why they self harm and what we can do as mums to help. I give you easy to use tools that help you now in the moment. You are your teen daughter’s biggest advocate so it makes sense that you know as much as you can to help her. Over the next few weeks listen in as I release details of a new online 6week programme for your teen daughter. If you want to know more connect with me either vi...2024-02-2115 minTeen WhispererYou’re not AloneWarning ⚠️- in this episode I talk about my own self harming behaviours as a teen girl and my daughter’s downward spiral during COVID.
I talk about how these behaviours keep us safe in a weird way, why they are so addictive and what we can do to break them.
If any of this podcast episode has resonated with you either for yourself or you teen daughter and you would like to talk, connect with me via my website at www.positivetouch.net, email at rachel@positivetouch.net or on insta at teen.whisperer.nature
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Rach x2023-11-1513 minTeen WhispererYou’re not alone…Tales of arrgh to ahhhSo this week I introduce the new part of my podcast - my story with my teenage daughter, the highs and the lows - so that you can see you’re not alone. Enjoy listening to my side of the story and find out how to work with one another. Let me know what you thought… Connect with me at teen.whisperer.nature on Instagram, Rachel Friedli on LinkedIn or www.positivetouch.net Take care Rach x2023-09-1307 minTeen WhispererSummer Energy VisualisationIt’s the summer holidays, how are you feeling? Are you feeling upbeat and full of joy or exhausted and running on empty? Too often as Mums especially we are told to keep do, do, doing even when every part of our bodies is shouting STOP and REST but we can’t or won’t allow ourselves permission to. Why is this? Well culture and society play a massive part telling us that to be the best Mum, we need to be on it 24/7 but do you know what? We don’t and this week I am here in your lugholes...2023-08-0912 minTeen WhispererA simple visualisation for the SummerSo for the last episode for the next 8 weeks, I am giving you a simple visualisation to use over and over again. Use it when you feel arrgh or when you need a little pick me up. Connect to those feelings and allow yourself to become calm. Breathing in this way allows to be in this moment, at one with yourself. Remember I will still be posting once a week on Connection Day but that’s it, so listen to past episodes and have a wonderful summer. Come and connect with me at www.positivetouch.net rachel@positivetouch.net or in...2023-07-0511 minTeen WhispererPatterns, your needs and connectionsThis week I talk about how past patterns repeat in our parenting of our teenage daughters and also how they affect us as women to keep believing their worth. If you would like to chat more please contact me on instagram at teen.whisperer.nature plus if you’re interested in digging deeper, I will be looking for case studies in the not so distant future.2023-06-2812 minTeen WhispererTrauma, the root cause and connectionsSo exams are over…most of them, so give yourself a massive hug - you so deserve it. Not only have you supported your teenage daughter, you have also managed yourself. This week I’m taking a different track and talking about how we all have experienced trauma, whether small or large. How understanding where the traumas are coming from and how they affect us, empowers us to connect with our teenage daughters. Be prepared to have your mind blown and empowered…2023-06-2113 minTeen WhispererExam Season - Opportunities after examsIn this episode I talk how making a plan now for post exams takes away the anxiety and the arrgh for when her grades come through. Pre-empt the confusion and the anger so you both know what the options are and can make a fluid plan.2023-06-1413 minTeen WhispererExam Season - Health & WellbeingIn this episode I talk about how using simple self help tools helps your daughter (and yourself) during, before and after exam prep. Being conscious of what’s happening for her right how helps her to know that you can see her in this present moment, not in the future and not in the past. By asking her what she needs rather than asking her what you can do for her helps her to know that she is in control.2023-06-0611 minTeen WhispererExam Season - The Power of NatureLast week I talked about you and this week I talk about how nature transforms yours and your daughter’s mental health and wellbeing. It is so important to recognise our cyclical rhythms alongside the natural cycles of the year so you can manage your boundaries and energy. If you would like to learn more connect with me via instagram at teen.whisperer.nature via my website at www.positivetouch.net or email at rachel@positivetouch.net Rach x2023-05-3112 minTeen WhispererExam Season - Time for YOUSo the last few week I’ve been talking about ways to support your teen daughter with her revision and exam prep but this week I am taking about you. I am talking about simple tools that help you to make space for yourself so your teen daughter can mirror the behaviours she needs to support her mental health and wellbeing. If you would like to connect email me at rachel@positivetouch.net, check out my website at www.positivetouch.net or DM me on instagram at teen.whisperer.nature Rach x2023-05-2413 minTeen WhispererExam Season - Success doesn’t equal good gradesThis week I talk about celebs who didn’t achieve at GCSEs but have made something of their lives. Not everyone is capable of retaining lots of information - I know I’m not.. and that’s ok.2023-05-1712 minTeen WhispererExam Season - Different Learning StylesJust a short one this week from me but one that’s important to listen to. Not everyone learns the same way so sit down and work with your daughter to find out what her learning style is. Then together you can make changes to her revision so she absorbs the information her way.2023-05-1007 minTeen WhispererExam Season - BoundariesSo last week I talked about revision and this week I am going to build on that topic and talk about how boundaries help us and our daughters to feel safe and secure. Boundaries help them to know what is expected of them and allow them to manage their time. Keep listening for ways to support yourself and your teen daughter… If you like what you hear, I would love to connect with you via instagram at teen.whisperer.nature or via my website at www.positivetouch.net Over the next few weeks I will be releasing details of my NE...2023-05-0310 minTeen WhispererExam Season - RevisionThis week I’m talking all things REVISION. For the next 8 weeks, I’ll be taking over this podcast to give you tools to help you manage the emotions, anxiety and pressure that are connected to exams so let’s buckle this in and enjoy..2023-04-2614 minTeen WhispererHow balancing time off and work is the way forward to managing stress and pressureIt’s Easter 🐣 - a time to enjoy some much needed time off for both of you. You may be on holiday or you may just be needing time out, away from the pressures of life. Being conscious in this moment helps you to manage the stresses of life, rather than looking to the future or looking back at what was.. If like me you are totally knackered, listen to your body for what it needs and only do that. Our teen daughters need us right now in this moment, to mirror those behaviours we want to see in them, it’s...2023-04-0512 minTeen WhispererWhy my amalgamated intuitive way of parenting your teen daughter is paramount to your wellbeing.So this week I’m going to talk to you about the difference between traditional parenting and the parenting that I've been talking to you about these last few weeks, which is an amalgamation of conscious and attachment parenting.
If you would lie to know more about the Mums retreat I am hosting in June, check out the link www.positivetouch.net/teen-whisperer-retreat2023-03-2911 minTeen WhispererBecoming a Teen Whisperer - 4 Simple Tools to enhance communication.This week I’ll be talking about the 3rd key in the Disconnection to Connection roadmap - Communication - as well as giving her space when she first comes home. I’ll introduce you to indirect questioning as it allows your daughter to open up more as you’re being more specific with what you want to know.2023-03-2211 minTeen WhispererMothers Day Special - 4 Tips to Showing Up at Your BestThis week I thought I’d talk about all things Mum and showing up full not empty as a Mum to your teenage daughter. So what do I mean? Listen in to find out more…2023-03-1513 minTeen WhispererMaking the internet a safer space for ALLDid you know that a recent study showed that screen use is as deadly as other addictions? We all know that social media has its good points but did you know why it has such an adverse reaction on our teen daughters? Listen in for these and other simple tools to help you manage screen time in your house.2023-03-0818 minTeen WhispererHow tracking yours and your daughter’s cycle, helps you to understand and support her more..Following a conversation with one of my clients, about tracking her daughter’s menstrual cycle, it got me thinking… When we know what our cycles are doing, we are better able to manage our energy. Listen in for more information to how being aware makes it far easier to recognise the symptoms and not put extra pressure on her. Easy eh?!2023-03-0112 minTeen Whisperer4 Tips to Making Internet Boundaries for Teen GirlsSo in today’s episode I talk about the transition from being a child to an adult, and how it doesn’t just happen overnight. On this topic, I talk about the internet and how it is all around us. The internet has so many positives but of course there are a few negatives. Being aware of these negatives can help you as a Mum to support her so listen in…2023-02-2216 minTeen WhispererWho fancies some time out for themselves?This week it’s half term in the majority of the UK and hopefully you’re having some time relaxing. I had a Teen Whisperer coaching client this afternoon and she has got me thinking 💭 So as you know I’ve been planning a retreat for the past few weeks.. but what if this retreat over Mother’s Day was a weekend just for YOU as a Mum of a teen daughter? How would you feel about having a weekend away on your own with other Mums who have teen girls? You can be yourself, connect in to what you want and pu...2023-02-1511 minTeen WhispererREST and why it’s so important for your relationshipThis week I am full of snot but instead of pushing through and being a human doer, I have taken time out to support my physical health and wellbeing. I also talk about exciting news of the NEW retreat which is on the 17-19 March 2023, the Mothers Day weekend.2023-02-0810 minTeen WhispererHow past traumas affect us in our parenting…Have you ever found yourself reacting massively to a small situation where all reactions were taken way out of context? As young children, we were regularly told to push our thoughts down and ignore them, time and time again but this doesn’t work. Past traumas come back up when you least expect it unconsciously in our parenting. They affect how we react to everything- stress, parenting, how you are with yourself. By tuning in and understanding what’s going on for you helps you in that moment, helps you to turn that switch off so you can become that Mum...2023-02-0114 minTeen WhispererHow understanding what’s going on, helps your teen daughterThis week I’m following on from last week, talking about counterwill and how it shows up for them. Remember those times when your teen daughter goes from 0-100 in 2 milliseconds? This is counterwill showing up as she wants to do things her way, in her own time. If our teen daughters know that we’ll contain them, whatever is going on for them. They need to be curious and excited and not be poo pooed by those in the know, for knowing better than your teen daughter. If we make room for them to find out who they are, then...2023-01-2513 minTeen WhispererIs your teen daughter struggling with emotional overwhelm as exams approach?Listen in for 5 simple ways to bring your teen daughter back on board.
The pre-exam pressures - UCAS, revision, tests for A levels, GCSEs, Functional Skills, Level 1, Level 2 can affect our teen daughters hugely. Are you finding your daughter more defiant right now? Having an insight and understanding to what’s going on for her, really helps you to support your teen daughter.2023-01-1814 minTeen WhispererWhy connection and community is so important to you as a Mum of a teen daughter?Societal and cultural expectations regularly tell is that we can’t have that connection and we just have to let our daughters do their thing. What if I was to tell you, you’re not alone. We want to be connected and it is perfectly natural to be in a shared space. Too often we are told that the kick offs, bad behaviour is ‘normal’ and a rite of passage to adulthood. It doesn’t have to be this way…listen in for more information. If you would like to connect with me I’m on Instagram as teen.whisperer.nature, email...2023-01-1117 minTeen WhispererSetting intentions for the new yearWelcome to the first episode of 2023 and a new season. I am so excited for where this year will take us. Resolutions are plans we make for things to change outside of ourselves like wanting to lose 4 stone but not how or why and this is why they don’t work. Plus it’s post Christmas, the weather is gloomy and dark and you feel crap. Let’s make intentions together to build your relationship with your teen daughter based on trust and respect. Intentions allow you to be compassionate with yourself and be in the here and now. My intent...2023-01-0414 minTeen WhispererGifting - how focusing on the here and now affects your relationship with your teen daughterPlease excuse the loss of sound during this episode - it was very windy at the top of the fells… You are the continuity in your daughter’s life so if something is going on for you right now, she will feel it whatever you show on the outside… and will mirror your behaviours. Building awareness in to how you feel and the emotions you portray helps her to understand what’s going on for her. YOU are the most important person in your relationship and you can only control and focus on what’s going on for you right now. No ma...2022-12-2811 minTeen WhispererHow to reduce overwhelm at Christmas4 Simple Tools to help you manage the overwhelm for you and your teenage daughter at this time of year.2022-12-2111 minTeen WhispererChristmas Special: 3 Tools to help you CopeFor the next two weeks I am hosting Christmas specials to ensure that you have the festive season you want without fear or perfectionism2022-12-1412 minTeen WhispererHow loss affects your relationship with your teen daughterDid you know grief doesn’t have to be connected to death? Does your daughter kick off, have regular meltdowns? Do you feel there is no connection, no warmth, no recognition, no trust, no respect? The number one question I get asked is, where has my loving daughter gone - the one who would cuddle me, the one who would tell me everything? Did you know this a form of grief - a loss of something that has gone before - that connection, that need, that sense of fun? Where has she gone? Listen on for more…and hit subscribe so y...2022-12-0711 minTeen WhispererSaturday SpecialMaster class launch - Monday 12th December at 1pm2022-12-0305 minTeen WhispererWhy it’s ok not to be okHow are you feeling within the behaviours with your teen daughter? I bet you’re feeling crap and useless like it’s all your fault. Sometimes it just feels like your whole world is collapsing around you and you’re left reeling from yet another exchange. Is it me that’s done this to my daughter, maybe it’s something that’s happened in my childhood.. ? We all feel shite from time to time but there is a way out. Speak to someone else who understands how it is for you, who can see it from a zoomed out view, rather than...2022-11-3013 minTeen WhispererWhat is peer orientation and how does it affect our teen daughters?Continuing the topic from last week..about peer orientation and how being with their friends 24/7 affects how their brains 🧠 work and reacts to everyday stress. Listen more as to how peer orientation not only affects your daughter, it also affects how you feel about yourself.2022-11-2315 minTeen WhispererWhat happens when our teen daughters are peer orientated?Today I talk about how society/education/culture has us believing that we are not needed in our teen daughters lives, that they ‘should’ get all their support from their friends. As a Mum you still have a place in her life, to be connected to her (despite what her behaviours are showing you) and guiding her. If you like what you hear, keep listening and following over the next few weeks and sign up for the waitlist for a new 12mth community programme that I will be launching 12th December via my website at www.positivetouch.net or via my p...2022-11-1612 minTeen WhispererHow community and connection can transform your role as a Mum of a teen girlTalking about community, love and connection and being around other people who are the same boat as you. As women and girls, we are wired to be in connection, we are wired to be in a community setting and if that is taken away from us, we start floundering, we start drowning. So this is what I am going to talk to you about this week..2022-11-0908 minTeen WhispererWhy is my teen daughter so angry?Ever get those feelings that your teen daughter hates you? Everything you try just doesn’t cut it any more…and you’re feeling lost and alone.. 4 insights into what’s actually happening with your teenage daughter2022-11-0212 minTeen WhispererEpisode 20Taking time out for YOU. So my body had been giving me subtle hints to take a step back and I wasn’t listening. You know the feeling - not having enough energy, not eating properly, not feeling awake - well my body had had enough of me ignoring those hints and it hit me straight between the eyes to STOP. Masking our negative emotions tells our teen daughters to ignore their feelings, making them far bigger and scarier leading to imploding and exploding behaviours. Listen in for how to change this so you can regain your self care and he...2022-10-2613 minTeen WhispererEpisode 19MAKING SPACE FOR YOU - is the one of the 4 🔑s to reconnecting with your teen daughter. Making space for your needs and booking it in your diary gives you the headspace to focus on everything else. How I hear you ask? If your daughter sees you looking after yourself and relishing in it, she too can choose to make space for herself. Our teen girls learn by what they see. If she sees you running around like a headless chicken, that’s what she’s going to do. Now do you get it? We’re like a mirror to our daugh...2022-10-1908 minTeen WhispererEpisode 18So the workshop that was, didn’t , materialise. This is due to me not having the headspace or energy to do the launch 🚀 process. It’s ok not to feel ok and we need to understand how by keeping going and making it look normal, doesn’t help us at all. We need time to process what’s happening and the only way to do that is to stop and breathe. Feel free to connect with me either on Instagram at teen.whisperer.nature or via my website at www.positivetouch.net/connect Rachel x2022-10-0508 minTeen WhispererEpisode 17 in two partsA reintroduction as to who I am and how I can support you as a Mum of a teenage daughter. If you like what you hear and would like to connect with me check out my website at www.positivetouch.net/connect or on Instagram at teen.whisperer.nature Rachel x2022-09-2713 minTeen WhispererEpisode 16This episode talks about the effects that bereavement has on you and your teen daughter. Society tells us that we should push down these emotions and ignore them but all that does, is hide it so it comes out at a later date as another aggressive emotion. To help our daughters we need to allow them space and time to process what’s happening. I talk about simple tools that connect you without conversation, so she knows she is loved, held and heard. If you want to connect with me to discuss what’s going on with your teen daughter, use...2022-09-2113 minTeen WhispererWays to support your mental health when you feeling aarrghSo how did you find last week’s episode about counterwill with your teen daughter? Was it a bit of an eye opener? I can tell you, it was for me and it helped me to understand what was happening for her. Her behaviours are telling you she needs something even though she may not be able to voice it herself. Do you want to know more? Listen in for exciting news as to what is coming in the next few weeks for you as Mums or for your teen girls. Come and check me out at Instagram at teenwhisperer.na...2022-09-1410 minTeen WhispererWhat do you do for your downtime? Even when we enjoy time together, we need time for ourselvesTalking push/pull or the official version of counterwill between you and your teen daughter. It’s natural and it’s what they need to go through to get to adulthood. No matter what you do, they have to go through it so if you can go through it together in partnership, it makes it so much better. Think of our teen girl’s behaviours as a toddler tantrum and it becomes so much easier to understand. So if you want to know more connect with me, either via Instagram on teenwhisperer.nature or via my website at www.positivetouch.net x2022-09-0715 minTeen WhispererSafe spaces are your lifesaver when your teen daughter kicks off - make sure you know where to go..How does your daughter kicking off make you feel? Do the feelings take you back to a time when you felt lost with a complete lack of control? I know it does for me, it takes me straight back to little me in my teenage years when I suffered sexual violence at the hands of others. I want to say that I’m here for you, I get it 100%, parenting your teenage daughter can be really hard but I am here to say you’re not a failure. You are an amazing Mum and frigging awesome 🤩 Listen in for more and if...2022-08-3112 minTeen WhispererHow being at your daughter’s beck and call is not the best use of your time or headspace.Do you ever have one of those days where you are totally fed up of your teen daughter’s behaviours? 🤯🤬 I get it, honestly I do, I have personal experience…which is why I am launching a brand NEW masterclass, group programme and 4 part workshop in September to support YOU. If you want to be the best imperfect Mum 😉 that you can be, connect with me and check out my Instagram page on instagram.com/teenwhisperer.nature or www.positivetouch.net Rachel x2022-08-2415 minTeen WhispererHow a growth mindset helps you to grow your competence and confidence…Why pushing yourself out of your comfort zone grows your competence and confidence in your abilities and growth mindset. If you disrespect yourself and your needs, what will your teen daughter do? You got it 100%…they disrespect themselves. So if you want her to improve her behaviour, improve yours. After all her behaviours are normally a reflection of what you need to improve on in your own life. If you want to learn more, sign up to my 10 simple self help audios that help you to put yourself first on my website at www.positivetouch.net Speak soon Rachel x2022-08-0318 minTeen WhispererHow mindset helps us in our role as Mums of teen girlsPlease excuse the barking at the beginning of this episode - several motorbikes went past. Being authentic and ME though, I have kept in in otherwise I would fall into that trap of perfectionism. This week I’ll be talking about a GROWTH vs FIXED mindset and how you go from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset? What helps YOU? Putting yourself first is the key 🔑 to you moving into a growth mindset using tiny weeny baby steps. For more simple self help 🧰 sent to you over 10 consecutive days, sign up to the newsletter on my website at www.positive...2022-07-2710 minTeen WhispererHow talking negatively to ourselves doesn’t help our health and wellbeing…Feeling discombobulated 😕 after the launch of my 4 part series fell flat on its face before its success. I could have taken it to heart ♥️ and made it my problem but I didn’t. Why?! It’s not the right time for you guys and that’s ok, so I have made the decision to run Teen Whisperer on a termly approach alongside the school/college timetable. It will start up again at the beginning of September and will run over the 12 weeks. That’s not to say the podcast won’t be published every week, it will. A snippet of a insight into a...2022-07-2009 minTeen WhispererInsights into the new workshop - CONNECTIONConnection is where we put it all together following the last three 🔑 of YOU, UNDERSTANDING and COMMUNICATION. You can’t have connection without working your way through the other 3 key stages. Making time for shared activities means making space for each other; you don’t have to be with each other 24/7. They need to know that whatever they do, you’ll still love ❤️ them. If you like what you hear, sign up for my NEW 4 part workshop series starting this Friday the 8th July at 8pm for the earlybird price of £137.50 instead of £275 just by clicking this link https://www.crowdcast.io/e...2022-07-0607 min
Be Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 13Invisible Communication and how it affects the way you feel, whether it’s you giving out these magnetic signals or you picking up others, you take it on board. Now you know why you feel uneasy when someone else is feeling really rough, even when they have a smile on their face. Listen in for a visualisation to help with these magnetic rhythms.2022-07-0109 minTeen WhispererInsights into the new workshop - key 🔑 3 - COMMUNICATIONHere it is, the episode you’ve been waiting for.. the one on communication. Apologies it’s a day late ⏰ I didn’t feel the bestest yesterday so took some time for myself. I can’t expect you guys to stick to my 4 key stages, if I don’t stick to it myself.2022-06-3007 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 12 Mindset BlocksHow are you doing? What’s going on for you right now? Celebrate your wins for this week or even this year.. give yourself a massive pat on the back or ask someone else for a hug to say well done! YOU ARE AWESOME!! Sometimes our minds (brains) play tricks on us holding us back from what we want to do or even something we are really excited by, just because our brains revert to an emotional memory where you felt scared or worthless. Our brains stop us in our tracks by distracting us, faffing, making us hide, staying in ou...2022-06-2410 minTeen WhispererInsights into the new workshop week 2 - understandingUNDERSTANDING is key 🔑 2 of my brand NEW workshop The Teen Whisperer to reconnect with your teen daughter. Over the last two years I have gone from a relationship where I feared my daughter’s kick offs and treading on eggshells, to one that is full of connection, trust and respect based on me understanding what’s going on for her. Our daughters have so much going for them right now, from their developmental stage to what’s going on in their body, brain, heart and all the pressures, and it’s up to us to be there and support them. If you woul...2022-06-2208 minTeen WhispererInsights into the new workshop starting with YOU..Key 🔑 1 - YOU - putting your needs first ahead of everyone else always. So who puts their needs at the bottom of the pile day in, day out? Yup am guessing there’s lots of hands going up… How many of us think we shouldn’t spend money on ourselves? Yup that’s me too. It’s taken me years of working on myself to get myself out of this funk. It’s hard putting yourself at the bottom of the pile always. Your self esteem, confidence, how you feel about yourself are all affected. Being aware of our matriarchal lineage helps u...2022-06-1910 minTeen WhispererWhy building a relationship based on trust and respect is paramount to your health and wellbeing.Talking the NEW Teen Whisperer 4 part workshop launching at the end of this month. It’s about building a relationship with your teen daughter based on trust and respect not anger and frustration. It’s about learning why she she reacts as she does and it’s not just her ‘hormones’. Check out the waitlist on Instagram at teen.whisperer.nature or connect with me at www.positivetouch.net or find out about the private fb group of the same name 😉2022-06-0806 minTeen WhispererKnowing why she is behaving as she is, is paramount to changing things around.Brand NEW workshop with the same name, coming soon!! This is my story highlighting the tools 🧰 that I use to connect to my teen daughter and build our relationship. Knowing why she is behaving as she is, is paramount to changing things around. This new workshop will be 50% off the normal price of £275. If you would like to connect with me, check me out on Instagram at teen.whisperer.nature or on my updated website at www.positivetouch.net2022-06-0205 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 11This week we talk about those thoughts that are constantly whirring around your head, how they affect your inner battery and how you feel about yourself go hand in hand. If you take the time to connect into what’s happening, you are better able to turn this around. If you would like to connect with me, check out my page on insta at teen.whisperer.nature x2022-05-2708 minTeen WhispererWhy does your teen daughter implode or explode behaviours when she’s struggling?Our teen daughters give out so much 💩 when they’re struggling but did you know that there is a need behind these behaviours? It’s not them per se, it’s that they need to be seen, listened to and understood. If you like what you hear and want to find out more, join my waitlist for a brand spanking NEW workshop with the same title as the podcast…sign up here subscribepage.io/ILhDFz Take care Rachel x2022-05-2516 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 10Talking about a growth mindset vs fixed mindset. What is it and how can it help your inner battery? How it can help you prepare for and in your GCSE exams if you’re in the UK or any other pressures before the end of term? Keep using these simple self help tools to stay on top of your emotions and recharge your inner battery.2022-05-2008 min
Teen WhispererTeen WhispererWelcome to this podcast with a brand new name - the Teen Whisperer - originally named Stop Juggling, Start Living. It’s a safe space for Mums of teen girls to feel heard and supported whatever is going on in their lives.2022-05-1808 minTeen WhispererTeen WhispererA podcast for Mums of teen girls so we can build a community of like minded Mums in a safe space where you feel heard and supported, whatever you are going through right now.2022-05-1700 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 9Emotions - they all have a use even the “negative ones”. Listen on to find out more… If you would like to design a new podcast cover please DM me at teenwhisperer.nature on Instagram Rachel x2022-05-0608 minTeen WhispererStop Juggling Start LivingSo this podcast was initially set up to teach parent carers how simple self help tools regain their time BUT unless you recognise yourself as one, you won’t recognise that this podcast is for you. So…a name change is needed from Stop Juggling Start Living to Teen Whisperer to give all Mums of teen girls a chance to reconnect with themselves and their daughters. Listen to find out more x2022-05-0411 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 8Being self aware enhances your mental & physical wellbeing, so when you just don’t feel like doing something, don’t. Take a step back and focus on you. Today’s topic is emotions and how each of them have a use…yup all of them. Listen in to this episode and really take it on board. If you would like to connect with me, come and find me on the gram at www.instagram.com/positivetouch.naturally x2022-04-0808 minTeen WhispererEpisode 26EXCITING NEWS*
Hands up 🙌🏼 who wants to meet with other parent carers? Come and join me on the first of our monthly meets at Honister in the heart of the Lake District to try the infinity bridge! If you don’t know what I mean 🤪😉 watch the One Show from last week, the egg and spoon race for Comic Relief. It costs just £25 and gives us an option to face our fears and push ourselves (way) out of our comfort zones!! Eek 😬
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Stress affects every part of you whether that’s physically, emotionally or behaviourally. The key to taking back control is to become a detective and figure out how stress shows up for you in your life.2022-03-2510 minTeen WhispererEpisode 25How are you doing this week? How’s your child managing right now?
Do you ever feel isolated or on your own as a parent carer? Do you ever feel like no one understands what you are going through? Listen in to find out more about how we can help each other. If you want to connect with me, feel free to email me at rachel@positivetouch.net2022-03-2311 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 6 PerfectionismHow perfectionism shows up in our lives and what we can do to reduce its hold on our lives. If you would like to connect with me I run a 4 week workshop called Be Yourself Just for Teens - see a theme anywhere here?2022-03-1808 minTeen WhispererEpisode 24When our children are struggling it affects us too and that’s ok. We absorb their energy and the normal re-action is to try to ‘fix’ them. What’s important is that it’s ok to feel 💩 and it’s totally natural. By making space for ourselves we can free up vital headspace and energy to do all those other jobs.2022-03-0911 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 5How do your emotions affect your inner battery and a simple way for to take back control.2022-03-0409 minTeen WhispererEpisode 23Why connecting with and guiding our children is paramount to working with them. It gives them back control and be in charge of what’s happening for them. *Apologies for the background noise*2022-03-0209 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 4What is resilience and how does it help you to cope with whatever is going on for you right now?2022-02-2509 minTeen WhispererEpisode 22Self care isn’t selfish and shouldn’t take up too much time or money. If it does and it’s stressing you out, it’s not right for you. Even the smallest of activities helps to build resilience and lower stress levels giving you back quality time and space to focus on other things.2022-02-2315 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 3How the simple act of focusing on the here and now helps you to build resilience, lower stress levels and increases your self awareness.2022-02-1807 minTeen WhispererEpisode 20Why simple self help tools helps to feed your soul so you can focus on everything else around you. If you would like to connect with me please email at rachel@positivetouch.net or meet me on the gram at positivetouch.naturally2022-02-1609 minBe Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 2What is stress and how does it affect you?2022-02-1107 minTeen WhispererEpisode 19So how have you done this month of the new year? Have you been able to make a little more space for yourself and if you haven’t, don’t worry. Don’t have a go at yourself, don’t feel worthless, it’s life as we know it.2022-02-0918 min
Be Yourself - Just For TeensEpisode 1Welcome to this brand spanking new podcast just for teens, so whatever you are dealing with right now, come and listen. 2022-02-0408 minTeen WhispererEpisode 18This is an *emotive* episode telling you why I am passionate about working with teen girls and inspiring them to believe in their own self worth and who they are, so they can NO when they need to.2022-02-0211 minTeen WhispererEpisode 17It's ok to feel poo 💩and not feel like you can *do* it all, we're not supposed to. It's society that makes us *feel* hopeless and *worthless* because we get told we can do it all and succeed. So if we don't manage it (which we won't) we feel a failure - I'm here to categorically say you're not.2022-01-2611 minTeen WhispererEpisode 16I know there wasn’t a podcast on Wednesday and actually that’s ok. I didn’t belittle myself and I didn’t put myself down. Found out why I didn’t and how I did it…2022-01-1911 minTeen WhispererEpisode 15Simple ways to start emptying your stress bucket in that moment…2022-01-0511 minTeen WhispererEpisode 14Why working with our teens and children is like training your dog….2021-12-2911 minTeen WhispererBonus episodeDoing Christmas your way… Join me in this short visualisation2021-12-2610 minTeen WhispererEpisode 13So it’s nearly Christmas and how are you doing? Are you staying sane or is overwhelm and perfectionism beginning to bubble?2021-12-2309 minTeen WhispererEpisode 12How our teen girls behaviour is a mirror of what’s going on inside as a reaction to stress…2021-12-1511 minTeen WhispererEpisode 11Why having a teen with chronic ill health doesn’t mean putting your needs at the bottom of the pile. Processing pent up frustrations using self help tools puts you first every time. Be creative and make it simple.2021-12-0811 minTeen WhispererEpisode 10Time to reflect on the last few weeks and what’s happened for me and my teen daughter…2021-12-0110 minTeen WhispererEpisode 9How working with our teens is similar to dog training. Now before you ask what the hell? Bear with and listen in….2021-11-2412 minTeen WhispererEpisode 8Why waiting for change on the outside doesn’t help us put ourselves first, only we can make that decision …2021-11-1712 minTeen WhispererEpisode 7How are you doing this week? How was last week - half term? Doing things for ourselves can be as little as 5-10 mins and that still works.2021-11-1012 minTeen WhispererEpisode 6Talking anger and aggression in our teens, what it all means and it’s not what society thinks. Our teens are communicating with us, maybe not in the best way but they’re asking for help.2021-11-0310 minTeen WhispererEpisode 5Why our teens health is paramount to our wellbeing2021-10-2710 minTeen WhispererEpisode 4 - 3 ways to Stop Juggling, Start Living3 simple and actionable ways to gift yourself some time and space in your busy life. Don’t delay, do it today.2021-10-1910 minTeen WhispererEpisode 3Introduction to who I am and why I do what I do…2021-10-1311 minTeen WhispererEpisode 2 - Putting Your Needs FirstTo all parent carers out there, even when you’re feeling shite as I am today, take time for yourself every day.2021-10-0612 min
Teen WhispererStop Juggling, Start LivingEpisode 12021-10-0310 min