Raising Resilient Teens with Sasha Lester: Recent Episodes
Sasha Lester
As any parent knows guiding your children through teenage years is no easy feat. For some it’s the most challenging seven years of their life – so what can you do to make this transition easier? Sasha Lester, a certified Proctor Gallagher consultant and parent to two teenagers doesn’t hold back when it comes to talking about the hard stuff, ie sex, drug addiction, trafficking, cutting, suicide etc etc etc. The teenagers of today are our leaders of tomorrow and we have a responsibility to not only hear what they have to say but to listen and understand.
How should you set about writing the person you wish to become. Seems easy enough but when push comes to shove, it's not. Listen in as I provide some step by step guides on how to carefully craft your self image script.
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Recently my grandmother passed away and as she was the last of my grandparents, it hit home harder than I could have imagined.
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Sandra Kwesell is warm, caring, compassionate, and humble with a lifetime of education and hands-on experience. She knows children and relationships like few others.
- She holds degrees in Elementary Education, Special Education, and Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling.
- For 30 years, she fostered children with complex behavioral concerns for whom every other placement failed.
- She has created Pillars for Success,a program that results in healing and growth and has achieved unprecedented successes in home, school, residential, day treatment, counseling, and even correctional settings.
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Candace Plattor is an Addictions Therapist in private practice, where she specializes in working with the families of people who are struggling with addiction, in her unique and signature Family Addiction Therapy Program. As a former addict herself with over 30 years clean and sober, Candace learned that overcoming addiction is a family condition: everyone in the family is affected by addiction and everyone needs to heal. For three decades, she has been helping both addicts and their loved ones understand their dysfunctional behaviours and make healthier life choices. The results Candace achieves have been astounding: addicts stop using and families regain their lives from the ravages of addiction. Her success has led her to become a sought-after leader in the field of addictions. As the developer of the Plattor Method of Family Addiction Therapy, Candace now works with her team of top associates, helping families and addicts break the cycle of addiction for good. Our conversation is one you won't want to miss.
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Join me as I chat to Timmy Gallagher who is a mental fitness coach. His experience, knowledge, and wisdom has evolved from his various roles as a government servant, corporate leader, not-for-profit volunteer, college-level educator, endurance athlete, spiritual elder, caring father, and loving husband. The totality of his roles and experiences revealed his calling to share his desires and talents as a coach.
Certified as a professional leadership and performance coach from the Brown University - School of Professional Studies and a Mental Fitness Coach with Positive Intelligence.
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"You're Aboriginal, You Don't Belong Here" - these are the exact words that were said to my daughter and boy did I lose my sh/i/t. Bullying in any way, shape or form is hard but especially hard when its evident at such a young age.
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Today I chat to Sharon Silver, some refer to her as The Parent Whisperer, some are quoted saying “In an era when we feel confused about how to parent our children, Parent Educator Sharon Silver provides sensible, modern advice real parents can really use"; and to be honest our chat was next level.
Sharon has a unique ability to see things from a child’s perspective, allowing her to understand and express what they are too young to articulate, which is invaluable when you’re triggered and reacting. She helps parents create an environment that inspires growth and makes changing behaviour feel safe.
www.proactiveparenting.net
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J Rosemarie Francis' mission is to inspire solo moms to live a more joy-filled life through mentoring, podcasting, and inspirational writing. This podcast is super down to earth and I cant wait for you to hear all her golden nuggets of inspiration.
www.solomoms-talk.com and www.jrosemarie.com
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Kaya Slater is a Transformational Holistic Health Coach and Yoga Mentor who serves humanity through a range of powerful modalities designed to tap into the integration of the mind body and spirit. Kaya is an accomplished Senior Yoga and Meditation teacher and Teacher Trainer, teaching yoga at Diploma Level, with 25 years industry experience.
She combines a transformative umbrella of holistic healing and coaching services to bring about peace, balance and harmony to the mind, emotional body and spirit, allowing those she works with to find freedom, vitality and wellness once more and a deep sense of connecting to their truth. Her soul mission is to awaken those she works with to their true soul potential and calling and aims to bring her clients into their highest frequencies and into their highest timelines through her work.
She runs transformational yoga retreats yoga trainings and yoga coaching and mentoring programs for teachers. Yoga is a big part of the transformational holistic health coaching programs she offers. An expert in the chakras and in energy medicine, Kaya’s work transforms the lives of those students and clients who are drawn to her magic.
www.innerjourneywithkaya.com
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Jim White is an author, coach and founder of the Family Enrichment Academy. He has spent the last 40 years studying the topics of personal development, marriage and parenting. More importantly, he has also spent those 40+ years applying these lessons and living his best life as a husband, father to 6 children and a grandfather to 12. Its a great episode, be sure to tune in.
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Join me as I talk with Lida Molina Santos who is the founder of the "NO Drama ParenTeen Method" and certified Parent Coach. We talk openly and honestly about teenage suicide and how we as parents can help. It's powerful. It's impactful. It's real.
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Today I talk with a very dear friend of mine, who is a Mother and Grandmother and shares with us her wise words of wisdom.
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In this episode we're hitting the hard topics. Losing a child is the most difficult thing you will ever endure. You feel like your world is turned upside down. Peggy Green understands your pain, having suffered child loss herself. The loss of a loved one, child, parent, or sibling is heart wrenching and can leave you feeling hopeless. It does not have to be that way. Join me as I chat candidly with Peggy about her journey and some tips to help overcome and work through the grief.
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Jenny Jones' mission is to heal Physically, Emotionally, Psychologically & spiritually, children, teenagers and young adults who suffer from anxiety, stress, addictions, drugs, alcoholism, ADHD, ASD, Psychosis, Depression, PTSD and all forms of Trauma.
She uses multiple modalities to help heal barriers, blocks, negative beliefs & fears associated with the issue, one of the modalities is called theta healing, it works by changing the core problem/belief of what no longer served you in your life.
Jenny works as a Theta Healer Practitioner and is based in Gympie, Queensland, Australia.
Join us as Jenny not only opens my eyes to new ways on helping teenagers. We hope it can help you too.
www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-jones-266366159
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Through empowerment coaching and mentoring, Peta Morton helps teenage girls to live a life full of power, passion and purpose as they transition into womenhood. Join us as we chat all things 'teenage girls" eeeeeee!!!!
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Are you living the life you want to live?
Like it or not, our entire lives are a series of transformations. Our bodies are changing every day from the cradle to the grave. The only question is: do you want to shape your life, or are you willing to just sit back and be swept along, allowing time and circumstance shape you?
Rudi Landeman is of the belief that we all have enormous power to transform ourselves. And Rudi is on a mission to help you discover and use your own capability to change.
Join us as we chat all things gender diversity, how to live from your truly authentic self and Rudi's star-studded connections with Lorna Jane and Camilla.
www.rudilandmann.com
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Today I'm joined by Jessica Speer as we talk about all things friendships. We touch on the "best friends forever" and the "not really friends" and how it changes or can change over time. We briefly cover the nine (yes nine) friendship truths and how it can help your child navigate the social world.
Jessica Speer’s books engage and entertain readers by combining the stories of preteens and teens with fun activities and practical insights. She has a master’s degree in social sciences and explores social-emotional topics in ways that connect with kids. She is regularly featured in and contributes to media outlets on topics related to kids, teens, parenting, and friendship.
Links:
www.jessicaspeer.com/about-author-jessica-speer/
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By no fault of our own we tend to try to set goals for our children yet what we should be doing is encouraging them to set their own goals.
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Dating in the 21st Century isn't easy. It comes with it a whole lot of dramas and as a parent we get to navigate those dramas with our children. Its like living our childhood over again only worse. Join me for a quick chat as I share some of my stories. Short and sweet with a bit of laughter thrown in.
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Join me as I chat to Fay Chan who is a Certified EFT Tapping Practitioner and she uses Tapping to help her clients alleviate stress and anxiety associated with a wide range of issues.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a powerful healing modality which incorporates the wisdom of Chinese Acupuncture with Western Cognitive Psychology; EFT, or Tapping aims to ease emotional and physical discomfort caused by blockages in the body’s energy system.
Tapping uses the fingertips to tap on various points on the face and upper body as a way of releasing stress, anxiety, negative beliefs and re-balancing the body’s energy system.
For Fay's Tapping sessions, she helps unhinge unworkable cycles that seem to just repeat over time despite different circumstances. Usually, it's women who are working mums who seek out Fay's services first, then she very soon after the whole family gets tapping sessions because of how miraculous it is.
Fay has been working privately with adults, teens & children and some of the issues her clients have frequently talked to her about:
general anxiety
emotional eating/drinking
disrupted sleep
fear of failure
confidence and self-worth
anger, frustration & rage
You can find tapping videos, tips and other resources on Fay's social pages and she's very much looking forward to introducing you to what Tapping
FB: www.facebook.com/livingwellwithfay
Insta: www.instagram.com/livingwellwithfay
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Remember the time when your kids were little and they'd stop in the lolly aisle and you'd keep on walking or you'd be in the department store and they'd be playing hide and seek in amongst the clothes, and not returning you calls? Those moments still happen, just on a much larger scale, when they reach the teenage years and this podcast is a light hearted episode around that.
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Join me as I chat with Heidi Horne, an Australia mum of two, who has now applied her 25 years of yoga, meditation, and mindset coaching into an easy-to-follow book of exercises, specifically designed for kids and teens. Understanding the digital age, social media bombardment and the confusing road kids are navigating as they emerge from pandemic lockdowns, MINDFLIP is a practical guide to help kids flip the negative habits and self-talk into a positive mindset. Supporting parents and caregivers who want to easy, doable, and simple steps to help their child solve current challenges they face in real life right now, and create confidence, resilience and self-worth.
You can find more about Heidi through her socials
https://heidihorne.com.au/mind-flip
MindFlip with Heidi Horne | Facebook
www.bit.ly/CalmConfidentKids
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A little bit about ME and my WHY. What drives me to do what I do, to help parents all over the globe better understand their teens; to help them connect and reconnect with their children when they go a little hay-wire.
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Join us as we talk candidly with The Cyber Safety Tech Mum - Ms Nicolle Embra.
Nicolle shares with us the first time she left her eldest daughter alone on the laptop so that she could check on her younger sibling, when it suddenly dawned on her that her daughter could be clicking on anything. What if she had clicked into a work email or the banking website where she had been paying bills? Worse still, what if one of those adds on the side of the browser featuring a scantily clad woman had caught her attention?
Nicolle uses the skills she has developed over her 20 year + IT career, and started researching and configuring safety settings on her own laptop and mobile phones, and now, wants to impart all this information (including my own experiences) and practical steps to others so that we can increase our child’s safety when they are online and help them to become responsible digital citizens with healthy screen time habits. Nicolle is dedicated to ensuring that information is shared in bite sized portions and in everyday language so that you don’t feel overwhelmed and that you are kept up-to-date with current trends.
Nicolle can be found at www.thetechmum.com/about/ or www.facebook.com/groups/2863100507303767
As always there is a bit of laughter and a few stories thrown in on the side (I have plenty).
Enjoy. Xx
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When you're a parent and you're raising resilient teens then there is a high chance that you will have numerous interactions with law enforcement. This podcasts shares just a few stories of 'what went down'. Please note - Minor coarse language Enjoy. Xx
Linkshttps://sashalester.com.au
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There is no denying that kids do stupid shit, however, the level of crazy can go from one extreme to the other. Join me as I talk about all the stupid stuff that my kids have done (and to be honest I didn't even scratch the surface). This is where you sit back, listen and laugh, and nod silently to yourself as you say 'yep, that's me too'. Please note - Minor coarse language
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Successfully getting your children through the 1825 days of teenage life isn’t easy. Most of the time it’s downright horrible in fact. There is no book, there is no cheat sheet and it’s not an MMORPG which you can skip levels or pay someone gold to boost you through the tough stuff. You are unique and your children are unique as well, which means there is nobody on the planet who has gone through, or is going through the situations that you will be dealing with right now. BUT, you are not alone.
Links
https://sashalester.com.au
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No parent is ever prepared for their child to move out of home, least of all when it’s a sudden decision, when it comes from a place of them, quite simply, throwing their toys in the air and storming out. But then there is the move which is more calculated, the move that comes with months and months of preparation and a little bit of organisation thrown in. I’ve experienced both scenarios and let me tell you, they both come with tears.
Links
https://sashalester.com.au
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