Dear Teenager..: Recent Episodes
Sanaaz Doust
School Counsellors share their experiences on all things high school- from high school romances to fantasy to body image and insecurities. Join us on this journey of self discovery and self acceptance.
Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Like the people around you are going to discover you’re a fraud, and you don’t actually deserve your accomplishments?
Join us as we engage in a reflective conversation on this phenomenon that affects us all.
As human beings we are programmed for stories. It’s how we evolved to understand our place in the world before we had written language, how we passed on lessons for where to find food, or what threats were coming for us, or how to build relationships within our tribes and our families.
Join us on this exploratory journey of storytelling and its impact on our brains.
Is the willingness to go out of your way to help someone called people pleasing? Or is that simply being kind? How can we recognise and stop people pleasing tendencies?
Come join us in an insightful conversation as we explore these questions and more!
Our brains are truly amazing, aren’t they?
Have you ever watched one of those special episodes on someone who experienced an amazing, unexpected recovery after a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other brain damage?
Tune into this episode to learn about the magic of neuroplasticity.
Have you ever felt the pressure to be happier than you were actually feeling? If so, you might be dealing with toxic positivity. All emotions are a part of the human experience and you deserve the right to feel all the feels!
Tune into this episode on toxic positivity culture as we share some light on embracing how one really feels and creating space for others to do so too.
Have you ever noticed the effect music has on our mind and body? Think about this for example. We might go through a break up, have a fight with a close friend; we might even win a sports championship, or even wake up having an amazing day. In any of these instances, we all can think of at least one song that we can relate to at a given moment in time.
Music definitely has a way of moving us, and making us feel more in touch with our emotions.
What do we know about the way we learn? Are we in control of everything we know about the world? Or do we automatically absorb knowledge, having no control of what goes inside our minds?
Join us wellbeing counsellors as we delve into and explore the world of stereotypes.
Do you spend hours working and then realise how time has passed? Do you feel overwhelmed or exhausted as you find yourself incapable of breaking this cycle?
Tune into this episode where we shed some light on this culture phenomenon -'Hustling'
Have you ever spent hours looking unhappily into the mirror? Do you uncontrollably ever compare your physical features to the ones around you? Feeling less about the way you look can affect your body image. And constant negative self-talk can create a vicious cycle that can bring you down even more.
Did you ever open the closet door to find yourself walk into the world of Narnia? Or find yourself deeply engrossed in the world of Hogwarts?! Come join us as we explore this realm of Fantasy vs Reality
Have you ever experienced falling in love in high school? The butterflies in the tummy and the flushed cheeks?
Listen on to our experiences as we unpack this beautiful emotion through this episode - Love in High School.