312. The power of radical empathy, a conversation with Bryan Saint-Louis

Bryan Saint-Louis is a speaker and leadership coach who is on a mission to help adults empower today’s youth through radical empathy. Our conversation explores the challenges any adult faces in cultivating meaningful connection with the youth in their life, along with practical strategies for nurturing empathy through everyday actions and conversations. He explains that it’s never too late to create a supportive and understanding environment where children feel seen, heard, and valued. By giving them choices and a voice, we can empower today’s kiddos.

Connection, conscious parenting, creating culture, parenting, teenager, resiliencyErin HollandJuly 17, 2024empathy, connection, youth, empowering youth

241. Own your crazy spots + how to love your teenager well, featuring Lisa Damour

The secret is out we don’t really know what we’re doing - “Parents are only people that had kids!”

Truly, I think teenagers have it rough because they’re going through massive developmental changes, which is similar to parents navigating their kiddo as well as their own personal changes throughout the parenting journey.

Bottom line, we all need MORE SUPPORT + MORE GRACE because it’s pretty stressful at times.

We also have limitations and blind spots - or crazy spots as @lisa.damour calls them - which makes it easy to get wrapped up in our own heads, leaving us feeling stuck or alone.

As adults, we need people to both call us out on our craziness and be our biggest fan—and our teenagers are no different. They also need to be seen, understood, and accepted.

Dr. Lisa Damour shares why it’s important to recognize and talk about our “crazy spots,” and how to actually help our kiddos mature, rather than simply age into adolescence and adulthood.

conscious parenting, Connection, Living on Purpose, parenting, love, teenagerErin HollandOctober 19, 2022crazy spots, blind spots, limitations, love better, being a better grown up, maturity, adulting, be a leader, better parenting, conscious parenting, teenagers, puberty

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