Teen Whisperer | Parenting Teen Girls
Parenting support for parenting teen girls starts with understanding what’s happening beneath the big emotions and tricky behaviour.
Host Rach Friedli explores teen mental health, teen health, adolescent development, hormones, anxiety, nervous system regulation, and screen time effects.
Get practical tools for better teen communication and a stronger mother daughter relationship, grounded in physiology , biology and real-world challenges of raising tween and teen girls.
Teen Whisperer | Parenting Teen Girls
Latest Episodes
Why Won’t She Just Listen? | Parenting Teen Girls Through Big Emotions
Parenting teen girls can make a simple request feel like a standoff. When she says “in a minute” and doesn’t move, try looking beyond the behaviour to what might be going on underneath. Rach explores teen girl emotions ...
School Refusal: Read the Need | Parenting Teen Girls
School refusal, teen anxiety and nervous system regulation can turn the school run into a painful stand-off. If your daughter is tearful, stuck or unable to leave, this episode helps you look beyond the behaviour and consider what m...
Parenting Support for Teen Girls | Play, Not Pressure
Parenting support for mums of teen girls: discover how small, playful moments can invite connection when she says no to everything. I explore how play may support nervous system regulation and make mother-daughter communication feel...
Understanding Teen Girls | The Need Behind Late Night Phone Use
Teen screen time can be about more than the screen. When your daughter is still on her phone after midnight, what might she be seeking, soothing, or avoiding? Rach looks beneath the behaviour to explore teen girl emotion...
Understanding Teen Girls | A New Way to Read Mood and Behaviour
Teen girl mood swings can feel confusing, but understanding teen girls starts with looking beyond behaviour. In this episode, Rach explores how a girl’s monthly rhythm may influence energy, sleep, appetite and capacity, and introduc...
