Teen Whisperer Podcast | Parenting Girls and Mental Health
This is THE podcast for mums of girls.
Whether your daughter is a tween, teen or young woman, and you want to understand what the friggidy frigg is really going on beneath the tricky behaviour, the big emotions, and the screen she won't put down, this is the podcast for you.
Here's the truth nobody else is saying. Girls are not small boys. They run on a completely different biological operating system, a 28-day cycle instead of a 24-hour one. Different hormones, different stress responses, different energy, different needs, week by week, month by month. And almost every parenting tool, every expert strategy, every piece of advice you've ever been handed? Built on male biology. Handed to you as if it would work the same way for her.
It doesn't. And that is why nothing has worked.
Too often we're told it's "just" hormones, or she's too sensitive, or she needs to put the phone down. But what if I told you the phone isn't the problem, it's a message from a nervous system that isn't getting what it was designed to need? These are natural responses to an unnatural world. And when you understand them, you can stop reacting with frustration and start responding with insight.
Every week, Health Play Specialist and mum Rach Friedli brings you the biology, the tools, and the honest conversation that should have happened years ago. The nervous system science behind her behaviour. The truth about what tech is actually doing in her body. The Whole Body Reset tools that give her something better to reach for, because we can't talk it out of our girls. But we can give their nervous systems somewhere better to go.
Shocked. Inspired. Eyes wide open. That's what I want for you.
Because so much of what we've been told about parenting girls is wrong, wrapped up in control, pressure and guilt. The world isn't set up for our girls. But there is a different way. A way that starts with understanding her body, her cycle, and the world she's actually living in.
Let's make this a revolution, one episode at a time, so our girls grow up feeling seen, safe and capable. And we can stop parenting from fear and start parenting from insight
Teen Whisperer Podcast | Parenting Girls and Mental Health
From Aargh to Ahh - The Simple Reset
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If your house feels like a battleground of snappy comments, blank stares and endless scrolling… you’re not alone.
This week on The Teen Whisperer, we’re hitting pause to look at what’s really going on underneath the tech battles, the sleep-deprived strops and that general ugh vibe that’s taken over.
Let’s talk about:
- How screens, sugar, and sleep-debt mess with the teen brain (and why the whole house feels off)
- Why you keep having the same circular arguments (hint: it’s not about attitude)
- The no-fuss nervous system reset you can start today and it starts with how you breathe
Because this isn’t just about fixing her, it’s about resetting the whole family rhythm, starting with you.
If today's episode landed for you, if you heard something that made you think yes, that's my daughter, that's exactly what's going on, then I want you to know there's a place where we go deeper on all of this together. It's called WTF - What's The Feeling - and it's my membership for mums who are ready to stop firefighting and start actually understanding what's going on. You'll find the link here. Come and have a look. I think you'll feel right at home.
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Wish your daughter had her own podcast to help understand what’s going on? Send her to Girl You’ve Got This - available on all major platforms.
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See you next time! 💛
