10/22/2026
🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Rebuilding Connection with Your Teen 💚
Have you ever tried to have a simple conversation with your teenager, only to have it turn into an argument, an eye roll, or a one-word answer?
And don’t even get me started on the phone battles! 📱
In this episode of Notes to My Nervous System, I sit down with children’s therapist Stacy Schaffer, MA, LPC, to talk about what our teens are navigating and how we can do a better job of staying connected to them.
We get into some real conversations about:
💚 Screen time, social media, and the pressure to fit in.
💚 Why teens sometimes shut down or push back.
💚 How our tone and reactions can change a conversation.
💚 Setting boundaries while still giving teens a voice.
💚 Remembering that behavior doesn’t always tell us the whole story.
As a therapist, former educator, and parent, I think we sometimes get so focused on correcting a behavior that we miss an opportunity to understand what’s happening underneath it.
And parenting teenagers? It’s not always easy to remember that in the moment!
This conversation isn’t about being a perfect parent. It’s about getting curious, understanding our kids a little better, and finding ways to keep that connection open, even during the harder moments.
🎧 Listen to Rebuilding Connection with Your Teen on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4898NTicbxbLMJih0Y43xL
