Dr Lonna Gordon

10/20/2026

This is the line I say most often, to parents and teens alike: all feelings are welcome. All behaviors are not.
Your teen is allowed to be furious. They're allowed to be devastated over something that seems small to you. What they're not allowed to do is throw something, scream in your face, or shut you out as punishment.
Validating the feeling and holding the boundary aren't opposites — they're both required. Most of us were only ever taught one.
Want the framework for how to do both, every time? That's exactly what I teach inside coaching. → drlonnagordon.com

10/16/2026

People call me a Teen Whisperer. I'll take it — but here's the truth: any adult can be one.
It's not a gift some people are born with. It's the willingness to say the quiet, hard things instead of the loud, easy ones. Teens don't respond to yelling. They respond to the adult who stays calm, stays honest, and doesn't flinch from the truth.
That's it. That's the whole secret. Consistency over volume. Truth over control.
If you want to become that adult for the teens in your life — your own kids, your students, your athletes — I can show you how. → drlonnagordon.com

09/29/2026

Had such a great time talking about The Threshold Moments we all experience with Dr Saidie Rodriguez on the Soul Shine Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zLFBtjBrpvRwHx77TpkUU?si=uvlDD7TSQ-usxjJqkVFHQg&utm_source=copy-link

09/18/2026

Your Teenager Didn't Change❗️

Your teenager didn't change.
What changed was their perspective, their understanding, their needs.
The kid who used to tell you everything now shuts the door. The one who ran to you for every scraped knee now rolls their eyes when you ask how their day was. It feels like loss. It isn't.
They're not pulling away from you. They're growing into someone who needs different things from you — and that's actually the job going right, not wrong‼️
Understanding that shift is where everything starts. It's where I start with every parent I work with.
Curious what that looks like for your family❓️
🗣 Let's talk → drlonnagordon.com

09/09/2026

Enrollment for The Connection Compass closes today. 🧭🤎
If you've been watching from the sidelines — this is the moment.
I want to speak directly to the parent who is tired of the same argument on repeat. The one who loves their child so deeply and still feels like they're losing the thread. The one who watches their tween, teen, or young adult becoming who they were always meant to be — and still wonders why the relationship feels so hard right now.
You're not doing it wrong.
You're in a threshold season. The map you had isn't broken — you just need a compass to orient yourself in new territory.
That's what this program is.
8 Sundays. 3pm. Starting September 13.
Small group. Real tools. Real coaching.
Enrollment closes Sept 11.
→ Enroll at drlonnagordon.com or DM me directly — both work.
I'll see you on Sundays. 🧭

09/01/2026

Want to connect with a teenager. Worried about time. Try a micoconnection. Learn now.
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08/30/2026

Season 2 is live & this weekend is a great opportunity to catch-up. Available on spotify.

08/26/2026

A great opportunity if you parent an Adolescent. SIGN- UP ends Sept 11. Group starts Sept 13.

08/04/2026

All 8 episodes of Season 1 are live. 🎙🏽✨🏽
If you have been meaning to start — now is your moment. Every episode of Tweens, Teens & Everything Between Season 1 is waiting for you. Eight conversations about the adolescent brain, behavior, connection, and what it actually takes to stay in relationship with a teenager who is becoming.
🎧 Like the show
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🎧 Share with one parent who needs this today
And speaking of what is coming next —
The Connection Compass Parenting Group is now open for registration. 🧭🏽
This is the deeper work. Eight Sundays, September through December, designed for parents of tweens, teens, and young adults who are ready to move beyond surviving and into something that actually sticks.
Everything you heard in Season 1? This is where you learn to live it.
Early enrollment is open now. Spots are limited. Link in bio.

07/07/2026

. Check it out
https://open.spotify.com/show/033mu4xeCgVN4Wna263ibX?si=n8VEfL2wTH2vhBNExDKvdA

Podcast · Dr Lonna Gordon · You can learn to connect with any tween, teen or young adult in your life - even the ones who make it hard. Hosted by Dr Lonna Gordon, pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, this show gives parents and youth-serving professionals the tools, the science, and th...