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The Teenage Guide

Hosted by: Ashley Chandler

All parents want their t(w)een to be kind, happy-ish, confident, and motivated, with a trusting, respectful relationship to boot. But, how? Does it have to be a grind? Does it have to be complicated? The short...

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54: The (Sneaky) Ways Fear-Based Parenting Creeps Into Everyday Life

It's June. The house looks like a small civilization moved in overnight. One cracker left in the package. Milk on the counter without the lid. Crumbs everywhere. And suddenly — you're staring at a dirty dish and...
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53: Summer With Teens: The Tools Helping Me Right Now

3 Tools I'm Using to Make Summer Feel Lighter Summer with teenagers is a whole thing. Yes, we love summer for slowing down in some ways. But, in other ways, as parents we have more to manage. More mess. More...
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52: What Waiting is Costing You and Your Teen

EP. 52: What Waiting Is Costing You and Your Teen When you're caught in a cycle of conflict with your teen, it's easy to focus on the daily frustrations — the arguments, the resistance, the exhaustion. But what if the...
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51: Stop Trying to Make Summer Magical (and Focus on This Instead)

EP. 51: Stop Trying to Create the Perfect Summer: What Your Teen Actually Needs Most Summer has a way of bringing unexpected pressure. The school year ends and suddenly it feels like we're supposed to produce a season...
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50: Confidence, Connection, and the One Decision That Changes Everything

Episode Title: Confidence, Connection, and the One Decision That Changes Everything Episode Description: What do parents want most for their teens? After years of working with families and listening to the questions...
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49: Why You Recreate the Parenting Patterns You Want to Stop

Why You Keep Recreating the Parenting Patterns You Want to Stop Why do we keep falling back into the exact parenting patterns we desperately want to change? In this episode of The Teenage Guide Podcast, I’m breaking...
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48: Caring for My Mom While Raising Teens: What Caregiving, Grief, and Generational Healing Taught Me About Parenting

In this deeply personal episode of The Teenage Guide Podcast, Ashley shares the story of caring for her mother through cancer while simultaneously parenting teenagers, running a business, and navigating her own...
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47: Reset Series (Part 3 of 3): The Three Selves — Self-Compassion

What if the missing piece in your parenting reset isn’t another strategy… but the way you speak to yourself after hard moments? In this final episode of the Reset Series, Ashley walks parents through the third and...
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46: Reset Series (Part 2 of 3): The Three Selves — Self-Regulation

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I know better… so why do I keep reacting this way?” — this episode is for you. Here’s what’s really going on: this isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a nervous system pattern. In...
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45: Reset Series (Part 1 of 3): The Three Selves — Self-Awareness

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in a thought loop…replaying the same worries, reacting in ways you wish you hadn’t, or feeling like you know what to do but just can’t seem to do it—this episode is for you. This is...
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44: Your Teen’s Behavior Isn’t the Problem — It’s Communication (What It’s Really Telling You)

If your teen seems “fine” at school but comes home and shuts down, snaps, or explodes… this episode will help you understand what’s really going on. Here’s what’s really going on: your teen isn’t becoming someone...
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43: What If Your Hardest Relationship Is Your Greatest Teacher?

Here’s what’s really going on… So many parents come into this season of adolescence believing the relationship is the problem — the conflict, the attitude, the distance. But what if none of that is actually the...
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