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Confronting Your Limits - An Interview with Cale Schimmel
The teenage years are primarily about identity formationâdiscovering who you are, and who you're not. One key piece of that exploration is learning to be honest about your limitations and weaknesses, and knowing how...
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A Life Within Limits - Owning Your Weaknesses
What we're fanatical about is helping young people get the tools, the skill set to be more reflective at an early age â and it's possible. It's possible, and we're going to dig into how in this episode.
If you learn...
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Understanding Trauma in Our Kids with Charlie Ruce, MFT
What is trauma? How does it affect our kids? What's the difference between a difficult experience and a traumatic event? Why do some kids do better through extreme circumstances, and others suffer?Â
We cover those...
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Making Sense of Life - Healing From the Past
References in the Episode
Dan Siegel
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Preventing ACEs
What is Trauma?
About the Episode
Everyone has challenges that impede their growth and development. We all have villains in...
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Discovering Core Beliefs with Tyler Allred
Defining your own core beliefs is central to living an organized, purpose-filled life. It's not easy, though. In this interview with Tyler Allred, a guru in guiding teenagers to discover faith for themselves, we...
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Critical Identity Question - What Do You Believe In?
What you believe shapes who you become. Your beliefs shape how you see the world and how you interact with it. They form the foundation of your identity, how you understand your purpose and interact with the world,...
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Fundamental Values Interview With Kathy Pham
It's hard to change course in your life when you've already started down a path. It's a lot more effective if you figure out where you're going ahead of time- so you can avoid detours and wasted time.  There's a...
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Critical Identity Question- What Do You Stand For?
Itâs interesting- we ask students to write clear, persuasive essays and perform the Pythagorean theorem, but donât quiz them on whatâs most important to them. Which has more lasting, relevant value for their future?...
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The Standout You Interview with Michael Davidson from Team Rubicon
There's only one YOU- but, ironically, learning about yourself and finding the courage to authentically express yourself are rare.
In this interview, Scott Schimmel interviews Michael Davidson from Team Rubicon- one...
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Critical Identity Question: What Makes You Unique?
There is no one like you. Never has been; never will be. No one will ever know what itâs like to be you, think like you, see like you, act like you, or dream like you. Thereâs no one who will ever express themselves...
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BackStory Interview with Levi's DEI Leader, Christina Glennon
In order to be able to see your past clearly and confidently understand where you come from and how it's shaped you, you need to do some reflective work. The conversation we have with Christina in this episode can be...
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Critical Identity Question: What's Your BackStory?
âTell us about yourself.â Can you think of a more anxiety-provoking question? On one hand, itâs a softball question, right? Who else knows more about your own life than you? But, rarely does anyone answer this...
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