Category: Teens
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Applying To College Without Completely Freaking Out
Senior year of high school can bring a lot of feelings. It’s exciting to the ‘top of the food chain’ age-wise at school, have fun events like Senior sunrise, prom/ Senior ball, finally get to hold leadership positions in your clubs and activities, etc. However… simultaneously while you’re doing high school and probably needing to…
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Apprehensive about ‘normal life’ after the coronavirus pandemic?
At the time of the writing of this blog post, it’s freshly Springtime in Northern California – the days are getting longer, the trees are budding, Spring allergies have kicked in (booooo), and things are opening up more as more citizens are getting vaccinated and covid numbers are going down. It’s been a long year…
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Fostering Healthy Self-Esteem in Your Teen
Did you know that it is common for self-esteem to temporarily decline in adolescence? Or that low adolescent self-esteem is associated with problems including depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, and even suicidality? In today’s blog entry, I’ll provide some background information on self-esteem in the developmental stage of adolescence, and offer some tips…
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What To Do If Social Media Has Got You Down
Use of social media is prevalent in modern life. It can be a fun way to keep tabs on friends, family, acquaintances, or even celebrities, but it can also be a major trigger for FOMO (fear of missing out) and other negative hits to the self-esteem. If adults can be susceptible to feeling this way…
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How Your Teen Can Motivate Themselves
A lot of teenagers talk to me about struggling with motivation, especially in the arenas of schoolwork and/or managing their time. In today’s blog entry, I’ll focus on some ways people motivate themselves – it can be a learned skill – so you may want to forward this entry to your teen, as I’ll focus…
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