This week, Jess and Courtney talk about people pleasing, parenting one-liners, and celebrating birthdays as a child of divorce.

Check out our recommendations for this week!

https://coffeeandcarpool.com/

https://www.screenzen.co/

https://www.mrsspeechiep.com/

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https://www.courtneylauvercounseling.com/

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This week, Jess and Courtney read wild Reddit stories about violated boundaries and stay-at-home parents. Then they discuss Chappell Roan and how she deserves everything she ever wants.

Our recommendation this week is:

Your Child's Point of View by Kelsey Olds: https://a.co/d/8XulCxW

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It's our first guest episode! Thank you so much to Courtney Morgan, LPCC for joining us this week to talk about her method for helping clients with anxiety and self-worth. Check out Courtney's practice and social media, Counseling Unconditionally!

www.counselingunconditionally.com

https://www.instagram.com/counselingunconditionally/?g=5

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This week, Jess shares about a new program for young adults interested in a mental health career. Then, your hosts dish about misogyny and why we don't offer individual therapy to adult men.

Check out the Youth Mental Health Corps here: https://www.youthmentalhealthcorps.org/

Our recommendations are How to ADHD on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoADHD

And @art_therapy_irl on Instagram

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Double digits, baby!!! On this episode, Jess and Courtney discuss *real* gentle parenting, not the made up gentle parenting you see on TikTok. They also pet a cute dog.

Our recommendations this week are the Child Mind Institute: https://childmind.org/

and @theconsideratemomma on TikTok

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Jess and Courtney are back to finish discussing teachers' opinions on parenting.

Check out the article we read here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/modern-parenting-trends-teachers-opinions

Our recommendations this week are Bark (although take with a grain of salt because we learned about it as we were recording) https://www.bark.us/

& Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty https://crazyaarons.com/

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Jess and Courtney discuss parenting trends that frustrate educators and provide their own education on how parents can step it up.

Our recommendations this week are:

@samacdonald on TikTok

A Slob Comes Clean Podcast: https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/podcasts/

Check out the article we read here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/modern-parenting-trends-teachers-opinions

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CW: Child Exploitation

This week, Courtney and Jess discuss new legislation to help prevent child exploitation on social media. They also talk about helping teens make friends and how technology makes it harder to socialize IRL.

Our recommendations include @birchwoodarttherapy on Instagram!

Check out Courtney's blog post on making friends as an adult here: https://www.courtneylauvercounseling.com/post/how-to-make-friends-as-an-adult

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