Welcome to Episode 5 of unpopular PARENT, the podcast where we help parents focus on what really matters and let go of the rest. Today, we’re exploring a topic that’s close to home and was actually suggested by my co-host, Scout. We’re talking about intuition—what it means, how it works, and why it’s important, especially for teens and parents.
00:00 - introduction
00:31 - the what and why of intuition
04:03 - are teens thinking about intuition
06:37 - same or different
07:48 - the body knows before the brain does
11:21 - dealing with people in authority
13:29 - modeling using intuition (or not)
14:43 - complicating things (or not)
15:41 - getting confirmation
17:03 - getting it wrong and being confused
17:47 - shout-out Josef
19:05 - should you trust your teen’s intuition more?
21:59 - it always circles back to trust and respect
23:55 - foster and don’t overstep
27:00 - build your skills
29:01 - where parents get it wrong
30:17 - start doing | stop doing | keep doing
33:47 - next week’s topic
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