Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Dr. Nanyamka Redmond, an applied developmental research scientist who specializes in positive youth development of adolescents. Dr. Redmond's research and practice focus on the impact of supportive relationships on character development, performance, and wellbeing particularly in young athletes. Dr. Redmond and Dr. Cam talk about • The secret to being a supportive parent. • Why being curious about your teen’s life is so important. • How the desire to learn from them is just as important as (if not MORE important than) teaching them.    Connect with Dr. Redmond Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Connect with Dr. Cam at www.askdrcam.com   If you found these insights and tips helpful, please rate and review so other parents can find this episode as well. Thank you!

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Todd Avery (@SafeDrivingCoach), Delaware Valley's Favorite Driving Instructor. Well recognized in the Philadelphia region as an obsessed car enthusiast and a highly personable and dedicated driving instructor, Todd is focused on ensuring a pleasant experience and promoting driver and passenger safety. For the past 15 years, he has coached hundreds of drivers. In addition to teaching new drivers the "rules of the road," Todd is an experienced classroom and race track coach for performance drivers. Teaching and coaching all ages of drivers is Todd's passion. Todd's philosophy is quite simple: “I want the safest, most responsible, most attentive drivers on the road." If you found Todd’s driving advice helpful, please like, comment, and share with friends and family that have new drivers in the home.   Connect with Todd Avery: Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube   Connect with Dr. Cam at www.askdrcam.com   If you found these tips helpful, please take a moment to rate and review so other parents can find this advice as well. Thank you!

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Keisha Montfleury (@confidentkeisha), a confidence coach for girls. With 16 years of successful experience and a strong commitment to serving disadvantaged youth and adults, Keisha has made it her life’s mission to plant the seeds of encouragement into our youth so they are equipped to make wise, sound decisions. Keisha is so passionate about serving our youth that she started her own company called HandiWork LLC, whose purpose is to specifically designed to provide resources for our girls that supports them in having a HEALTHY CONFIDENCE so they will not give into negative behavior. Dr. Cam and Keisha talk about 5 keys to a HEALTHY CONFIDENCE. How to care for the social emotional development of the WHOLE teen. Practical tools and tips to support your teen’s confidence. Keisha has a free eBook you can download: Becoming Confident Tip & Tricks   If you enjoyed this episode and all the amazing nuggets that Keisha shared with us, please take a quick moment to follow, rate, and comment. Feel free spread the love and share it with a friend too!   Connect with Keisha Montfleury: Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn   Don't forget to grab Dr. Cam's FREE guide: 7 Secrets to Motivating Teens

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Heather Glenn, founder of Aligned Ambition and a self-proclaimed HR mom. Heather spent much of her adult life struggling to choose and pursue a meaningful career. After finding clarity, an immense desire to share her knowledge and research grew into helping others by aligning their personality, interests, and values with meaningful careers. Dr. Cam and Heather talk about: How we can help support our teen’s dreams by helping them uncover their strengths, aptitudes, values, and interests How to help our teens prepare for the future by giving them ownership of their learning and growth A career choice has to be owned by the person making the choice (aka our teen!) Heather offers a free class for teens called “What Nobody Told Me About College” If you enjoyed this episode and all the amazing nuggets that Heather shared with us, please take a moment to rate, review, and share with a friend.   Connect with Heather Glenn: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube   Don't forget to grab Dr. Cam's FREE guide: 7 Secrets to Motivating Teens 

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks with Lesa Forrest, a Certified Family and Life Coach who is passionate about helping others build relationships, marriages, and harmonized families. Lesa is a devoted wife of 27 years, mother of six and a grandma of twelve. Over the last few years, she has used her incredible marital experience and life teachings to help blended families successfully restructure their lives by setting boundaries, establishing realistic expectations and improving their communication. She founded First Step Family LLC, platform designed to help blended families rise above the societal stigmas and build awesome lives for themselves. Lesa and Dr. Cam talk about: How to create more harmony in blended families How to engage our teens by asking them for their input and feelings. How to teach our teens to be thinkers and problem solvers. Connect with Lesa Forrest Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube   Download Dr. Cam's free guide: 7 Secrets to Motivating Teens   If you found these tips helpful, please rate, review, and share with a friend!

In June of 2019, Judy Thureson experienced the tragic loss of her eighteen-year-old son, Jacob (aka Hella Sketchy)  to an opioid overdose. In her #1 Bestselling book, Beautiful Tragedy, she chronicles her harrowing experience and introduces the GIVE Principle.   Through her growth and transformation coaching, Judy helps people navigate grief, loss, and uncertainty by applying mindfulness and meditation techniques.   In this episode Judy and Dr. Cam talk about: What grief is and how it shows up. How to navigate grief? How to help our teens through their own grief. You can purchase a signed copy of her book here.   Connect with Judy:   Website | Facebook | Instagram   If you want to learn even more about how to connect with your teen and calm the drama, be sure to join me on Tuesday evenings for the Parenting Teens Power Hour. I have a bunch of amazing experts lined up to share their best tips and secrets with you—and it’s free. You can register at AskDrCam.com/powerhour.  Also, if you enjoyed this episode and all the amazing nuggets that Leigh shared with us, please rate, review, and share with a friend!  

In this episode Dr. Cam is joined by Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Leigh Schoener, who has always had a deep innate passion for natural health and wellness for the mind and body. She has blended this passion with her professional knowledge of psychology, early childhood education, holistic health practices and most importantly, her experience of being a mom for 18 years to two teenage daughters. Leigh works with families, teens and children to implement proactive and integrative approaches for those who have learning, social-emotional, behavioral and /or physical health challenges or simply desire better wellness for their family.     Leigh and Dr. Cam talk about + Lifestyle and holistic methods that can help a teen who is suffering to manage emotional, learning, behavioral and physical health challenges.   + The importance of teaching our teens coping methods for stress as soon as possible. + How the gut-brain connection impacts our overall mind and body health. For all of Dr. Cam's Guests, Leigh is offering a Buy 6 Weekly Session Package, Get 1 Session Free! Anyone interested in setting up a complimentary Wellness Discovery Session can fill out this form. Sign up here.   Connect with Leigh Schoener Website | Facebook | Instagram             If you want to learn even more about how to connect with your teen and calm the drama, be sure to join me on Tuesday evenings for the Parenting Teens Power Hour. I have a bunch of amazing experts lined up to share their best tips and secrets with you—and it’s free. You can register at AskDrCam.com/powerhour.  Also, if you enjoyed this episode and all the amazing nuggets that Leigh shared with us, please rate, review, and share with a friend!  

In this episode, Dr. Cam is joined by Kamladevi Sharma, an international speaker on work-life balance. . Sharma has been featured on several podcasts and magazines internationally and, she is passionate about growth mindset coaching for the working parent and teen. As a certified professional life coach and a qualified business consultant, Sharma also helps entrepreneurs and people in management to eliminate burnout and achieve balance in their personal and professional lives. In this episode we talk about: 1. How parents can create who they want to be in the roles they play by guiding their subconscious behaviors and reactions. 2. How relationships with our teens can improve by bringing peace to the ego and opening the channel of communication. This includes seeing our teen as an individual we are programming for young adulthood. 3. How making balance a priority helps to bring fulfilment in both our personal and professional life.   Sharma is also offering a free Wheel of Life download to all listeners. Download here.   Connect with Kamladevi Sharma Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube   Connect with Dr. Cam www.askdrcam.com | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube | iTunes   If you found this episode helpful, please LIKE, FOLLOW, REVIEW & SHARE. Thanks :)  

In this episode, Dr. Cam is joined by the founder of DreamWell Coaching, Vanita O'Neal. We're talking about how to help our kids with feeling socially isolated and alone. Vanita teaches parents and children how to manage problematic behavior. She has been studying human behavior as a licensed social worker and life coach. Her company, DreamWell, was birthed in 2011 out of a stressful time in her life when her plate was overflowing and she needed to make a change or risk her own mental health decline. She identified her biggest stressors and put to work everything she knew to improve her life and the lives of the parents and children she worked with. She also recognized that God was at the center of her transformation and wants to share it with other people.   Connect with Vanita O'Neal Website | Instagram     Connect with Dr. Cam www.askdrcam.com | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube | iTunes   If you found this episode helpful, please LIKE, FOLLOW, REVIEW & SHARE. Thanks :)

In this episode, Dr. Cam talks to Beth Swiger, founder of SHAPE Your Family, about how to cultivate more joy in our family--something we can never have enough of.   But let's be real...   Many of us fall into habits of taking each other for granted.   We can get so focused on the daily irritations that we forget why we even liked each other in the first place— especially when we’ve been quarantined together for MONTHS!   Beth provides solutions for getting past the irritation learn to appreciate and honor our loved ones again.   Want to learn more strategies for connecting with your teen? Join us Tuesday nights at 7PM for the PARENTING TEENS POWER HOUR.   Connect with Beth Swiger Website | Facebook | Instagram   Connect with Dr. Cam www.askdrcam.com | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube | iTunes   If you found this episode helpful, please LIKE, FOLLOW, REVIEW & SHARE. Thanks :)