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Back to EpisodesIt's Not Just Hormones: Understanding Girls' Mental Health Through Their Nervous System
Description
Your daughter slams the door, stops eating, or withdraws to her room for hours. Everyone tells you it’s just hormones, but what if the root cause is her nervous system influencing girls' mental health and adolescent behaviour?
This episode offers essential parenting support by helping you decode behavioural messages through understanding the four nervous system states (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) in teenage girls. Learn how to spot these states and transform your mother daughter relationship by responding with empathy and insight rather than frustration.
Discover why anger and defiance aren't simply disrespect, why constant busyness isn't addiction, and how people-pleasing stems from deep safety needs rather than being "easy." Plus, get a simple, practical script to use when behaviours challenge you. If you're tired of the "it's just puberty" excuse and want to support your daughter’s mental health more effectively, this foundational episode is for you.
Resources mentioned:
Download the free 60 Second Reset at theteenwhisperer.co.uk
And listen, if you’re sitting there thinking “I need more than this podcast episode”, I’m running a live webinar tonight - 19th February at 7pm GMT.
It’s free. It’s 45 minutes. And I’m going to teach you exactly what freeze looks like, why we miss it, and what actually helps.
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If today's episode landed for you, if you heard something that made you think yes, that's my daughter, that's exactly what's going on, then I want you to know there's a place where we go deeper on all of this together. It's called WTF - What's The Feeling - and it's my membership for mums who are ready to stop firefighting and start actually understanding what's going on. You'll find the link here. Come and have a look. I think you'll feel right at home.
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See you next time! 💛