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Feeling Seen By Teachers
Season 4 Episode 17
How can teachers connect with teens not just as students, but as whole humans and unique individuals? How does this help them learn? In this episode, we talk about what teachers can do to build trust…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Invisible Friends & Fictional Crushes
Season 4 Episode 16
When we're bored, feeling lonely, or just engaging in our imaginations, many of us give life to fabricated scenarios, invisible friends, and fictional crushes. In this episode, we're talking about th…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Burn Out & Productivity Culture
Season 4 Episode 15
Is the idea of productivity helpful? Harmful? How does it affect our mental health and well-being? In this episode, we talk about the idea of productivity and how it affects our inner monologues.
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Black History Month Continues
Season 4 Episode 14
Black History Month might be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean we should stop thinking about Black history. In this announcement, we reflect on the end of this month and how we carry the Black …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Poems for the Ukraine
Season 4 Episode 13
Our hearts are broken for the people of Ukraine. Some of us wrote poems to express our grief and let the people of Ukraine know that we stand with them.
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Asking Questions
Season 4 Episode 12
In school, in friendships, amongst family members — it can be challenging to ask questions due to invisible social rules, fear of judgement, or a fear of being direct and making someone else uncomfor…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Existential Anxiety, Meaning, and Joy
Season 4 Episode 10
In the face of existential anxieties, it's hard to know what to do. They feel so big and overwhelming that it can be hard to come back to the physical world and ground in the present when we're ponde…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Puberty
Season 4 Episode 9
The experience of going through puberty is always unique and difficult, but in pandemic times, can feel even more isolating. In this week's episode of This Teenage Life, we're talking about our exper…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
This Teenage Life Behind the Scenes
Season 4 Episode 8
Who makes This Teenage Life? How did they reach out and get involved? How does our work affect them? In this episode of This Teenage Life, we go behind the scenes to talk about how we make the show a…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Microaggressions
Season 4 Episode 7
Small comments can really hurt, especially when they're rooted in racism, misogyny, or other identity-based biases. In this episode, two teens discuss microaggressions, focusing, in particular, on ac…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago