See Through Their Eyes, Connect on Their Turf
Research-based guidance to meet teens where they are, build secure attachment, and build wellness
See through a teen’s perspective, what kids are really thinking, and what they say they need for wellness.
Apply real lessons from parents and experts, including honest mistakes and practical ways to reconnect and support mental health.
Navigate the school system with confidence, work with educators, and use everyday tools that keep kids talking.
October 27, 2025
JUST ME: Help Your Teen Open Up at Home: Reconnect With Your Child Using Get On Their Turf
When your child feels distant, defiant, or disconnected, it can leave you feeling invisible at home. In this episode, I share a practical way to rebuild trust by getting on your child’s turf, meeting them where they are, and leading with presence.
October 20, 2025
Parent Plan B: Support Your Teen’s Mental Health at Home When the System Fails with AnneMoss Rogers
In this episode, I talk with AnneMoss Rogers, mental health advocate, TEDx speaker, and author of Emotionally Naked. After losing her son to suicide, AnneMoss turned grief into a mission to save lives through compassion and connection. Together, we discuss how parents can create emotional safety and a “Plan B” at home when help feels out of reach.
October 6, 2025
Parenting When You’re Not OK: How to Be Honest and Build Connection with Steven Phillip
In this conversation with Steve Phillip of The Jordan Legacy, we talk about how to be honest with your kids on hard days, how to listen first, and how vulnerability at home strengthens attachment, safety, and trust.
September 22, 2025
Building the Village: How Parents Can Lead When the Mental Health System Falls Short with Janelle Miller Morovick
Janelle Miller Morovick and I discuss how parents often step up when mental health care falls short, navigating stigma, shortages, and complex systems. We share practical ways to build resilience through connection, listening, and belonging, and remind you that you’re not alone.
September 8, 2025
This emotional episode of Get on Their Turf is for every parent moved to tears at their child’s birth. Michael Ray shares his powerful fatherhood journey with daughter Maddie, born with Down syndrome, and how her strength and smile transformed his fear into hope, love, and resilience.
August 25, 2025
Is the “perfect kid” most at risk? In this powerful episode, mental health advocate Leslie Weirich shares the tragic story of her son Austin, a high-achieving college athlete who died by suicide on World Suicide Prevention Day. Learn about warning signs, grief, and suicide prevention.
August 11, 2025
Is mental health something that truly starts at home? In this powerful episode, Nicole Runyon shares why the foundation of healing, safety, love, and self-worth begins in the family, and how parents can reclaim leadership in their children’s mental health journey through love, boundaries, and accountability.
July 28, 2025
What if you’re viewing the world through a lens you don’t even realize is there? In this episode of Encountering, award-winning Palestinian-American journalist Daoud Kuttab explores how unconscious biases, assumptions, and cultural blind spots shape our perception of truth, and why recognizing different worldviews is essential.
July 14, 2025
What does it mean to hear “I love you” without words? Inspired by my nonverbal daughter Maddie, who was born with Down syndrome, I founded the Smile Project to spread authentic love, joy, and human connection through the power of unspoken communication.
June 30, 2025
Raising Fearless Girls: Lessons from Identity, Discrimination, & Forgiveness with Sylvia Yu Friedman
What happens when a daughter is raised in a culture that values sons over her? In this powerful episode, award-winning author and human rights journalist Sylvia Yu Friedman shares how childhood trauma shaped her self-worth, career, and relationships, and how healing began through truth-telling, setting boundaries, and embracing forgiveness.
June 16, 2025
Beyond “Fine”: Recognizing Suicide Risk & Supporting Your Teen’s Mental Health with Chris Coulter
Are you wondering if your teen’s “I’m fine” is hiding something deeper? In this heartfelt episode with Chris Coulter, we explore how to recognize teen suicide risk and support your child’s mental health through trust, open communication, and awareness of subtle warning signs like mood changes and behavior shifts.
June 2, 2025
Hidden Struggles of Confident Teens: Mental Health & Parenting Insights with Darian Hooshi
Discover how a seemingly confident young professional, Darian, opened up about his hidden depression and anxiety in the workplace. This powerful follow-up explores the impact of vulnerability at work and offers parents practical insights on supporting teen mental health, even when struggles are masked by success.
May 19, 2025
Authenticity, Failure & Mental Health: Erica Rankin on Owning Your Story
What happens when an entrepreneur shares her failures, mental health struggles, and unfiltered truth with the world? In this episode of Encountering, I sit down with Erica Rankin for a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to be authentic, online and in life.