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TRUSTED by your teenager with Kristen Duke (formerly Beyond Good Intentions)

Mar 28, 2018

I'm so happy to share with you one of my FAVORITE PEOPLE on the podcast today, my grandma! She turns 94 tomorrow, so I thought this was the perfect time to introduce her during her birthday week.

Growing up during the Great Depression, my grandma learned to be thrifty. We start our chat talking about her dad serving in...


Mar 21, 2018

I'm so happy to share with my friend and my 2 daughters piano teacher, Jami Townsend. She is a delight to our family, and I know you will enjoy hearing from her. She is a storyteller at heart with so much enthusiasm for life, and I believe it comes through in our interview.

When I told her about this parenting podcast,...


Mar 18, 2018

I'm on a mission to turn the narrative for the bad rap teens seem to get in this world. Listen to my thoughts on how we could all try a little harder to be a little better.

*See the VIDEO we made: LOVE a Teen Today

*Leave a comment there about a fabulous teen you know

*Spread the word and SHARE the video

*Read the blog...


Mar 14, 2018

I look up to my friend Amy quite a bit. Not only did she introduce me to the blogging world (you'll hear that story), and inspiring me regularly with her creativity, but she is also a mom to 5, whose kids are just a touch older than mine.

I was thirsty to hear her thoughts on many parenting topics, and boy did we cover...


Mar 7, 2018

"We can't change who our kids are, we need to model how to deal with internal struggles so they will model us."

"Shame hides in privacy, and I wanted to appear perfect in every way, so I hid my eating disorder from my parents."

"Notice the good things kids do and recognize it, it will open the pathways of communication....