How to give your teen the tools and vocabulary for emotional health with Michelle Nietert LPC

My guest today, Michelle Nietert, brings so much wisdom and applicable ways to foster our mental health. I know I’m constantly evaluating my kids ... and my own ... mental health (which probably drives them crazy) and I bet your radar is elevated as well.

How to give your teen the tools and vocabulary for emotional health with Michelle Nietert LPC

April 13, 2021 Health, Podcast Comments (0)

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My guest today, Michelle Nietert, brings so much wisdom and applicable ways to foster our mental health. I know I’m constantly evaluating my kids … and my own … mental health (which probably drives them crazy) and I bet your radar is elevated as well.

We discuss how COVID has affected our mental health, how to dig into the answer of “good” or “fine” when you ask how things are going, the one thing Michelle would pack in every child’s backpack, and so much more.

We discuss:

How COVID has impacted our mental health
The importance of and how to model emotions to our children
How to dig into the answers of “good” and “fine”
How lack of sleep affects our mental health
Determining the line between showing vulnerability to our kids and disclosing too much
The one thing Michelle would pack into every child’s backpack
What to remember when your child begins to hold different views than you do
Your kids are not your parenting report card
What we should care more about than how our children are behaving
If your children are struggling it may be part of their testimony
The importance of hugging and touching your children more now
The three things to look at to evaluate how our children’s mental health may be

How COVID has impacted our mental health The importance of and how to model emotions to our children How to dig into the answers of “good” and “fine” How lack of sleep affects our mental health Determining the line between showing vulnerability to our kids and disclosing too much The one thing Michelle would pack into every child’s backpack What to remember when your child begins to hold different views than you do Your kids are not your parenting report card What we should care more about than how our children are behaving If your children are struggling it may be part of their testimony The importance of hugging and touching your children more now The three things to look at to evaluate how our children’s mental health may be

About Michelle

Michelle is a professional counselor for 20 years, podcast co-host of Raising Brave Beauties, and coauthor of Loved and Cherished: 100 Devotions for Girls. She provides practical solutions, real life examples and joins her audiences in the parenting trenches raising two school aged children.

Professional Counselor Michelle Nietert, MA, LPC-S provides expertise using her over 20 years of experience as the clinical director of a large counseling center, previous school district crisis counselor, and current private school mental health consultant. Her work on parenting, mental health and faith is widely recognized. Her book Loved and Cherished for tween girls released in September of 2020 with coauthor and Proverbs 31 ministries writer and speaker Lynn Cowell.

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