The Teen Years Toolkit For Moms: Parenting Communication Skills to Calm the Chaos

Do you ever tell yourself, “This is just normal teen behavior” — and still feel like you’re about to snap?
Knowing your teenager's actions are developmentally normal doesn't magically regulate your nervous system. Moms often beat themselves up for reacting emotionally, thinking logic alone should keep them calm — but that’s not how our bodies work.
Learn why your nervous system reacts even when your brain understands what’s happening.
Discover how to separate your teen’s behavior from your emotional response.
Embrace your emotions as a powerful source of insight instead of something to fix or suppress.

Hit play now to learn how to work with your nervous system — not against it — so you can stay steady and connected during even the most chaotic teen moments.
Take the Communication Style Under Stress quiz now—it only takes a minute!
How to Talk About the BIG Stuff With Your Teen
New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 AM EST
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This powerful podcast explores how moms and parents can navigate anxiety, overwhelm, and grief while building resilience, confidence, and emotional intelligence, offering tools for better communication, active listening, and setting healthy boundaries to foster trust, reduce yelling and punishment, de-escalate conflict and escalation, and strengthen relationships with teens through empathy, calm, and lasting harmony.

Do you ever wonder why you keep losing your cool with your teenager—even though you know you want to stay calm?
You’re not failing, and you’re definitely not alone. In this episode, we explore a powerful yet simple parenting shift that helps moms like you stay grounded when emotions run high, especially during those chaotic teen years.
Discover why “staying calm” isn’t the most helpful advice—and what your teen really needs from you instead.
Learn how to use the technique of “anchoring” to stop reacting in the heat of the moment.
Understand how to shift from spiraling guilt to grounded steadiness using practical tools that work in real-time.

Tune in now to learn how to stay steady (not perfect!) in tough parenting moments—so you can respond with confidence and connection.
Take the Communication Style Under Stress quiz now—it only takes a minute!
How to Talk About the BIG Stuff With Your Teen
New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 AM EST
Book a free 1:1 coaching consult here
Connect with me at [email protected]
Learn more about me at www.coachwithjessica.ca
This powerful podcast explores how moms and parents can navigate anxiety, overwhelm, and grief while building resilience, confidence, and emotional intelligence, offering tools for better communication, active listening, and setting healthy boundaries to foster trust, reduce yelling and punishment, de-escalate conflict and escalation, and strengthen relationships with teens through empathy, calm, and lasting harmony.

Are you stuck in a loop of scrolling, refreshing tracking apps, and running worst-case scenarios every time your teen is out?
If worrying feels automatic—and even necessary—you’re not alone. But what if you could interrupt the spiral with one simple, grounding question? In this bite-sized episode, you'll get a fast, practical tool to help you pause the mental storm and decide whether your worry is helpful or just draining you.
Learn the physical and mental cues that signal you’ve slipped into a worry spiral
Use a 3-step process to determine whether your worry is actionable or unproductive
Discover gentle thoughts and body-based resets that bring you back to the present moment

Tune in now to learn this quick and powerful tool to stop the mental energy drain of worry and refocus on what actually matters.
Take the Communication Style Under Stress quiz now—it only takes a minute!
How to Talk About the BIG Stuff With Your Teen
New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 AM EST
Book a free 1:1 coaching consult here
Connect with me at [email protected]
Learn more about me at www.coachwithjessica.ca
This powerful podcast explores how moms and parents can navigate anxiety, overwhelm, and grief while building resilience, confidence, and emotional intelligence, offering tools for better communication, active listening, and setting healthy boundaries to foster trust, reduce yelling and punishment, de-escalate conflict and escalation, and strengthen relationships with teens through empathy, calm, and lasting harmony.

Do you find yourself obsessively refreshing your phone, imagining worst-case scenarios when your teen is out of the house — and calling it “just being a good mom”?
This episode dives into a belief many moms carry: that constant worry is a sign of love and good parenting. But what if that belief is what’s keeping you stuck in stress and robbing you of peace? We’re talking about the emotional toll of hypervigilance, what’s actually happening in your brain when you're spiraling, and how to begin breaking the cycle—without ignoring your child’s safety.
Understand how worry spirals begin — and why they feel so hard to stop
Learn how to question the thoughts that make you feel out of control
Discover practical mindset shifts to help you feel calm (or at least neutral) when your teen is out

Listen now to start untangling the guilt-worry loop and learn a more grounded way to show up for both your teen — and yourself.
Take the Communication Style Under Stress quiz now—it only takes a minute!
How to Talk About the BIG Stuff With Your Teen
New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 AM EST
Book a free 1:1 coaching consult here
Connect with me at [email protected]
Learn more about me at www.coachwithjessica.ca
This powerful podcast explores how moms and parents can navigate anxiety, overwhelm, and grief while building resilience, confidence, and emotional intelligence, offering tools for better communication, active listening, and setting healthy boundaries to foster trust, reduce yelling and punishment, de-escalate conflict and escalation, and strengthen relationships with teens through empathy, calm, and lasting harmony.

Are you constantly stuck in a cycle of worry about your teen — only to end up feeling exhausted, anxious, and disconnected?
If you're a mom who believes that worrying shows love or responsibility, this episode gently challenges that idea and reveals why worry may be draining your energy without keeping your teen any safer. We explore how worry becomes a mental habit disguised as care — and what to do instead.
Discover the hidden emotional toll of worrying and why it doesn't make you a better mom.
Learn how to spot when you're spiraling and shift into constructive action instead.
Get practical strategies to reduce worry, increase trust, and feel more present in your relationship with your teen.

Press play now to learn how to stop letting worry run your parenting and start reclaiming your peace, energy, and confidence.
Take the Communication Style Under Stress quiz now—it only takes a minute!
How to Talk About the BIG Stuff With Your Teen
New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:00 AM EST
Book a free 1:1 coaching consult here
Connect with me at [email protected]
Learn more about me at www.coachwithjessica.ca
This powerful podcast explores how moms and parents can navigate anxiety, overwhelm, and grief while building resilience, confidence, and emotional intelligence, offering tools for better communication, active listening, and setting healthy boundaries to foster trust, reduce yelling and punishment, de-escalate conflict and escalation, and strengthen relationships with teens through empathy, calm, and lasting harmony.