S3 EP12: Parenting Off Autopilot: How We Teach Teens to Toss Their Head Trash with Jennifer Ternay

We nerd out on the big-picture stuff too: values, permission, and reconnecting with who you were before the shoulds piled up. I call it less "reinvention" and more "reconnection" — digging up the kid-you’s curiosities and letting them inform adult choices. We talk about the midlife tug-of-war where responsibilities pile on and suddenly you forget what you wanted; the cure is deliberate curiosity and courage. Who do you want to be? What matters? Living richly isn’t a bank balance metric — it’s health, wealth (aka time & options), love, abundance, and joy — and balancing those is how you live beyond your head trash. We also chew on the parenting mirror: children absorb what they see — the grumbling about work, the exhausted hustling, and the social-media scoreboard of "success." That gets internalized as head trash in them. So the parenting ask is simple but radical: model curiosity, let them tinker, give them emotional language, and resist turning their childhoods into 60-hour workweeks disguised as enrichment. We riff, laugh, and promise no guilt trips — only messy progress. If you want to go deeper, we offer experiments, coaching, and community. Reach out at jennifertorney.com if you want someone to hold the flashlight while you walk out of the attic of assumptions — we don’t do blame, just tools, nudges, and the occasional cheesy superhero metaphor. Hit like, subscribe, and stay connected for more empowering episodes! 📲 Subscribe and follow us on all our socials to never miss an update! Facebook:   / kristina.heaghavritt   Instagram:   / kheaghavritt   Podcast Site: https://bringingeducationhome.com/ Official Website: https://stan.store/VibrantFamily