Parenting teenagers untangled. 🏆 Award-winning podcast for parents of teens and tweens.

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Parenting teens and tweens? Welcome to your multi-award winning weekly audio hug where no question is a bad question, and curiosity beats judgment—every time.


Join us and find the stability, calm and humour we all need as parents. Most of all, we help you connect with your teen so you can genuinely enjoy parenting them. 


Each week, I take a topic and find you the best answers. Whether interviewing experts, chatting with my friend Susie, or getting the lowdown from my own teenagers. 


Susie - friend, mindfulness guru, and fellow parent in the trenches - brings her wisdom and personal stories to help us contemplate a different perspective.


No one has this parenting thing mastered—even parents or experts who seem like they do. Making mistakes isn’t failing, it’s learning. And good parenting? It’s a lifelong journey.


At the heart of it all, our kids just want to be loved for who they are, not just what they do so ditch perfection and choose connection. 


💌 Do you have a question, a story, or just need to vent? Drop me a line at teenagersuntangled@gmail.com (total privacy, no judgment, promise).

What the Independent Podcasting Awards Said:

🗣️ “The advice in this podcast is universally helpful—not just for parents of teenagers.”

🎙️ “A great mix of personal stories and professional insight—refreshing, informative, and packed with extra resources.”

😂 “The chemistry between Rachel and Susie is fantastic. It’s like sitting down with smart, funny friends who actually get it.”


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Want more from Susie? Check out her courses at www.amindful-life.co.uk

Recent Episodes
  • 146: How to Support Your Teen Starting University: Emotional + Practical Advice
    Jun 11, 2025 – 41:44
  • 145: How to stop a downward spiral before it happens with Dr Greg Walton 'One of psychology's greatest'
    Jun 4, 2025 – 50:31
  • 144: First love, breakups & LGBTQ. How to support your teen.
    May 28, 2025 – 50:47
  • 143: Underage sex, loneliness, puberty and finding hobbies. Support for you and your teen.
    May 21, 2025 – 38:31
  • 142: Why school exam systems need to change and how to support our own kids now
    May 14, 2025 – 34:49
  • 141: Success: What really shapes who we become and are parents that important?
    May 7, 2025 – 37:21
  • 140: Respect, artifical intelligence and toxic femininity - the teenage view
    Apr 30, 2025 – 41:19
  • 139: Secondary school, friendship groups, and those awkward talks about porn and sexting
    Apr 23, 2025 – 31:36
  • 138: How to get your teenager out of their bedroom - even one who's into gaming.
    Apr 16, 2025 – 49:43
  • 137: Identity formation - the main job of a teenager?
    Apr 9, 2025 – 47:02
  • 136: Are education and hard work less important now than parents?
    Apr 2, 2025 – 40:10
  • 135: Adolescence: Help for parents with the core themes. How to discuss and connect with our kids
    Apr 1, 2025 – 52:56
  • 134: Are we too cynical? Helping our kids see hope in a world of cynicism.
    Mar 19, 2025 – 37:33
  • 133: How to plan ahead for an empty nest that's full of possibility
    Mar 11, 2025 – 37:34
  • 132: Work: What we parents can do to help our kids end up with a meaningful role in society.
    Mar 5, 2025 – 36:49
  • 131: Accepting our kids for who they are, not what our culture tells us they should be.
    Feb 26, 2025 – 40:47
  • 130: Worries about skin care obsessions? The social media 'Sephora' kid craze from a teen perspective
    Feb 19, 2025 – 38:49
  • 129: Parenting stages: Coaching and mentoring teens and young adults
    Feb 12, 2025 – 40:28
  • 128: Life skills: How to supercharge them with a working holiday.
    Feb 5, 2025 – 27:31
  • 127: How to be a good parent to teenagers, using evidence. An interview with Matilda Gosling
    Jan 29, 2025 – 52:10
  • 126: Momguilt: reducing the overwhelming mental load to decrease stress. An interview with Sam Kelly
    Jan 22, 2025 – 34:18
  • 125: How to motivate our teens to love learning and why parents are the missing piece of the puzzle.
    Jan 15, 2025 – 01:00:12
  • 124: Enduring sibling relationships: Why some last and others fall apart, and how we parents can help
    Jan 8, 2025 – 38:00
  • 123: New Year 2025: resolutions, stress, being more fun, most interesting books, and most downloaded.
    Jan 1, 2025 – 20:42
  • 122: Family gatherings without the fireworks, and staying connected with your young teen
    Dec 23, 2024 – 30:24
  • 121: Suicide: How to talk about it with teens, and offer proper support.
    Dec 18, 2024 – 44:58
  • 120: Support: It takes a village to raise a child... as long they do it my way.
    Dec 11, 2024 – 32:56
  • 119: Girls: Sexism, beauty standards, entitlement and misogyny an interview with Jo-Ann Finkelstein
    Dec 4, 2024 – 32:10
  • 118: Cancel culture. Bullying or bravery?
    Nov 27, 2024 – 33:25
  • 117: Friendships, frenemies and banter. What to expect and why.
    Nov 20, 2024 – 47:57
  • 116: The damage of an emotionally immature parent
    Nov 13, 2024 – 34:29
  • 115: Masculinity and image: the Looksmaxxing hashtag that boys follow but parents don't see
    Nov 6, 2024 – 31:33
  • 114: Boundaries: How to set them and why they’re so important.
    Oct 30, 2024 – 38:54
  • 113: Motivation: How to motivate your teenager. An interview with eminent Psychologist David Yeager
    Oct 23, 2024 – 48:21
  • 112: Stress - the major health issue for parents in our 'culture of comparison'.
    Oct 16, 2024 – 36:30
  • 111: How to parent complex kids with ADHD or other differences
    Oct 9, 2024 – 31:40
  • 110: The hardest part of parenting a teen? We discuss the 18-22 year stage.
    Oct 2, 2024 – 38:24
  • 109: Therapy. Should all teens get it? Also, do boys actually need male role models?
    Sep 25, 2024 – 38:24
  • 108: How grades harm school students and what we parents can do about it and nterview with Josh Eyler
    Sep 18, 2024 – 42:41
  • 107: Teen weight and body image: Mother and daughter explore the issues.
    Sep 11, 2024 – 40:22
  • 106: Reading Festival tips - straight from the mouths of teenagers.
    Sep 4, 2024 – 42:53
  • 105: Grades. Our obsession with them fails everyone. An interview with Exam Nation author Sammy Wright
    Aug 28, 2024 – 41:44
  • 104: Driving lessons - Top tips for a smooth road ahead
    Aug 21, 2024 – 38:17
  • 100: Rachel's top ten lessons to celebrate 100 episodes!
    Aug 14, 2024 – 26:30
  • 103: Exams: how to cope with boys who fail them and seem apathetic. Email from a step-parent
    Aug 7, 2024 – 38:59
  • 102: Boys: Emotions, masculinity vaccinations, and online influencers an interview with Brendan Kwiatkoswski
    Jul 31, 2024 – 43:05
  • 101: Shyness: How to support a teen who lacks self-belief and confidence.
    Jul 24, 2024 – 36:08
  • 99: Sleeping in until late during the holidays. Tips for coping with teens and tweens who're waking up later and later.
    Jul 17, 2024 – 19:38
  • 98: Public displays of affection and sex in your home. Listener email.
    Jul 10, 2024 – 17:01
  • 97: Switching parental gears for their new school year.
    Jul 3, 2024 – 32:29
Recent Reviews
  • Sisternomics
    Excellent!
    Wish I had this resource when my boy was growing up. This podcast is thought provoking and very well produced. Even though my boy is grown, I plan to use some of the points in the most recent episode as conversation starters. Thanks for helping the world raise healthy and happy kids!
  • Jean3689
    Thank you!
    I continue to find your podcast really helpful. Thank you!
  • Sebdewhurst
    Amazing podcast
    You really help me calm my nerves. Such great research. Thank you so much.
  • mmonty3
    May have saved my relationship with my tween
    I found this podcast at just the right time in the early stages of tween girl/mom dysfunction. It gave me the perspective change I needed.. she’s right where she’s supposed to be! Thank you
  • Nieztejziemi
    Extremely helpful
    Just listened to one episode about self-harm and immediately followed the show. Finally I got some really helpful tools to deal with my teen who refuses to see therapist. All other podcasts advise seeking therapist’s help. If only it was that easy. Thank you for life savings tips and hope.
  • JamieFair
    Superb!
    Loving this show. I find it so helpful, practical and real. I like the “nuggets”, the research and personal stories. Keep it up!!! - Jamie from America
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