Teen Esteem Council Podcast

Diet Pills will help you lose weight, but are the benefits worth the damage that they can cause your body? Mat and Summer bring in a pharmacist named Katie to talk about it. Katie lets us in on what stimulant diet pills do to your body. She also talks about a "the rebound effect". She knows what she is taking about and has seen some scary things happen to young people who are relying on diet pills to lose weight.

Mat and Summer invite Katie into the studio to discuss Halloween traditions, costume ideas, and the greatest costume on You Tube.

Have you ever done something stupid, on the spur of the moment and when your parents found out they were really angry and they lost trust in you? Have ever wondered what you can do to get their trust back?In today's podcast Mat and Summer discuss some ways that you can do just that. WARNING... the ideas in this podcast are not quick fix ways to manipulate your parents. They are fundamental principles that will work... but sometimes they take a little time.

Who is going be the next person to make a dumb mistake and need to say they are sorry? Maybe you. Chances are your next mistake is not far away and when we make mistakes and hurt other people the best way to fix things is to apologize.In this podcast Mat and Summer talk about the importance of apologizing and forgiving. We will cover topics such as:Why is apologizing so hard?Why you forgive others, even if they don't apologize.

Peer relationships are incredibly important in the lives of teenage girls. In this podcast Mat and Summer discuss that principle a little bit more. They share some stories from their lives and give advice to girls who have friends that their parents don't like.

Are you responsible for the happiness of your friends? What if you have a friend that is no fun to be around? Mat and Summer answer these questions directly in today's podcast. Thanks for listening!

If you didn't get asked to the dance, it does not mean that you are a loser. It could mean a lot of different things. In this podcast episode Mat and Summer discuss how you can handle the disappointment of not being asked to the latest dance. For those of you who expect to have the latest podcast on Saturday, I appologize for the lateness of the last two podcasts. Between moving and my sister's wedding I have been swamped on the weekends. The podcasts will be back on schedule this week.

Homecoming is right around the corner. In Utah, there is a tradition that when you ask someone to a dance it needs to be done in a fun, creative way. In this podcast episode Mat and Summer give you some great ideas on how to ask someone to a dance or answer someone who has asked you.

Cyberbullying might be something that teens deal with more than internet predators and surely everyone has heard stories of sexting. In this podcast we are grateful to have Lezlee Bylund with us again. Lezlee shares with us a few stories and tips for teen relating to these two issues. The discussion includes topics such as:Why cyberbullying can be so damaging to self esteemTips for those who are being bulliedThe story of 17 year old Jesse LoganWhy girls get involved in sextingThere are boys who will respect you for not participating in sexting

Internet safety expert Lezlee Bylund joins us again today. The topic of discussion is Social Networking sites. Right up front we want to say that we don't believe that social networking sites are evil. They are wonderful and we use them. There are a few things that you can do that will secure your safety as you use them. Here is a list of a few of the things we discuss in this podcast.The importance of setting your profile to privateDon't get caught up in the hype of having thousands of friendsWhy posting personal information on a content wall is a bad thing Chances are, most of the negative things that we talk about are not going to happen to you. Things things are so easy to do though, why not just do them and make sure that you are safe.

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> According to the oft-cited Youth Internet Safety Survey from 2001, whose respondents consisted of 1,500 teenagers, approximately one in five American teenagers have been sexually solicited online.1 We were very pleased to be able to have Lezlee Bylund join us on this episode of the Teen Esteem Council Podcast. Lezlee is the Utah Net Smartz Outreach Director. She has tons of information about how to keep yourself safe on the internet. In the podcast we discuss topics such as: Red Flags to look for when talking to someone online Common internet predator behavior How predators can get you hooked in. Lezlee also shared this website with us that you can use if you or someone you know has been solicited or bullied on line. The website is www.cybertipline.com 1. David Finkelhor, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and Janis Wolak, Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth (Alexandria, VA: National Center for Missing and Exp

Academics is not the only stressful part of school. The social aspect of going back to school can be incredibly stressful. In this podcast Mat and Summer are joined again by Jessica and they cover these parts of excelling in the social part of being a student.Friends.Boys.Climbing the social ladder.Why reinventing your appearance does not change who you are.The importance of branching out, meeting new people, and experiencing new things.

Going back to school can be a stressful time. In this podcast episode Mat and Summer talk to Jessica Barlow. Jessica is going to be a senior this year and we asked her to give her thoughts on what stressors she faced, going back to school, as a Sophpmore, Junior, and now as a Senior. She has some great advice for those girls who are entering each of those grades. That advice includes:Realize everyone is worried about themselvesMake a planSet goalsTake classes that will keep you well rounded

Thanks again to Alicia for being willing to join us and share this very personal story. In this podcast we continue discussing how Alicia overcame her struggles with having an eating disorder. Alicia shares with us:- how hard it was to change her identity as a person with an eating disorder - how she had hopes of a new start in college- the main factors that changed her outlook enough to be able to change- the depression that she went through - how you can maintain hope after an eating disorder

Mat and Summer are incredibly excited to bring this weeks podcast to you. Our guest is Alicia Cottle. Alicia struggled with an eating disorder all through her high school years and into college. This is the first time she has told her story to anyone other than those who are very close to her. In this podcast, the first of 2 parts, she talks about what life was like for her as she struggled with this issue.

This is the second part of our conversation with Bonnie Morris. The topic of today's podcast is eating disorders. 

We are back, continuing with our Body Image Basics series. In this podcast we speak with Bonnie Morris a professional dietitian. In this episode Bonnie talks about the importance of proper nutrition. There are a lot of teenage girls that do not get the proper nutrition, either through skipping meals, eating too much fast food, or relying on energy drinks to keep them going. We discuss some of the effects that poor nutrition can have on girls, now and in the future.

Mat and Summer talk about some of the insecurities that they went through as teenagers and how it affected their self image.

We had stated in our last podcast that we were going to have some professionals in the areas of nutrition and exercise come and talk to us on the podcast. They were booked for a couple of weeks. In the interim, Summer and I decided to do a show honoring the United States. It is July 4th. We talk about how many great opportunities we have, just because we live here. We truly are a blessed people. What does this have to do with self-esteem? It is often good to reflect on the great things that we have in our lives that we sometimes take for granted. When we realize what we have that is good in our lives, we feel more content and happy.THANK YOU to all of those that are serving our country in the military. Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated!

Mat and Summer talk about their thoughts on body image and teenage girls. Body image is an issue that affects everyone, not just teen girls. It is one of the major problems facing teen girls today.