This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting.

Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.

And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.

Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves.

Most of the time, I'll be getting answers to your parenting questions.

So send your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com.

Episode 107, Lisa's new book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers.

Okay, I can't tell you, this is the episode of the season that I have been waiting to do.

It's your new book.

This is my advanced copy that I was lucky enough to get early on. But I am so excited for you

and for the world, my friend. You have been working so hard on this and it's here. How do you feel?

Is it like giving birth? It kind of is, actually. I mean, it's out today. And it's very funny.

It's my third book for broad audiences. And you do feel about your books

the way you feel about your kids. Like, you don't have a favorite. You love them all. They're all

special in their way. It's wonderful to have one come into the world. So yeah, it's actually a lot

like having a baby. Oh, that's so funny. So I, you have been working so hard. Last year, you were feverishly putting it together, doing the research. And what I love, my favorite thing about all your books is it's not like, this is what I kind of think. You are grounded in science and research and real everyday clinical episodes of things that have happened that you've seen over two decades,

more than two decades.

It's true.

Like, I can't believe I get to sit in this space where I sort of feel like I have a three-legged stool that I get to work from.

You know, one is the research science of the field.

One is my work with parents and one is my work with teenagers.

And getting to work across those and integrate them into a book is one of my favorite things to

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