Queen Bees and Wannabes – Inside the Life of Teenagers with Rosalind Wiseman

Live Happy Now

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health

4.7 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Rosalind Wiseman has had only one job since graduating from college—to help communities shift the way we think about children and teens’ emotional and physical well-being. Rosalind is the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World—the groundbreaking, best-selling book that was the basis for the movie Mean Girls. We sat down with Rosalind to dive into the life of teenagers on this episode of Live Happy Now. What you'll learn in this podcast: Concrete strategies to help you empower your daughter to be socially competent and treat herself with dignity How Girl World has fundamentally changed in recent years The roles of technology in your teen's life How to prevent the influence of cliques on your child's decision making

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0:00.0	Is your teen a queen bee or a wannabe?
0:02.7	We sit down with Rosalind Wiseman to dive into the life of teenagers on this episode of Live Happy Now.
0:09.4	The ancient Greeks defined happiness as the joy you feel moving towards your potential.
0:16.3	To think about positive psychology, it's a science. And it's actually younger than the Internet, believe it or not.
0:23.9	The reality is that social connection is in the research, the greatest predictor we have of long-term happiness.
0:31.6	You have some factors in your control. They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your absolutely most
0:38.1	important asset, which is your brain.
0:40.6	And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves.
0:43.6	There's a way for all of us to succeed, but it might take different things.
0:47.6	We're all looking for the same thing, and that's a way to bring a little bit more joy to our day.
0:51.8	Join us as we look at the many different paths that lead us to that happy place.
0:55.4	This is Live Happy Now.
0:59.8	Hello and greetings.
1:01.3	Welcome to another edition of Live Happy Now.
1:03.6	I am your host, J.R. Houston.
1:05.0	Please that you are making us a part of your day, wherever you are in the world, and however
1:08.5	you may be listening.
1:10.0	Of course, thanks to not only you
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