The Emotional Lives of Teenagers with Lisa Damour
On Health for Women
Aviva Romm
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The teen years are a trope and a meme in our culture. We’re inevitably warned the minute we have a baby and admire her cute little face at a family gathering, in a restaurant, waiting in the checkout at the grocery: Just wait until she’s - or he’s - a teen. And it’s no wonder - the teen years - which we all remember too - are fraught with big changes: big hormonal shifts, changes in our neurobiology, changes in how we see our place in the world, changes in how we see our parents. It’s complicated.
And it’s become more complicated - for both teens and their parents- in recent years. If you read the news, and certainly if you’re a parent, you can’t have missed the many headlines that have come out in recent years, from the impact of social media on our daughters, the impact of lockdown during COVID on our teen's mental health, and complicated issues around gender and identity.
My guest, Dr. Lisa Damour, is here to help us unpack the mystery of teenagers and to support parents of teens. This is a must listen even if you still just have a babe in arms, or if you’re a grandparent, auntie, or healthcare provider.
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| 0:00.0 | From the stuff your mother never told you to the stuff your doctor never |
| 0:06.1 | told you to the stuff your doctor never learned on health is what happens when |
| 0:10.4 | a midwife plus a Yale trained MD shares about all things women's health |
| 0:14.8 | from periods to menopause sex to reproductive health politics motherhood to |
| 0:19.9 | mental health join me for taboo busting conversations that demystify and |
| 0:24.8 | destigmatize our bodies, all while bridging the gap between conventional |
| 0:28.5 | medicine and wellness. Along the way, we'll be exploring the science and |
| 0:32.4 | wisdom of how our bodies work |
| 0:34.0 | What makes us well what gets in the way and how we can live our best lives on our terms |
| 0:39.8 | When it comes to women's health and well-being, there's nothing we won't talk about. |
| 0:44.0 | The new medicine for women is here. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Dr. Aviva Rame. |
| 0:48.0 | Welcome to the podcast. The teen years are a trope and a meme in our culture. I don't know about you all but when I had my first baby I was |
| 1:05.3 | warned practically the minute that baby was born and I was admiring his cute |
| 1:09.9 | face at a family gathering. Just wait until he's a teen. |
| 1:15.0 | And it's no wonder, the teen years, which we all remember, |
| 1:19.0 | are fraught with big changes, big hormonal shifts, changes in our neurobiology that we don't necessarily believe are happening |
| 1:26.4 | because we think we're fully formed when we're still actually forming quite a bit. |
| 1:30.8 | And there are changes in how we see our place in the world, changes in how we see our parents. It's complicated. And it's become more complicated for both teens and their parents in recent decades. |
| 1:43.9 | If you read the news and certainly if you're a parent, |
| 1:47.1 | you can't have missed the headlines that have come out |
| 1:50.3 | from the impact of social media on our daughters, the impact of COVID lockdown on our |
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