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Teenage Kicks: How Ryan Coped With Losing a Parent as a Teenager
Losing his Dad as a teenager was a shock for Ryan Losing a parent as a child is always a difficult experience, but for Ryan Gallagher, a firefighter from Burlington in Canada, it was a huge shock. When he was just 16, Ryan’s father died as Ryan himself was performing CPR. Ryan talks to me about how he never really ‘coped’ with what happened, just getting on with his teenage life, doing his usual things. Using unhealthy coping strategies As a teenager, grieving the loss of his father was just something Ryan compartmentalised so he could cope. It …
Teenage Kicks: Coping With a Stammer in Your Teens
How Callum overcame teenage stammering At 18 I said my own name for the first time without stammering Callum Schofield said his own name for the first time at the age of 18 without stuttering. He spent his childhood and teenage years without a voice, and he says his teenage stammering had a massive impact on his mental health. Callum is now a podcast host, motivational speaker and stammering activist raising awareness of the needs of children (and adults) with a stammer. He also advocates for male mental health on his blog and YouTube channel. As a parent it was …
Teenage Kicks: Finding Your People To Find Your Purpose In Life as a Teen
Tracy Edwards MBE on her record-breaking career
Teenage Kicks: Growing up as a Biracial Girl with Michelle Perry
How it feels to be different in a white world
Teenage Kicks: Living With Grief After the Death of a Parent in Your Teens
How Mark turned his grief into a superpower
Season 2 of The Teenage Kicks Mental Health for Teens Podcast Has Landed!
No one talks about their teenagers online, so I do!
Teenage Kicks: Being Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in Your Teens
How it feels, and how parents can help
Teenage Kicks: Surviving Being Hospitalised with Depression
How it feels to be hospitalised with mental health issues