Ep 24. Raising Teens: 5 Ways Our Children are Our Greatest Teachers

In this episode, I’m sharing one of the biggest truths of my life: our children are some of our greatest teachers. I walk you through five lessons my kids have taught me so far, and how these lessons have shaped the way I show up in motherhood, especially in the teen years.

In this episode, I cover:

  • Regulate: learning how to stay grounded when I’m triggered or overwhelmed
  • Surrender: practicing trust and letting go, one layer at a time
  • Service: showing up with devotion while remembering I matter too
  • Humility: owning my mistakes, repairing, and learning in real time
  • Capacity: expanding what I can hold and handle without collapsing into overwhelm

If this episode resonated, I’d love for you to share it with a friend raising teens, and leave a review on Apple or Spotify. It helps more parents find this support.

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Kerrick Gooden

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Kerrick was raised in the Hill Country of Austin, Texas where he studied at the University of Texas. After some travel, he moved to the Rogue Valley of Oregon with a vision to farm and support youth. He completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Applied Cultural Anthropology with Honors in 2004 at Southern Oregon University, and devoted over a decade supporting youth and their families navigate  local and state social service programs. During this time, he and his partner cultivated a food forest at their home and founded Verdant Phoenix as an educational mini-farm in 2016.

Verdant Phoenix Farm became an expression of a way of life for Kerrick. He is interested in the relationships between humans, soil, microbes, plants/trees/shrubs, food, culture, time, and the web of life. As these elements inform his horticultural practice, Kerrick enjoys supporting landscapes, gardens, farms, and their people who are interested in belonging to the land.