Ep 34. The Real Reasons You’re Struggling to Connect with Your Teenager

Struggling to connect with your teenager? 

You’re not alone, and it may not be your teen that needs to change. 

In this episode, I explore what might really be getting in the way of connection with my teenager, not their behavior, but how I’m showing up as a parent. I share five key patterns that can create disconnection and how small, intentional shifts can rebuild trust and closeness.

💡 What I Talk About:

  • Why your teenager is not a problem to fix (shifting from control-based parenting to connection-based parenting) 
  • How parental burnout affects connection with your teen and leads to reactivity, stress, and disconnection 
  • The impact of generational parenting patterns and how inherited behaviors shape your parenting style 
  • Why taking accountability as a parent builds trust and strengthens your relationship with your teenager 
  • How to reconnect with the joy of parenting and create more meaningful, positive moments with your teen

If this episode resonated and you want support for your teen, I’d love to help.

Send me a message on Instagram @jasmyne.guidedpassages or email me at Jasmyne@guided-passages.com

So we can talk about what your teen needs and how I can support them.

Image of Guided Passages Founder Jasmyne Chandler next to the question, "Want a better connection with your teen?"

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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.