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Ep 35. Your Teen’s Brain is Under Construction (Here’s What You Need to Know)

Ever feel like your teen’s behavior makes no sense? What if I told you it’s not defiance, it’s brain development? In this episode, I’m breaking down what’s actually happening inside your teenager’s brain and how understanding it can completely change the way you parent.

💡 What I Talk About:

  •  Why your teen struggles with impulse control (developing prefrontal cortex)
  •  How brain “pruning” shapes your teen’s habits and behaviors
  •  Why your teen’s brain is highly changeable (neuroplasticity)
  •  How dopamine drives risk-taking, motivation, and screen habits
  •  The ESSENCE framework:

             🔥 Emotional Spark (big feelings)
             🔥 Social Engagement (peer focus)
             🔥 Novelty Seeking (risk & exploration)
             🔥 Creative Exploration (questioning everything)

Your teen isn’t a problem to fix. They’re in a critical stage of brain development. 

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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.