Tune into your kids. Tune in for your kids.
The Dealing and Feeling podcast is dedicated to changing the culture of conversations with kids.
Each episode explores issues impacting today’s youth so parents can understand their children better. Licensed professional counselor and podcast host Kathy Redwine and her guests discuss a wide range of topics that help empower listeners to have more meaningful, and intentional, conversations with their children.
This podcast isn’t just for adults. It provides a platform for kids to listen with their parents. It opens the door for families to have important and meaningful conversations about mental health.
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“We serve as models to our young people every minute of every day. If we pretend that our emotions aren’t important, then we are teaching our kids to stuff and hold their emotions inside.”
Why Talk About Mental Health
Mental health is brain health and deserves an annual check up like our physical health does.
Suicide
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for 10-24 year olds.
The suicide rate among 10-24 year olds from 2007 to 2017 increased 56%
LGBTQ+
68% of LGBTQ youth reported symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and 55% reported symptoms of major depressive disorder in the past two weeks.
48% of LGBTQ youth reported engaging in self-harm in the past twelve months.
Eating Disorders
90% of teens with anorexia are female, and 50% of those will also experience depression.
Our kids DESERVE to be heard and listened to.
Anxiety
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), nearly 1 in 3 of all adolescents ages 13 to 18 will experience an anxiety disorder.
Drugs & Alcohol
About half of 9th through 12th grade students have reported use of marijuana.
11% of all alcohol consumed in the US is by 12 to 20 year olds.
Depression
Eighth-graders who spend 10 or more hours a week on social media are 56% more likely to report being unhappy than those who spend less time.
Heavy social media use increases the risk for depression by 27%
Our kids DESERVE to be heard and listened to.
Suicide
Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for 10-24 year olds.
The suicide rate among 10-24 year olds from 2007 to 2017 increased 56%
LGBTQ+
71% of LGBTQ youth report feeling sad or hopeless for at least 2 weeks in the past year.
Eating Disorders
90% of teens with anorexia are female, and 50% of those will also experience depression.
Anxiety
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), nearly 1 in 3 of all adolescents ages 13 to 18 will experience an anxiety disorder.
Drugs & Alcohol
About half of 9th through 12th grade students have reported use of marijuana.
11% of all alcohol consumed in the US is by 12 to 20 year olds.
Depression
Eighth-graders who spend 10 or more hours a week on social media are 56% more likely to report being unhappy than those who spend less time.
Heavy social media use increases the risk for depression by 27%
Explore Emotional Expression
Being a kid can be tough. Sometimes a creative outlet is just what your child needs to express their emotions. “How to Deal with How I Feel” is a coloring book that can be used by both kids and parents alike to explore emotional expression.
- A fun, interactive, non-threatening way for kids to explore and express their feelings..
- Positive, healthy coping skills to manage challenging feelings.
- An opportunity for families to discuss the contents of the book to encourage emotional expression.
Meet Your Host, Kathy Redwine
“I want to normalize the emotional roller coaster we experience just by virtue of being human and our many various life experiences - we are the sum of our experiences.”
Kathy Redwine is a Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC based in Georgetown, South Carolina. Her private practice, Redwine Counseling, is focused on young people ages 3-20. She is passionate about ending the stigma of mental health, especially when it comes to children.
Kathy launched the Dealing and Feeling podcast shortly after attempting to offer a grief group for teens who had recently suffered two student suicides at their high school. Through this effort, she found that the best way to help them was to meet them where they already are - via technology on a digital platform.
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