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Teen Whisperer | Understanding Teen Girl Mental Health

Teen Whisperer | Understanding Teen Girl Mental Health

By: Rach Friedli - Specialist in Parenting Teen Girls
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This podcast is your essential guide to understanding teen girls, teen girl mental health, and parenting teen girls.


Whether your daughter is a tween, teen or young woman, and you want to understand what the friggidy frigg is really going on beneath the tricky behaviour, the big emotions, and the screen she won't put down, this is the podcast for you.


It focuses on the unique challenges of tween and teen girl’s development, including hormones, anxiety, emotional cycles, and communication struggles. Learn how to decode teen behaviour, and support your daughter using tools and real-world experience that cuts through frustration and guilt.


Every week, Rach Friedli brings you the biology, the physiology, the tools, and the honest conversation that should have happened years ago. The nervous system science behind her behaviour. The truth about what tech is actually doing in her body. The Whole Body Reset tools that give her something better to reach for, because we can't talk it out of our girls. But we can give their nervous systems somewhere better to go.


Shocked. Inspired. Eyes wide open. That's what I want for you.


Because so much of what we've been told about parenting girls is wrong, wrapped up in control, pressure and guilt. The world isn't set up for our girls. But there is a different way. A way that starts with understanding her body, her cycle, and the world she's actually living in.


Let's make this a revolution, one episode at a time, so our girls grow up feeling seen, safe and capable. And we can stop parenting from fear and start parenting from insight

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Episodes
  • Why Is My Daughter Always On Her Phone? | (It's Not What You Think)
    Jun 23 2026

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    Understanding teen girl behaviour starts with biology, not blame.

    Discover why your daughter can't put her phone down, not because she doesn't want to, but because her developing brain is wired to seek connection and dopamine.

    We break down the neuroscience behind failed willpower ("just put it down"), and reveal the physiology-first parenting shift that actually works.

    No shame. Real solutions.

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    If what you've heard today felt like something you needed to hear, I want to tell you about WTF - What's The Feeling. It's my membership for mums just like you. The physiology, the tools, the community of women who are in it too - all in one place.

    The doors are open right now, but only until the end of June. Then they close until August. So if you've been thinking about it, now's the time. Check out the details here

    Wish your daughter had her own podcast to help understand what’s going on? Send her to Girl You’ve Got This - available on all major platforms.

    Don’t forget to subscribe so you’re the first to get new episodes, and leave a review - it helps other mums find the podcast too.

    See you next time! 💛

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    16 mins
  • Understanding Teen Girls’ Hormonal Intelligence | A Game Changing Framework
    Jun 17 2026

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    This week we’re starting with a game changing truth: your daughter is literally a different person every single week. As women, we run on a 28 day cycle, not a 24hr one.

    In this episode I reveal why every strategy you’ve tried (the calm voice, the books) has felt hit-or-miss and show you how to read her hormonal signals as “information”, not problems to fix.

    Her phone use, mood swings and door slamming aren’t behaviour issues, they’re signals from the body. Learn the physiology behind her shifts so you can parent with confidence, not guilt.

    If what you've heard today felt like something you needed to hear, I want to tell you about WTF - What's The Feeling. It's my membership for mums just like you. The physiology, the tools, the community of women who are in it too - all in one place.

    The doors are open right now, but only until the end of June. Then they close until August. So if you've been thinking about it, now's the time. Check out the details here

    Wish your daughter had her own podcast to help understand what’s going on? Send her to Girl You’ve Got This - available on all major platforms.

    Don’t forget to subscribe so you’re the first to get new episodes, and leave a review - it helps other mums find the podcast too.

    See you next time! 💛

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    18 mins
  • Sleep, Anxiety & Teen Girl Mental Health | What Parents Miss
    Jun 10 2026

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    Teen girl anxiety and mood crashes often start with one hidden culprit: sleep loss.

    In this episode, discover how sleep deprivation isn't just making her tired, it's rewiring her nervous system, hijacking her emotional regulation, and turning small frustrations into massive meltdowns.

    Learn what her behaviour is actually telling you, why she can't switch off at night, and the specific nervous system impact that most parents never connect to sleep.

    If her moods feel unpredictable, anxiety is climbing, or you're noticing daily behaviour shifts, this is the episode to understand what's really going on beneath the surface.

    If what you've heard today felt like something you needed to hear, I want to tell you about WTF - What's The Feeling. It's my membership for mums just like you. The physiology, the tools, the community of women who are in it too - all in one place.

    The doors are open right now, but only until the end of June. Then they close until August. So if you've been thinking about it, now's the time. Check out the details here

    Wish your daughter had her own podcast to help understand what’s going on? Send her to Girl You’ve Got This - available on all major platforms.

    Don’t forget to subscribe so you’re the first to get new episodes, and leave a review - it helps other mums find the podcast too.

    See you next time! 💛

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    19 mins
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