Seeds Of Confidence: Teri Thompson On Raising Leaders
From Ready Set Collaborate with Wanda Pearson by Wanda Pearson
February 25, 2026 · 35 min · Season 17 · Episode 113
About this episode
Teri Thompson discusses the impact of early identity and mentorship on leadership development.
Send us Fan Mail What if the first place we prevent harm isn’t a policy or a program, but a sentence a child says to themselves: I am enough. We sit down with Judge and author Teri Thompson to unpack how early identity, steady mentorship, and practical storytelling can change a life’s arc long before a courtroom is ever involved. Teri draws on 32 years in law to reveal the patterns she kept seeing—lost self-respect, borrowed identities, and decisions made from empty places—and how that led he...
People in this episode
Host: Wanda Pearson
Guest: Teri Thompson
Topics covered
- confidence
- mentorship
- identity
- storytelling
- leadership
Keywords
- confidence
- mentorship
- identity
- storytelling
- leadership
- self-respect
- child development
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