Teen Girl Behaviour | Reading Her Nervous System Signals

About this episode

In this episode, Rach Friedli discusses how a girl's behavior reflects her nervous system responses and what they signify.

Send us Fan Mail The door slam. The silence. The one-word answers. Whatever it looked like in your house this week, or over half term, I want to tell you something that changes everything: her behaviour is not the problem. It's information. It's her body telling you something it doesn't have the words for yet. In this episode I'm breaking down the three ways a girl's body responds when it's overwhelmed - fight, flight and freeze - and what each one is actually trying to say. We're also talkin...

People in this episode

Host: Rach Friedli

Topics covered

• teen girl behavior
• nervous system
• emotional responses
• mental health
• communication
• parenting

Keywords

• teen girls
• behavior signals
• fight or flight
• freeze response
• mental health
• parenting advice

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