this is A CHAT WITH MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS actually.

hey hey! it's season 4! tiia is back and i'm so excited about the episodes i've got on the docket. i'm going to be talking to some amazing people – covering GRIEF, CONNECTING WITH STRANGERS, GIVING BACK, CLEANING UP, DIET CULTURE, DATING AFTER 50 and i'm also going to be chatting with my ex-boyfriend’s ex-wife – we met over grief and his suicide - and my hope this season is just that all of these conversations find their way to the listeners who need them. today i’m starting right in my very own house. with my teenage daughters. a little backstory… it’s just the three of us. it’s been that way since they were 11 months and just over 4 years old. they are now 13 1/2 and 16 1/2. they’ve both navigated bullies, and peer pressure and working through the pain of an absent father. we’ve had our moments. there was the “incident” that still gets talked about to this day. i’ve done some questionable parenting, and they’ve each been in some sort of 'big' trouble a handful of times. so that’s not so bad.   they have great friends, and teachers like them and i think they’re smart and funny and kind. we talk and we listen and sometimes we ask for space and their rooms drive me crazy and they spend too much time looking at their phones and i spend most days praying that we’re doing just a little better than OK. with special guests: lola & izzie. x. follow the podcast on instagram: @thisisitactually follow me & the podcast on twitter: @jenibesworth