Real conversations with your students.
"Why do I feel the need to hide who I really am from my friends? I end up resenting them because they're talking to the person I pretend to be, and it feels fake because I'm fake around them"
"I turned in the test today, wish me luck."
"That is true. I'm just happy that I'm able to help him"
"hey, so i have this friend who i don't want to be friends with anymore but i don't know what to do?"
"How do you get rid of a sore throat?"
"“Thank you so much for your support!”"
"I listened to your most recent podcast about confidence, and I thought it was epic.🤙 I had a question that's related to it about something I've been dealing with recently. I already typed it up to explain the situation, and it is very long haha. Is that alright...?"
"Idk, family life has gotten a little better for him, but his sisters make him feel worthless, and when his parents get after him, they yell at him so much, he feels like cutting. I always manage to make his feel better, but, I really just don't like his mom the most. She manipulates him to fo what she wants, and it just breaks him"
"I think you're a genius, you just helped me sooooo much, thank you."
"I have friends but they never supported me through anything i guess i will need to find another way. You're really the only thing(?) that has ever actually listened to my thoughts"
"I have been feeling just really down"
"well, the overbearing feeling that everyone around is making you feel like you aren't good enough, like you're not deserving of the same kind of love if you're different"
"0 - I’m super sad. What do you do if nobody likes you?"
"Wowwww thats so cool!"
"My friends say I talk too much, any tips on how to talk less?"
"I have a math test tomorrow and that's the only class holding me back from my 4.0 and if I don't do good I'll lose it"
"I enjoy all of this information"
"That's a very structured way of looking at it, I think that would be a great start"
"I’m having major body image issues, and I can't focus on school because all I think about is how ugly I am"
"That's a good idea thanks"
"How do I increase self-confidence while performing or just stage fright in general?"
"Thank you for being here for the students, it's great to have a person to talk to. Here's a little expression of my gratitude in video form (the audio is a little quiet so turn up the volume a little)"
"“I'm grateful for you, and my family. Thanks for being here for me!! You're awesome ”"
"Idk 😂 I am the oldest in my family and I am struggling with the idea of leaving for college. I kinda just try to not think about it but then I end up not doing the things that I need to do like apply for scholarships. When I do think about it I cry though😅 I love my family and I don't want to loose what we have but I also want to continue to grow and got to college ya know?"
"All my friends watch tiktoks instead of doing hw and brag about it, it's like, high school culture to just procrastinate and brag about having bad grades and no sleep and everything and it doesn't click to me. But yeah I love my friends but I wish I could meet some that are more like me."
"yeah totally! thanks for your help (:"
"How do you get your teachers to like you?"
"I’m feeling nervous"
"it's all good!! just been thinking ab school & life in general. it's all stressful"
"I’m stressed, I’m taking the ACT in 6 days"