#RaisingAthletes Kirsten Jones

Teresa Strasser is an Emmy-winning writer and Emmy-nominated television host (TLC). She’s been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Arizona Republic and The Today Show. As a broadcaster, she’s been on The View, Good Morning America, The Talk, CNN, Good Day New York, and was a regular guest on Dr. Phil. Radio and podcast audiences know her as the co-host of The Guinness World Record holding Adam Carolla Show. Her first memoir, Exploiting My Baby: Because it’s Exploiting Me was a bestseller, and optioned by ABC. Her second book, Making It Home: Life Lessons From a Season of Little League got a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, and was called “A Perfect Book” by Good Housekeeping.📖⚾️

Teresa wrote an achingly heartfelt and surprisingly funny memoir about family, grief, and moving forward. When her brother dies from cancer, and then her mother just four months later, Teresa Strasser has no one to mourn with but her irresponsible, cantankerous, trailerpark-dwelling father. 

Listen to Kirsten and Teresa go back and talk about how youth sports teach life lessons, the importance of failure, and her unique philosophy on youth sports and grieving.⚡️

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@teresastrasser

Making It Home: Life Lessons from a Season of Little League




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Teresa Strasser is an Emmy-winning writer and Emmy-nominated television host . She’s been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Arizona Republic and The Today Show. Teresa has written multiple books about parenting and raising athletes of her own!📖

Listen to this clip where she discusses what inspired her to write her book and how proud she is to be a sports mom!👩‍👦⚾️






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Dr. Devorah Heitner is an expert on young people's relationship with digital media and technology. She has authored two books: "Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World" and "Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World." Her work has been featured in reputable publications such as the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. With a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University, Dr. Heitner offers practical, non-judgmental advice to parents about technology and parenting in the digital age. She also consults with schools, nonprofits, app developers, and tech companies to promote digital wellness and ethical products for kids.

As a parent of a teenager herself, she provides strategies for mentoring kids in an always-connected world, empowering parents to connect with their children and support them as they navigate digital communities

Listen as Kirsten and Devorah discuss the impact social media is having on our kids' generation. The two discuss everything social media, from the negatives to the positives, when we should be educating our kids and when we should limit ourselves to set an example of good habits!

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Instagram and Substack: @devorahheitnerphd

Books:  Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World and Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World.


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Dr. Devorah Heitner is the author of Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World and Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World.📀

Enjoy this clip of Devorah explaining how we can learn from young people and how they use social media to have make a positive impact!👦


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Kirsten picks back up on her "Talking to the Student Athlete" Series with Shelby Schweyen. Shelby discusses her experiences participating in 3 sports all throughout high school, being recruited as a 3-sport athlete, and dealing with multiple injuries. 🏀🏐🏃‍♀️🤕


Schweyen enjoyed one of the legendary high school athletic careers in Montana state history, and prepared to play women's basketball for her mother, then Lady Griz basketball coach Shannon Schweyen, while competing in track and field for her father, UM's track and field coach at the time Brian Schweyen. She also was exploring the opportunity to play volleyball at UM in the fall of 2019.

After 2 injury plagued years at Montana University (and 5 knee surgeries), Shelby transferred to Montana State to pick back up her track career. Shelby overcame all these obstacles to win the pentathlon at the Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships!! 🏃‍♀️🥇


Shelby dishes out advice for teammates of injured players and how to get back on track for people dealing with injury. She uses a growth mindset and grit, always looking to come back better and stronger while never giving up!


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Kirsten picks back up on her "Talking to the Student Athlete" Series with Shelby Schweyen.

In Monday's episode, Shelby discusses her experiences participating in 3 sports all throughout high school, being recruited as a 3-sport athlete, and dealing with multiple injuries. 🏀🏐🏃‍♀️🤕

Shelby is young but filled with experience and wisdom dealing with many hardships throughout her athletic career. 🏃‍♀️

In this insightful clip, Shelby discusses the importance of supporting and being sensitive towards teammates dealing with injury. 🧏‍♀️


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