164: How Can I Help When Teenagers Get Emotional?

Sometimes a teenager will walk into a room and you can just tell that their emotions are through the roof. As a youth worker, you have the incredible opportunity to disciple students, but that means considering their entire selves — emotions and all. While that’s easy to say, it’s much harder to act out. Especially when a student is so sad that they're bringing the whole group down, or so mad that you’re worried they’re going to punch someone, or so excited that their voice has hit new pitches and they seem to be bouncing off the walls. Join today’s conversation with Steve and Jeremy as they process how you can help when your teenagers are emotional by noticing, validating, and empowering them and their emotions!   Here’s a feelings wheels that we love: https://feelingswheel.com/   Want to chat more with Jeremy or Steve? Email them at  [email protected] [email protected]   If you are new to this podcast, you can find our Top 10 Podcast Episodes here: https://youthworker.community/resources/podcast/