(Ep. 13) The Compassion Method™ for Students: An Interview With Students Laura Taught

What if you'd learned how to understand your own emotions at nine years old instead of forty-nine?In this episode of Triggered & True, Laura Duncan and co-host Brian Freise sit down with three teenagers — Mari, Johan, and Lexi — who learned the Compassion Method as children. Years ago, their Montessori teacher invited Laura into the classroom once a week, and from fourth grade through eighth she taught them the same concepts she teaches adults one-on-one: triggers, shame, compassion, and the emotional needs we all carry. Now sophomores, they talk about what stuck.What follows is remarkable. These teens describe their own triggers with startling clarity — shutting down and going sleepy, getting "big and angry" or "small," feeling everything go fuzzy — and explain the relief of finally being able to name what's happening instead of feeling like it's happening to them. They're honest about shame with their siblings, share which lines from the compassion list actually reach them ("I see you trying so hard," "I completely accept you"), and describe how understanding their own pain lets them see other people's behavior differently: not as people being jerks, but as people who are hurting. As Brian puts it, he didn't recognize this stuff until his forties.In this episode: 🔹 How Laura brought the Compassion Method into a public school classroom — and why she never dumbed it down 🔹 Teens describing their own triggers: shutting down, agitation, and the fuzzy-minded fight-or-flight 🔹 Why naming a trigger brings relief — treating the problem instead of the behavior 🔹 Sibling shame: "I'm the worst sister" — and learning to see yourself apart from your reaction 🔹 How the 10 Gifts can come from unexpected people — and why no parent gives all ten📩 Get your free Weekly Dose of Compassion — two short notes in your inbox every week. One to speak over yourself. One from Laura: https://www.lauraduncan.com/pl/2148814868🔗 Learn more: https://triggeredandtrue.com https://lauraduncan.com