PODCAST · kids
Fist Bump with Kristen Duke
by Kristen Duke
Podcast for teens, discussing challenging life topics
Episodes
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#037 Coming Out
Sharing my thoughts to you teen friends about coming out as gay after the parenting podcast interview with a mom whose son came out. Listen to that after, or encourage your parents to listen, you can do that here: Teens Coming Out Message me on Instagram ANYTIME @FistBump.Podcast Or send me an...
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#036 Abuse Help and Prevention
My friends, I hope you haven't known the pain of sexual abuse, but if you or a friend have, please listen to this episode. If you have not, I share some prevention tools and how to set boundaries so hopefully in your dating experiences you can advocate for yourself. I mention my blog post at...
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#035 Teens + Dating
Sharing a snippet of my chat with Ruby from @8passengers as we talk about teens and dating, along with things to look for and include on your LIST and what are red flags. For more of our chat, tune into the Beyond Good Intentions parenting podcast episode #94 where we go more in depth on this...
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#034 Body Image
As a follow up to last weeks episode, I wanted to focus on body image specifically. Your body is not an ornament, it's an instrument. Support the podcast by shopping on Amazon through our Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/capturingjoykristenduke Email me or DM at @FistBump.Podcast on...
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#033 Diet + Eating Disorders
I hope you will all take the chance to listen to this episode and dieting and eating disorders. My guest struggled for 15 years, and she has a lot of great insight to hopefully stop any negative thinking before it starts, or IN ITS TRACKS. I've got two free prints that go along with this episode...
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#032 Settle Your Glitter
I'm sharing a little GLITTER analogy in the episode today to offer an idea for when you are on emotional overload. I've got a print you can download here: GLITTER print You'll see it's on the post where I'm trying to help parents respond to teens emotional whirlwinds. I think it's OK to have...
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#031 Are you STRESSED?
In this FIRST episode of 2020, I'm speaking with a certified counselor all about tips for RELIEVING STRESS! It's a quick listen, if you love it you can: Share with a friend Comment on @FistBump.Podcast IG Leave an iTunes review!
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#030 Are your Parents Divorced?
Whether your parents are divorced or not, I encourage you to listen to this episode, because it can help you better understand your friends with divorced parents. And if you DO have friends whose parents are divorced, PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE! Head on over to Instagram and share your thoughts…
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#029 Self Control
Do you feel like your parents are controlling? Are you exhibiting self control? Listen up, and hear my thoughts on how to help your parents let go of the reins a little bit. @FistBump.Podcast
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#028 Education & Entrepreneurship
My friend Emily is just barely 17, already enrolled in college, has a few businesses under her belt, and guess what? Didn't graduated high school! There are so many routes to get to a career destination, and Emily opened my eyes to other options. Join the discussion this week on the...
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#027 Avoiding Isolation
This episode is about how to avoid isolation and better monitor yourself on those beloved SCREENS that we all love! Our devices are so amazing: they get us to where we want to go, allow us to check out and forget about life for a bit, and have unlimited technology at our fingertips. But it can…
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#026 Teens and Dating
Whether you have already started dating, or waiting for that day, this episode covers all of your questions, and if not, we will be discussing more on Instagram this week at @FistBump.Podcast. Dating is FUN, but you have to go into it with realistic expectations, knowing it's also HARD and...
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#25 Be Connected in Reality
Do you feel trapped? This episode is about getting free of the trap, and being connected to reality. I hope you'll listen all the way through. Please message me on Instagram (@FistBump.Podcast) or email me at [email protected] with any questions or concerns or ANYTHING! Episode guest is...
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#24 Athletic Setbacks from Injury
My fabulous teen friend Jenny is here to chat today about a sports injury that took over a lot of her high school experience and sat her on the bench of her favorite sport, soccer. She is someone I really look up to, and felt heartbroken that she had to experience this as a teen, but I'm grateful...
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#023 Positivity through Challenges
Grateful to have my 18 year old friend Eross as my guest today. I love hearing from my teen friends, and he is someone I see as positive in so many instances, I knew he'd be a great interview to chat about challenges. He just graduated high school and is heading out on a mission in a few days, so...
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#022 Being an Upstander against Bullying
Ok, so this episode is all about Bullying. Whether you've experienced it or seen it, please listen! And share with your friends! Amber from @TeenTake30 has some great tips really for anyone that has experienced unkindness. She shares how we can prepare our mind for such things. She also explains...
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#021 Prepare to Launch
This week I launched my oldest son Tyler out into the adult world, and before that, I interviewed him on the Beyond Good Intentions parenting podcast all about how he was prepared to launch. Though I'm not chatting with him on this episode, I chat about some things you can ask for help in…
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#20 Finding Balance
You can't be in perpetual motion all the time. It's important to slow down, and if you feel your life has too many things going on, sit down and talk to your parents about how you can find balance. Chatting with my friend @BeckyProudfit, and we also chatted to the adults about the same topic in…
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#19 Preserving Relationships
I'm very excited to chat about the process of making strawberry jam! The preserving process, and how we can apply it to our life and relationships. Tune in, share with your friends, and discuss it together! Check out the Amazon store with all of the strawberry goodness I found!
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#18 Back to School Tips
Some of you may have already started a new school year, while others have a few more weeks. In this episode I share some tips that will help you by making some personal goals and just my own thoughts about how to start your year off fabulously. Come chat with us on Instagram at @FistBump.podcast...
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#16 Avoiding Toxic Friendships
After an email from a fabulous teen listener, I put together my thoughts on how to avoid toxic friendships for this episode. While sharing a good deal from a book I'm reading with my teens: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers. It's a fun book with pictures and short stories highlighting…
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#17 Social Media Discussion
Whether you are already on social media or not, in this episode I talk about my best tips for navigating social media in a safe way. Most importantly, aim to be in tune with yourself, take a break if you need to! Listen with your parents and discuss it. Grab the e-book HERE: Teens and Social…
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#15 A Teen with Depression
I love that Claire will willing to chat about her Depression and help dispel the stigma that it should be kept in secret. She's learned from her mom that having depression is just like a common cold, and isn't to be met with shame. Our Amazon episode product is an ear bud case, listen as to WHY!…
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#14 Shutting Out Negative Thoughts
Learning to shut out negative thoughts is something that so many teens struggle with. I spoke about this a bit in Fist Bump episode #3 Battling Insecurities. So if you haven't already listened to that one, DO IT! I had my family listen recently to two different podcasts recently, all of us...
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#013 Body Confidence
In this episode I'm talking with Amber about Body Confidence and steps we can all take to obtain it. She talks about the difference between comparison and competition, and the importance of CARBS in life! Resilience and self love is so important, because we will experience people in our life that...
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#012 Survivors Guilt
Surviving childhood leukemia brought on a great deal of survivors guilt for Jamie. She felt like a disappointment, uncertain why she survived when she had known so many other cancer patients that she adored, who weren't so lucky. She was bullied in high school, felt angry towards her parents, and...
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#011 Middle School Crush
Last week I told you I was going to delve into my teenager journals, and in this episode, I'm telling you about my first BIG crush in middle school! I got some good laughs looking back, but also pretty pleased to see that middle school ME had a healthy dose of self confidence. I truly believe…
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#010 The Path to Self Discovery
"Writing regularly is the path to self discovery." My husband gave me a gift last year with this quote attached, and I have thought about it over and over since then. As a teenager, I was an avid journal writer, and looking back, I truly believe that because I wrote so much about my day, my...
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#009 // Be Actively Engaged
I got a fabulous review from "Boo Boo" and they suggested I share an episode on how to be more active, because they said teens can be on their phone too much. So I took that info and made this episode to address that concern. I shared some info from two posts I've written previously on...
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#008 Dating and Waiting
I am so thrilled to have my amazing friend of 35 years on the podcast today talking about Dating and Waiting (for marriage to have sex). She is gorgeous, athletic, and has one of the coolest jobs I know, but hasn't found "the one" yet. She shares about making a promise to herself when she was a...
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#007 Anxiety and Perfectionism
My friend! If you feel the need to be perfect, and get anxious about it, I hope you'll listen to this episode with my friend, a mental health professional, Leigh Germann. I heard her speak a few years ago at a conference, and I am so excited that I got her to share a few thoughts with you in this...
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#006 How to be a better Conversationalist
I'm chatting with my friend Avery in this episode, a fellow teen wanting to know thoughts on how to improve conversation with people. I love that she asked, and I love even more that she was willing to come on and chat with me! Message me on Instagram and share any topics you'd like me to cover…
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#005 When Life Gives you Lemons
When life gives you lemons: make lemonade. This is a phrase you've likely heard in your life, right? I wanted to dissect it, discuss it, share with you some lemons I've had thrown at me this week, and hopefully help you see that we can turn our sour life "lemons" into something else. Episode…
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#004 We all make Mistakes
You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you. It's not how we make mistakes, but in how we correct them that defines us. In this episode, we talk about something that seems to be a major concern for teens, imperfectionism. We talk about the difference between shame and guilt, and I share a clip…
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#003 Battling Insecurities
We all have insecurities, and in this episode we talked about the opposite of insecure and what we can do to flip it around. >>>Our Amazon featured product for this episode are CRAZY SOCKS! I love unique socks and I think some might feel insecure to wear them, but I say EMBRACE THE CRAZY! I've...
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#002 Developing GRIT
What is grit? I read a handful of descriptions in this episode, and I also share a brief interview with my brother Russ who recently completed a 100 mile race. >>>I shared about our favorite Camelbak Hydration Backpack in this episode. We love it for hikes (hands free water system) and my boys…
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#001 Combating Loneliness
Welcome to the very first episode of the FIST BUMP PODCAST! I thought I'd kick off this very first episode sharing about an experience when I was a teen with loneliness. I also talk about the distinction between being lonely or sad and depression and how to tell the difference. I referenced this...
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First Bump Introduction
Welcome to the Fist Bump podcast, I'm Kristen Duke, and with this podcast, I aim to share positivity and encouragement to teenagers, offering a virtual FIST BUMP on the daily through this podcast and Instagram @FistBump.Podcast I've run a parenting podcast, Beyond Good Intentions for the past…
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