All Episodes
The Second of Strength Podcast — 186 episodes
Building Resilient Teens: 4 Lessons From an Oak Tree || Ep. 178
You're Not Lonely, You're Avoiding This || Ep. 177 (replay)
Struggling Isn't Failing || Ep. 176
5 Ways to Find Balance When Life Feels Chaotic || Ep 175 (back to school replay)
10 Things Mentally Strong Teens Don't Do (And How to Build Mental Strength) || Ep. 174
It's Not You, It's Me: Why You Keep Betraying Yourself || Ep. 173 (Back-to-School Replay)
Stop Waiting to Feel Alive: How to Get Unstuck || Ep. 172
STOP Letting Other People Write Your Story || Ep. 171
One Question That Will Change the Next 5 Years of Your Life: Habits and Consistency || Ep. 170
Digital Atrophy: How Screen Time Weakens Your Brain || Ep. 169
10 Easy Wins to Start Your Day || Ep. 168
You Signed Up for This Pain || Ep. 168 (summer replay)
60 Hours: Find Your Rescue Point || Ep. 167
The Storm Doesn’t Break You, It Reveals What You’re Built On || Ep. 166
What's Really Holding You Back (The Unless Mindset) || Ep. 165 (Summer Replay)
The $5 Bill: Know Your Worth || Ep. 164
My Teen has Big Goals But is Afraid to Start: Life Hack to Getting Started || Ep. 163
You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why. || Ep. 163
My Daughter Inspired Me: Set Intentions. Change Your Life. || Ep. 162
High Anxiety? How to Handle Change || Ep. 161
You Didn't Start to Quit: The Power of Patience || Ep. 160
Confidence Boost: How to Be More Confident || Ep. 159
Identity Crisis: 5 Identity Traps that are Quietly Stealing Your Future || Ep. 158
5 ZERO TALENT Habits for Teenagers (and You) || Ep. 157
The 1 Degree Rule: How to Get Back on Track in Your Life || Ep. 156
Energy Vampires: How to Protect Your Peace || Ep. 155
Your Floor is More Important Than Your Ceiling || Ep. 154
When Hope Feels Lost: 5 Steps to Overcome Anxiety, Hopelessness, and Symptoms of Depression || Ep. 153
5 Daily Habits That Changed My Life || Ep. 152
How to Stop Quitting on Yourself: The Power of 'Yet' and the Psychology of Not Giving Up || Ep. 151
You Get Out What You Put In: The Mirror Theory Mindset Shift || Ep. 150
Are You Living on Autopilot? Shift Back into DRIVE and Transform Your Life || Ep. 149
The Happiness Trap of Social Media || Ep. 148
How to Overcome Anxiety: The Buffalo Method for Parents and Teens || Ep. 147
Burnout Fix: Reclaim your Energy and Get off Life's Hamster Wheel || Ep. 146
Consistently Average (Why Showing Up Is Enough to Change Your Life) || Ep. 145 (replay)
Where Wisdom Comes From (I Wish I Knew This as a Teen) || Ep. 144
Cheap Dopamine Is Lying to You: How to Take Back your Motivation || Ep. 143
Raising Mentally Strong Teens: The 5 Pillars of Strength Build On || Ep. 142
2026 Will Suck...Unless You Do This || Ep. 141
Overcoming Your Identity Crisis: How to Figure Out Who You Are || Ep. 140 (replay)
Overcoming Adversity: Finding the David Inside of you || Ep. 139 (Replay from August 2023)
From Good to Great: 5 Shifts That Change Everything || Ep. 138
5 Skills Every Teenager (and you) Should Start to Stand Out! || Ep. 137 (Replay of Episode 75)
The Secret to Happiness: What the 85-Year Harvard Study Reveals about Happiness || Ep. 136
You Matter. Here's the Proof Your Worth Is Truly Unmeasurable || Ep. 135
The Courage to Break the Avoidance Loop: The Hidden Cost Hurting Teens and Adults || Ep. 134
Anchors of Hope: How to Stay Steady and Have a Meaningful Life || Ep. 133
7 Things I Stopped Accepting Once I Knew My Worth (and You Should Too0 || Ep. 132
STOP SCROLLING! 4 Ways to Break Free from Distraction and Start to Focus || Ep. 131
5 ZERO TALENT Habits to Teach your Teenagers || Ep. 130 (Encore)
Control This ONE THING to Be In Control of Your Life || Ep. 129
How to Be Happier: 5 Daily Changes That Work || Ep. 128
Overcoming the Victim Mindset: Proven Steps to Rewrite Your Story || Ep. 127
Protect Your Peace: Social Media's Algorithm || Ep. 126
Feeling Unhappy? This Could Be Why. || Ep. 125
The 5:1 Magic Ratio: The Secret to Happier Relationships || EP. 124
Choose Your Hard: The Cost of Avoidance || Ep. 123
The POWER OF PAUSE: The Key to SEL || Ep. 122
How to TRAIN your BRAIN to Increase Your Self-Worth || Ep. 121
Why You're Always So Tired || Ep. 120
You’ll Never Reach Your Goal… Unless
Say “No”: Stop People-Pleasing, Start Disappointing People || Ep. 118
You’re 6 Changes Away from a Better Life || Ep. 117
THIS is Why You're Not Growing || Ep. 116
The Secret to Climbing Higher and Reaching Your Dreams || Ep. 115
How to Boost Your Mood, Overcome Stress, and Get out of a Funk || Ep. 114
How to Stop Self-Sabotaging || Ep. 113
STOP Giving Kids Social Media: The POWER of Influence || Ep. 112
The Big 5 Personality Traits: Know Yourself to Grow Yourself || Ep. 111
Are You Afraid of Spiders? The 3 P's to Overcoming Fear of Anything || Ep. 110
Who Am I? You are What You Don't Do || Ep. 109
3 Life-Changing Relationships that Determine Your Happiness || Ep. 108
How to Build Resilience in 5 Steps: Don’t Break – Break Through || Ep. 107
How to Choose a New Path and Leave Old Habits Behind || Ep. 106
We Hit A Moose (yes, you read that right): What to do when Bad Things Happen || Ep 105 (replay)
The Advice You Don't Want to Hear... || Ep. 104
Growth Hack: Embrace Intentional Boredom || Ep. 103
How to Find Your Purpose || Ep. 102
Social Media Addiction: Why You and Your Kids Can't Break Away || Ep. 101 (replay)
3-Second Happiness Hack || Ep. 100!!
How to Overcome Loneliness and Build Meaningful Relationships || Ep. 99
Is it Too Late to Start Over? Live with NO REGRETS || Ep. 98
Rewire Your Brain - How to Break Free from Negative Thought Patterns || Ep. 97
7 Powerful Ways to Build Resilience: How Teens (and You) Can Develop a Stronger Mindset || Ep. 96
5 Habits of the Heart for a Happier You || Ep. 95
Feeling Stuck? Small Steps, Big Changes to Get Unstuck || Ep. 94
STOP Giving in to Distraction, START Living your Best Life || Ep. 93
How to REWRITE YOUR STORY || Ep. 92
Your PATH to Success || Ep. 91
How to Rebuild After Life has Fallen Apart || Ep. 90
Social Media, and Distraction, and A.I., OH MY!! || Ep. 89
How to Live the Life of Your Dreams || Ep. 88
10 Ways to Be Happier in 2025 || Ep. 87
Sculpt Your Life: Uncovering your inner masterpiece || Ep. 86
Who Am I? How to Help Your Teen Through the Identity Crisis || Ep. 85
The Answer to solving YOUR problems || Ep. 84
LIFE HACK: Set Boundaries to Take Back Your Power || Ep.83
How to Give the Best of You...Instead of What's Left of You || Ep. 82
Confidence Boost: Building Confidence in our Teens and Ourselves || Ep. 81
Circle of Control: How to Regain Control When Everything is Out of Control || Ep. 80
Discomfort Zone: How Leaving the Safety of Comfort Leads to Safety and Comfort || Ep 79
Why You Don't Have ENERGY || Ep. 78
Limiting Beliefs: 3 Ways to Doubt Your Doubts || Ep. 77
Little Things Now or Hard Things Later: The Power of Now || Ep. 76
How to Become Indispensable || Ep. 75
How to Feel Hope When Hope Feels Lost: 5 Keys to Battling Anxiety, Sadness, and Depression || Ep. 74
10 Life Lessons Learned on the 29029 Everesting Mountain: Overcoming Your Personal Everest || Ep. 73
The Secret to Staying Motivated: It's Easier Than You Think || Ep. 72 (replay ep. 46)
Stop Running From Your Calling: How to Run Towards Your Dreams || Ep. 71
Your Brain on...Social Media. How Teens and Adults Can Look Beyond the Screen || Ep. 70
Feeling Drained? The Secret to Having More Energy || Ep. 69
Mirror Mirror On The Wall: The POWER of your reflection || Ep. 68
Is Olympic Bronze Better Than Silver? Depends on How You Frame It || Ep. 67
3 Keys to Being Successful in Anything: Prepare, Endure, Don't Quit
How to STOP LISTENING to Other Peoples OPINIONS || Ep. 65
The ONE Thing Teens (and you ) need...in 15 Seconds || Ep. 64
5 Ingredients for Personal Growth || Ep. 63
Bad Things Happen: 4 Strategies for What to Do About It || Ep. 62
DO THIS to Win in Today's World || Ep. 61
How to Overcome Anxiety and Fear of the Future || Ep. 60
Why You’re You || What Forms Your Identity and How to Change it || Ep. 59
Hard Choices in Life: A Conversation with My Daughter | Ep. 58
3 Lessons Toy Story Taught Me || Ep. 57
Why You're Not Happy || Ep. 56
Choose Your Circle of Influence - Choose Your Identity || Ep. 55
Mood Boosters: How to be happy || Ep. 54
4 Pillars for Teens (and YOU) to build a Strong Character || Ep. 53
The Secrets to Turning Your Bad Luck Around || Ep. 52
Limiting Your Limiting Beliefs || Ep. 51
How to Stop Fearing Other People's Opinions || Ep. 50
Is It Time To Leave Your Comfort Zone? || Ep. 49
Feeling Lost? How to Create Clarity in the Chaos of Life || Ep. 48
Happier Today in 3 Simple Steps || Ep. 47
Motivation: The Missing Ingredient to Staying Motivated || Ep. 46
Balancing Act: 5 Ways to Recenter Your Life || Ep. 45
Managing Emotions: Inside Out || Ep. 44
The Serendipitous Mindset: Embracing the Unexpected || Ep. 43
The Power of Persistence || Ep. 42
Are You Worth $270? || Ep 41
5 ZERO TALENT Habits to Teach your Sons (and Daughters and Practice Yourself) || Ep. 40
Prime Your Day: Simple Habits for a Better Life || Ep. 39
The SOS Approach to Being In Control of Your Life || Ep. 38
How to Stop Second Guessing your Decisions || Ep. 37
One Resolution, 365 Days of Happiness || Ep. 36
The Real Cost of Social Media || Ep. 35
The Beauty in Being Broken || Ep. 34
Digital Atrophy: The Decline of Focus, Creativity, and Social Skills || Ep. 33
Feeling Like an Imposter? Good! || Ep. 32
The Roadmap to Lasting Success: 3 Proven Strategies || Ep. 31
Build Your Foundation: 3 values, 1 Life Without Regret || Ep. 30
Why You Should STOP and Look Back to Move Forward.|| Ep 29 BONUS
Planting Seeds of Success || Ep 28
It's Time to Burn the Boats || Ep. 27
Two Paths to Choose || Bonus Episode
Is Happiness a Choice? I say yes. || Ep. 26
Resilient Teenagers: Breaking The Fear of Failure || Ep. 25
How Saying "NO" Means More YES! || Ep. 24
Are Your Thoughts Forecasting Rain? || Ep. 23
Courage Doesn't Always Roar || BONUS
How to Fix Your Focus || Ep. 22
Breaking Free from Perfectionism || Ep. 21
The ONLY Thing Stopping You || Ep. 20
How to Stop Overthinking and Start Acting || Ep. 19
5 Things to Teach Your Daughters || Ep. 18
3 Steps to Strengthen Self-Love || Ep. 17
Feel Like You Were Born for More? || Bonus
5 People Limiting Your Happiness || Ep. 16
Facing the Fog of Life || Bonus
Social Media: Instant Gratification vs. Lasting Satisfaction || Ep. 15
The DAVID Inside of You || BONUS
3 Ways To Stop Quiet Quitting Your Life || Ep. 14
The Power of "I AM" || Ep. 13
3 Hacks to Intentional Parenting || Ep. 12
5 Things To Teach Your Sons || Ep. 11
Two Choices That Create Lasting Habits || Ep. 10
BONUS: Threads. Safe for teens? My thoughts.
3 Tips to Overcome the Victim Mentality || Ep. 9
4 Reasons to Be You || Ep. 8
Giving You the Best Advice I've Recieved || Ep. 7
4 Ways to Overcome Self-Sabotage || Ep. 6
The biggest growth mistake || Ep. 5
The Real Cost of Social Media || Ep. 4
2 Simple Steps to Overcome Anxiety || Ep. 3
The thief of joy: Comparison || Ep. 2
One Second of Strength || Ep. 1