All Episodes
This Teenage Life — 207 episodes
A Look Behind the Scenes into Finding Meaningful Work: In Conversation with Rei and Ricky Bertoldi and Hannah Testa
Navigating Pressures Around Chosen Career Paths and Finding Joy in the Process
Throwback Episode: Grappling With Loss
Throwback Episode: Daydreams
Throwback Episode: Coming Out Story
Throwback Episode: Eco-Anxiety and Optimism
Throwback Episode: We Are Not Alone: Connecting with Animals & Ourselves
Throwback Episode: Parents Are People Too
Independence
Creating Authentic Friendships
Turning Interests into Community, Work, and Purpose
Feeling Stupid
Negative Thoughts
Teen Authors and Publishing
Movement and Mental Health
Best Friendships: Ups, Downs, and More
Grappling with Life's Nonlinearity
Coding the Future
Throwback Episode — Periods 2.0
Throwback Episode — Self Care
Posttraumatic Growth
Moving Past Diet Culture & Towards Real Nutrition
Throwback Episode — Body + Beauty Insecurities
Throwback Episode — Parents Are People Too
Music Nostalgia
Throwback Episode — Academic Pressure
Teeth
Connecting With Nature
Apply to the National Contribution Project!
Friend Breakups 2
Throwback Episode — Too Muchness
Throwback Episode — Comfort
Processing Embarrassment
To Our Friends Affected by the LA Wildfires
Moving On
Navigating College Applications
"Boy" Culture and Friendship
Exploring Masculinity and Mental Health
Cooking, Baking, & Beyond
Grappling With Failure
Engaging In Purposeful Projects
TTL Talks: Jacquie
Interfaith Club
Grind Culture: Productivity Pressures, Social Media, and Burnout
Cultivating A Sense of Purpose
Thoughts On Creative Careers
Teenage Bucket List
TTL Talks: Saniya
Adulting After High School
"Bird Nerd"
Comment Sections and Connections: Tech for Humans with Maith
U.S. Schools and Gun Violence
Applying To College
Comics and Calligraphy: Introducing TTL's Online Workshops
Birthday Weirdness
How Art Helps Us
Gaming and Social Connection: Minecraft and Roblox
Navigating School Drama and Rumors
Queerness and Community: Celebrating Self-Described "Misfit-ery"!
You're Not Alone In Feeling Lonely
Transitioning from High School to College
Mental Gymnastics
Youth Climate Innovation: Symbrosia
5 Years of This Teenage Life!
Stress Management
Group Chats
Grown Daydreams
Reflecting: 4 Years into the Pandemic
Eco-Anxiety & Optimism
Hidden Disability 2
Crushes 2.0
I'm Confident that I'm Insecure
Dealing with Being Bullied.
What Poetry Means To Me.
Throwback Episode — One Year, One Word
Throwback Episode — Productivity Culture
New Year, New You?
Learning from Animals
Overthinking and Self Talk
School Stress Rx: Healing Our Relationships with Learning
Religious & LGBTQ+
Friend Breakups
Just checking in.
Compassion to Action
To Our Friends Affected by the War in the Middle East
Seeds of Peace: Meeting The Other Side
Periods 2.0
Transitioning Back to School: Feelings & Strategies
Processing Parental Absence
Making Friends in College
Barbies, Toys, & Childhood Nostalgia
Walking & Mental Health
Sleep
Loneliness 2.0
Summer Reading
Internet Generation
The College Process
Social Anxiety
Nostalgia
Where the boys at?!
Writing Part 1: Journaling
Popularity & Cliques
This Teenage Life's Playlist
Dress Code
How Teachers Can Make Us Feel Safe
Exploring Feminism & Masculinity
Hobbies
One year, one word.
"Theater Kids"
Academic Pressure
Finding Your Style
Overthinking & Intrusive Thoughts Part 1
Overthinking & Intrusive Thoughts Part 2
Taylor Swift
Self Care
Making Friends
Dealing with transitions...like starting school.
Sibling Dynamics
Therapy
Grappling With Acne
Throwback Episode!
Coming Out Story
Hidden Disability
How the Pandemic Has Changed Us
Self at Home vs. School
Friend Problems
Real Learning vs. School Learning
Grappling With Loss — Finding Meaning & Resilience
We Are Not Alone: Connecting with Animals & Ourselves
Feeling Seen By Teachers
Invisible Friends & Fictional Crushes
Burn Out & Productivity Culture
Black History Month Continues
Poems for the Ukraine
Asking Questions
Existential Anxiety, Meaning, and Joy
Puberty
This Teenage Life Behind the Scenes
Microaggressions
Crushes
Pandemic Isolation & Depression — A Personal Story
Anxiety
Snapchat, Instagram, & TikTok Filters and How They Make Us Feel
Feelings of Inadequacy
Book Magic
Transitions to Life After High School
A Message for Our Friends in Kabul
Food for Thought — Talking Back to My Eating Disorder
Friendship: How We Make, Keep, and Deal with Friends
Body Image
Processing Divorce
Exploring Femininity
Juneteenth
Thank You, Next: Overcoming Bullying
Getting Vaccinated
A Message to Our Friends in India
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
A Year in Quarantine
Morning Routines
Text Etiquette
Maintaining Friendships During Quarantine (...or trying to)
Hair Reflections
Hair and Identity Expression
Quarantine Daydreams
Feeling Disconnected & Hoping to Reconnect
Our Fragile Democracy
Loneliness
Body Insecurities
Pretend Adulting
Civil Tea: Engaging in Dialogue Amidst Conflict
Election Anxiety
Allyship
Snacks
Climate Grief
Too Muchness
Comfort
Remote Learning
10 for a Tee Challenge
From Kabul & California: Talking Back
From Kabul & California: Ideas of Beauty
From Kabul & California: Resilience in the Face of Adversity
No Shame. Period.
Cancel Culture
Communicating in Quarantine
Black Lives Matter
Pets
Personal Story: Mother and Daughter During a Pandemic
13
Our Inner Monologues
Beautiful Boredom
Small Acts of Kindness
TTL + The Virus So Far
Teenage Reflections
Moving, Part 3
Moving, Part 2
Moving, Part 1
Impressions
Queerness
Love in High School
Lies Parents Told Us
Fears about Adulthood
Dreams
Parents Are People Too
Feelings of Power
Middle School
Self-Doubt
This Teenage Life Teaser