The Heroic Journey of Teenagers
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      2. Your Personal Qualities
      3. Your Significance
      4. Your Values
      5. Your Sense of Purpose
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      2. Brief Descriptions
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      2. Inner & Outer Voices
      3. The Heroic Journey
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      2. Four Identity States
      3. Which “Identity State” am I in?
      4. Exploring & Committing
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      2. Your Identity Puzzle
      3. Your Personal Brand
      4. Social Media and Your Brand
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      2. Giving Up Your Identity
      3. All or Nothing
      4. Failing to Explore
      5. Basing Identity on Elements
      6. False Identities
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    2. Failing to be the Author
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      2. Relationship Struggles
    4. The Value you Bring to a Relationship
    5. Managing Social Media
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      2. Makeovers & Moving targets
      3. The Central Challenge
    7. The Tough One
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      2. More Moving Targets
      3. Importance of Peer Relationships
    9. Too small a Network
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      2. Types of Romantic Relationships
      3. Teenage Breakups
      4. The Barriers & Pitfalls
      5. Sex & Relationships
      6. Age Differences
      7. Strange New World
      8. The Benefits
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        2. Developing Relationships – Learning – Reflecting
        3. Screw-Ups
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        2. Toxic Relationship Signs
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      2. Emotional Intelligence
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        2. #1 Effective Listening
        3. #2 Conflict Resolution & Probelm Solving
        4. #3 Communicating Out To Others
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      2. Sexual Orientation & Relationships
      3. Webs of Relationships
      4. Networking–Building the Web
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      2. Manage the Dangers & Pitfalls
      3. Be the Author
      4. Pursue the Opportunities
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      2. Not Mastering All
      3. Four Stages
      4. Twelve Types of Comptency
      5. Competencies are Developed
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      2. Create Your Competency Plan
      3. Find Support
      4. Take Charge
      5. Your Trajectory
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      2. Love the Plateau
      3. Habits & Practice
    5. Pitfalls on the Journey
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    2. Authoring your Life
    3. Heroic Journey
    4. Types of Heroic Journey
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    2. Types of Tests Encountered
    3. You are Tested on Five Levels
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    2. Rollercoaster
    3. Perseverance & Resilience
    4. Staying Healthy
    5. You’re in the Lead Role
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    2. Letting Go
    3. Discovery & Mastery
    4. “Inbetweenity”
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  2. Where is the Power?
  3. Act When You are Ready
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    2. Strategy #1: Understand & Face the Challenges Directly
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      2. Your Vision
      3. Your Heroic Code
    4. Strategy #3 Put an Action Plan in Place
    5. Strategy #4: Connect with the Right People
    6. Strategy #5: Build Capability – Mastery & Habits
    7. Strategy #6: Persevere – “Hold the Course”
  5. Pitfalls and Barriers
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    2. Signs of Teenage Depression
    3. Causes & Risk Factors
    4. How to Help with Teenage Depression
    5. Treatment
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    2. Get Emergency Help if You are in Crisis
    3. Five Steps You Can Take
    4. Help Your Helpers
    5. Six Longer-Term Life Strategies
    6. Resources – Hotlines, Websites & Videos
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    2. Helping a Suicidal Teenager
    3. Signs of Teenage Suicide
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      2. Definition & Types of Bullying
      3. Teenage Cyberbullying
      4. Bullying Effects
      5. Causes of Bullying
      6. Who Gets Bullied?
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      2. Being an Upstander: Standing Up to Bullies
      3. If You are the Target of Bullying
      4. If You are a Bystander of Bullying
      5. Parents Guide to Bullying
      6. How to Deal with Bullying in Schools
      7. If You are the Bully
    4. Teenage Bullying Resources
Special Topics
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Home > Special Topics > Resources > Relationships

Relationships

There are all kinds of resources out there on relationships of all kinds. Here is a starter list, but look around to see what speaks to you.

Teens Health

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/relationships/healthy_relationship.html

WebMD

Article on unhealthy relationships

https://teens.webmd.com/unhealth-abusive-relationship-1

Mind Tools

Tips on active listening

http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm

WebMD

There are a lot of resources here. A link to unhealthy relationships is below.

http://teens.webmd.com/unhealth-abusive-relationship

Act for Youth

Act for Youth has a lot of resources. These are specific to relationships

Social Awareness

http://actforyouth.net/youth_development/professionals/sel/social_awareness.cfm

Relationship Skills

http://actforyouth.net/youth_development/professionals/sel/relationship_skills.cfm