SMA Empathy Exchange: Strong Minds Brave Hearts

Adolescence is a season of intense emotions, growing pressures, and big transitions. For many teens

— and their parents — it can feel like riding a rollercoaster without a seatbelt.

In Strong Minds, Brave Hearts, we dive into what it really takes to build emotional health in today’s

teenagers. Together, we’ll explore why emotions feel overwhelming, how to regulate them with

practical strategies, and ways to build resilience that lasts far beyond the high school years.

This session offers empowering, real-world tools that help teens move from stressed and reactive to

steady and strong — and equips parents to be the calm anchors their teens need.

Expect a conversation that is relatable, compassionate, and packed with skills you can use

immediately.

Key Outcomes:

1. Understand the key emotional challenges teenagers face and why emotions can feel so
2. intense.
3. Discover how healthy coping skills can be developed and strengthened at home.
4. Build a deeper connection between parent and teen through communication strategies that
5. foster trust, not conflict.

Join Carrie Hickman in this amazing session.