Bounce Back Generation Podcast

Jennifer is a resilience expert and founder of Bounce Back Generation and Tyler is a professional coach. We explore the themes of political disillusionment, the impact of consumer culture, and the psychological effects of instant gratification. We discuss the importance of acceptance and finding power in the present moment, while also addressing the challenges of navigating the ups and downs of li...

Jennifer, a resilience expert and founder of Bounce Back Generation (@bbgtvorg), a nonprofit dedicated to building resilience for vulnerable youth, and Tyler (@joggingturtle) a popular personal coach explore the complexities of mental health, capitalism, and the role of AI in society. They delve into how societal structures impact individual well-being and the responsibilities of the current gener...

Tyler known online as @joggingturtle and resilience expert Jennifer from Bounce Back Generation explore manifestation, personal growth, and resilience. Tyler shares his experiences going from living in his car to living his dreams. But it was a rocky road and he shares the insights he gained about himself and the mysteries of manifestation. They discuss finding abundance in adversity, the will to...

In this episode, Jennifer and Tyler with Bounce Back Generation explore what resilience truly means. It’s not just about powering through pain but building the essential foundations of safety, connection, and coping skills. Featuring personal stories and expert insights, we redefine resilience and offer hope for anyone struggling with trauma or adversity.

We explore our hosts' personal anecdotes and share a poignant joke that sets the stage for a deeper conversation about where God is in our sufferings, and the diverse ways people cope with the horrors of the world. Join us on this profound journey as we delve into the complexities of human suffering, responsibility, and the impact of global conflicts on personal morality. In this episode of IT'S I...

0:00 Introduction :54 Why women listen to True Crime (fear) 6:45 How do you know what you're FEELING? 11:20 Are Feelings MALE or FEMALE? 16:45 Violence & Abuse 18:20 Evolution & The Search for LOVE 21:00 Tyler's Guide to INTIMACY 30:35 Jen's Experience PUBLIC HOUSING relationships 35:20 Is the desire for LOVE greater than FEAR? 38:38 The Building Blocks We All Need 46:10 CONFIDENCE 48:22 T...

A podcast conversation about building emotional resilience to manage today's complex world. In this episode, we talk about the election (he voted for Trump, she's for Kamala), AI and how it will affect work, and what science fiction can teach us about the future of work and human emotions. Please follow for more episodes. Learn more about Bounce Back Generation at bbgtv.org or our YouTube channel...

If I call 988 will they call the police? What if I don't feel like talking? Who answers the phone? What can they help me with? These are just some common questions -- and the answers will surprise you! 0:00 Intro 3:50 Post-Election Recognizing Feelings of Isolation 8:25 The S Word - Talking About Wanting to Die 10:10 Background: 988, Cops 15:30 Millions Call & Who Answers the Calls? 17:10 Jenn...

0:00 Introduction - Jennifer's after-school "experience" in the 70s and 80s 2:35 Types of Activities Happening After School 4:15 Loneliness is a huge risk for Kids 7:30 Signs of School Shooter and How After School Could Help 10:40 The ART of Hanging Out -To "Just Be" After School 15:35 Making Sure Everyone Can Attend 18:15 About Campfire and Shawna Rosenzweig 26:50 What About Older Kids - Jobs &am...

Amanda Brown is a violence prevention and reduction expert. She joins me to talk about practical ways we can look at violence. We get locked into scare tactics or feeling overwhelmed by the individuals who choose violence more and more (it seems at least). Amanda has a view on the stats and the reality of working with people on the ground, the police, perpetrators, and victims. Link to the "Credib...

If you're about to graduate (or you are currently working) odds are your career will be turned upside down as AI and robotics take many jobs offline. In this episode of the Bounce Back Generation podcast we explore how to "follow your bliss" to find the career that fits you and allows YOU, not AI or tech, to be in the driver's seat. Omar Mardvich was a prime candidate for a tech job. He's great at...

We are living in the matrix. There is a meta-system that was set up centuries ago that establishes winners and losers, who is right and who is wrong. This plays out in definitions of our roles as women, men, people of color, genders etc. The structure is invisible to some - yet it exists. We can break free and establish a new structure. One that allows each of us to express our authentic self and...

Adrienne is 20 years old and lives in Oregon. She was diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school and with autism at 17. She tells us about her personal experience living with autism. 0:00 Intro 1:32 How I Got Diagnosed with ADHD and Autism 5:34 How I Define Autism 8:18 How I Cope Socially 9:35 Low Empathy & Masking 11:30 Sensory Issues 13:57 Why I Love Animals 16:15 How I Adjust, Daily 19:05 My...

Calling all educators! SJ Janjua is an expert on educator power, not just for teachers but for the entire school body, particularly LGBTQ+ people. They're the founder and chief consultant for Empowered for Equity. In this discussion, we talk about the dynamics of power in the school, in the classroom, among students, bullying, and how to create an environment where teachers don't feel they...

Sam Himelstein, Ph. D. is a licensed psychologist and the founder of both Family Spring, a mental health company that leverages technology to serve teens, young adults, and their families who’ve been impacted by substance use disorder and related mental health challenges; and the Center for Adolescent Studies, an interdisciplinary training institute focused on trauma-informed care, mindfulness, su...

This is a Bounce Back Generation Podcast. Find links to the tools and techniques discussed in this. episode below. As mothers and daughters age, the relationship can be filled with joyous sharing, best-friend status, and ongoing support. But for many of us, it is a complicated relationship with childhood histories coming up and complexities and complications that seem way too difficult to reconcil...

If you are in the foster care system, know someone who is. Or you have been in the system, or you're just curious about what it must be like to grow up in foster care. This podcast is for you. Joining us is Cody Van Felden. She grew up in foster care and is here to talk about her life in care and what foster kids need to grow resilient. Today, she's a project coordinator for Pa'Lante C...

Have you ever felt left out, bullied, or treated as a "other"? Most of us probably have at some point in our lives, but the feeling of being othered is out of control these days. Our politics, our economics, our culture is divided into the innies and outies,  but belonging is a deep human need. Matthew Cahill is here today with us, he is the president and CEO of the ⁠Percipio Company⁠, a...

This is the Bounce Back Generation podcast. Today we're going to speak with Susan Oppie. **Trigger warning ** This podcast subject today is about death and dying and the grieving process that we go through when a loved one is gone. Susan is an advocate for bringing back the ancient traditions of honoring our deceased loved ones through ritual and providing after death care to our dead. She bel...

We are talking today about a need we all have. It’s something our brain was built to be aware of and in so many ways our behavior is shaped by it: It’s the need to feel safe and protected.   Our guest Jim Dudley is someone who took a pledge to protect us. Jim is a former Deputy Chief of police for the San Francisco Police dept and is now a professor of criminology at San Francisco State University...

Today we are going to talk with Petra and Angelica. Before we became Bounce Back Generation we were known as Healthy Genreations Project. We operated as a nonprofit in a public housing site in San Francisco providing services to children and families.  The neighborhood was not friendly for kids. Some of the kids would experience awful things before school, and we will talk about some of that…Petra...

Mental health is a community endeavor. Our guests today talk about the value of telling your story and finding the audience to hear it, because in talking about "what happened to me" we own the story and are free to frame it in ways that reveal our powers of resilience. Bounce Back Generation is a youth-centered nonprofit that creates and shares tools that build emotional resilience. We...

In this installment of the Bounce Back Generation Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Jamie Candaleria Greene. Dr. Candaleria Greene holds a PhD in Special Education and is a Board Certified Educational Therapist in private practice. She is known for her research in Central Africa on the Mountain GorillaPopulation – all of which inform her research into Mind-Body and Psychophysiological Disorders which...

Anger is all around us. We see manifestations of anger and rage being played out on TV on YouTube, and social media. Or maybe you saw it on the road you’re driving on listening to this podcast? There seems to be a pull towards being angry and we’re feeling it.  Today we are doing something different. Joining us are some of our staff members. We are called Bounce Back Generation, with an emphasis o...

This week we sat down with Dr. Winston Kennedy to talk about our nervous systems, how the brain and body reacts, especially under threatening or stressful situations, and how to calm it down or bring it back into balance, so we can feel better.  Dr. Kennedy is an assistant professor at Northeastern University. He holds a doctorate in physical therapy, a master’s degree in public health and a PhD i...