Remember how awkward and confused you felt as a teen? It's a time of so many big changes – growth spurts, body hair, and acne, just to name a few – but perhaps the most radical transformation is going on inside the adolescent brain. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta dives into the neuroscience of the teen brain with psychologist Valerie Reyn ... Show More
Yesterday
Here’s Why You Should Take Your Shoes off at the Door...Please
Whether it’s a cultural custom or hygiene preference, many households keep a strict no-shoes policy. But, how much healthier does it really keep us? Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets to the bottom of your shoes -- literally. Plus, tips on how to manage stress and anxiety when the news cycle ... Show More
16m 14s
Mar 6
Could Caring for Others Change Your Brain for the Better?
We all know caregiving takes time, energy, and emotional bandwidth — but it may also change us for the better. Sanjay sits down with writer Elissa Strauss, author of When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caregiving, to explore how caregiving affects the brain, why it could be go ... Show More
30m 4s
Aug 2023
Encore - Understanding the teenage brain, with Eva Telzer, PhD
There’s a common stereotype is that teenagers’ brains are immature and underdeveloped, and that teens are “hard-wired” to take unwise risks and cave to peer pressure. But psychologists’ research suggests these negative stereotypes are unfounded and that the teen years are a time ... Show More
31m 47s
Oct 2014
Those Angsty Teen Years (and why they still control you)
<p>Ever wonder why everything that happened during your teens has stayed with you for so long? And, for many, continues to control you to this day?</p><p>In today's episode of Good Life Project, I'm sharing a fascinating conversation with acclaimed professor and adolescence exper ... Show More
58m 30s
Nov 2020
162: Teens Taking Control of Mental Health w/ Teenager Therapy
<p>We don't give teenagers enough credit. Through the power of social media, they're the ones changing the world one candid conversation at a time. Today, we have on Mark Hugo & Isaac Hurtado of Teenager Therapy, a podcast of five teenage friends opening up to break the menta ... Show More
37m 32s
Apr 2023
Lisa Damour, PhD On The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Adolescence has always been a difficult phase of life, but today’s teenagers are navigating a world that is vastly different from any generation before them. From social media to cyberbullying, from political polarization to climate change, the challenges facing teenagers today a ... Show More
2h 2m