Welcome to Braintalk’s new season! This episode delves into the Sephora epidemic and social media trends impacting youth. We explore shortened attention spans and evolving kid-directed media.

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This week's episode definitely concerns most of the teen and parent community. A lot of the time we may hear our parents call us stubborn and we may go call our parents close-minded when it comes to explaining a decision in an environment they didn't grow up in. It's better to keep an open mind as to why people may feel the way they do, and make the decisions they make, tune in, and hear all of our opinions!

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On this week's episode of BrainTalks, we discussed drug usage within our current community and how it's abused by teens our age, whether that was through peer pressure or through social media, or different shows, we went through it all.

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On this week's episode, we broke down our first impression experiences as interns whether that was online in person, or a job interview, or simple friendships, tune in to a special message at the end from our director about her department's first impressions...tea was spilled.

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Yet another google search discussion type of episode, but this one was definitely a roller coaster...are beach dates cliche first dates? are you team Selena or team Hailey? orange juice or apple juice? Tune in while we go through a bunch of current unpopular opinions that weirded us out.

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This week's episode was a little different than our typical podcast recordings. we searched up the most popular conspiracy theories trending nowadays and discussed our thoughts about them, lets's just say some were definitely interesting...

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This week's episode was our very first part two of a previous episode centered on social media and its impact on teen mental health. this episode we focused on reality shows and mental health issues that were shown throughout and our personal experiences on social media with our posting habits.

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In this episode, we discussed different ways we communicate how we feel when we're with other people. Just like that good ole saying "communication is key," communication isn't simply just saying how you feel verbally to someone, that's hard for so many people and we get that. tune in and listen to different ways we communicate and maybe you'll be able to relate.

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This episode was definitely a lot different than our typical normal bubbly episodes...but its a topic that needs to be discussed and it needs to change. this episode talked about the recent mass school shootings this year and in the previous years and the effect that had on so many of us and students across the nation.

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In this episode of BrainTalks, I discussed personal experiences with being in an on-and-off mindset for so long after certain relationships/friendships. I spoke on my findings and gave advice on how to get out of this cycle if you felt like you've been in it long enough. tune in and see if you can relate!

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In this episode, three older siblings shared what their experiences were growing up. We talked about our responsibilities and certain burdens a lot of older siblings feel like they have to carry, but looking at the reality of things as well.

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We decided to switch it up on this episode of BrainTalks. We didn't really have a set topic we just talked about and listed a bunch of different things we do that make us happy. We explained how these activities keep our minds off of life and give us a break and gave examples of things we hope to pursue in the future.

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In this episode, we spoke about our experiences with failed friendships and relationships. In the last episode, we talked about emotional detachment, so we focused on the process of ending friendships. We mentioned how we made the process easier or at least tried to.

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In this episode, we decided to speak about our experiences once we emotionally attach to someone, then when we choose to emotionally detach as well. We went into how attachment can be a good thing but can also lead to horrible experiences and we shared some of ours. Tune in and listen to us talk about how we got through these rollercoasters and how we feel about them now.

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In this week’s episode of Braintalks, we break down, define, and explore self-control- what areas of life it’s applicable to, how we can improve our self-control, and whether or not self-control is always necessary and to what extent.

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Welcome back to another week, in this episode we focused on gossip and how it's not always seen from a negative aspect. Gossip has created our social norms but also ruined a lot of friendships. This may or may not be from personal experience. We talked about what we should do in cases we're surrounded by an environment of gossip and how we can get out of those situations. Tune in and listen to us bounce back and forth.

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In this episode of BrainTalks, we talked about our different experiences with overthinking and what we do to help counteract the moments we find our minds eating themselves away. Nobody ever talks about how draining overthinking may be and how hard it is to just shut your brain off, but we decided to speak the truth let me tell you that! Tune in and see if you can relate because trust me, you're not alone. Listen Now!

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In this episode of Braintalks we discuss purpose and finding your place in the world. We talk about the importance of direction in a young person’s life, and what to do if perhaps you’re lacking it. We also discuss how to find things that you enjoy doing, and careers that you’re passionate about.

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In this episode, we discuss mental health days. We talk about societal stigmas surrounding mental health days, how our families view us when we take a break, and what we can do to incorporate some much needed rest into our lives. Listen Now!

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Welcome back to another episode! This week we spoke about coming to terms with being alone. We discussed how a lot of people don't talk about this and how our mindsets on friend group sizes changed throughout our lives. Do we like bigger friend groups, smaller ones, or none at all? Tune in to us talk about how we realized we didn't need rely on anyones company except our own. Listen Now!

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