
YOUth Positively Speaking
A Prevention Podcast where we have candid conversations with youth about substance misuse.
Episodes
41 episodes
Maintaining Health Over the Summer
YOUth Positively Speaking has joined with the Partnership For Health to create this Mental Health Mini Series! Today's episode focuses on maintaining health over the summer; physically, nutritionally and mentally! FOLLOW UShttp...
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20:43

Climate Change & Mental Health
YOUth Positively Speaking has joined with the Partnership For Health to create this Mental Health Mini Series! Today's episode focuses on climate change and how climate disasters can impact the mental health of our communities.FOLLOW US...
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22:39

A Changed Parental Landscape
Paige and Erin are joined by Dr. Dennis Flores of Penn Medicine Nursing to talk to parents about the changed parental landscape for both LGBTQ parents and parents of straight, heteronormative children. Dr. Flores’ research is focused on articul...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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14:45

Preventative Health for LGBTQ+ Youth
Paige and Erin are joined by Dr. Dennis Flores of Penn Medicine Nursing to talk to parents about the importance of preventative health for LGBTQ+. youth. Dr. Flores’ research is focused on articulating the family’s role as a proximal sexuality ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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16:16

Relationships and LGBTQ+ youth
Paige and Erin are joined by Dr. Dennis Flores of Penn Medicine Nursing to talk to parents about how to navigate talking about relationships with LGBTQ+ youth. Dr. Flores’ research is focused on articulating the family’s role as a proximal sexu...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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13:58

What to Say When Your Child Comes Out
Paige and Erin are joined by Dr. Dennis Flores of Penn Medicine Nursing to talk to parents about how to navigate the coming out process with your teen. Dr. Flores’ research is focused on articulating the family’s role as a proximal sexuality an...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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14:35

Mental Health Mini Series: School Avoidance
YOUth Positively Speaking has joined with the Partnership For Health to create this Mental Health Mini Series! This episode focuses on school avoidance and what parents need to know to help their students who may be struggling.FOLLOW US...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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23:13

Mental Health Mini Series: Anxiety
YOUth Positively Speaking has joined with the Partnership For Health to create this Mental Health Mini Series! Today's episode focuses on anxiety and what parents need to know to help their students who may be struggling.FOLLOW US
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30:03

Answering Our Teen's Questions
Paige and Erin answer questions submitted by Hunterdon County Youth Members about drugs and alcohol.If you are a person with a loved one who has a substance use disorder the Sharing the Hope Family Support Center can help-
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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30:56

Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction: From a Parent's Perspective
Paige and Lesley and Peggy are joined by Kerri Rhodes, a mother and mental health professional who lost her son to an opioid overdose, on their mini-series Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction. This mini-series will take an in depth look at the opi...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:43

Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction: How Anesthesiologists Can Help
Paige and Erin are joined by Dr. Joseph Smith, an anesthesiologist from Inova Loudoun Hospital, on their mini-series Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction. This mini-series will take an in depth look at the opioid epidemic, alternative pain manageme...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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25:47

Drunk & Drugged Driving
Paige and Erin are joined by youth member Amy to talk about underage drinking and driving with Isai Fuentes from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Since 1980 when a mother lost her daughter to a drunk driver MADD has been at the forefront o...
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Episode 27
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40:05

Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction: From A Doctor's Perspective
Paige and Meghan Moore are joined by Hunterdon County Doctor Cindy Barter from Hunterdon Healthcare on their new mini-series Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction. This mini-series takes an in depth look at the opioid epidemic, alternative pain mana...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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22:40

The Great American Smokeout
Paige and Erin are joined by youth members Jasmin and Alyssa to talk about vaping with Michelle Mercure from the American Lung Association. For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society has hosted the Great American Smokeout on the third ...
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Episode 26
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38:42

Delta-8 in Our Community
Paige and Erin are joined by youth members Sabih and Bryce to talk about the newest drug trend in our area, Delta-8 THC. Dorothy Chaney joins to to give us more information about this THC product and how it has become widely available in commun...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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35:32

Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction: What is the NOPAIN Act?
Paige and Erin are joined by Chris Fox from Voices for Non-opioid Choices on their new mini-series Action to Avoid Opioid Addiction. This mini-series will take an in depth look at the opioid epidemic, alternative pain management options, and we...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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27:04

One Year Later
We are celebrating the podcast's 1 year anniversary! On October 1 of 2020 Paige and Erin launched their first episode. One year later the podcast has grown and changed and in this episode you'll hear a year in review and a sneak peak into the f...
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Episode 24
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23:37

The Spectrum of Recovery
Paige and Erin are joined by Dawn Hale, founder of Dawn Hale Coaching, to talk about how recovery and substance use is a spectrum with many ways to focus on alcohol recovery.FOLLOW UShttps://www.facebook.com/YOUthPositivelySpeaking<...
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Episode 23
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35:26

Remembering Rory
Paige and Erin are joined by Tonia Ahern to talk about her son Rory and his struggles with substance use disorder and mental illness. We remember Rory and others who we have lost to overdose in this episode, which airs on International Overdose...
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Episode 22
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38:16

High Potency Marijuana
Paige and Erin are joined by youth members Jasmin and Sabih to talk about marijuana with Laura Stack from Johnny's Ambassadors. To join the #stopdabbing walk use the link here- https://p2p...
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Episode 21
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38:57

Opioids in Our Community
Paige and Erin are joined by youth members Bryce and Elizabeth to talk about opioids with Jerri Collevechio from the Safe Communities Coalition. There have been 1096 overdose deaths in New Jersey so far this year. For more information ...
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Episode 20
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35:10

Growing up with ACEs
Paige and Erin are joined by Sasha Condas to talk about her Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they impacted her childhood and life now as an adult. We also discuss what we can do as a community to support those with ACEs.FOLLOW US
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Episode 19
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20:23

Understanding ACEs
Paige and Erin are joined by Karen Widico and Penni Trionfo to talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they impact children and adults. We also discuss what we can do as a community to support those with ACEs and how prevention methods...
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Episode 18
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27:36
