Women Road Warriors

Why won't your teenager talk to you? Are your kids speaking a language you don't understand? What if the secret to better parent-child communication isn't talking more, but listening differently?
Parents everywhere struggle to communicate with their kids, especially during the teenage years. Conversations turn into arguments. Teenagers shut down. Parents get frustrated. But what if we're approaching the problem all wrong?
On Women Road Warriors, award-winning hosts Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro welcome Dr. Zabina "Dr. Zee" Bhasin, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, youth advocate, and founder of Listen to the KidZ. Known as a youth translator, Dr. Zee helps adults understand what kids and teenagers are really trying to communicate.
Her message is powerful: Young people don't need a spokesperson. They need a translator.
Dr. Zee challenges conventional thinking about parenting, teenage behavior, and generational misunderstandings. She explains why kids stop communicating with adults, how judgment and constant correction can damage trust, and why just five or ten minutes of genuine listening can transform family relationships.
She also tackles the influence of social media, artificial intelligence, and digital communication on today's youth. Are smartphones really the problem, or are adults overlooking something more important?
In this eye-opening episode, discover:
Why teenagers stop talking to their parents and what's driving the communication breakdown.
How to get your kids to open up without interrogating, lecturing, or judging them.
The five-to-ten-minute connection strategy that helps build trust and strengthen parent-child relationships.
Why active listening matters and how to practice it without interrupting or immediately offering advice.
The parenting double standard: Why adults sometimes criticize behaviors in teenagers that they demonstrate themselves.
Teenagers, social media, and AI: Why young people increasingly seek answers and emotional support outside their families.
How to build emotional resilience and confidence by making children feel heard, respected, and valued.
The surprising truth about teenage rebellion and why young people may want more adult guidance than parents realize.
How to reconnect with your teenager through everyday conversations without screens or distractions.

Dr. Zee offers one particularly memorable suggestion: Become your child's favorite talk show host. Ask an interesting question, make them feel like the most important person in the room, and then listen.
Whether you're raising young children, navigating the teenage years, teaching students, or mentoring young adults, this conversation could change the way you communicate with the next generation.
Your kids have something to say. Are you really listening?
🎧 Listen now to Women Road Warriors and discover how better listening can create stronger connections with the young people in your life.
Connect with Dr. Zee
Website: https://doctor-zee.com
Social media: @drzee_md
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Have you ever opened your closet and realized you're looking at a woman you used to be? Your clothes may still fit, but they no longer reflect who you are today. You've evolved, but your wardrobe hasn't kept up! If you're struggling with your personal style, feeling invisible in midlife, or wondering how to dress with confidence, the problem may not be your closet at all.
Mary Michele Nidiffer, known as The Visibility Stylist™, joins Women Road Warriors to reveal how discovering your unique style DNA can transform your wardrobe, restore your self-confidence, and help you reconnect with the woman you truly are.
A Master Style Coach, author, and creator of the StyleFinder ID® System, Mary Michele helps women uncover their authentic personal style, overcome limiting beliefs, and stop dressing to blend in. Her message is powerful: "You're not invisible. You're unexpressed!"
Why do so many women have closets full of clothes but nothing they want to wear? Mary Michele explains the hidden identity gap that develops as women navigate career changes, motherhood, aging, and personal reinvention. She reveals how to identify your signature style, discover the colors and clothing that flatter your body, and create a personal image blueprint that reflects who you are today.
You'll learn why following fashion trends and outdated age-appropriate dressing rules can undermine your confidence. Discover how to stop wasting money on clothes you never wear, eliminate closet overwhelm, and build a wardrobe that expresses your personality without spending a fortune.
Mary Michele also shares her five essential questions for choosing clothes that fit, flatter, feel fabulous, and work for your lifestyle. She explains why asking "How does this make me feel?" is far more empowering than asking someone else, "How do I look?"
Whether you're reinventing yourself after 40 or 50, struggling with body image, rebuilding your self-esteem, or simply tired of feeling invisible, this conversation offers a refreshing approach to midlife fashion, personal style, self-expression, and women's empowerment.
You don't need an expensive designer wardrobe to look fabulous. You need to discover what makes you uniquely YOU!
Stop dressing for the woman you used to be. Start dressing for the confident, vibrant woman you are today and the woman you're becoming!
Discover your personal style DNA! Take Mary Michele's free Signature Style Quiz:
https://thevisibilitystylist.com
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Are you emotionally exhausted, overwhelmed, burned out, or struggling to feel like yourself? The problem may be unresolved grief or the emotional weight of multiple losses. This is cumulative grief and it may be affecting your life more than you realize.
And it doesn't always come from losing someone you love.
Grief can follow divorce, relationship breakdowns, career setbacks, financial hardship, health challenges, or the loss of a future you once imagined. When multiple losses accumulate, the emotional toll can leave even the strongest people feeling stuck, numb, unmotivated, and disconnected from themselves.
In this powerful episode of Women Road Warriors, host Shelley Johnson speaks with Rosalind Price, a certified grief coach, transition strategist, and lifelong grief navigator who has spent 25 years working in corporate America. Rosalind explains why high achievers and resilient women often struggle to acknowledge their own grief, especially when they're accustomed to being strong for everyone else.
Drawing from her personal experiences with devastating family losses, divorce, and the unexpected death of her former husband, Rosalind shares a refreshing perspective on emotional healing, resilience, and rebuilding your life after loss.
You'll discover why grief isn't something you can simply push through, how unresolved losses can affect your identity, relationships, motivation, and productivity, and why creating a new normal doesn't mean returning to the person you used to be. It means growing in spite of it.
In this episode, discover:
What cumulative grief is and how multiple losses can quietly overwhelm you.
Why grief can feel like burnout, emotional exhaustion, brain fog, or loss of motivation.
Why successful women, leaders, and high achievers often struggle to admit they're grieving.
How unresolved grief can influence your relationships, decision-making, and sense of identity.
Why society's pressure to "move on" can make grief harder to navigate.
The difference between grief awareness and what Rosalind calls grief intelligence.
How to stop performing strength and begin recognizing what you actually need.
Why self-compassion, healthy boundaries, and the right support matter during major life transitions.
How Rosalind's Mind the Transitions® framework helps people build a new normal through awareness, compassionate tools, and sustainable action.

Rosalind challenges the idea that grief is an enemy to defeat. Instead, she encourages people to understand their experiences, reclaim their personal authority, and find a meaningful way forward without rushing their recovery.
Whether you're coping with the death of a loved one, divorce, career loss, major life changes, or years of accumulated emotional stress, this conversation offers a compassionate new perspective on grief recovery, emotional resilience, and personal transformation.
You don't have to pretend you're okay to begin moving forward. There is growth after loss.
Connect with Rosalind Price:
Mind the Transitions® on Grief TV: https://www.grief.tv
Find Rosalind Price on LinkedIn, https://rrichardprice.com/ and read her Substack publication, The Grief Gangstress.
Listen to Women Road Warriors: https://womenroadwarriors.com
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What if stubborn weight gain, constant cravings and “food noise” aren't simply a matter of willpower? What if your brain is driving more of your hunger, metabolism and eating behavior than you realize?
Triple board-certified neurologist and obesity medicine specialist Dr. Sara Siavoshi joins Women Road Warriors with Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro to reveal the connection between the brain, weight gain and weight loss, metabolism, GLP-1 medications, inflammation and healthy aging.
Dr. Siavoshi is the Founder and CEO of DrBrainRx, a nationwide physician-led telehealth platform focused on metabolic health, brain health, longevity and preventive medicine. She also practices clinical neurology and serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosciences at UC San Diego.
In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Siavoshi explains why she considers GLP-1 medications “brain drugs,” how the hypothalamus regulates hunger and satiety, and how dopamine-driven reward pathways can contribute to food cravings and addictive behaviors.
She breaks down the science behind Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro, semaglutide and tirzepatide, including what may happen when people stop taking GLP-1 medications and why maintaining muscle through resistance training and adequate protein are so important during weight loss.
Dr. Siavoshi explores the relationship between obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation and brain health, including why protecting the brain's blood vessels may matter for cognitive health as we age. She also explains how exercise increases BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), which supports neurons, neural connections and the hippocampus. That’s the brain region critical to learning and memory.
You'll also hear a fascinating discussion about genetics and obesity, fertility and metabolic health, “Ozempic babies,” vitamin D and the nervous system, neuroplasticity after neurological injury, and what science is discovering about GLP-1 medications and addictive behaviors.
In this episode, discover:
How your brain regulates hunger, fullness, cravings and “food noise”
Why GLP-1 medications may affect far more than appetite and weight
How dopamine and the brain’s reward system can influence compulsive eating
Why researchers are studying GLP-1s in connection with alcohol, nicotine and other addictive behaviors
Why weight can return after stopping GLP-1 medications
Why muscle, protein and resistance training matter during weight loss
What “skinny fat” means—and why appearance doesn’t always reveal metabolic health
How obesity, insulin resistance and inflammation can affect the brain and its blood vessels
Why exercise boosts BDNF, supporting memory, neuroplasticity and the hippocampus
What metabolic health may have to do with fertility and “Ozempic babies”
The differences between semaglutide, tirzepatide, Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro
Why vitamin D matters to neurological health

If you've ever wondered why one person seems able to ignore food while another battles cravings all day or why losing weight can feel like fighting your own body this conversation may change the way you think about weight forever.
Healthy aging isn't only about living longer. It's about protecting your brain, preserving your muscle, improving your metabolic health and staying mentally and physically capable as you age.
Listen to Women Road Warriors as Dr. Sara Siavoshi takes us inside the brain-body connection and separates medical science from the wellness hype.
Learn more at www.drbrainrx.com
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Sexual abuse, sexual assault, and harassment can leave survivors feeling powerless, silenced, and afraid they won’t be believed. Attorney and survivor advocate Alreen Haeggquist knows that firsthand. She survived years of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse as a child and remained silent out of fear and shame. Today, she has turned that painful experience into a mission to help other survivors find their voices, stand up to their abusers, and pursue justice.
For more than 20 years, Alreen has represented survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. As founder and managing partner of Haeggquist & Eck, LLP, she has recovered millions of dollars for clients while taking on powerful corporations, institutions, and individuals. Her belief is unwavering: wealth, influence, and status should never put anyone above accountability.
In this powerful conversation with Women Road Warriors hosts Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro, Alreen talks about why survivors often remain silent, why so many fear they won’t be believed, and how abuse can profoundly affect self-worth and a person’s ability to recognize abusive behavior later in life.
She also explains the importance of documenting misconduct, understanding your legal options, and having someone in your corner when confronting an abuser, employer, or powerful institution. Alreen shares why healing from trauma is a journey and how finding your voice can be an important part of reclaiming your power.
Beyond the courtroom, Alreen founded the HAE Fired Up Foundation to help survivors access resources for healing and empowerment. She is also the bestselling author of Fired Up: Fueling Triumph from Trauma, which chronicles her own journey and encourages other survivors to break the silence, find their voices, and move forward.
In this episode:
Why sexual abuse and harassment survivors often remain silent
How Alreen turned her own childhood trauma into a mission to advocate for others
Why being heard and believed can be so important for survivors
How Alreen helps survivors stand up to powerful people and institutions
Sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, and survivor legal rights
Steps survivors can take to document misconduct and explore legal options
How trauma can affect self-worth and the ability to recognize abusive behavior
Why finding your voice can be an important part of healing

Alreen’s message is powerful: survivors deserve to be heard, believed, supported, and empowered to reclaim their voices.
Learn more about Alreen Haeggquist: Alreen.com
HAE Fired Up Foundation: FiredUpFoundation.org
Get Fired Up: Fueling Triumph from Trauma: Fired Up book information
Haeggquist & Eck, LLP: HAE Law
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