Book · 2023 · Family & Relationships
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. has been mentioned in 8 episodes across 4 podcasts (6 episodes recommend it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Rich Roll (4 episodes), Mel Robbins (1 episode) and Puja Lakshmin (1 episode) on The Rich Roll Podcast (4 episodes), The Ezra Klein Show (2 episodes) and No Stupid Questions (1 episode).
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Everybody you have got to go pick up this book. It is not only so enlightening, but it is hopeful.
Questions about The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.
Who recommends The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. on podcasts?
Rich Roll (4 episodes), Mel Robbins (1 episode) and Puja Lakshmin (1 episode) have recommended The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. on podcasts. In all, 5 people brought it up across 4 podcasts (3 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Emotional Lives of Teenagers the most?
The Rich Roll Podcast (4 episodes), The Ezra Klein Show (2 episodes), No Stupid Questions (1 episode) and The Mel Robbins Podcast (1 episode).
Is The Emotional Lives of Teenagers recommended, or only discussed?
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. was recommended in 6 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 2 episodes, as of 2026-08-22.
What do people say about The Emotional Lives of Teenagers?
Mel Robbins on The Mel Robbins Podcast (2026-08-22): "Everybody you have got to go pick up this book. It is not only so enlightening, but it is hopeful."
When was The Emotional Lives of Teenagers last mentioned on a podcast?
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. was last recommended on The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins on 2026-08-22.
What they say about it
- Recommends reading the book“pick up this book”4
- Praises its helpful impact“an amazing resource”2
The best things said about it
Her latest book The emotional lives of teenagers is a mustre in my opinion.
You have got to pick up this book The Emotional Lives of Teenagers. I cannot tell you how helpful, hopeful, encouraging, empowering it is.
Everybody pick up The Emotional Lives of Teenagers.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Apr 2023 Your book has been an amazing resource to me as somebody who's parenting an older teen and a younger teen at the moment.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Apr 2023 One of the things that was striking about your book is the neurology of it all and how it actually begins quite earlier than we might suspect.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Apr 2023 Where and when it comes up
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5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour is a psychological guide that helps parents understand and navigate the intense emotional experiences of adolescents with empathy and practical strategies. Mel Robbins enthusiastically recommended the book on her podcast, calling it an absolute must-read that is wonderfully enlightening, hopeful, encouraging, and empowering. Rich Roll frequently highlighted the volume across multiple episodes of The Rich Roll Podcast, praising Damour as a Yale-educated psychotherapist and teen whisperer, and featuring the book as part of a definitive tripartite of parenting must-reads alongside her other popular titles. Puja Lakshmin also recommended the publication on The Ezra Klein Show as a strong resource for listeners seeking guidance on youth psychology and family dynamics. Throughout these discussions, hosts emphasized that Damour's work cuts through common anxieties surrounding adolescence by reframing difficult emotional outbursts as healthy, normal parts of growing up rather than signs of pathology. The podcasters underscored that the book offers caregivers actionable frameworks for listening effectively, maintaining strong connections with their children, and supporting youth through the complex challenges of modern teenage life.
Every mention
Rich Roll This year marked the return of one of my favorite teen whisperers, Dr. Lisa Deore, a Yale educated psychoth… 4
“her books include untangled under pressure and the emotional lives of teenagers”
“This year marked the return of one of my favorite teen whisperers, Dr. Lisa Deore, a Yale educated psychotherapist and best-selling author of the emotional lives of teenagers.”
“she's the author of three New York Times bestsellers untangled under pressure and the emotional lives of teenagers”
“you know your book uh has been an amazing resource to me as somebody who's parenting an older teen and a younger teen at the moment and it's that thing where just when you think you've got it figured out something happens and you feel completely at a loss to how to you know start of manage the situation and”
“I mean one of the things that was striking about your book is the Neurology of of it all and how it actually begins quite earlier than we might suspect”
“Everybody pick up the emotional lives of teenagers”
Mel Robbins her latest book The emotional lives of teenagers is a mustre in my opinion 1
“her latest book The emotional lives of teenagers is a mustre in my opinion”
“and everybody you have got to go pick up this book it is not only so enlightening but it is hopeful”
“you also write in your latest bestseller the emotional lives of teenagers that there is a difference with how the different genders cope with”
“you have got to pick up this book The Emotional lives of teenagers I cannot tell you how helpful hopeful encouraging empowering it is”
Puja Lakshmin the second is by Lisa deore the emotional lives of teenagers 1
“the second is by Lisa deore the emotional lives of teenagers”
Angela Duckworth you know I read this book recently by this psychologist named Lisa deore and she studies adolescent emotion… 1
“you know I read this book recently by this psychologist named Lisa deore and she studies adolescent emotional health and she's clinically trained”
Ezra Klein and you wrote a book about the emotional lives of teenagers 1
“and you wrote a book about the emotional lives of teenagers”
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and her latest New York Times bestselling book The Emotional lives of teenagers is revolutionary”
“she's the author of the emotional lives of teenagers and the book Under Pressure”
“she is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Untangled, Under Pressure, and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers—the latter being the subject of today’s exchange.”
“I there's a section in my book called why your teen hates how you chew and and it's about separation and individuation”
“so what I tried to introduce in this book was how we as psychologists think about emotion regulation”
“and so one thing I was so delighted to discover in writing this book is something that was happening in my home and that I think a lot of families think is just happening in their home is that the kid who tells them nothing after school at dinner asking great questions parents getting nothing”