# 140-Raising Resilient Teens: Faith, Performance & Emotional Strength with Dr. Carla Caturia

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Published: 2026-07-21T07:42:00+00:00
Episode link: https://frontparkingspot.podbean.com/e/raising-resilient-teens-faith-performance-emotional-strength/
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## Resource

In this episode of the Front Parking Spot podcast host Jennifer Bosma sits down with Dr. Carla Coturia, an elite peak performance coach and creator of The RISE Model, to discuss how parents can raise resilient, emotionally healthy teens in a high-pressure world. Carla draws on work with over 10,000 teens to explain why achievement can become a mask for unmet emotional needs and how faith, identity, and practical habits restore balance. Carla breaks down the RISE framework—regulating your state, building daily habits, taking integrated (inspired) action, and redefining identity—to help teens perform without burning out. She emphasizes emotional intelligence and self-trust as the foundation for sustainable success and explains common patterns she sees in teens: anxiety, burnout, and an achievement-based identity that erodes confidence. The episode offers actionable parenting guidance: regulate your own state before reacting, step back instead of fixing problems for your teen, give autonomy and meaningful choices, celebrate effort over outcome, and allow space for identity development. Carla also unpacks anxiety—what’s normal versus what becomes harmful—and gives simple tools for acknowledging and letting emotions pass. Faith and surrender are woven throughout the conversation: trusting God’s plan for your child, praying through big decisions, and recognizing that purpose may lead teens to unexpected paths (including alternatives to a traditional four-year college). Practical next steps include taking small, consistent habits seriously, encouraging pause and celebration, and supporting teens in identity development rather than performance alone. For listeners who want more, Carla shares ways to connect (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube) and mentions an upcoming course for fam…

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