A heartfelt conversation with youth mentor Tom LaGrave on how to guide teens with love, boundaries, and the courage to let them grow through struggle.
In this emotional and grounded episode, Tom LaGrave shares what he has learned from decades of working with youth: why failure is necessary, how presence builds trust, and how adults can support adolescents without rescuing them. We explore rites of passage, emotional resilience, trauma healing, journaling, and the deeper meaning of walking beside young people as they find their way into adulthood. A powerful conversation for parents, mentors, and anyone navigating their own inner growth.
Advice/ Call to Action/ Extra:
Do your own Rite of Passage. Create your challenge, train for it and go out. Give yourself this gift.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro Summary
03:21 Start of Episode with a Recap of the first Episode
07:51 Writing the first book in Africa. "The Bell Tolls for Thee."
11:15 How Tom Learned to write a Book. The Importance of Journaling
18:59 Working with youth and earning their trust
23:52 Once you Wrote your Journal it's Yours for Life
25:20 Writing the Second Book "Special Welfare, Social Warfare"
29:16 Parenting Tips. Show them you LOVE them
34:41 Transform Your Failures into Your Strengths
36:44 The Reason for Writing the 2nd Book
40:46 Connect with Teenager, Homeless and give Back without Judgment
50:13 Drawing People to Oneself
54:10 Feeling Good. By Playing Like a Kid
01:03:03 Working with Veterans
01:10:01 Rites of passage and their importance
01:20:02 Create your Own Rite of Passage as a Grown Up
01:33:57 Spirituality, God and altered states
01:45:09 Exploring esoteric knowledge and closing thoughts
Links to Tom's Work:
"The Bell Tolls for Thee."
Guest:
Thomas J. LaGrave Jr.
Website: https://honorboundacademy.org
Author, Clinical Therapist, Former Navy SEAL, Youth Social Worker
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