MindShift Power Podcast
MindShift Power Podcast
Fatima Bey The MindShifter
You're Not Confused - You're Being Played (Episode 134)
34 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
Meet The Host And Guest
The Hidden Pressure Teens Carry
What Phones Do To Your Future
Anxiety, Depression, And No Escape
Using Fiction To Tell Hard Truths
What Adults Must See And Do
Hope, Boundaries, And Trusting Your Gut
Question Everything And Take Power Back
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Phones didn’t just change how teens communicate, they changed what it feels like to grow up. When a device becomes your social currency, your identity mirror, and your constant audience, pressure stops being an occasional thing and turns into a 24/7 weight you carry everywhere. We talk with Tara Hodgson, a teacher and young adult author from Alberta, Canada, about what she sees in the classroom that many parents never hear: FOMO that gets sharper every time you watch an event you weren’t inv...