Believe in Yourself
This is the number of steps Sheryl Lee Ralph outlines in her guide to believing in yourself.
What is three?
This part of the brain, responsible for planning, decision-making, and self-control, is still developing during adolescence.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This term refers to experiences such as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction that occur before the age of 18.
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)?
This addictive chemical found in most vaping products is also in traditional cigarettes.
What is nicotine?
This literary element includes the time, place, and environment in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
According to Sheryl Lee Ralph, this step involves recognizing and celebrating your own voice and individuality.
What is "Say it"?
Roselinde Kaiser says that instead of thinking of teen brains as broken, we should recognize them as being in this stage of development.
What is a remodeling or adaptive stage?
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains that this system in the body, when repeatedly activated by trauma, can lead to long-term health consequences.
What is the stress response system?
According to Lilly Reynolds, vaping can cause damage to this organ even in young, healthy individuals.
What are the lungs?
This appeal to ethics or credibility (trust) is often used when a speaker refers to their expertise or reputation.
What is ethos?
This powerful affirmation, used by Ralph, encourages self-belief and daily repetition.
What is "I am enough"?
According to Dr. Kaiser, adolescent brains are especially good at this kind of learning, which helps teens quickly adjust to new environments.
What is flexible or adaptive learning?
According to the TED Talk, people with four or more ACEs are more likely to develop this chronic condition, among others like heart disease and cancer.
What is anxiety or depression?
Lilly Reynolds highlights that vape companies often use this type of advertising to target teens.
What is colorful and youth-friendly marketing?
This is the emotional appeal used to persuade the audience by evoking feelings such as pity, anger. or joy.
What is pathos?
In her talk, Ralph draws on her experiences as this type of performer to illustrate resilience and confidence.
What is an actress or a performer?
Rather than labeling teen behavior as irrational, Dr. Kaiser suggests we see it as part of this broader evolutionary purpose.
What is preparation for independent or adult life?
This field of medicine focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating the long-term effects of childhood adversity.
What is therapy?
This social factor, often seen in schools and peer groups, contributes to the rise in teen vaping.
What is peer pressure?
This appeal to logic or reason uses facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade.
What is logos?
This is the final step in Ralph's 3-step guide that encourages taking action and showing up for your dreams.
What is "Show up"?
Dr. Kaiser emphasizes the importance of understanding and supporting teen mental health by doing this instead of blaming or pathologizing.
What is listening and engaging with empathy or validating their experience?
Dr. Harris emphasizes the need for routine screening for ACEs in this setting to ensure early intervention.
What is the pediatrician's office, primary care, or school therapy?
Lilly Reynolds is this many years old at the time of the video.
What is 18 years old?
This teacher gives the most work out of every teacher in the building and is the most aggravating because of the pressure of accountability that comes with this teacher.
Who is Ms. Floyd?