#answermycall by Angela Dora Dobrzynski and Rujuta Chincholkar-Mandelia
Last Updated: March 31, 2026
A podcast for parents and caregivers of teens, #AnswerMyCall features therapist Rujuta Chincholkar-Mandelia, who works with teens, and therapist Angela Dora Dobrzynski, who works with parents of teens. We are two therapists and parents of teens who share our experiences, processes and tips for coping with this stage of life.
Teens and Spirituality
In this episode, we discuss spirituality and the development of spiritual health in our teenagers. What are some of the benefits of incorporating spiritual practices and how can we start a conversation about spirituality with our teenagers. We discuss our own ideas and definitions of religion and spirituality.
An Interview with Laura Sirico
In this episode, we talk to Laura Sirico who is a sexuality educator and works with teens. We discuss conversation starters about sex and sexuality with our teenagers, what parents can do to help their teenagers understand sexual health, and discuss family value system around sex, sexuality and sexual health. Resources:Book: For Goodness Sex by …
An Interview with Katie Cornwall
In this episode we talked with Katie Cornwall RD, a dietician at Balanced Nutrition, LLC, about the role of nutrition in teen mental health, social media influences on teens’ dietary habits, “food neutrality,” the insidious nature of diet culture and normalization of behaviors that can become disordered, and how parents can support their kids in …
How do we teach our teens about boundaries?
In this episode, we explore what we mean by boundaries. How can we create our boundaries? How can we talk to our teenagers about boundaries? At the end of the episode, we discuss some take aways for parents –– Understanding our values – Role Modeling– The 3 Cs for teens to understand how to enact their …
An Interview with Dr. Daisy Lara
In episode 3, we talk to Dr. Lara, DNP CRNP FNP-BC PMHNP-BC . We explore the cultural struggles with mental health, med management, talking to parents and teens about medications, marijuana, QB testing and patient advocacy. Dr. Lara attained her doctorate from Wilmington University. She is a double board-certified nurse practitioner (Family Nurse Practitioner and …
Starting a Difficult Conversation with our Teen!
In this episode, we discuss conversation starters. Talking to teens can be difficult, but many times we can hold space for them to come to us. We explore some of the tools we use with our own teenagers and our clients in starting difficult conversations.
Contemporary Issues in Parenting Teens
In this episode, we discuss parenting from the perspective of being parents ourselves and therapists. We discuss how in our generation the word "parent" has become a verb, what impact it has on our parenting and how it impacts us as individuals. Parenting teenagers is hard, but knowing that we are all in it together …
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