Sensitivity Pause
By Nadine J. Smet-Weiss, Community Liaison, Before I continue on about sexual health, I need to recognize all of the people who have experienced any degree of sexual violence in their lifetime. A sexual violation can have long-lasting effects on our personal sense of...
Spark Your Creativity
By Nadine Smet-Weiss, Community Liaison; Translation by Ana Madenford, Prevention Specialist Read the August El Palo Magazine I write not knowing what freedoms and restrictions we will be living with this August. One thing I think I do know is that August,...
Times of Uncertainty in Our Daily Lives
By Nadine J. Smet-Weiss, Community Liaison, translation by Johnathan Rodriguez-Baez Read the July El Palo Magazine I am writing this on the eve of June 4th. Tomorrow we go from ‘red’ to ‘yellow.’ There is still a fair amount of uncertainty about what that will mean...
Healthy Relationships on a Budget
By Nadine J. Smet-Weiss, Community Liaison, translation by Johnathan Rodriguez-Baez and Ana Villaman Read the June El Palo Magazine During our time of ‘sheltering at home’ and physical distancing BTM’s Youth Ambassador Coordinator, Johnathan Rodriguez-Baez, was...
Starting the Conversation
By Nadine Smet-Weiss Starting the Conversations. . . Take a deep breath. Let it out. Take another deep breath. Starting the conversations is a little like that, one breath at a time. You can do this, I know you can. And you can’t really mess it up. What’s that I hear?...
Nutrition and Adolescents/La Nutrición y los Adolescentes
By Nadine Smet-Weiss, translation by Ana Villaman El Palo - May 2020 Nutrition and Adolescents Did you know, during the major developmental stage of adolescence brain development is a very big part of the deal? And did you know that without good nutrition during this...
About Long Distance Relationships – Part 1, Communication (English & Español)
By Johnathan Rodríguez Báez (He, him) Youth & Health Resource Center Coordinator Berks Teens Matter Relationships can be great, but they are definitely hard! They require time, patience, dedication. While lots of people have relationships where they see each other...
About Long Distance Relationships – Part 2, Dating (English & Español)
By Johnathan Rodríguez Báez (He, him) Youth & Health Resource Center Coordinator Berks Teens Matter Healthy communication is super important, but we also need to complement it with meaningful shared experiences…, which is another fancy way of having saying… Try to...
About Long Distance Relationships – Part 3, Sexting (English & Español)
By Johnathan Rodríguez Báez (He, him) Youth & Health Resource Center Coordinator Berks Teens Matter**DISCLAIMER** Berks Teens Matter is not endorsing, recommending or suggesting people to engage in online risky behavior. It is offering tools to reduce potential...
About Long Distance Relationships – Part 4, Boundaries and Love
By Johnathan Rodríguez Báez (He, him)Youth & Health Resource Center Coordinator, Berks Teens Matter Concluding this blog series about long distance relationships, we’ve talked about how important communication is, dating while apart and staying safe online. Now,...
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