Teach Teens HOW TO SET BOUNDARIES With Brittany Richmond

Teaching teens how to set boundaries is crucial for developing a healthy and happy mindset. Today I have a chance to sit down with Brittany Richmond, Youth Speaker and Anxiety Expert to discuss ways we can teach our students how to better cope and manage anxiety they might be experiencing. Brittany breaks down some common issues she’s noticed that teens are dealing with such as people-pleasing and unrealistic expectations. She explains that teens communicate differently than previous generations and that understanding this language is important in order to teach teens how to set boundaries both in the real world and their digital world. Brittany also touches on the stigma that still exists around mental health which sometimes makes it difficult for teens to discuss how they’re feeling. She offers a few ideas for how teachers can foster mental health strategies in the classroom, such as providing the opportunity for students to write anonymous notes to the teacher in order to communicate how their feeling.


Brittany Richmond is an energetic, charismatic communicator and a mental health expert of 10+ years. Right after high school, Brittany was diagnosed with multiple anxiety disorders (including an impulse control disorder) which led her into the field of counseling and psychology. From there, she has made it her mission to not only end the stigma, but "hug as many young people hurting" as she can with her stories and her voice.

Brittany uses her own battle with mental health to inspire students, but most importantly, let them know that they are not alone; and that there is help and hope. She says, what saved her life in her own mental health battle was learning to lean into the things that brought her joy, which led to strong offensive coping strategies and creating structure in her daily routine. Brittany's energy and knowledge instantly draws students in as she creates a safe place to be vulnerable and compassionate - to connect with students and help them start to build, develop and implement, what she calls, "life-saving" proactive coping strategies.

Brittany is a sought after student influencer and is a popular youth mental health speaker. She has given presentations across the country at conferences, conventions, school assemblies, and other student events. She is one of only about 15 active women speakers in the youth market today!

While Brittany does love speaking and inspiring students, she loves her husband and cats even more! She also loves rockin' out in her vintage band tees, sequins and leggings while listening to 80s hair bands. If she’s not riding on her Peloton, you might find her at a St Louis Cardinals game, drinking coffee at a local coffee shop, or binge watching Christmas Movies or Gilmore Girls on her couch - she lovingly calls herself, a "hot-mess express, in a good way!" She lives in Green Valley, Illinois with her husband Zach and cat Missy.

For more info, follow her on Instagram where she loves to hang out with those students she speaks to and continue to help and support them however she can! @thebrittanyrichmond

00:00 Intro
02:36 Brittany Richmond
05:02 Brittany’s Background
09:08 Teachers issues during covid
14:05 What Brittany sees working with teens
19:20 Tactical vs mental strategies for anxiety
21:22 Setting boundaries
24:04 Taking ownership
26:35 Communication evolution
29:20 Implementation
36:37 Learn more about Brittany

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