S4 E34: A Dad's Mission to Support Teen Mental Health — with Chris Coulter

After the most difficult experience of his life, Chris Coulter spent a decade speaking with more than 2,000 parents who were struggling to understand what was really going on with their teenagers. What he found was a consistent gap — parents dismissing warning signs as normal adolescent behavior, and teenagers who wouldn't open up to the people who loved them most.

In this episode Chris talks about his daughter Maddie, what he learned in the years that followed her passing, and the organization he built called The Mentor Well. He walks through the Teen Signal Check — a free five-minute tool that gives parents a clear green, yellow, or red — and explains why he believes mentorship, not parenting or therapy alone, is often the relationship where a struggling teenager will finally feel safe enough to talk.

Find Chris and the Teen Signal Check at thementorwell.com.

🇨🇦 Support is always available:

Suicide Crisis Helpline — Call or text 9-8-8 (free, confidential, 24/7)

Kids Help Phone — Call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (free, confidential, 24/7 for youth and young adults)

Hope for Wellness Helpline (Indigenous communities) — Call 1-855-242-3310 or chat at hopeforwellness.ca (available 24/7 in English, French, Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut)

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