Seeds Of Confidence: Teri Thompson On Raising Leaders

Ready Set Collaborate with Wanda Pearson · Feb 25, 2026 · 35m · transcript

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What if the first place we prevent harm isn’t a policy or a program, but a sentence a child says to themselves: I am enough. We sit down with Judge and author Teri Thompson to unpack how early identity, steady mentorship, and practical storytelling can change a life’s arc long before a courtroom is ever involved. Teri draws on 32 years in law to reveal the patterns she kept seeing—lost self-respect, borrowed identities, and decisions made from empty places—and how that led her to write books that put power back in kids’ hands.

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