268. Tammy J. Cohen | Text Messages to My Sons

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure to interview Tammy J. Cohen, author of Text Messages to My Sons: A Guide to Using Mobile Devices to Connect and Communicate with Your Kids. Tammy is a dynamic speaker, award-winning author, podcaster, and brand messaging consultant. She’s the founder of Women Beyond the Table and TC Brand Consulting, where she helps leaders align mission, values, and message for authentic impact. With an MBA from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, she blends warmth, humor, and practical wisdom to help families and teams communicate with intention. In this episode, you’ll learn how to turn phones into a force for connection with simple daily texts, what to say (and why a reply isn’t required) to build trust and resilience, and a repeatable framework for infusing love, gratitude, and accountability into short messages that cut through digital noise. We hope you enjoy this incredible conversation with Tammy J. Cohen. To Learn More about Tammy and buy her book visit: The Book: https://a.co/d/eooVgDB Website/Socials: https://tammyjcohen.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tammyjcohen/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammy-j-cohen/ Chapters: 1:31 Life with more books and less distractions & mobile devices 5:11 Physical books vs Digital reading 7:52 You never read the same book twice… you’re a new reader 10:55 The story of Tammy’s highly positive impact of phone usage 19:31 Meeting people unselfishly where they are at 22:15 The power of connection over poor mental health 26:24 Healthy & positive relationships don’t need to be 50/50 28:42 The reciprocity will eventually come… at the right time 33:07 Sharing gratitude and vulnerability 36:28 Where to connect with Tammy, her work and her book 37:36 Think of life as your best friend ________________________________________________ Join the world's largest non-fiction Book community! https://www.instagram.com/bookthinkers/ The purpose of this podcast is to connect you, the listener, with new books, new mentors, and new resources that will help you achieve more and live better. Each and every episode will feature one of the world's top authors so that you know each and every time you tune-in, there is something valuable to learn. If you have any recommendations for guests, please DM them to us on Instagram. (www.instagram.com/bookthinkers) If you enjoyed this show, please consider leaving a review. It takes less than 60-seconds of your time, and really makes a difference when I am trying to land new guests. For more BookThinkers content, check out our Instagram or our website. Thank you for your time!