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When Your College Student Wants to Give Up
Just when you think your college student is settled in, making new friends, and doing well in her classes, she calls you in a panic. Sadness and stress are overwhelming her. She doesn’t know what to do. She is desperate for help. She says nothing is going right....
Coaching Advice: How to Have Hard Conversations
Here is the truth: I am not good at hard conversations. Before having one, I often give myself the same coaching advice I share with my teen and young adult clients. A hard conversation includes: addressing a concern, admitting a mistake, asking for forgiveness,...
Dealing With Your Strong Willed Teen
This week's blog post is written by Allison Livingston. She is a conflict resolution specialist, mediator, and parenting coach for those struggling with a strong-willed teen. Stormy, emotional and inflexible was the climate in our home for six challenging...
Ten Questions to Ask Your YA that Promote Healthy Independence
On her eighteenth birthday, Sky felt ready to be an adult. She had been longing for more freedom ever since she started high school. Now, she felt she could finally make her own decisions and live under her own rules. Legally, she didn’t have to do anything her...
How to Talk With Your Teen About the Crisis in Ukraine
My tendency is to always look on the bright side. In my personal life, I naturally see the positive and maintain an optimistic attitude. In my coaching practice, I help girls find their silver linings and connect with the valuable lessons that they can learn from...
6 Strategies for Raising a Confident Teen
As adults, we have had enough life experiences to realize the importance of confidence and believing in our own abilities. We know that in order to feel successful at our jobs, or any endeavor we care about, we need to have a sense of self-worth that drives us to keep...
When Everyone is Celebrating Love and You Have a Broken Heart
Although Valentine's Day has passed, heartache can persist. Your social feeds are still likely full of cute couples celebrating love. Unless you’re in a relationship, Valentine’s Day or a simple scroll through Instagram can trigger sadness, longing, maybe even...
The Importance of Routines for Teens and College Students
Life is full of surprises. When an unexpected change occurs, it can easily throw us off track. But, routines create structure in an unpredictable world and facilitate a sense of control and stabilization. Routines are something we can determine and rely on. They...
How to Talk with Your Teen About the Value of Coaching
As a parent, you understand the value of coaching. You know that adolescence is a stage when your teen will start to pull away from you so you want to provide her with outside support. You know she will benefit from having a trusted person with whom she can process...
Teen Mindset: Friend or Foe
We have an average of 50,000-60,000 thoughts a day. Most of these thoughts have very little honesty to them. Much of what we believe is the product of our imagination and can be very misleading. The reality is, we can’t stop our thoughts but we can decide...
Guiding Teens to Happiness Through Gratitude
Just about every moment of every day, if we truly look, there is something extraordinary to observe. For example, noticing that your best friend texted you to see how your headache was or the warm dinner your parent made for you? Unfortunately, our teens often get...
Self-Care Toolbox for College Students
Self-care is one of the most important things you can practice. Ideally, you should be doing something that evokes a sense of wellbeing on a daily basis. However, between dealing with the uncertainty of an ongoing pandemic, planning for your future, and dealing with...