Teens and Career Panic: Moving Forward Matters More than Picking the “Right” Path
Teens and Career Panic: Moving Forward Matters More than Picking the “Right” Path At least half of the teens and young adults I work with feel completely paralyzed when it comes to figuring out their future — and their parents feel that stress right alongside them. With so many insecurities swirling at once, clarity feels […]
Vaping in Teens: The Big Conversation Most Parents Aren’t Having
Vaping in Teens: The Big Conversation Most Parents Aren’t Having Vaping and nicotine addiction are quietly affecting teens and young adults at alarming rates—often without you as the parent fully realizing what’s happening. And while your teen may respond to your concerns by dismissing them or minimizing the issue, the truth is they often carry […]
Want your Teen to Listen and Let you In? Stop Over-Spending your ‘Relationship Capital’
Want your Teen to Listen and Let you In? Stop Over-Spending your ‘Relationship Capital’ When it comes to parental concerns around things like screentime, vaping, dating, bad grades, or mental health struggles, you want to be able to give your input and help steer the ship. After all, you’ve been around maybe half a century […]
Sneak Peek at my Online Course ‘INSIGHT for Relationships: More Ups, Less Downs’
Take a Sneak Peek at the Online Course ‘INSIGHT for Relationships: More Ups, Less Downs’ About 75% of the couples I work with are willing to do what it takes for their relationship to survive and grow. And yet so much of the effort and energy not only doesn’t work, but backfires. Talks or arguments, […]
Take a Sneak Peek at my Online Course INSIGHT: The Principles of a Fulfilling and High-Performance Life
Take a Sneak Peek at my Online Course ‘INSIGHT: The Principles of a Fulfilling and High-Performance Life’ Ever known someone that handles things like crises, work or parenting stress, or relationship conflict more gracefully than you? And yet if you look around a little more, there’s people that handle life less gracefully than you? Even […]
When your Teen’s Struggles Scare or Overwhelm you: Finding your own Calm in the Storm
When your Teen’s Struggles Scare or Overwhelm You: Finding your own Calm in the Storm When teens are doing badly — emotionally, behaviorally, or mental-health-wise, parents can easily fly into reactive states themselves and lose their own stability. They slip into states of frustration, fear, panic, or a sense of pressure to ‘fix their kid’ […]
Making Mistakes as a Practitioner: Developing your Mindset as a Student vs an Expert
Making Mistakes as a Practitioner: Developing your Mindset as a Student vs an Expert I think it’s safe to say that most people have some level of fear, intolerance, or judgment around mistakes, whether it’s their own, other people’s, or both. And one area where I see it wreak havoc is among therapists and coaches. […]
Working with Teens with Extreme Behaviors: Making Sense of Them instead of Reacting to Them
Working with Teens with Extreme Behaviors: Making Sense of them instead of Reacting to them I recently trained a therapist who’s worried about her teen client. This client spends most waking hours under her covers. She dropped out of the school play, two sports, and stopped going out with friends. She mentioned another young client […]
The Silent Identity Crisis behind Teen Body Changes
The Silent Identity Crisis behind Teen Body Changes Today’s video is about body image in young people. A lot of my young adult clients used to be thinner as kids or tweens, then feel blindsided when their bodies change during adolescence or as they hit their twenties. Teen bodies change for so many reasons. Their […]
For Teens: Dealing with Your Parents’ Blind Spots Without Losing your Sanity
For Teens: Dealing with Your Parents’ Blind Spots Without Losing your Sanity At some point in your teens or early 20’s you might realize that some of your stress and tension might involve your parents. Starting around 11 or 12 years old, we naturally start forming our own ideas about life, how it works, and […]