Coaching for Bright Underachieving Teens: Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Performance
What if the very intelligence that should be your teenager’s greatest asset has actually become their primary obstacle? It’s a painful irony when a…
Choosing a Mentor for Young Adults: A Comparison of Modern Support Models
The most exhausting role a parent can play is that of the “unpaid manager” for a child who has the potential but lacks the momentum to move forward….
Alternatives to Therapy for Teens: Finding the Right Path for Intense and Gifted Adolescents
What if the reason your bright, intense teenager is resisting therapy isn’t because they’re “difficult,” but because the clinical model itself feels…
Annihilating Modern Adolescent Anxiety
If you are the parent of a teen who over-thinks, over-worries and makes themselves anxious, this is for you! Does this describe your adolescent son or daughter? If so, consider what I am offering here both as insights and to directly help. Anxious adolescents are often difficult to effectively help. Often the most they get…
The New College Relationship Phenomena & Why You Should Be Paying Attention
Why Are So Many College Freshman Trying To Keep Their High School Relationship Going? As a parent, you probably knew people who dated in high school back when we came of age in the 70s and 80s, then tried to make it work when they went off to college. It typically lasted until Thanksgiving Break.…
Just One Belief Away -” The Self-Sabotager”
23 year old Mark and I sat across from one another at a cool alternative cafe near his college campus yesterday. When I walked in he was busy chatting with the manager and two girls who were waiting in line to order. He’s good looking, outgoing and an extrovert, and though he is about to graduate from one of…
Death By Video Game
DO NOT BUY YOUR TEEN SON A VIDEO GAME MACHINE OR GIVE HIM COMPUTER ACCESS IN HIS ROOM IF HE IS EITHER: A) Prone to addiction to TV (every time the screen is on he can’t stop himself from staring at it) B) Socially shy or socially struggling If you do, it is almost 100%…
Growing Up Doesn’t Just Happen Between 9 & 5
This blog posting shows real “screen shots” of text messages that were sent to me just in the last few days. I think this gives a real glimpse into the world of today’s adolescents. This is especially for those who are seeking to better understand the model and methodology of work I do with Evolution Mentoring. Growing Up…
The Easy Daily Habits 24 Executives Say Give Them an Edge
As a teen counselor the relationship I develop with a young person can carry on through time, and I am now seeing more first and second job twenty something clients who are finding that they need additional input to succeed in demanding social and professional contexts. My work has been published widely and includes this…
The Four Traits Teens Need To Be Successful
According to Laura Padilla-Walker, BYU university professor and associate director of the school of Family Life, there are four main strengths that are needed for a teen to grow into a successful adult. These are based around being more intrinsically motivated and yet also aware of ones impact in and connection with the world. Family…