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Channel 19 Video Interview of Natalie Borrell Academic Life Coach
On May 27th 2016, Channel 19 interviewed Academic Life Coach Natalie Borrell about the benefits of her Teen Life Skills Coaching program has helped several local teens reduce their stress, improve their grades, and even get accepted into 3 colleges when they felt they...
4 Reasons Every Teen Needs a Mentor… Plus Your Guide to Finding One
Adolescence is a crucial time for your teen to find a mentor. Teens are busy searching for their identity and developing self-esteem. Mentors offer them a special blend of adult support and independence from their parents. Mentors also help teens explore new life...
5 Ways to Lift Your Teen’s Spirit While Lowering Stress
Being a teenager is stressful! Handling school, work, and other activities (and still have a social life) is daunting for a young adult. The trick to managing worry is to build a set of coping skills that feel natural and fun. 5 Fun Ways to Reduce Stress and...
Awaken Your Teen’s Inner Leader for Long-Term Success
Personal Leadership is essential to your teen’s academic success, not to mention their emotional development. In this article, we'll address the elments of autonomy, problem-solving, and accountability. Parents often struggle with this major life transition, because...
High-Achievers Need Emotional Support and Coping Skills
Stellar grades and an impressive extracurricular portfolio -- all signs point to your teen’s happy ending. Or do they? High-achieving teens are precisely the ones that need extra emotional support and a balanced set of life skills. Studies show teens who feel pressure...
One Surprising Secret of Successful Students
Most successful students have one thing in common … a positive relationship with their teacher. In fact, strong teacher-student relationships help students grow both academically and socially. So how can your teen build these relationships, genuinely? They can...
Tap into the Power of Social Networking
It’s not too early to teach your teen the art of social networking. Actively building and nurturing a social network based on trust and mutual support can help them in every aspect of life -- from homework to landing a job to making new friends. First, help...
Kick Negative Self-Talk to the Curb
Want the big secret about your teen's inner critic? One that gives you hope when you hear your teen say... I’m not good enough to make the team. I’ll just get it wrong. There’s no way I could do that…? Well, here it is…. the inner critic is actually trying to help...
How to Swap Fear of Teachers for Confidence and Support
Does your teen quake in their Converse when they have to ask a teacher for help? Believe it or not, teachers (even those in the Dark Arts), do want to be on your teen’s support team! (Severus Snape saved Harry many times! ) And, high school is the perfect time -- and...
4 Winter Blues-Busters that WORK
When it’s cold and gloomy outside, and you start to get the winter blues … that’s exactly the time to get moving and take extra care of your body! It may feel counterintuitive, but fighting that urge to hibernate will help your teen stay positive and energized through...