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Episode 38: Tracey Gee â Helping Kids Identify Their Strengths
This week, weâre pulling out one from the archives. Weâre thrilled to introduce you to Tracey Gee, a To be honest, this is the conversation where I couldn't stop taking notes! Tracey's a longtime friend and former...
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Episode 37: Exposing Kids to Possibilities with Scott Schimmel
Every teenager goes through the exact same exploration journey as the baby bird in Dr. Seuss's Are You My Mother?. Unsure of their identity, community, or role, they search for a persona, values, beliefs, and...
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Episode 36: Case Study #2âHelping a 10th Grader Plan for the Future
This week, we invited Canyon Scandrett, a sophomore at Rancho Bernardo High School whose parents said needs help to figure out what direction to take his life. Our kids donât need us to be passive observers or...
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Episode 35: Case Study- Helping a 12th Grader Plan for the Future
Our kids donât need us to be passive observers or cheerleaders; they need us with them in the process of discovering their lives. Even more than with them, they need to be guided through a series of conversations and...
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Episode 34: How to help a kid plan for their future with Scott Schimmel
When our kids ask us sincere questions about their future, help! Get fully present. Read their expression, dig a little deeper for whatâs motivating them to think about it, and ask a bunch of questions. Our kids donât...
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Episode 33: Helping a Kid Find Their Strengths Part 2 with Scott Schimmel
A key foundational element for building a meaningful life is knowing and owning your strengths and assets. Youâll likely get help to understand them- maybe by taking strength assessments or reviewing your report card...
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Episode 32: Helping Kid Find Their Strengths with Jered Lish
Jered serves as one of the founders at iAlign.Work which is a Clifton Strengths based, goal-setting, and performance review HR tech company. Jered has over a decade of people development experience both in academia...
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Episode 31: Defining a Life Vision
Kids get asked all the time what they want to do when they grow up. High schoolers get asked what their plans are after graduation. College students get asked the same thing, with a big emphasis on work. But we never...
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Pursuing a Compelling Life Vision with Mike Boroughs
Kids get asked all the time what they want to do when they grow up. High schoolers get asked what their plans are after graduation. College students get asked the same thing, with a big emphasis on work. But we never...
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Guiding Students to Creativity and Beauty with Lauren DeCaprio
A key foundational element for building a meaningful life is regularly appreciating what's beautiful to you. What if we teach the appreciation of beauty as a life skill? Even asking the question: 'What's beautiful to...
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Learning to Lead Your Life Effectively - Stress Management
A key foundational element for building a meaningful life is developing skills for self-management.
Since stress is unavoidable, we might as well find a way to manage it effectively. Typically, stress will lead us to...
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Finding Your Way Back Home With Corrie Myers
Students today are under more stress and pressure than a generation ago, from an academic, performance, and college admissions standpoint. On top of that, they feel the weight of the worldâconflict, uncertainty,...
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