A Note to Parents
Building rapport with a coach who values and understands the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood can be a game changer for your child.
Coaching helps a young person thrive. It helps them to practice their strengths, explore their interests, learn new skills, and overcome the ineffective habits that prevent them from flourishing — personally, academically, socially and professionally.
Coaching Improves the Ability to Connect and Develop Interests
Rates of loneliness among young people are dangerously high. As a coach I will teach your child the skills they need for building healthy relationships as well as for academic and career success. The skills foster mindfulness, focus and emotion regulation, mutual respect, curiosity, and non judgement — all of which facilitate connection, confidence and reduce social anxiety.
Many young adults have not developed interests that ground them due to a decade of predatory social media algorithms, excessive smartphone use and the the limitations caused by Covid. Sadly, research shows that screen-based activities make other, real-life activities, less appealing. Coaching will help to reverse this.
Coaching helps adolescents and young adults overcome challenges of all kinds and helps them to name their strengths, ideas, and gain momentum through action.
We know adolescence is often a time of upheaval, and the 20s have long been considered the most challenging decade of the lifespan. On top of this, research shows how deeply today’s adolescents and young adults were impacted by COVID-19. They adjusted to online education overnight, were deprived of time with their friends, and missed opportunities to develop interests and broaden their social circles – all of which caused tremendous isolation at a time when they most needed social connection. Additionally, they faced cyberbullying, relentlessly negative public discourse, and increasing concerns about the state of the world, including issues of racism, classism, and gender equality. Meanwhile, the cost of living continued to rise. Even a Rhodes Scholar would feel apprehensive about opportunities in the real world under these conditions.
My Style
You can trust that your child will be in good hands. I am sensitive, positive, encouraging, empathic, and warm. I am also an expert when it comes to developing rapport with adolescents and young adults. And while I'm decades away from my 20s and teens, I struggled with most major decisions. I wish I'd had the chance to meet with someone like me because I would have focused less on what I didn't do well and more on the areas where I excelled. I would have struggled less and enjoyed more. More than anything, I want your child to struggle less and to thrive more. And I want their experience to be effective, positive, and memorable.