Extraordinary Purpose Blog
For Amazing Parents of Teens and Young Adults
Empowering Coaching, Tools, and Strategies to Help You and Your Teens and Young Adults Connect with Your Purpose, Create Influence for Your Family, Help Your Kids Thrive, and Create an Extraordinary Life
As industry leading Life Coaches for young adults, and parents of our own teens and young adults, the topic of how to best manage and overcome technology addiction, and other distractions that hold our kids back, is a constant!
I realize this may sound a bit extreme, but it crosses my mind...
In a culture where kids are so incredibly influenced by social media and their peers, introducing them to a path of personal growth is imperative. What we have found in our coaching program is that the environment we create for teens is what makes the biggest difference in the level of their...
During our Group Coaching Meeting the Sunday after Thanksgiving, we started the way we do each week, asking everyone to share a win or celebration from their week, as well as something that was a challenge or struggle, and what they learned about themselves. There was common thread...
We absolutely love being Teen Life Coaches! Everyday we get the special opportunity to work with so many different kids. It is 100% true that every teen we coach and support has an unbelievable amount of potential that we get the privilege to see, nurture, and help bring out into the world. And...
That's a bold statement I know, but it's just true. Chris and I created Extraordinary Purpose for Teens & Young Adults for several reasons, seeing our own kids leaning into the teen years, coaching countless adult clients over the years and hearing them say "I wish I had done this work...
I can hardly believe December is almost upon us! The season is truly in full swing already and I love this time of the year! My daughter will be 13 in January, and my son is 17 now. I'm not sure about you parents, but as I've started my Christmas shopping this year, walking through the toy...
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We talk to so many teens and young adults every day who don't yet know who they are, who don't believe in themselves, who judge themselves every step they take, who beat themselves up for almost everything that they say or do, who don't think they have what it takes to do...
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Here at Extraordinary Purpose Life Coaching for Young Adults, we believe that building the life and career of your dreams begins with understanding who you truly are. Once you truly see yourself, you begin to see things (and people) that are in alignment with you are, which sets...
Like you, we know your Teen is unique, special, and full of so much incredible potential. No matter where they are today and what they are struggling with, that potential is still inside just waiting to be seen, heard, and connected with. It just needs the right environment (away from the...
We have found that "Heartfelt Conversations" are one of the most important rituals for families to embrace in order to create and nurture strong, positive, and healthy relationships between parents and their teens or young adults. In a world filled with so many distractions that break our...
Fall is Time for Focus
If you are a Teen or Young Adult, it can be extremely challenging to navigate everything currently happening in your life. You have family, friends, school, sports, along with all of the additional pressures that come with "growing-up".
Important stuff like figuring...
Rituals can be a very powerful part of your daily and weekly routines. You may have rituals that you already practice, and you don't even realize it. A ritual is simply an act or behavior that you implement regularly and consistently into your life. Rituals can replace "bad" habits,...