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Extraordinary Purpose: Parenting Teens & Young Adults

Extraordinary Purpose: Parenting Teens & Young Adults

Hosted by: Erin and Chris

Somewhere along the way, you lost yourself as a parent. You’ve been doing everything you can to help your teen or young adult— and now they feel stuck, unmotivated, or distant… and you feel overwhelmed,...

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The Hidden Reason You're Not Getting the Results You Want

Why do some conversations, opportunities, and challenges bring out the best in us, while others leave us feeling reactive, frustrated, or disconnected? Erin and Chris explore one of the most important factors behind...
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Feeling Stuck? Reinvent Yourself and Create a Life You Actually Love

Have you ever felt stuck? Maybe you've spent years raising kids, building a career, and taking care of everyone else... only to realize you've lost touch with yourself along the way. In this heartfelt episode, life...
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How to Help Your Teen or Young Adult Create a Purposeful, Motivated Summer

Summer can either deepen the drift… or become the reset your family desperately needs. If you’re a parent struggling with an unmotivated teen or young adult, excessive screen time, lack of structure, unhealthy habits,...
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You Know What to Do… So Why Aren’t You Doing It? (Parenting Teens and Young Adults)

Are you holding yourself back as a parent of a teen or young adult? Here’s why it’s so hard to trust your intuition—and how to finally follow through. If you’ve ever caught yourself hesitating in a moment where you...
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How to Stay Connected with Your Teen or Young Adult (Without Pushing Them Away)

Feel like your teen or young adult is pulling away—and nothing you’re doing is working? In this episode, we break down how to stay connected with your teen or young adult and improve communication—without pushing...
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Why Your Teen Isn’t Listening (And How to Create a Family Culture That Actually Works)

If your teen or young adult isn’t listening… If everything turns into tension, resistance, or shutdown… This episode will shift how you see parenting. Because the issue isn’t your teen—it’s the environment they’re...
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The #1 Skill Parents Need: Staying Grounded with Teens & Young Adults

Ever find yourself reacting in the moment with your teen… and wishing you handled it differently? In this episode, we break down the #1 skill parents need to improve communication, reduce conflict, and build stronger...
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How to Evolve Your Relationship With Your Teen or Young Adult

Parenting teens and young adults can bring grief, distance, tension, and a lot of uncertainty. In this episode, Erin Verdis and Chris Adang talk about the evolution parents must go through as their children grow from...
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How Movies Build Confidence, Resilience, and Stronger Family Connection (For Parents of Teens & Young Adults)

What if the movies you watch with your teen or young adult could actually strengthen your relationship, build confidence, and spark meaningful conversations? In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Erin...
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How to Show Up as the Parent You Want to Be | Part 3

Quick Summary for Parents: If you’re a parent of a teen or young adult who feels drained, distracted, or overwhelmed, this episode will help you reset how you show up. Erin and Chris share practical tools to help you...
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Trusting Yourself: Leaning In To Your Own Intuition

 n this solo episode of The Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Erin explores what it really means to trust yourself in a world full of noise, opinions, and pressure. As culture enters what many call a “trust recession,”...
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How Parents Overcome Resistance & Follow Through (Teen + Young Adult Parenting) | Part 2 of 3

Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or tired of starting strong but falling off? In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris and Erin speak to parents of teens and young adults about how to overcome...
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