What’s Your Inner Voice Teaching Your Kid?

The way kids talk to themselves has MASSIVE ramifications for the kind of adults they become. How do parents set up their kid’s internal dialogue for success? Here’s the tricky part: a big part of what shapes their inner voice comes from you. For many of us, we might not be as intentional with our own thoughts as […]

Is it okay for you to be imperfect?

Sometimes s**t happens. Yes, you got me, Palmer today! I wanted to share some thoughts I have about the various expectations we have – as parents, friends, spouses, neighbors, strangers, siblings, and ourselves. Last week it was my week to write our Sunday email but somehow Saturday night came after a very busy week, I was at […]

A teenagers darkest moments

Palmer today! This email talks about suicide, so I wanted to give you a heads-up in case it is triggering for you Sometimes I forget. I forget the feeling of pressing a gun barrel to my temple. I forget how hopeless and scared I was. I forget the days, weeks, months, and even years when […]

No one wants to fail…right?

You got me, Palmer, today! Nobody wants their life to turn out badly. As far as I know, most of us hope that our life turns out to be one of significance and that is aligned with the dreams we have for ourselves. A lot of times I will hope something happens in my life […]

Family Vision Workshop 9/3: Our “Why”

You got me for this lovely Sunday! Palmer here 🙂 This might be the most powerful tool humanity has at its disposal. If used properly it can do everything from bring together strangers to uniting nations… but don’t quote me on that! 😅 What I love most about this tool is that it can create […]

Navigating the School Year: A Parent’s Guide to Empowering Students

Back to School

I want you to imagine someone shows up at your door tomorrow and says you are going to do a 12 year long lecture series (K-12) where you go for 6-8 hours per day, have work to do in the evening after the lecture series for the following day’s lectures (homework), you don’t get paid […]

Decreasing teenage anxiety and creating a greater sense of purpose!

Volunteering can decrease teenage anxiety and create a greater sense of purpose!

I hope you had a great week and a nice weekend so far. Crazy busy, draining, recharging, whatever it has been I am glad you are here 😄 I bet if someone offered you a magical pill that would help reduce your kid’s risk of anxiety and depression, boost their self-confidence, help them feel a […]

Why It’s So Important to do! Family Dinners

I hope you guys had a great 4th of July! 🎆 I’ll be honest it’s weird being an adult and being worried about the risks of setting off a sparkler when I spent most my 4ths as a teenager being chased by the police for blowing things up…how the times have chagned. This is a different topic, but […]

5 Ways to Connect with Your Teen

Palmer here… What an experience it is to have and be a teenager… I sometimes dream about soaking in the highs and lows that will come with having a teen one day and then think about what I put my mom through and get a little terrified because I was not great. 😅 Two things […]

Great Summers Don’t Happen By Accident

You get me again…Palmer here 🙂 I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend and enjoying the summer sunshine 😊☀ I see something funny (and not surprising) happen with almost all my clients when summer rolls around each year, whether they are tweens or in their early 20’s. Things get chaotic. One week they’re busy at […]