Parent Coaching

• Exhausted from the chaos in your family and with your teen?
• Struggling to keep the lines of communication open?
• Feeling lost and ready for a new direction?

If you're like most parents, you care deeply for your teen, and you're worried and anxious. Who wouldn't be? After all, we have lived in a world of missing children's photos on milk cartons, 9/11, school shootings, illicit drugs, unwanted pregnancy, AIDS, war, drunken driving and elevated college admission standards. You try to do the right thing, but what seems like the right thing often winds up in a shouting match or the silent treatment. You want to be a good parent, but these days, you're just not sure how.

Parenting is a difficult job. Looking back over the earlier years, you were confident and in control; of course, there was the occasional temper tantrum, but nothing you couldn't handle. Today, however, you're pacing the floor at two a.m. after finding your teen's bedroom empty and there's no answer on the cell phone. The parenting approach that served you so well during those early years is no longer working. In fact, this well-intended approach seems to be pushing your teen away, and you may be asking yourself questions like:

• How can I get my teenager to know that I'm not the enemy? That I'm really on his side?
• How can I motivate my teen to do her best? She's got so much potential.
• My teen just doesn't want to listen to anything I have to say anymore - what should I do?
• I've always been there for my daughter, but lately she seems to resent it - what's my role now?
• Sometimes I feel so hurt and rejected by my teen - doesn't he know how much I love him?

I want to help you answer these and other questions, and I want to share with you some simple, but powerful ways that you can create a great relationship with your teen - ways that have worked for me and thousands of other parents - ways that will empower you to create the family life you truly want.

TODAY COACHING IS HERE FOR YOU!

Fran Rudolph, M.A. founder of Today Coaching, is a seasoned professional and certified family coach. She is also an educator, author, public speaker, and workshop facilitator in the areas of parent coaching, couples coaching and life coaching. She holds a Master's degree in Education, is a member of the International Coach Federation, and holds advanced certification in coaching parents, kids and families from The Academy for Family Coach Training, one of the most well-known coaching programs in the country, a program affiliated with Lewis and Clark College and certified by the International Coach Federation.

In addition to her academic background, Fran, a mom and former teacher, understands your struggles and has the kind of in-the-trenches personal experience you want from your coach. So, if you are searching for a new beginning, let your journey start with Fran and the life-changing programs and workshops offered at Today Coaching.

FOUR-WEEK EMPOWERED PARENT WORKSHOP:

Enroll in the four-week parent workshop and learn what your pre-teen, teen or young adult wants and needs in these transition stages of life. Alongside other workshop participants you'll explore new ways of thinking about your role as a parent as well as practice new skills to use at home. Included in this four-session workshop:

• A combination of coaching, teaching and sharing with other parents
• Step-by-step application of seven powerful ways to support your child
• A series of exercises
• A textbook
• A workbook
• Email support from your workshop leader

You can register for this workshop today! Or, if you'd like more information about the workshop, call or email Fran.

ONE-ON-ONE CUSTOMIZED PARENT or FAMILY COACHING PROGRAM

If you want help with your specific family situation and believe you could move your family forward more quickly with the support and attention offered with individual sessions, one-on-one coaching is your best choice.

Enroll in the customized one-on-one 8-week parent coaching program. You or you and your parenting partner will meet once a week in person or by phone with Fran. We begin with your ideas and concerns. Then, with Fran's help, you will establish specific, measurable, and realistic goals that you commit to achieving within your set time-frame. Keeping your goals as the target, Fran then designs a confidential and custom coaching program to help you reach those goals. The direction is set and your progress is measured along the way. It is a powerful and transformative relationship that moves you toward your stated goals. See SUCCESS STORIES of real clients, once struggling and anxious, now enjoying their families with lasting love, respect and appreciation.

For more details about what's involved with one-on-one coaching and to make sure parent coaching is right for you, sign up for a free consultation or give Fran a call at 910-763-1888

Or, if you've got a question or comment for Fran, call or send an email. I look forward to hearing from you!

When it comes to your family, it's never too late!