Parents and Teenagers...
You can be successful and have the life you want to have even if you struggle in school, aren’t headed in a good direction or to the “right” college, and have made some big mistakes.
Are the teenage years taking a different trajectory than you were expecting, or at least hoping? Does it feel like you’ve fallen off the path you “should" be on?
I promise that you can overcome the challenges and difficulties that you are dealing with and be happy, whether you are a parent or a teenager. You can learn what you need to learn to live the life you want to learn. Unfortunately, there is a lot of focus on one path to make this happen - academic achievement, but that path doesn’t work for everyone. In fact it doesn’t work for most people, but it is so easy to get dragged into the pressure, stress, and overwhelm and lose focus on what you really care about and is most important for you - becoming a happy, thoughtful, and successful human being.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Or this way. 
Or this way. 
A great place to start is with our complementary guidebook and bi-monthly newsletter - Happy, Healthy, and Motivated.
"I love our talks. At school I am quiet and small, nothing like I am here. We talk about stuff that I don't say to anyone. I'd be nice if school were more like this."
- Meghan, HS Junior
"Don't know what voodoo that u do but it worked! We had the best kid last night. Asking questions and being loving and not being defensive. No locking his door and acting like an addict. Offering to help and doing the dishes. Thank u".
- Rachel, parent of a HS senior
"Wow, Morgan, this is such important informattion you are sharing here. Those teens have such an ally in you and I am deeply grateful that is so. May all the little Shamu's in the world have someone like you in their corner."
- Jill, Subscriber to Happy, Healthy, and Motivated
You are GREAT at your job. It's been great for our daughter to have your coaching expertise, she's had a much better senior year. The difference between last year and this year are night and day. She is taking more risks, getting involved in things she's avoided in the past - she just got elected president of the International Student club - and she is way happier that we've seen her in years. Thank you."
- Michael, parent of a HS Senior
You may feel way off course and lost. You may be in big trouble. There might be a lot of yelling and frustration. You may be doing things that are really stupid or irresponsible. Or you may just be wandering off a bit or catching on enough to question all the stress and pressure.
Whatever the situation you find yourself in, you can still be successful. You can have an awesome life, be a great parent or kid, be a passionate learner, and develop the skills necessary for your future.
- Feel self-confident and powerful
- Develop courage, creativity, resillience, perseverance, intuition, instinct
- Build strong decision making skills
- Discover who you are, what you love, and awaken the desire to make a difference
- Explore learning from real life experiences
- Appreciate in your heart the journey you are on, the person you are becoming, and the gifts you have to share
Hi, I am Morgan Rich, founder of Play Huge Coaching. Since 1992 I have worked with thousands of young people and their parents helping them on their journey of discovery and path towards independent adulthood. If you want to be happy, healthy, and motivated and ready to make a difference in the world, you are in the right place.
How do you get there? Here is my recommended 1-2-3:
1. Get your free copy of the Know Yourself Workbook, along with the bi-weekly Happy, Healthy, and Motivated newsletter providing perspective and activities to become a powerful parent. The newsletter has people saying, "I like your writing. It is inspiring, thought-provoking and positive. When I read it, I am more intentional and patient with my children." "Thank you for exposing your humanity. Your relentless positivity motivates and buoys."
The PHC Empathetic Listening Challenge is a free 9-day class that helps you to listen from the ears of your heart, opening a connection with your teenager or pre-teen, and your own heart, all in 15 minutes at a time. And, when you complete the class, I will send you my workbook, The Art of Empathetic Listening, absolutely free.
3. Get a copy of Launch Your Life. Written especially for teenagers and their parents who are drawn towards discovering who they want to be and what they want to do with their life. Not just a booklet, it's a 400+page guidebook to finding who you are and what you want, with loads of stories, metaphors, examples, and a 50-page graphic story (Launch Your Life in a comic book!), with accompanying audio and several other items.
Click here to find out more about Launch Your Life.
If you are a teenager, find out if Play Huge Coaching interests you here.
If you're a parent, find out if Play Huge Coaching is for you by clicking here.
A wondering I have for all young people...
What shape
waits in the seed
of you to grow
and spread
it's branches
against a future sky?
- David Whyte
(excerpted from his poem
"What to remember when waking")
waits in the seed
of you to grow
and spread
it's branches
against a future sky?
(excerpted from his poem
"What to remember when waking")
Thank you for visiting. Lets find the shape!
My best to you and your family.
Playing Huge.
Morgan