What does it mean for you and your adolescent to thrive?

For me it means you both feel seen and supported, you have tools and skills to navigate any challenge, you have high-quality connections, and you move through your day-to-day with greater peace.

Today I'm the me I needed then, guiding hundreds of parents, tweens, and teens towards authentic confidence and connection.

My entire career has been driven by the pursuit of improving family's lives, but motherhood was my portal for genuine healing and fulfillment.

Everything changed for me during my own adolescence. Although I made incredible friendships, I had a lot of bumps in the road. I learned to disconnect from my true nature, and often focused on fitting in. Feeling lost on the journey with no guide, I experimented, settled, my grades suffered, and I silently struggled. I learned to numb out my sensitivity, while frequently shape-shifting to fit the mold of what others expected at any given moment.

The leap from this inner struggling adolescent to helping hundreds of parents, tweens, and teens didn't happen overnight.

It's felt more like a construction zone where I didn't have a hard hat or a head lamp, but I knew I had to keep digging.

And, the digging has led me to solid gold.

EVERYONE HAS A STORY

Here's my journey

Everything changed in an instant

I'll never forget being up in the middle of a March night in 2011 nursing my days-old daughter. Like all parents, everything I knew about myself and life shifted the moment she was born.

I sat rocking her while obsessing over her perfect fingers, and I burst into tears.

'One day you'll be a teenager!'

I thought to myself as tears filled my eyes. Then I thought about my own tween and teen years (pictured above) and cried a little harder.

My thoughts went on... "I want you to be confident, kind, and fearless. I want you to look in the mirror and love who you see. I want you to have healthy relationships and zest for life. And, please, please be safe!" My thoughts kept swirling...

In that moment I made a decision

Suddenly I had the insight... Everything you want for her you have to give to yourself first, for you are her greatest teacher.

At that point with 2 teaching credentials & several years of experience, I felt somewhat prepared for motherhood. But, I had no clue it would feel like this.

SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN ON A JOURNEY OF HEALING MYSELF

While also coaching & creating programs for parents, tweens & teens

For the last 17 years I've taught in classrooms, launched businesses, built summer camps, blogs, & podcasts. I've coached, consulted, given talks, and facilitated workshops. I've made countless mistakes, taken bold risks, and become relentless in my pursuit of elevating this generation of parents and adolescents.

Today, I've built a system that works.

It's worked for me as I've healed my own adolescent trauma, and parented my own tween and soon-to-be adolescent.

It's worked for my clients over and over again as I repeatedly hear how their lives change for the better after our work together.

And, it's not just about me. It's the collective efforts of the leading researchers, teachers, psychologists, and healers doing the work to uncover what we must understand and practice if we want our families to thrive.

I integrate this information, along with my years of experience and wisdom, and share it with you and your tween/teen in everything I do.

You want now what I wanted then: a trusted guide for you and your kid through adolescence

Of course I can't teach you how to solve all of life's problems, and I won't sugarcoat and say the adolescent years aren't challenging - they are!

But when you and your tween/teen get the support you need, you live life together with more confidence, connection, and hope.

Take it from a girl who craved this growing up... and lives it as a parent and coach.

Hopefully, this is what our love for our children does: it makes us wake up, look in the mirror, and become the best person we can with what we have. It makes us want to give them what we didn't have, and support them in ways that work not just throughout adolescence, but throughout life.

If you’re ready to grow closer together and more confident through adolescence, I’m ready to help.

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Kind Words

“Ashley helps me appreciate myself…”

“I've often felt disillusioned by motherhood - like I'm not quite getting it right, or I'm often stuck in shame. Working with Ashley helped me to see myself and appreciate myself in a whole new way. My daughter and I are closer because of it.”

~ M. T., 10th-grade mom

“Almost every conversation turned into an argument before Ashley...”

“Before working with Ashley every conversation with our son turned into an argument, with him even leaving the house and screaming he hated us. We really came to her in a desperate place, and through Ashley's support our dynamic has done a 180. We haven't had an argument in weeks, and we have a new way of connecting. It's a whole new life!"

~ L.J. & D, 8th-grade parents

“Everyone in our home is happier...”

“My son felt like an enigma. He broke down around schoolwork nearly every day, and would come up with every excuse imaginable to not do what he needed to do. When we started working with Ashley, she helped us all understand what was happening, while giving him tools that work. He's got momentum in school and life...everyone in our home is happier."

~ M. A., 7th-grade mom

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Free Resources

Whether you need to know how to talk to your teen in a way that leads towards solutions, or either of you needs some coaching on-the-go, I've created these free resources and tools to support you.

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Listen to the Podcast

If you're eager for weekly relief and tangible tools to navigate adolescence with more peace, I'll be launching The Teenage Guide podcast soon!