MIDDLE SCHOOL SUCCESS FOR PARENTS
The most comprehensive program for parents to learn and implement the beliefs, practices, and systems needed to thrive throughout early adolescence.
Middle School Success for Parents is the only program of its kind that shows you how to develop authentic connection, confidence, and skillset needed to eliminate breakdowns, anxiety, and arguing that can consume this stage.
The relief and support you crave as a middle school parent is right here.
You deserve it!
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Before I Tell You About This Life-Changing Program, I Want To Share Who This Is Really For...
You're a busy parent with no shortage of love for your kid, who's aware you're in uncharted territory when it comes to helping them thrive through middle school...even if you've been at it before. 6th, 7th, and 8th grade are distinctly different for each and every kid and parent.
You're ready to remove fear and doubt, redefine success at this stage from a more holistic perspective, and take actions that will truly work for both of you.
Whether you're a...
> Current middle school parent feeling overwhelmed or breaking down as you guide your middle schooler through school, social, and developmental changes.
> Soon-to-be middle school parent wanting to be proactive in equipping yourself (and them) with tools and systems that work in school and life.
> Mixed bag of both. Above all you want to live with more confidence and ease in how to support yourself and your middle schooler.
By the end of this program, you will...
> Transform limiting beliefs around the middle school years, and create a whole new confident perspective that lasts for years to come.
> Master the essential mindsets needed to support success in life and learning.
> Foster a strong bond with your middle schooler that incorporates authenticity, optimism, deep connection, & trust.
> Accelerate their executive functioning with the systems and skills to boost schools that help them in and out of school: self-regulation, motivation, organization, time-management, impulse control, and more.
> Build the knowledge and wisdom to guide your middle schooler in developing healthy self-awareness, attracting healthy relationships, repelling drama, self-advocacy, and making strong and safe decisions.
> Approach the ever-evolving landscape of technology, social media, drugs, and sexual activity with greater awareness, confidence, and tangible tools.
Therese W.
"Ashley is one of the most grounded, inspiring, results-focused teachers you'll ever find!
My middle schooler and I have both benefitted immensely from working with her and applying her wisdom and curriculum to our lives. We navigated the huge transition to middle school without overwhelm while forging an even closer bond. If you want to move through these years with more confidence and ease, run...don't walk to Ashley."
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I didn't think we needed Middle School Prep or Success support, but I was so wrong. Ashley has helped my husband and I feel so much more prepared and confident navigating the daily challenges and sensitive topics that arise. It's as if she's often reading our minds with where we need support. She rocks!
JILLIAN L.
Ashley is my go-to resource for much-needed perspective when facing sticky parenting issues or challenges. Each of my [early adolescent] sons has expressed themselves in ways I didn't quite get. Through Ashley, I've learned new tools and ways of showing up that have truly worked. We've all strengthened our connection and confidence, which has improved our relationships and trust in very tangible ways. I continue to learn from her."
STEVE C.
Working with Ashley changed my family's life. Not only did she guide me and my middle schooler through a social challenge that was much deeper than I realized, but she was the go-to connection and resource for our family when we needed it most. I highly recommend her.
GWEN R.
I can't tell you how much my family has benefitted from having Ashley's support, wisdom, and guidance throughout my son's early adolescence. She has the ability to make learning fun and engaging for all of us, and I always leave our time together feeling more hopeful and resourced. To have consistent access to what she has to offer is a gift you don't want to miss.
CINDY F.
As my daughter was entering middle school there was a lot of uncertainty. With the guidance and support from Ashley, my daughter’s confidence and self advocacy improved drastically. We now have the right beliefs and structures in place, and we continue to learn and adapt through these early adolescent years without feeling overwhelmed. I'm so grateful she came into our lives when she did.
LINDSAY J.
When I came to Ashley wanting Middle School Prep tools for my son, I walked away with that and so much more. Her teachings had such a profound influence on him and his friendships - he was able to set boundaries in a way I'd never seen before. She's given us both life-changing tools and connections. I've been hopeful and more confident about middle school ever since.
NICOLE H.
What's Inside
MIDDLE SCHOOL SUCCESS FOR PARENTS...
Introduction:
Your Middle School Paradigm Shift
Parents are neurologically wired to help their kids survive, rather than thrive. When something feels threatening, such as a big change with less perceived control, their mind and body react with fear, anxiety, and stress. Early adolescence is also a relatively new area of human development with recognized significance. Chances are likely that during your adolescence no one was talking about consciousness, executive function, or neuroscience. Even the most well-intentioned parents unconsciously bring these elements of fear as well as pieces of their own middle school experience into parenting their middle schooler.
This is why it's critical for you to begin this course with a complete paradigm shift! Authentic success for both of you comes from deeply knowing the power and purpose of these years. To name a few, these years are filled with growth and opportunities for connection, peace, and creativity!
Additionally, you'll uncover and make sense of your own middle school story, as well as examine the opportunity that lies in the mental, physical, and spiritual shifts happening within you both simultaneously. Finally, you'll develop a new mission and vision; solidifying your commitment to seeing this stage from this perspective.
This complete shift in perspective is something you'll revisit time and time again: one that provides the foundation you need throughout the rest of the program - and their adolescence!
Highlights:
> Discover & Internalize the neurological, physical, spiritual & social benefits of early adolescence
> Transform your own middle school story to remove fear and insecurity, and move towards purpose
> Develop your own personal parenting mission & vision
MODULE #1
Brain & Body Wellness
Being in tune with & understanding what's really going on inside your middle schooler's brain and body is critical to both of you feeling successful during these years. This module will leave you feeling greater purpose, empathy, and patience as they experience the highs and lows of changing hormones and brain structure.
Inside you'll learn all about the key features of adolescent brain growth and what it means for their behavior (hint: it's a lot!). And, brain and body wellness wouldn't be complete without a revised puberty 101 course (the updated version from when you went through it), and how puberty affects boys and girls differently.
Additionally, you'll make all of this knowledge real and actionable in your own lives by developing a personalized wellness system for yourself and alongside your middle schooler that supports each of your mental, physical, and spiritual health.
Highlights:
> Integrate knowledge about early adolescent neurological shifts, resulting in greater understanding and patience around their highs and lows
> Refresh your understanding of puberty, and apply scripts, conversation starters, and templates for how to deepen understanding and open the doors to communication around topics typically avoided
> Develop a personalized wellness system that you both can easily adapt & refine to match your needs throughout the years
MODULE #2
Mindset Mastery
By the time you're parenting a middle schooler, you've adopted various beliefs and mindsets, some that serve you in being your best, and others that don't. Inevitably you've passed those on to your middle schooler, and they are using these as a filter through which they view themselves and the world.
So, needless to say, it is important to be conscious of what these responses, beliefs, and mindsets are!
From my research and experience, I've identified 3 essential middle school mindsets parents and middle schoolers must understand and practice in order to feel sustainably successful for years to come.
These provide the foundation for a lifetime of revealing what needs to be healed, feeling more peace when challenges arise, accepting what is and identifying where your control lies, as well as unbreakable confidence in yourselves and each other.
In this module, you'll become a belief hacker, you'll deepen your understanding of the science & soul behind the 3 key middle school mindsets, as well as activate strategies to strengthen these mindsets in you and your middle schooler's life for the long-term.
Highlights:
> Discover the power and promise beliefs have on behavior, experiences, and ultimately, life
> Transform negative responses and beliefs into the essential middle school mindsets
> Practice and master these key mindsets so you'll experience tangible results that have you and your middle schooler feeling more hopeful, connected, and resilient
> Immediate access to on-the-go Video/Audio, Workbook PDF Guides, Quick Action Tips & Tools
MODULE #3
Your Unbreakable Connection
Studies show raising an early adolescent kid is proven to be the toughest stage of development for parents. Your 'little' kid is crossing the invisible bridge into adulthood, and on the way they go through the stage notorious for peer pressure, substance use, dips in confidence, resistance to you and anything you say, and factors contributing to the mental health crisis adolescent kids are facing today.
Just when you want to pull them a little closer, they are likely pulling away.
At the same time, one of the best predictors of their success is if one adult in their life sees, appreciates, and encourages them for exactly who they are. And, one of the best predictors of you feeling success as a parent is if you're able to provide this for them, while integrating your own needs.
This is why I developed The RELATE Method. RELATE is an acronym for building an unbreakable bond with your middle schooler. R = Reveal the Real You, E = Engage, L = Listen, A = Attune, T= Trust, & E = Elevate.
In this module, we deep-dive into understanding each component, as well as practice, apply, and take action to make the results so tangible - even when they are pulling away you both feel connected.
Highlights:
> Break unhealthy patterns, set boundaries, learn new ways to communicate, and breakthrough to new ways of authentic connection and joy
> Strengthen communication and trust to withstand risk-taking, phases, and uncertainty
> Experience challenges with greater perspective, ease, and optimism
>Immediate access to Video/Audio, Workbook PDF Guides, Communication Scripts, Quick Action Tips & Tools
MODULE #4
Executive Function Accelerator
Strong executive functioning is about being a functional, centered, and thoughtful human being.
Just the kind of human being you hope to be raising.
As I say to every student and parent I've ever worked with: you can be the smartest person in the room, but your ability to calm yourself through stress, make rational and kind decisions, and manage your time, are the things that are actually going to make your dreams real.
These are the exact skills that are likely challenging for your middle schooler because their pre-frontal cortex is under construction!
Are you worried about their risk-taking? Or, how they'll lose everything? Or maybe they yell for (seemingly) no reason?
I've got you covered.
From self-regulation, and task initiation, to impulse control, organization, and more, we'll cover the skill, and the strategies to strengthen it at home and in life.
By now, you know I believe there are no bad kids or parents, nor is there a one-size-fits-all blueprint that will work for all middle schoolers. They are each so unique!
This is why in this module you'll not only learn about each skill in-depth, you'll also have the support you need to create a customized plan of action to accelerate executive functioning for your unique middle schooler.
Highlights:
> Boost your knowledge around the latest research related to each executive function skill
> Learn how to scaffold their ability to strengthen these skills
> Create and take action on a customized executive function plan to support the needs of your middle schooler
> Immediate Access to Video/Audio, Workbook PDF Guides, Quick Action Tips & Tools
MODULE #5
Social Sponge & Armor
It's no newsflash to you that one of the greatest challenges to middle school is what happens (or doesn't happen) with peers. As your middle schooler is stepping out of your nest, they are expanding their circle to new friendships and new experiences that can make your stomach turn.
What happens when those friends turn out to be frenemies? Or, when tech use turns into bullying? to name a few...
In this Module, we'll focus on the power and purpose of your middle schooler's social world, and how you can control conditions that always have their highest good in mind while getting their buy-in. With the strategies you'll implement they'll build confidence, self-awareness, and a strong inner guide they trust to navigate anything that comes up in life and online. And, you'll have a customizable guide you can adapt when, not if, social conflicts arise.
They'll learn to repel drama and attract healthy friendships. Inevitably there will be experimentation and risk-taking, but you'll both be better equipped to handle these ebbs and flows as they embark on this journey to authentic confidence - one of the truest measures of success.
Highlights:
> Activate their strong sense of self while strengthening healthy values
> Learn to guide them towards authentic connection in the digital age: through real connection, healthy boundaries, & self-advocacy
> Create an open-door policy practice so you can become the listening ear they need and they'll come back to again and again
> Video/Audio, Customizable Guide & Workbook PDF Guides, Quick Action Tips & Tools
Hayley T.
This course was so wonderful helping me parent my middle school daughter. She has struggled with friend / peer issues in the past, and it was so hard to watch. I feel so much more confident in how to support her. I also have so many more systems and tools to help her in managing school - and it's making a massive difference for both of us! I feel so. much. lighter!
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Eileen K.J.
The Middle School Success for Parents course was transformative for me. Although my older daughter had already navigated middle school fairly successfully, I jumped at the chance to learn more from Ashley before my younger daughter entered sixth grade, and I'm so glad I did because I learned a lot, and I am seeing it pay off in both of my kids' current school experiences. Each module was thoughtfully crafted, backed by research, and full of helpful tools and tips. I especially loved the Mindset Mastery and Executive Functioning units -- incredibly rich content! Thanks for teaching me to be an even more connected, mindful, and informed parent.
