Welcome to the Teen Life Coach podcast. I'm Coach Sammy and I am so glad you are here.

The teen years can be fun and exciting, but also filled with self-doubt, insecurities, and lots of frustration.

I am here to help you along your teen journey and make sure you enjoy your teen years as much as

possible. Let's get started. All right. Hey, you guys. Welcome to the podcast today. I am so happy.

You guys are here. I hope your summer is going good. I know a lot of you

are heading back to school pretty soon here. So hopefully you're enjoying your last few days of

summer. Today on the podcast, I have a super special guest. Joanne Schoff is joining us today.

And she is the author of Loving the Alien, How to Parent Your Teen, which was just published, and I am actually reading it right now.

And it's a really good book for parents who are trying to raise teens right now.

She founded your tween and you to support, empower, inspire parents.

And she speaks, coaches, and writes in her blog, The Tween Times.

So, Joanne, I am so happy you're here today.

I know you speak and help a lot of parents.

But I am super excited for you to be here to help the teens who are listening to the podcast today.

So do you want to, I'm sure I missed a ton of things when I was introducing you.

Is there anything else you want to add to that?

I just want your audience to know that, that I believe in them, that the teens of today are so sophisticated and usually almost always make great decisions. And I want to tell you, too,

that your parents really do want to have a good relationship with you. They also believe in

you. So my heart is with the family, just helping the family thrive. And it's not always easy

being a teen or being the parent of one, but it's possible. We're so happy you're here.

Anne, I didn't mention like all your education and how long you've worked with teens for.

Tell us a little bit about your experience that you've had working with teens.

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