Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the show I'm Greg McEwan and I'm your host for the What's Essential Podcast.

I'm also the author of Essentialism, the discipline pursuit of less and my goal is to decode exactly how to design a life that really matters

because if you don't prioritize your life, someone else will.

If you're new to the show, take a deep breath. Almost everything is trivial.

Only a few things are essential and that's what this show is all about.

My job is to interview, get deep really with authors, entrepreneurs, psychologists and everyday people to help explore what's essential so that we can eliminate everything else.

Through a process of listening, unpacking and going deep with each guest, we turn each episode into practical advice for intentionally planning and living in order to move forward.

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In today's episode, I'm joined with my amazing wife, Anna, as my co-host and our guest is Josh Ship, the author of several books including The Grown-Up Guide to Teenage Humans.

You'll learn how every teenager is just one caring adult from being a success story.

You should listen to this show if you want to level up your skills for working with teenagers.

This one is worth listening to just for the transformational story that Josh will share that led to being here.

Now, here we go with Josh Ship.

Mr. Josh Ship, it is a pleasure to have you on the podcast today.

The Teen Whisperer.

Oh my.

A gift, yes.

In cypher.

Concrete action extraordinaire.

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