Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. On our last happy bit, I shared a secret weapon for

parenting teens, and I was so happy to hear from Kara who said this. Jen, I'm very new to your

podcast and absolutely love it. I listen to it on my long commute, and I actually find myself

driving a little slower so I delay my arrival so I can keep listening.

I wanted to write you and tell you that I came upon your happy bit about your new secret weapon for parenting teens.

Wow. You'll probably be getting a thank you email from my daughter in a few years.

You see, my daughter, age 14, has been telling me for years

that she wants to be a model when she grows up, just knows this to be true in her soul. Well,

for me, that's a risky, silly, possibly unstable life, income-wise. So I found myself being less

than supportive. She read right through my closed-lipped,

mm-hmm, and my pep talk that even models need business degrees, smart girl. So today I did

what you suggested. I coached her, and it worked. I was able to teach her about aligning her

actions with her goals and dreams, and she's completely excited and

ready to put in the work, because any child of mine will have action steps and outlined goals.

I fancy myself an amateur coach, so it was actually quite fun. Her soul is happy tonight.

My soul is happy tonight. I lifted off the veil of judgment and released her from any shame she felt

by not having my support and at times my criticism. Today I told her to follow her dreams and I'd be

right there beside her supporting her and rooting her on. Your thoughts and advice made a huge

impact on this mom and this girl today, a change in our course. Thank you and keep up the

amazing work. Kara, for real. My goodness, this is one of my all-time favorite emails because it's

showing that something I said actually changed a life, and that is the goal. I relate to what you said.

You know, when my son said he wanted to do

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