Mini Edit: Easing College Transitions

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4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Christine shares about how she and her college freshman stayed connected through the challenging transition. Send your questions to Christine at edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM or comment on a post on Facebook or Instagram at @edityourlifeshow. LINKS/RELATED EPISODES: Raising Teenagers (with Mary Dell Harrington) How To Be An Adult (with Julie Lythcott-Haims) College Application First Steps College Application Reality Check Mini Edit: Handling College Admissions Feelings The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to the mini edit from Edit Your Life.
0:07.6	In these snack-sized mini episodes, I answer your questions about everything from self-care,
0:12.4	parenting, to relationships, to home, and more.
0:15.6	Think of me like that friend you text or call when you need a quick piece of compassionate
0:19.6	and candid advice.
0:22.3	Send me your questions.
0:27.7	Today's topic is easing college transitions and how to stay connected.
0:34.1	I've received several questions related to this big transition, and I'm recording this at a time where I'm thinking about this time last year preparing to send Laurel to college
0:39.2	and how different the circumstances will be this year with one year under our belt.
0:44.8	Laurel and I are very close and the transition definitely had its challenges, so I'm looking
0:50.4	forward to sharing the ways we kept connected and eased some of our transition woes,
0:55.7	including a few ideas from Laurel herself.
0:58.7	But first, I wanted to just direct you to a few companion episodes that I think will be really
1:04.1	helpful if you have a kid who is in this age bracket.
1:07.6	One episode is Raising Teenagers with Mary Del Harrington. This is such a compassionate and
1:13.5	wonderful look at parenting during this uncertain and complicated time of life. And one thing we talk
1:19.0	about is options other than college. So that's a great episode to listen to. I also recommend
1:24.6	you listen to how to be an adult with the wonderful Julie Lithcott Hames.
1:30.0	Learning how to adult is obviously one of my favorite topics, and Julie is just masterful in
1:35.5	her compassionate treatment of the topic.
1:37.8	College Application First Steps.
1:39.9	This is a solo episode with Asha on navigating the complicated process, and she had a really
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