If you find parenting more frustrating than fun, this episode is for you.

Today I’m talking with Joey Mascio, Teen Life Coach at Firmly Founded (@joey.firmlyfoundedcoaching) about how to improve your relationship with your teen without changing them and how find more joy together.

Joey is a certified life coach who helps teens and young adults stop letting Stress, procrastination, and self-doubt suck all the fun out of being successful. He is a former middle school teacher who spent four years in the on campus suspension room where he started Coaching teens. He also has professional training in performance, improv, and comedy.

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• 30-day free trial of the Firmly Founded Teen, a coaching membership designed just for teens @ www.firmlyfounded.com/teen
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