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10 Ways to Help Your Young Adult Mentally Prepare for College- Part 2 By Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults   In last month’s newsletter, I spoke about preparing young adults emotionally and gave 5 strategies that could help strengthen your young adult’s emotional skills. If you didn’t receive it, go to https://www.risingadultscoaching.com/blog/ […]

10 Ways to Help Your Young Adult Mentally Prepare for College- Part 1 By Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults   Even with life’s uncertainty, many young adults are preparing for college in the fall. They choose their schedules, write essays, fill out forms, shop for their dorm, and select their roommates,

Be Aware then Prepare! By Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults The United States is beginning the first phases of reopening in several areas of the country. Some states aren’t able to restart so quickly. Even those that are beginning to lift restrictions are very limited as to what they are permitted

How Can I Prepare My Young Adult to “Rejoin” Life After the Crisis? By Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults Like many people, I have been quiet for several weeks. I needed to figure out how I want to show up as a life coach during these times. How can my services

In January, I wrote about positivity and discussed if it is something that genuinely can help, or is it glorified wishful thinking? I shared personal stories about how negatively I once viewed the world. I spent much of my time in a default mode (when your brain is at rest and wanders) of negative thoughts because I sincerely thought

POSITIVITY: Does it Really Work or is it Just Rainbows and Unicorns? By Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults People who know me know I am all about smiling and promoting positive energy. But I wasn’t always this way. Growing up, I lived in a self-imposed world of fear: monsters, fires, robbers,

THE TORTURE IS REAL: How to Get Out of Your Head By Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults  Young adults (and possibly most of us) often find times in their lives where they just feel stuck.  Maybe it’s a song that is stuck in their head, a fight with mom, an idea

Building Grit in Our Young Adults by Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults   In last month’s newsletter, I mentioned how letting our young adults struggle and even fail is something that can lead to their happiness. Yet as parents, there is nothing more painful than watching your kids suffer. But if

by Eileen Der Aris, Certified Life Coach for Young Adults Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what that means?  How do you know when you are happy?  Someone asked me this and what I thought would be an easy answer turned into something I had to think about. I always pictured happiness as some

by Eileen Der Aris, Certified Young Adult Life Coach I remember struggling with this term as a teen and young adult. My father always told me, “Confidence, Eileen, you have to have more confidence!” That sounds great, I thought, but HOW does one just gain more confidence? Sure, age and experience help but how about teens