Ten Ways to Give Your Child the Edge This School Year! By Kathleen Matchunis, B.A., M.S., CPC Another school year is almost upon us! Where did the summer go? Time to shift gears! How can you, as parents, give your children the edge this school year? Giving your children the edge doesn’t mean doing [...]
As a life coach, I often work with clients who would like to achieve results in their lives in the area of relationships, personal goals, or academics. I often start by asking a lot of questions about what the client would like to achieve and why. After finding out what and why, we move on [...]
It’s All About that Base! By Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A, M.S., CPC When it comes to parenting, it’s all about that base! As a teen and parenting coach, I see parents who don’t always give their children a firm base of rules during their early childhood and then experience rebellion and problems in the [...]
Do You Have Real Friends or Just People Who Use You? By Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A., M.S. CPC with Student Contributors Akhil and Akash Deo Ever noticed this? Do you ever wonder if you have real friends or just people who befriend you for selfish reasons? Do you find yourself making most [...]
Five Ways to Help Kids Make Sense of the World By Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A., M.S. How can we as parents, teachers, mentors, and coaches help kids make sense of the world? Lately, the news has been full of horrific terrorist acts and natural disasters. It is easy to think, “What is the world [...]
Begin from the Center! By Kathleen A. Matchunis Begin from the center? What does that mean? Does that even make sense? Yes! Everyone has situations which require immediate action, but there are many decisions that we make which determine the direction of our lives, which deserve more time. If we want to make a [...]
Parent Like a Coach to Create a Champ! By Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A., M.S., CPC What is the goal of all styles of parenting? We all want our children to feel loved, but we want them to be independent since there is a really good chance, we will not always be at their side during [...]
Could Academic Life Coaching Be the Answer for Your Child? By Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A., M.S., CPC Is your child studying but still not getting results? Maybe it isn’t a matter of how much your child is studying but how he or she is studying! How many times have your heard, “I thought that I [...]
Get Over Your Selfie! By Kathleen A. Matchunis, B.A., M.S., CPC Can we become any more self-obsessed? Can we just be in the moment, rather than photographing and recording ourselves? Must we pose? Can’t we just be ourselves? Don’t get me wrong, everyone who takes selfies is not self-obsessed. It just seems that nobody [...]
Do You Ever Find Yourself Not Liking Your Child? By Kathleen Matchunis, B.A. M.S., CPC Do you ever find yourself not liking your child? You can love your child without liking everything about them. A lot of us may not like to admit this, even though it is true! If you have ever had this [...]