Extraordinary Purpose: Parenting Teens & Young Adults

You’re thinking about your child’s future. But when was the last time you felt excited about your own?

For parents of teens and young adults, it’s easy to put your goals, friendships, health, and relationship on hold while trying to keep everyone else moving forward. Erin and Chris share an honest conversation about what could change in the next 90 days when you reconnect with yourself—and how that can help you parent with more confidence, curiosity, and connection.

Explore how to:

From Erin’s dream of writing her book to Chris’s worry over his son missing school, we share what we’re working through alongside you. You don’t have to wait for January—or have everything figured out—to begin.

Ready to reconnect with yourself and strengthen your family relationships? Explore Extraordinary Purpose’s life coaching for parents and schedule a complimentary discovery call: https://www.myextraordinarypurpose.com

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How do you raise a daughter who is confident, resilient, and able to speak up for herself, especially when life gets uncomfortable?

In this personal solo episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Erin shares what happened when her teenage daughter began struggling with a difficult coach and Erin faced a question so many parents wrestle with: When do I step in, and when do I step back and let my daughter handle it herself? W

hat began as a difficult parenting moment became an opportunity to help her daughter find her voice, advocate for herself, and discover that she could handle a hard conversation. Erin also shares a powerful experience from her own childhood that shaped her confidence for decades and reveals why some of the greatest gifts we can give our daughters aren't easier paths, but experiences that teach them: I can do hard things.

In this episode, Erin explores how to:

We can't protect our daughters from every difficult experience. But we can help them become young women who trust themselves enough to navigate what comes next. Looking for support for your teen, young adult, or family? Extraordinary Purpose provides life, mindset, and personal development coaching for teens, young adults, and parents.

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When should you step in and help your teen or young adult, and when should you step back and let them figure it out?

Do you remind them again or let them forget? Push them or give them space? Help solve the problem or allow them to experience the consequences? These are some of the hardest questions we face as parents.

As our kids become older teens and young adults, our role has to evolve. The goal isn’t to stop supporting them. It’s to learn how to support them in a way that strengthens confidence, independence, resilience, and ownership while protecting the relationship along the way.

In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris and Erin explore how parents can find the middle ground between doing too much and stepping away completely, and instead lead with presence, curiosity, trust, and intention.

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One Thing to Remember Before stepping in, pause and ask yourself: Do they really need my help right now, or do they need an opportunity to take more ownership? Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do as parents is create enough space for our kids to discover just how capable they really are.

If You’re Struggling to Know How to Help At Extraordinary Purpose, we help teens and young adults build confidence, find direction, develop stronger habits, and take greater ownership of their lives.

We also help parents navigate this changing relationship and discover how to support their child without carrying everything for them.

Schedule a complimentary discovery call: https://calendly.com/extraordinarypurpose/young-adult-discovery-call

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Your teen or young adult seems unmotivated. They procrastinate. Spend hours on their phone. Avoid responsibilities. Put off decisions about school, work, or their future. But what if lack of motivation isn't actually the problem?

In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris Adang and Erin Verdis explore what's often happening below the surface when teens and young adults seem lazy, stuck, distracted, or unmotivated. Fear. Overwhelm. Resistance. Negative self-talk. Uncertainty about who they are and where they're going.

And here's the shift: motivation doesn't always come before action. Often, motivation grows after we take the first step. Chris and Erin explore how parents can help teens and young adults create the conditions they need to move forward, including healthier habits, supportive environments, fewer distractions, greater self-awareness, and a better understanding of what works for them.

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If you're worried about your teen or young adult's motivation, confidence, habits, direction, or future, this episode will help you look beyond what you're seeing on the surface and better understand what may be holding them back. Your child doesn't need to feel motivated all the time. They need to learn how to understand themselves, navigate resistance, and keep moving forward even when motivation isn't there.

Learn More Extraordinary Purpose provides life coaching for teens, high school students, college students, young adults, and parents seeking greater confidence, clarity, direction, purpose, and connection.

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Is your teen or young adult unmotivated, unsure of what they want, or struggling to find direction?

As parents, it’s easy to worry about college, careers, jobs, and whether our kids are going to figure out their future. But purpose doesn’t start with knowing exactly what you want to do. It starts with knowing who you are.

In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris shares his own experience of feeling lost as a young adult and explores how parents can help their kids find motivation, purpose, and direction without pushing, controlling, or trying to figure it out for them.

You’ll learn:

Your child doesn’t need to have their entire life figured out. They need opportunities to discover who they are, explore what matters to them, follow their curiosities, and take small steps forward. Because our job isn’t to give our kids their direction. It’s to help them discover it for themselves.

If your teen or young adult is struggling with confidence, motivation, purpose, or direction, we’d love to talk.

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As parents, we spend so much time thinking about our kids.

Are they motivated? Are they making good choices? Will they find their people, their purpose, and a path that feels right for them? But what if one of the most powerful ways to help your teen or young adult move forward is to start pursuing what matters to you again?

In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris and Erin go below the surface of teen and young adult motivation, confidence, screen time, and lack of direction to explore something parents often overlook: our kids are watching how we live.

They're watching how we navigate challenges. How we take care of ourselves. Whether we pursue our passions and goals. How we respond to failure. Whether we're willing to grow, change, and keep discovering who we are. And that example can be far more powerful than another lecture about grades, college, career, or their future.

In this heartfelt conversation, we explore:

Your kids don't need you to have everything figured out. They need to see you living. Trying. Growing. Dreaming. Getting back up. And continuing to become the person you want to be. Because sometimes the best way to help your teen or young adult find their path isn't to tell them where to go. It's to let them see you continue to find your own.

Ready to help your family move forward? Extraordinary Purpose provides life coaching for teens, young adults, college students, and parents to help families build greater confidence, motivation, direction, purpose, and connection.

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Different parenting styles can create tension, resentment, and disconnection, especially when you're raising teens and young adults. But those differences don't have to divide your relationship or your family. What if the qualities that sometimes frustrate you most about your partner could actually become some of your family's greatest strengths?

In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris and Erin have an honest, personal conversation about navigating different parenting styles, personalities, communication patterns, and perspectives while learning how to become a more connected and united team. They share some of the differences that have created conflict in their own relationship and how shared values, a shared vision, curiosity, and heartfelt conversations have helped them understand each other differently and find their way back to what matters most.

In This Episode You'll learn how to:

One Thing to Remember Your differences don't have to divide you. They can become part of what makes you stronger. Your kids don't need to see a perfect relationship. They need to see what it looks like to listen, grow, repair, and keep finding your way back to each other.

Try This This Week: 

Set aside time for one heartfelt conversation with your partner and ask: Who do we want to become together? What do we want our family and future to look and feel like? Then think about one difference that has been creating tension and ask: How could this difference actually make us stronger? One conversation won't solve everything. But it can change the direction you're moving.

Ready to Create Change in Your Family? At Extraordinary Purpose, we help parents, teens, and young adults build greater confidence, connection, direction, and purpose.

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If you're the parent of a teen or young adult who suddenly seems distant, barely talks, or spends more time in their room than with your family, you're not alone.

One of the hardest parts of parenting teenagers and young adults is watching the relationship change. Conversations become shorter. They spend more time on their phone, with friends, or in their own world, leaving many parents wondering:

"What happened?" "Did I do something wrong?" "How do I reconnect with my child?"

In this heartfelt episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Chris and Erin, parents of four teenagers and founders of Extraordinary Purpose, share their own parenting journey, including the emotional experience of giving Chris's son, Ben, the space he needed to discover himself during his gap year.

You'll discover why pulling away is often a healthy part of growing up, why trying harder to "fix" the relationship can actually create more distance, and how creating emotional safety helps teens and young adults begin opening up again.

Parents often ask:

In this episode, you'll learn:

If you're looking for practical parenting strategies to improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen your relationship with your teen or young adult, this episode will leave you with hope and practical next steps you can begin using today.

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If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to follow the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast and leave a review. Every rating and review helps more parents discover the hope, encouragement, and practical guidance they're searching for. Every week, Chris and Erin, founders of Extraordinary Purpose and parents of four teenagers, share practical strategies to help parents build stronger relationships, greater confidence, and deeper purpose with their teens and young adults.

Every family is creating a future. The question isn't whether you're creating one. It's whether you're creating it intentionally.

In this episode of the Extraordinary Purpose Podcast, Erin and Chris explore why the strongest family vision doesn't begin with your children. It begins with you.

Many parents spend years pouring into everyone else while quietly putting their own dreams, purpose, and personal growth on hold. Before long, life becomes a cycle of work, responsibilities, sports, and busy schedules, leaving little time to ask one important question: Where am I headed?

After coaching hundreds of teens, young adults, parents, and families, we've discovered that meaningful change begins with clarity. When parents create a vision for their own lives, they naturally model confidence, resilience, purpose, and intentional living for their children.

In this conversation, you'll learn practical exercises for creating your personal life vision, identifying what matters most, and building a shared family vision that strengthens connection, communication, and family culture. Whether you're raising teenagers, supporting a young adult, or simply wanting to live with more intention, this episode will help you stop living by default and start creating a meaningful life you truly love.

In This Episode:  

This Episode Is For You If...

One Thing to Remember Your family doesn't need perfect parents. They need parents who are intentionally becoming the people they hope their children will become. When you create a vision for your own life, you give your children permission to do the same.

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Every day, we're surrounded by messages competing for our attention through social media, music, podcasts, news, entertainment, and everyday conversations. But how often do we stop to ask: 

How is this shaping who I'm becoming?

In this episode, Chris Adang and Erin Verdis explore one of the most powerful lessons they teach parents, teens, and young adults: standing guard at the gate of your mind. Discover how the content you consume quietly influences your confidence, beliefs, habits, relationships, identity, and ultimately the direction of your life.

✔ Why your environment has a greater impact on your identity than you may realize

✔ How social media, entertainment, and daily content influence confidence, mindset, and emotional well-being

✔ Practical ways parents can create a healthier, more intentional family culture

✔ Simple questions to help you become more mindful of what you're allowing into your mind each day

What consistently enters your mind eventually becomes part of your identity. Protect your mind, because it shapes the person you're becoming.

If you're looking for practical support to help your teen or young adult build confidence, discover purpose, strengthen communication, and create a meaningful vision for the future, we'd love to connect.

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