Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders

Teen curfews aren't about control; they're about building communication, trust, and responsibility. In this post, I share how flexible curfews, curiosity-based conversations, and natural consequences can help teens learn to make thoughtful decisions while they're still under our roof. By shifting from fixed rules to shared agreements, we empower teens to grow into confident, independent leaders, one late-night conversation at a time.

To help teens lead, we must let them push back—without pushing them away. Growth starts when we respond with trust, not control.

Great leaders take responsibility. When leaders shift blame, they erode trust. Leadership starts with accountability—in school & beyond.

Empower your teen during college apps! Encourage independence, authentic decisions, and self-leadership for a standout application.

Unlock your teen’s leadership potential! Peers Not Fears helps build confidence, resilience, and essential leadership skills for success.

Creating a classroom of vulnerability & empathy empowers students to take risks, embrace growth, & feel safe sharing their authentic selves.

Navigating teen relationships can be tough. Learn how to help your teen build healthy relationships with our Integrity Activity.

Parental leadership: guiding tomorrow's leaders through decisions and growth. Read more here:

If we want our children to embrace their leadership potential we must first acknowledge our role as leaders. Read about it here.

There is a lot of talk about burnout. I ask how did we get here? Find out my theory about school here:

Is it important for a leader to understand perspectives? Perspectives can mean so many different things - read more here:

Understanding the myths about leadership allows us to reframe the definitions of what it means to be a leader. Learn leadership myths here -

Leadership and chemistry are both hard. Challenges make us stronger leaders, but we need each support. We can all develop into leaders.

Education is not “one size fits all.”

It is really a misnomer that consent resides only in the bedroom. It actually happens very early in our lives.

We should be working to help students, and ourselves honestly, know how and when to effectively use cell phones.

We all carry baggage, and some days the bags we carry are too much and get in the way of what we are trying to achieve.

In my perfect world, each student gets to choose their destination, my class is support put in place to get them to their destination.

This is simplistic, we can't directly compare schools to a business, but signs exist schools are businesses & serving the wrong customers.

I wonder if we stop thinking that this is normal, or should be normal, would we stop trying to fix it, and instead make it a new normal?