In this episode, I am joined by Dale Troy, founder and owner of Crush College Stress, and mom to three young women. Dale is on a mission to help students gain confidence in their ability to handle college by teaching them strategies to reduce their daily stress and enable them to thrive. During our conversation, we talk about how to help teens transition to adulthood successfully and why it’s important for parents to identify potential challenges before their kids leave for college. Dale shares the #1 issue that college students face and how parents can help them get back on track.
About Dale Troy
Dale Troy is a College Success Coach and Certified Health Coach. Parents hire her to help their children transition successfully from high school to college, and thrive in college. Dale’s experience in helping college students started with her own three daughters. All three of her daughters graduated from Yale College, and she is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. Dale helps students get good grades, make great friends, and stay healthy, both physically and mentally. Dale’s College Success Formula protects parents’ college investment by giving students confidence in their ability to handle college as a result of teaching them strategies to reduce their daily stress and enable them to thrive.
Episode Highlights
- Helping teens transition to adulthood successfully
- Parents should be pulling back by senior year of high school
- Focusing on executive functioning skills
- Colleges are seeing a huge increase in mental health challenges
- Teens are graduating high school without the stamina to pursue college
- There’s not enough discussion about post-high school options
- Teach teens to do adulting tasks via a process
- Parents often don’t realize their teens need help until after they start college
- Time management is the #1 issue that college students struggle with
- Stress can lead to overwhelm and bad choices
- How to help your college student during summer at home
- Helping teens learn how to help themselves
- Strategies to help stressed and anxious teens
- Paper planners are a great choice for college students
- The importance of good sleep hygiene
- Modeling healthy behaviors for your kids
Resources
Crush College Stress: Prepare Your Child For College Life
College Parent Support Community Facebook Group
Schedule a call with Dale Troy
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