In today’s episode, I am delighted to welcome a great friend and someone I’ve admired for a long time. Ann Imig is a positive psychology certified life coach at listenlifecoaching.com. Ann and I met when our firstborn kiddos were in preschool (over a decade ago). We moved away shortly thereafter but Ann and I have stayed connected over the years. Ann has traveled a very interesting and successful journey and she shares more about that in this episode. During our conversation, Ann explains what positive psychology is, how we can apply it in our lives and how we can use it to help our teens thrive. Ann also shares some tips about helping our teens conquer the college application process – she and I are both watching our kids go through that right now and it is no picnic. Be sure to stick around to hear Ann’s valuable advice for parents of teens. Our conversation is fun and informative and filled with lots of helpful tips from Ann.
About Ann Imig
A Positive Psychology certified Life Coach at listenlifecoaching.com, Ann Imig is also the founder of the LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER show. She holds a BA in Theater, a Masters in Social Work, plus a triple Ph.D.’s worth of parenting and writing online. As a result, hundreds of brilliant local producers and storytellers helped her grow the audience-loving, community-building, humanity-celebrating LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER storytelling show into a nationwide phenomenon.
Episode Highlights
- What is positive psychology?
- Ann’s journey to coaching
- Ann’s advice to people searching for “what’s next”
- The Values in Action (VIA) assessment
- Focus on your strengths and what’s worked in the past
- We can learn a lot from our teenagers
- Pairing a growth mindset with doing the work
- Conquering the college application process
- Notice what lights up your kids
- Finding a balance between helping our kids and letting them learn on their own
- There are different types of value gained in college
- The way to healthy well-being is not through external validation
- Remind your kids that you are learning along with them
- Parents should stay curious and keep learning