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Real Stories, Real Lessons, Real Tools

Real Stories, Real Lessons, Real Tools

Update: 2025-09-25
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For many teens and parents, life can feel overwhelming, balancing school, family expectations, and personal struggles can leave everyone stretched thin. In this episode, Rebecca Hall Gruyter is joined by M. Kay Bush, International Best-Selling author of You Can Do Hard Things: Life Tools for Teens, and Jheri South, ADHD Specialist, Teen & Parent Coach, and founder of Headspace Hub.

Together, Kay and Jheri share practical tools and real-life insights for building resilience, improving communication, and finding balance, whether you’re a teen trying to navigate challenges or a parent looking to support your family better. This powerful conversation is all about helping families move from chaos to confidence.

As always, you can find our host, Rebecca Hall Gruyter at www.yourpurposedrivenpractice.com. Our guests are also online. Kay's online home is: www.YouCanDoHardThings.today while Jheri is: https://jherisouth.com/.

 

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