How to Help You Teen Handle Their Sh*t (without losing yours) w/ Tamy-Feé Meneide & Barak Rosenbloom

Your teen isn't lazy. They're overwhelmed—and there's a neuroscience reason why pressure, nagging, and consequences make it worse, not better.

In this webinar, executive functioning coach Tamy-Feé Meneide (Ikigai Consulting) and college essay mentor Barak Rosenbloom (EssayQuest) break down what's actually happening in your teenager's brain when they procrastinate, shut down, or can't seem to follow through—and what you can do instead.

Tamy-Feé walks through the science of the adolescent nervous system, including polyvagal theory, the still-developing prefrontal cortex, and how stress states like fight-or-flight and shutdown show up as the behaviors parents and educators see every day: avoidance, anxiety, emotional reactivity, and refusal to start tasks.

You'll leave with a concrete framework for supporting your teen without hovering, language you can use immediately to de-escalate conflict and rebuild connection, and a simple repeatable model for helping them move from overwhelmed to engaged.

This session is especially relevant for parents of high school students navigating the college application process, school counselors and college advisors supporting anxious students, independent educational consultants working with families under pressure, and anyone helping a teen manage executive functioning challenges, ADHD, or chronic procrastination.

Topics covered include: teen motivation, nervous system regulation, co-regulation, self-determination theory, executive functioning strategies, support vs. control, how to talk to a teenager who shuts down, and how stress affects learning and follow-through during the college essay and application process.

For parents and families:
If your teen is heading into the college essay process and you want more than just editing help, Barak Rosenbloom offers personal one-on-one mentoring through EssayQuest — a structured program that's helped thousands of students discover and tell their story with clarity and confidence.
☐ https://essayquest.com/resources-for-students-and-parents/

For independent educational consultants, school counselors, and tutoring companies:
EssayQuest licenses its college essay platform to professionals, giving you a proven, structured foundation to layer your expertise on top of. If you're looking to offer your students a best-in-class essay experience without building a curriculum from scratch, let's talk.
☐ essayquest.com
☐ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamyfee/

☐ New here? This channel is for parents, students, and the professionals who work with them — covering everything from teen stress and executive functioning to the college essay process and beyond. Subscribe so you don't miss what's coming.