LAUNCH: Parenting Tips for Raising Adult Children & Building Better Relationships

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Did you every wish you knew what your adult child was thinking? They're struggling to launch into adulthood but they never want to talk about anything. Maybe you've tried, but it never amounts to anything. Except a door shutting and the silent treatment. You're not a mind reader or a therapist. You're just their parent, who feels like a stranger. How long can you handle this?
A little while back I began talking to young adults, after having conversations with parents. And it was really helpful. I discovered truths that Moms and Dads didn't know. 
In this episode, I share the 5 top things I've learned from talking to young adults who are struggling to launch into adulthood. These are thoughts and feelings that many parents have never heard from their own adult children.
You may learn something about why your adult child appears to be unmotivated, withdrawn, or unwilling to find their way out into the world.
I believe this episode will help you understand what may be happening beneath the surface, and what you can do to help your adult move forward towards independence.
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Thank you for joining me today!
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For any parent of a young adult struggling with social anxiety, you know the debilitating effects are keeping your adult child isolated, cut off from relationships, missing career opportunities, and lacking the self-confidence to build a life of their own.  I know you worry constantly and wonder if they will have be free of it. 
Who can you talk to? Better still, who can they talk to? 
In this episode, I have a heartfelt conversation with Matthew Bowen who shares the steps he took to brake free from his severe social anxiety at age 22, after struggling with it his entire life. 
Yes, there is hope after all. 
If your son or daughter can not move forward because of their social anxiety, this conversation offers you real insight into what they can take to overcome it and what their life will look like once they do. 
Please share this episode with someone you love who needs to hear it.  
You can even contact Matthew for help. Please tell him that you heard his interview on LAUNCH. He'll be so pleased!
How to contact my guest Matthew Bowen
https://stan.store/matthewbowen
On Instagram: @matthewbowen464
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💻 There's just a few weeks left to purchase Shari's Parenting course, "The Journey to Independence: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Guiding and Launching Your Adult Child.” 
We are moving the course into a more robust program and the current promo price will no longer be offered. 
Last chance to purchase it is here: https://parentingfx.com/parentingcourse
Is your adult child is struggling with Failure to Launch? 
Grab the FREE Failure to Launch Checklist here:  
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Email me if you have any questions at: Shari@ParentingFX.com
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Ever wonder why one of your adult children is struggling to LAUNCH while your other child (or children) seem to be doing  fine?
You parented them the same, right? Wrong.
The truth is, you couldn't have. 
Because your children didn't come to you the same. They're genetically different which means they experience the world differently, respond to challenges differently, and needed different things from you as they grew. 
Realizing this can completely change the way you understand your adult child
Some are biologically more sensitive to change, uncertainty, and the challenges of life. They need a new approach especially for launching into adulthood.
But understanding your adult child doesn't mean protecting them from every challenge. It means learning how to guide them in a way that helps them build confidence, resilience, and independence.
In this episode, you'll discover why some adult children struggle more than others to move forward and the three things you can do to help your sensitive adult child take the necessary steps.
Because the goal isn't to change who your child is.
The goal is to understand who they are and help them blossom (hint, hint) into the adult they are capable of becoming.
I'm excited for you to listen to this episode.
As always, thank you for joining me!
💻 There's just a few weeks left to purchase Shari's Parenting course, "The Journey to Independence: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Guiding and Launching Your Adult Child.” 
We are moving the course into a more robust program and the current promo price will no longer be offered. 
Last chance to purchase it is here: https://parentingfx.com/parentingcourse
Is your adult child is struggling with Failure to Launch? 
Grab the FREE Failure to Launch Checklist here:  
🗣️One-on-One Consultations are available. Click here!
Email me if you have any questions at: Shari@ParentingFX.com
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What if helping your young adult move forward didn’t require more rules, more demands or difficult conversations? What if it was actually simpler than that? 
In this episode, I’m joined by Geoff Owen, founder of Biologically Aligned Parenting and author of The Parenting Assumption. Geoff challenges one of the biggest assumptions we make as parents: that it’s our job to manage and control our children’s behaviour.
His perspective is both refreshing and surprisingly simple. He believes that when we stop trying to control our young adults, we create the conditions for connection to emerge naturally.
If parenting has become exhausting in your home, this conversation may completely change the way you think about helping your young adult move forward.
Maybe  the answer isn’t doing more, but doing less. Geoff’s message is simple: parenting doesn’t have to feel like a constant struggle.
Listen in and decide for yourself.
Contact Geoff Owen: https://geoffreyowen.com/
Thank you for listening! 

💻 There's just a few weeks left to purchase Shari's Parenting course, "The Journey to Independence: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Guiding and Launching Your Adult Child.” 
We are moving the course into a more robust program and the current promo price will no longer be offered. 
Last chance to purchase it is here: https://parentingfx.com/parentingcourse
Is your adult child is struggling with Failure to Launch? 
Grab the FREE Failure to Launch Checklist here:  
🗣️One-on-One Consultations are available. Click here!
Email me if you have any questions at: Shari@ParentingFX.com
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Failure to Launch is one of the most widely used terms to describe young adults who are not progressing toward independence, but what does it really mean, who does it apply to and where did the term come from?
In this episode, I talk deconstruct Failure to Launch, as I take you through the history of it, from early research in Europe during the 1980s to Japan’s phenomenon of hikikomori and the rise of the term in popular culture. 
You’ll learn why Failure to Launch is not a permanent label, why terms like “lost” and “stuck” may not accurately describe what’s happening, and why this challenging stage for young adults has existed for decades.
I also highlight the work of psychologist Dr. Mark McConville, author of Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn’t Grown Up...and What to Do About It, whose book became an important contribution to understanding this growing conversation. I’m excited to have Dr. McConville joining me on a future episode where we’ll explore this topic even further.
Most importantly, I’ll share 5 practical tips to help your adult child move forward, including how to change the dynamic of your relationship, stop enabling, set healthy consequences, and become the parent they need now.
If you’ve ever felt stigmatized by the term Failure to Launch, wondered what you can do to help them move through this stage, this episode is for you.
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Thank you for being here!
💻 There's just a few weeks left to purchase Shari's Parenting course, "The Journey to Independence: A Step-by-Step Roadmap to Guiding and Launching Your Adult Child.” 
We are moving the course into a more robust program and the current promo price will no longer be offered. 
Last chance to purchase it is here: https://parentingfx.com/parentingcourse
Is your adult child is struggling with Failure to Launch? 
Grab the FREE Failure to Launch Checklist here:  
🗣️One-on-One Consultations are available. Click here!
Email me if you have any questions at: Shari@ParentingFX.com
🎙️Remember to hit the SUBSCRIBE button so you never miss an episode. 
Shari can be found on Instagram & TikTok Search @sharijonaslifefx
YouTube has all of the interviews available to watch! CLICK HERE...