Eps 649: Teen Coaching with Anna Kashner
From Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens by Casey O'Roarty
April 7, 2026 · 56 min · Episode 649
About this episode
This episode features a discussion with youth life coach Anna Kashner about teen coaching and strategies to help parents support their teens through negative thinking.
If you've ever watched your teen spiral into negative thinking and felt completely helpless — or worse, realized your response made it worse — this episode is for you. I sat down with certified youth life coach Anna Kashner to talk about teen life coaching, how it's different from therapy, and what's actually happening in your teen's brain when they catastrophize. Anna is warm, practical, and deeply experienced, and she left me (and will leave you) with real tools you can use starting today. Don't miss this one. GUEST BIO Anna Kashner is a certified youth and young adult life coach and executive function coach with over two decades of experience working with teens, young adults, and their families. Founder of Bolster Coaching, Anna supports young people ages 14–26 with motivation, executive functioning, academic success, friendships, and major life transitions. Her approach is rooted in unconditional positive regard, practical skill-building, and the belief that growth happens when young people feel truly seen and supported. She works in person in the Seattle area and virtually nationwide. Learn more at bolstercoaching.net or on Instagram @bolstercoaching. For more info and show…
People in this episode
Host: Casey O'Roarty
Guest: Anna Kashner
Topics covered
- teen coaching
- negative thinking
- youth life coaching
- executive functioning
- mental health
- parenting strategies
Keywords
- teen coaching
- youth life coach
- negative thinking
- executive functioning
- parenting
- mental health
- catastrophizing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bolster Coaching
Places: Seattle, United States
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