Peak Performance in College: Dr. Joel Ingersoll on Building Resilient, High-Achieving Students

About this episode

Dr. Joel Ingersoll discusses strategies for building resilient and high-achieving college students.

Dr. Joel Ingersoll is one of the most recognized advisers to college students and their parents in the Mid-Atlantic. He is a licensed psychologist, renowned impact performance coach and founder of school readiness programs. Joel is the creator of the BounceBack Accelerator Program, podcast host of Mental Health University and author of the brand new book Fix-It Fatigue: How Gen-X Parents Can Stop Fixing Everything and Start Raising Adults Who Can Handle Anything. Show Notes Fix-It Fatig...

People in this episode

Host: Rob Danzman

Guest: Dr. Joel Ingersoll

Topics covered

• college performance
• resilience
• mental health
• parenting
• student success

Keywords

• college students
• performance coaching
• mental health
• resilience
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BounceBack Accelerator Program, Mental Health University

Books & works: Fix-It Fatigue: How Gen-X Parents Can Stop Fixing Everything and Start Raising Adults Who Can Handle Anything

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