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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsDEEP DIVE: Julie Lythcott-Haims on Becoming An AdultBased on a recent listener question about how to start to let go as our kids get older, this "Deep Dive" series highlights some of our past interview episodes on the topic.
Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the parenting bestseller How to Raise an Adult, which opened the minds of loving but hovering parents everywhere. In this episode, we discuss her follow up book Your Turn: How To Be An Adult, which Julie calls "a compassionate beckoning into the freedoms and responsibilities of adulthood."
Adulting is a mindset. That might explain why many of us whos...
2026-02-1641 min
Memoir NationJulie Lythcott-Haims on Writing as an Act of ServiceThis week we delve into all the ways memoir can be transformative. In framing her own memoir as an act of service, Julie Lythcott-Haims helps us to contextualize what your memoir is for, who it’s for, and whether you’re ready to write it for others, or if it needs to stay with just you, at least for a while. This is a powerful and impassioned conversation about memoir, why we write, and what we write for. Julie also shares about how prescient her memoir, Real American, was—as she was writing it in 2016 with the rise of Trumpi...
2025-11-1052 min
Memoir NationJulie Lythcott-Haims on Writing as an Act of ServiceThis week we delve into all the ways memoir can be transformative. In framing her own memoir as an act of service, Julie Lythcott-Haims helps us to contextualize what your memoir is for, who it’s for, and whether you’re ready to write it for others, or if it needs to stay with just you, at least for a while. This is a powerful and impassioned conversation about memoir, why we write, and what we write for. Julie also shares about how prescient her memoir, Real American, was—as she was writing it in 2016 with the rise of Trumpi...
2025-11-1056 min
The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and BeyondBeing an Adult (w/Julie Lythcott-Haims)Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, author and educator Julie Lythcott-Haims discusses with Lee the complexities of becoming an adult, emphasizing that adulthood is less about age and more about taking responsibility for oneself. We highlight the importance of developing independence, financial literacy, and the ability to have difficult conversations, while also stressing the value of vulnerability, community, and human connection in navigating adult life. Ultimately, the discussion encourages embracing the challenges of adulthood as opportunities for growth and self-discovery. In this episode we discuss: What does it mean to be a...
2025-10-1359 min
Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean FargoJulie Lythcott-Haims on the Power of Telling Your TruthIn this powerful conversation from the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Julie Lythcott-Haims — New York Times bestselling author, activist, politician, and former Stanford dean — about how mindfulness can help us face shame, rewrite old stories, and create space for authentic belonging.Julie shares how she first discovered mindfulness in her 30s, how body awareness helped her get out of her own way, and how storytelling became a tool for healing unprocessed pain. She reflects on writing Real American, her memoir on race and belonging, and the liberation that came from releasing stories she had carried for...
2025-10-1055 min
Parenting Teens TodayTeaching Teens Independence: Julie Lythcott-Haims' Guide for ParentsWelcome to the "Parenting Teens Today" podcast, hosted by top youth motivational speaker and teen coach Jesse LeBeau! In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome the incredible Julie Lythcott-Haims, who brings her wisdom and experience to help parents raise confident, resilient, and happy teenagers in today's complex world.Julie Lythcott-Haims, renowned author and former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford University, shares her journey of running for Congress and the invaluable lessons learned about accepting failures, learning from them, and stepping out of comfort zones – lessons that are crucial for teenagers navigating the modern landscape.Th...
2025-02-1450 min
The Kids or Childfree Podcast19. Julie Lythcott-Haims on Parenting Outside the Overparenting TrapJulie Lythcott-Haims — New York Times bestselling author, TED speaker, former Stanford dean, and lawyer — is here to share her wisdom with us on living an authentic life, the impact of helicopter parenting (and how we can break free of this trap, should we choose to become parents), and her experiences as a mom of two adult children. Hear her and Keltie discuss: The importance of defining one's unique path in life — and how we can break free of the pressures that surround us. Julie's personal path to motherhood — including its challenges and rewards. W...
2024-05-291h 08
Parenting Without Power Struggles3:13 Helping Kids Become Resilient Adults With Julie Lythcott-HaimsIn this episode, Susan talks with Julie Lythcott-Haims about the challenges of parenting, particularly as children transition into adulthood. They discuss the ways in which parents' roles evolve as their children grow, and the importance of parents modeling healthy adult behavior for their children. Julie describes the ultimate goal of parenting as raising independent and resilient adults who can thrive on their own. https://susanstiffelman.com/julie-lythcott-haims-young-adult-podcast/
2024-05-1442 min
Parenting Teens with Dr. CamBreaking Free from the Overparenting Trap: How to Raise Independent, Resilient Teens with Julie Lythcott-Haims
In today’s high-pressure world, teens are expected to excel in academics, extracurriculars, and beyond. Parents, driven by love and fear, often take on their children’s stress in an attempt to ensure their success. But what if this well-intentioned involvement is actually doing more harm than good?
In this episode, Dr. Cam welcomes bestselling author and renowned speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims to explore the dangers of overparenting and how parents can foster independence and resilience in their teens. Julie, former dean of freshmen at Stanford University, shares insights from her acclaimed book, How to Raise an Adult, and her ...
2024-04-2333 min
Happiness through Hardship112. Julie Lythcott-Haims: A Conversation about Raising AdultsOver the past decade, parenting has undergone profound transformations. In today's episode of "Happiness Through Hardship" - The Podcast, Julie Lythcott-Haims, a distinguished educator, bestselling author featured in The New York Times, renowned speaker, and activist, offers valuable insights into navigating the challenges of modern parenthood with the aim of nurturing resilient adults. Drawing from her extensive experience as a former Stanford University Dean, Julie explores the pivotal role caregivers play in their children's lives and examines the possibility of reversing the trend of "helicopter parenting." Tune in as Julie dives into the importance of embracing life's setbacks, fostering independent...
2024-02-1346 min
The Self-Driven ChildEmbracing Adulting: Insights from Julie Lythcott-HaimsIn today’s episode, I dig into the art of adulting with the phenomenal Julie Lythcott-Haims. Julie is not just a former Stanford Dean and a New York Times bestselling author; she's a beacon of wisdom for the youth and an advocate for the exhilarating journey of self-reliance. Tune in as we unravel the complexities of adult life, discuss the power of human connection, and explore the intricacies of finding your 'why'. deliciousness of adulting!Timeline Summary:[00:00] - Julie opens up about the terror and exhilaration of stepping into adulthood and the deliciousness of...
2023-11-2056 min
How To Talk To Kids About AnythingHow to Talk to Kids About Becoming Individuals Without Interference with Julie Lythcott-HaimsHow to Talk to Kids About Becoming Individuals Without Interference with Julie Lythcott-Haims
When I asked my next guest to come back on the show and I wanted to know what she’d like to discuss this time because she has such interesting perspective and a way with words—and she said, she’d like to talk about how “kids don’t thrive when they’re raised like dogs on a leash who have to go a certain way to please their owner (parent).” You see my next guest did this amazing, extremely popular Ted Talk in 2016 entitled “How to Raise Successf...
2023-05-2451 min
Simple FamiliesHow to Raise an Adult ft. Julie Lythcott-HaimsOverparenting is a pervasive practice in our society today. My guest Julie Lythcott-Haims identified over-parented students in her former role as the Dean of Freshman and Undergraduate Advising at Stanford University and wrote the NYT best-selling book How to Raise an Adult, and later Your Turn: How to be an Adult.Links from the episode
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Website
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Instagram
How to Raise an Adult
Your Turn: How to be an Adult
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2023-02-1749 min
The School of Wellbeing with Meg DurhamBEST OF 2022: Julie Lythcott-Haims - How To Raise An Adult & Prepare Young People For Success- BEST OF 2022 -
"Parents who feel the need to intervene in the life of their child, also seem to have children who are less capable." Julie Lythcott-Haims
Learn how to support and guide children into becoming highly capable and resilient adults. In this episode with author and educator Julie Lythcott Haims, Meg chats to Julie about how much parenting has changed over the years. You’ll hear about the effects of overparenting and how to help children transition into adulthood and pursue their true passions.
Episode 23 Shownotes - https://openmindeducation.com/episode23
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2023-01-0151 min
Filled Up CupEp. 43 Julie Lythcott HaimsOn this episode I am joined by Julie Lythcott-Haims. She is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult which gave rise to a popular TED Talk. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. Her third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, has been called a “groundbreakingly frank” guide to adulthood. TED has turned her book into a TED Course that is available now.Julie holds degrees from Stanford, Harvard Law, and Cali...
2022-10-2639 min
Connectfulness PracticeWhat Does It Mean To Grow Up? with Julie Lythcott-HaimsFor this final episode of the season, I talk to Julie Lythcott-Haims, who is asking the question “what does it mean to grow up?” For her, it’s about lovingly letting go of your past burdens so that you can be true to yourself – while not trampling on anybody else. Our conversation flows naturally from topic to topic as we learn about how learning mindfulness took her from being a lawyer and dean of a university to becoming a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and activist focused on helping humans find their true north. Later, we bring these themes i...
2022-10-141h 03
Reimagining Love with Dr. Alexandra SolomonLove Stories: Leading with Purpose with Julie Lythcott-HaimsJulie Lythcott-Haims, bestselling author of the books "How to Raise an Adult," "Real American," and "Your Turn: How to Be an Adult," joins Dr. Alexandra on the show to discuss her career, groundbreaking writing, and the challenges she's decided to take on along the way. Listen to feel inspired by Julie and her mission to bring attention to the issues that matter most.How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims:https://bookshop.org/books/how-to-raise-an-adult-break-free-of-the-overparenting-trap-and-prepare-your-kid-for-success/9781250093639How to Be an Adult...
2022-09-2743 min
BITEradio.meYour Turn: How to be an Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsYour Turn: How to be an Adult with Julie Lythcott-Haims What does it mean to be an adult? In the twentieth century, psychologists came up with five markers of adulthood: finish your education, get a job, leave home, marry, and have children. Since then, every generation has been held to those same markers. Yet so much has changed about the world and living in it since that sequence was formulated. All of those markers are choices, and they’re all valid, but any one person’s choices along those lines do not make them more or less an adult. Being an ad...
2022-05-1957 min
The Kathryn Zox ShowDr. Julie Lythcott-HaimsKathryn interviews Author Tracy Dennis-Tiwary PhD. Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary argues that anxiety is not, as we often refer to it, unhealthy—in fact, it’s an evolved advantage that protects us and strengthens our creative and productive powers. Although it’s related to stress and fear, it’s uniquely valuable—allowing us to imagine the uncertain future and impelling us to make that future better. Distilling the latest research in psychology and neuroscience and offering real-world stories and personal narrative, she shows how we can explore and leverage even very distressing anxiety rather than be overwhelmed by it. She's a professor...
2022-05-1826 min
Clean & Green LivingAdulting with Julie Lythcott-HaimsWhen my daughter was just 6 years old, I first picked up the book How To Raise An Adult. I devoured it. I earmarked pages. I told every parent I knew to read this book. Today, I am thrilled to have the author, Julie Lythcott-Haims as my guest. Julie is a writer, speaker, teacher, mentor, and activist, Her mission has always been to be of service to others, and through her books, Julie is helping us to raise and be adults. Let’s face it, adulting is hard, and Julie believes our job as parents is to p...
2022-04-1943 min
Clean & Green LivingEp 72: Adulting with Julie Lythcott-HaimsWhen my daughter was just 6 years old, I first picked up the book How To Raise An Adult. I devoured it. I earmarked pages. I told every parent I knew to read this book. Today, I am thrilled to have the author, Julie Lythcott-Haims as my guest. Julie is a writer, speaker, teacher, mentor, and activist, Her mission has always been to be of service to others, and through her books, Julie is helping us to raise and be adults. Let’s face it, adulting is hard, and Julie believes our job as parents is to p...
2022-04-1943 min
The Peaceful Parenting Podcast(Replay) Your Turn: How to Be An Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsThis episode is with Julie Lythcott-Haims and we talk about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, which is about how to be a good person and have a good life. We also talked about how to raise kids so that they don't need a book to learn how to be an adult. Julie also shared some really great tips about truly seeing our children. Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her work encompasses writing, speaking, teaching, mentoring, and act...
2022-04-0546 min
Journey Forward with Joree RoseIt's Your Turn to Be an Adult, with Julie Lythcott-HaimsTo join the Spring cohort of The Journey Forward Method: https://joreerose.com/journeyforwardmethod/ Any parent who has ever protected their child from feeling an uncomfortable emotion, wanted to prevent them from being in an uncomfortable situation or didn't adequately prepare their child to gain the skills to get through challenges needs to listen to this episode. I speak with the amazing Julie Lythcott-Haims, who is a lawyer, turned Stanford University dean, turned author, who is writing to help parents back off from over parenting their children and actually learn how to repattern...
2022-02-2853 min
The School of Wellbeing with Meg DurhamJulie Lythcott-Haims: How To Raise An Adult & Prepare Young People For Success | Episode 23"Parents who feel the need to intervene in the life of their child, also seem to have children who are less capable." Julie Lythcott-Haims
Learn how to support and guide children into becoming highly capable and resilient adults. In this episode with author and educator Julie Lythcott Haims, Meg chats to Julie about how much parenting has changed over the years. You’ll hear about the effects of overparenting and how to help children transition into adulthood and pursue their true passions.
Episode 23 Shownotes - https://openmindeducation.com/episode23
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2022-02-2453 min
The Peaceful Parenting Podcast037: Your Turn: How to Be An Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsThis episode is with Julie Lythcott-Haims and we talk about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, which is about how to be a good person and have a good life. We also talked about how to raise kids so that they don't need a book to learn how to be an adult. Julie also shared some really great tips about truly seeing our children. Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her work encompasses writing, speaking, teaching, mentoring, and activism. We go...
2022-02-1646 min
Love Your Life Show: Personal Growth, Mindset, + Habits for Busy Moms175: How to Raise an Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsJulie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is passionate about helping us navigate what gets in our way of us living our best life. Perfect for this show, ey?
She is the best selling author of the book How To Raise an Adult and in today's conversation we dive into it all!
Why we overparent (and when we started), what overparenting does to our kids, how we can equip our kids and ourselves to be the best adults we can be, and much more.
Listen in and then please shine your warrior love out to Julie in...
2021-12-1552 min
Mother's Quest PodcastEmbracing Neurodiversity and Being an Adult with Julie Lythcott-Haims and Ryan NealeI'm excited to welcome you to a special episode of the Mother's Quest Podcast that I am extremely grateful for, just in time for Thanksgiving, featuring the amazing Julie Lythcott-Haims and my 17-year-old son Ryan Neale. Julie is an incredible mother to two, a former Stanford Dean and New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult, which gave rise to a TED Talk that has more than 5 million views. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and...
2021-11-231h 01
Success is Subjective: Real People. Raw Stories. Embracing a Non-Linear Life!Episode 105 — You CAN Live the Life You Want to Lead —with Julie Lythcott-HaimsYou are not a piece of clay that is meant to be formed into something someone else wants you to be. You are a human being. A human being with dreams, goals, passions, interests, talents...You’re not a drone, a puppet, or a dog on a leash. You are whatever YOU want to be and feel called to be in this world. Julie Lythcott-Haims, a New York Times bestselling author and a speaker, didn’t always see her work encompassing writing, speaking, mentoring, and activism. She went into college unsure on what to do but curious on ho...
2021-11-1032 min
Ruthless Compassion with Dr. Marcia Sirota93 - Julie Lythcott-Haims: How To Be an Adult with Humanity and Ruthless CompassionJulie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her work encompasses writing, speaking, mentoring, and activism. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult which gave rise to a popular TED Talk. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. A third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, has been called a “groundbreakingly frank” guide to adulthood. Julie is a former corporate lawy...
2021-10-1443 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingJulie Lythcott-Haims, "Your Turn: How to Be an Adult" (Henry Holt, 2021)"Adulting" has now become a verb, and it scares us. Yet it is also essential if we are to live our best, most authentic lives. So how do you do it if you’ve not learned all the necessary lessons? And what defines an adult, anyway? These are the questions tackled by Julie Lythcott-Haims in her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult (2021, Henry Holt & Company). In our interview, we address how the meaning of adulthood has changed from what it used to be; the necessary balance between “fending” for oneself and relying on others; and how Julie’s...
2021-08-1343 min
New Books in PsychologyJulie Lythcott-Haims, "Your Turn: How to Be an Adult" (Henry Holt, 2021)"Adulting" has now become a verb, and it scares us. Yet it is also essential if we are to live our best, most authentic lives. So how do you do it if you’ve not learned all the necessary lessons? And what defines an adult, anyway? These are the questions tackled by Julie Lythcott-Haims in her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult (2021, Henry Holt & Company). In our interview, we address how the meaning of adulthood has changed from what it used to be; the necessary balance between “fending” for oneself and relying on others; and how Julie’s...
2021-08-1348 min
Perennial WisdomJulie Lythcott-Haims | Your Turn: How to Be an AdultIn this episode, I speak to Julie Lythcott-Haims the author of Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. Julie is also the author of the New York Times bestseller How to Raise an Adult, a book on overparenting (with a popular TED Talk on the topic), and Real American: A Memoir. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her work encompasses writing, speaking, mentoring, and activism.In the conversation, Julie and I discuss:Vulnerability and confidencePlanning and flexibilityHow to avoid perfectionismChoosing your own path in life Forgiveness and much m...
2021-08-0454 min
No Guilt Mom | Overcoming Mom Guilt, Parenting Tips, & Self Care for Moms092 How to Parent for the Long Haul with Julie Lythcott-HaimsWhen we over-parent and rescue all the time, we're depriving our kids from living. Life is truly an active verb. And when we focus on making things easier in the short term, we deprive our kids of the skills they need for the long haul. In this episode we speak with Julie Lythcott-Haims who is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult, Real American, and her newest book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets i...
2021-07-0830 min
Dear Family,Julie Lythcott-Haims- Former Stanford Dean Pens Groundbreaking Manual- Your Turn- How to Be an AdultJulie Lythcott- Haims is a Black biracial woman born to an African American man and a White British mother. Because her parents violated rules and policy by daring to love, she's always questioned norms. She grew up knowing her existence was problematic in the eyes of some, which has stayed with her giving her the superpowers of compassion and kindness. She believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. It gave rise to...
2021-06-2954 min
Connecting with Dr. Kim SwalesEpisode 36: How To Be an Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsIn this episode, Kim has an authentic conversation with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Julie Lythcott-Haims. Julie just came out with her third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. Kim and Julie discuss how to raise an adult and how to be an adult. They also share personal stories and offer advice to both parents and young adults. This is an episode you won't want to miss!
You can find Julie at https://www.julielythcotthaims.com/.
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2021-06-0359 min
Sunshine ParentingEp. 171: Julie Lythcott-Haims talks about YOUR TURN: How to be an AdultBest selling author and amazing human Julie Lythcott-Haims has done it again with her new book, YOUR TURN: How to be an Adult. She offers the guidance, empathy, and sound wisdom young adults need to hear. Listen in on our chat about YOUR TURN in this episode of the podcast. About Julie WRITER. SPEAKER. HUMAN. Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult which gave rise to a TED Talk...
2021-04-2347 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsFresh Take: Julie Lythcott-Haims on Becoming An AdultJulie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the parenting bestseller How to Raise an Adult, which opened the minds of loving but hovering parents everywhere. Her new book is Your Turn: How To Be An Adult, which Julie calls "a compassionate beckoning into the freedoms and responsibilities of adulthood."Adulting is a mindset. That might explain why many of us whose drivers' licenses indicate grown-up status still don't feel ready to be in charge of anything– including the children with whom we have somehow been entrusted. But trying and failing doesn't mean you're not ready to be an adult...
2021-04-1641 min
Talking To Teens: Expert Tips for Parenting TeenagersEp 133: When Does a Teen Become an Adult?Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of Your Turn and How to Raise an Adult, brings to the show her vast knowledge of the psychology of emerging adults. How can we help our teens and 20somethings turn out well?Full show notesWhen kids leave the nest, it can be terrifying to see them go. As a parent, you may feel that your whole life has led up to this moment, and you might worry that you haven’t done enough. You want your kid to take on the world and succeed, but you worry they might come ho...
2021-04-1126 min
Allison Loves Math PodcastHow to be an Adult with Julie Lythcott HaimsIn today's interview, I am honored to talk with NYT Bestselling author and former Stanford Dean, Julie Lythcott Haims about how to be and raise an adult. Julie Lythcott Haims is the author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult and the award winning memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. Julie holds a BA from Stanford and a JD from Harvard. Her third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, was just released on April 6 2021! In this interview, Julie discusses: T...
2021-04-1127 min
The Better Behavior Show with Dr. Nicole BeurkensYour Turn: How To Become An Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsI want to welcome back Julie Lythcott-Haims the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her TED Talk on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor with CBS This Morning on parenting. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. Her third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, is out...
2021-04-0756 min
Money Career & Motherhood PodcastStepping into the adult life you were meant to lead with Julie Lythcott-HaimsToo many adults are living lives where they feel like passive participants rather than the creators of their destiny. In this eye-opening discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, we discuss the challenges many individuals face as they attempt to step into their adult life, the actions that caused a generational shift in how we view adulting, and what is possible when we step into the adult life we were meant to lead. In this episode you’ll learn: How the fundamental capacities of agency and res...
2021-04-0640 min
Just Education Podcast: Mentorships in EducationEpisode 38 - Julie Lythcott-Haims | The Peeling the layers of Teaching in CovidlandIn this episode of Mentorships in Education, we welcome Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times best-selling author, contributor with CBS This Morning, Stanford Freshman Dean, Lawyer and so much more. Her TED Talk has over 5 million views. Join us as we explore how to find the "Silver Lining" during this time of Teaching in Covidland.Mentorships in Education is brought to you by Just Education, LLC and is hosted by Judith Epstein. Judi has a Master's degree in Education with a concentration in Language Acquisition. She is certified in special education with post-graduate coursework and professional development in...
2021-03-0254 min
Parenting for the FutureReal American: A conversation with Julie Lythcott Haims More about Julie Lythcott-Haims: Julie Lythcott-Haims is a seventh generation real American. Her American ancestors were kidnapped from Africa, sold at auction like common animals and enslaved. As slaves, they were tortured and raped repeatedly by their white masters to produce children for slave labor. Their labor built America and made thousands of white Americans, as well as our entire country wealthy. When they were finally emancipated, they were freed, but not free. Not only were they never compensated for the theft of their labor, dignity, or lives, but federal, State, and local governments, under color of...
2020-11-251h 12
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable PeopleJulie Lythcott Haims: Author, Activist, and Educator.Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a check-listed childhood — the subject of her book, “How to Raise an Adult.” Her viral TED talk on the same topic teaches parents not to overparent. Julie is a former corporate lawyer and Stanford Dean with degrees from Stanford, Harvard, and California College of the Arts. So much to gain from this interview on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Julie Lythcott-Haims.
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2020-09-091h 16
The Widowed Parent PodcastJulie Lythcott-Haims on How to Raise an AdultI had such a great discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims for this episode. This is one of those episodes that is not grief-specific, it’s for all parents, and it’s also not specific to any age group of kids. Julie is the New York Times bestselling author of “How to Raise an Adult,” and she was kind enough to come back on the show after coming on recently to talk about parenting older teens and young adults during this pandemic. This time we talk about her terrific book, and about how as freshman dean at Stanford she observed the rise in...
2020-04-2955 min
Office of Public Lectures @ UWJulie Lythcott-Haims: How to Raise an AdultHow to Raise an AdultClick here for lecture transcript:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1asqn7EsowZoEvYZUnwPGMExJnbId5dCd/view?usp=sharingJulie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (2015) and Real American: A Memoir (2017). She is deeply interested in what prevents people from living meaningful, fulfilling lives.How to Raise an Adult emerged from Lythcott-Haim’s decade as Stanford University’s Dean of Freshmen, where she was known for...
2020-04-211h 25
PG-ishLove and chores, featuring Julie Lythcott-HaimsExtracurricular activities are not always feasible or necessary. Julie Lythcott-Haims tells us that if we create a conducive environment, by building a foundation of love and chores, our children are more apt to build something far greater than a resume. You can find the full clip here: https://youtu.be/CyElHdaqkjo How to Raise an Adult (book): https://amzn.to/37yl9bp Learn more about Julie Lythcott-Haims here: https://www.julielythcotthaims.com/ We'd love to know what you think and join in on the con...
2020-02-2710 min
The Curiosity Hour PodcastEpisode 108 - Julie Lythcott-Haims (The Curiosity Hour Podcast by Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund)Episode 108 - Julie Lythcott-Haims
Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Julie Lythcott-Haims. Julie's bio: "We humans need agency in order to make our way forward; I am deeply interested in what impedes us.
My first book, the 2015 New York Times bestseller How to Raise an Adult, details how a parent can rob a child from developing agency by over-parenting. It emerged from my decade as Stanford University’s Dean of Freshmen, where I was known for my fierce advocacy for young adults and my fierce critique of the growing trend of parental involvement in th...
2019-05-271h 05
Time To ParentIn Conversation with Julie Lythcott-HaimsThis week we have a special conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. Find out more about Julie Lythcott-Haims on her website, www.julielythcotthaims.com.--Interested in learning more? You can buy Julie's new book, Time to Parent, here: bit.ly/timetoparentbook.You can also visit juliemorgenstern.com for more tips and tools.
2019-01-2829 min
How To Talk To Kids About AnythingHow to Raise a Confident, Capable, Resilient Adult with Julie Lythcott-HaimsIn her 2016 Ted Talk, Julie Lythcott-Haims started off by saying, “there’s a certain style of parenting these days that is kind of messing up kids, impeding their chances to develop into themselves. There’s a certain style of parenting these days that’s getting in the way. I guess what I’m saying is, we spend a lot of time being very concerned about parents who aren’t involved enough in the lives of their kids and their education or their upbringing, and rightly so. But at the other end of the spectrum, there’s a lot of harm going on...
2018-12-0459 minMother's Quest PodcastThird Chapters, Raising Adults, and Loving Ourselves with Julie Lythcott-HaimsThis conversation with best-selling New York Times author and Ted talk speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims was over two years in the making and yet came just at the right time. Author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success and Real American: A Memoir, Julie's interested in the human experience and writes non-fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry with the aim of helping humans thrive. She has a JD from Harvard Law School, an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts and holds her BA...
2018-10-271h 05
Plugged In - The Official Podcast for JSerra Catholic High SchoolJulie Lythcott-Haims: How To Raise An AdultIn this illuminating conversation, Julie Lythcott-Haims shares the dangers and inevitable pitfalls of overparenting and the consequences on burgeoning young adults. Offering personal anecdotes about her own parenting faux pas, Lythcott-Haims warns parents about the unintended long-term consequences of hyper-managing their children and offers exceptional advice on how to pivot one's parenting style toward the most important child-raising objective: capable men and women in charge of their own lives. Lythcott-Haims is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of...
2018-09-1420 minPlugged In - The Official Podcast for JSerra Catholic High SchoolJulie Lythcott-Haims: How To Raise An AdultIn this illuminating conversation, Julie Lythcott-Haims shares the dangers and inevitable pitfalls of overparenting and the consequences on burgeoning young adults. Offering personal anecdotes about her own parenting faux pas, Lythcott-Haims warns parents about the unintended long-term consequences of hyper-managing their children and offers exceptional advice on how to pivot one's parenting style toward the most important child-raising objective: capable men and women in charge of their own lives. Lythcott-Haims is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of...
2018-09-1420 min
Mindful Mama: Raising Kind, Confident Kids Without Losing Your Cool | Parenting Strategies For Big Emotions & MoreHow To Raise An Adult - Julie Lythcott-Haims [125]Hunter talks to Julie Lythcott-Haims about How To Raise An Adult.Are you undermining your child’s future by doing too much for them? Julie Lithcott-Haims shares with us the frightening consequences of over-parenting. She calls it the “checklisted childhood,” and it’s leaving a generation of kids who are anxious and overwhelmed by life. In this podcast we talk about how to avoid the overparenting trap.Some big takeaways from this episode include: 1. We’re overparenting from our love, our fear, and our ego. Our own sense of self is wrapped up in our kids’ acco...
2018-06-2658 min
The Common ThreadsJulie Lythcott-Haims, author, “Real American”Julie Lythcott-Haims is vulnerable, bold, empathetic, and strong. She tells it like it is. That was my reaction when Julie came to my very white and privileged town in Northern
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2018-05-1600 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesJULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS DISCUSSES HER MEMOIR REAL AMERICANReal American: A Memoir (Henry Holt & Company)
Julie Lythcott-Haims, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, has written a different kind of book this time out – a deeply personal, biting and affecting account of her life growing up as a biracial black woman in America in Real American: A Memoir
Bringing a brisk, poetic sensibility to her prose, Lythcott-Haims stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of an African-American father and a white British mother, she shows inde...
2017-11-041h 07
American Enough007 – Real Americans, Skin Color, and Tough Truths – with Julie Lythcott-HaimsHow is American Identity shaped, when you grow up here — and succeed here — yet still get asked “where you’re from”?
New York Times best-selling author Julie Lythcott-Haims joins American Enough to discuss how skin color, values, and tough truths about our nation have shaped what it means to be a Real American.
As the descendant of slave owners and the daughter of a bi-racial marriage, Julie often states that she’s So American It Hurts. In her most recent book, she highlights the racism, the micro-agressions and dominant narratives which shape the vi...
2017-11-0250 min
Wavemaker ConversationsReal American: Julie Lythcott-HaimsNew York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims says she is “so American it hurts.” Why so much pain in this American success story? How did this daughter of a prominent black physician and white teacher come to loathe herself despite her academic success as an undergraduate at Stanford and a law student at Harvard, followed by her professional accomplishments as Stanford’s Dean of Freshmen and a best-selling author? In our conversation about her new memoir, “Real American,” Lythcott-Haims reveals, with powerfully poetic transparency, how she came to internalize the often shocking stories of the racial prejudice she experienced growing up as a bira...
2017-10-1844 minWavemaker Conversations: A Podcast for the Insanely CuriousReal American: Julie Lythcott-HaimsNew York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims says she is “so American it hurts.” Why so much pain in this American success story? How did this daughter of a prominent black physician and white teacher come to loathe herself despite her academic success as an undergraduate at Stanford and a law student at Harvard, followed by her professional accomplishments as Stanford’s Dean of Freshmen and a best-selling author? In our conversation about her new memoir, “Real American,” Lythcott-Haims reveals, with powerfully poetic transparency, how she came to internalize the often shocking stories of the racial prejudice she experienced growing up as a bira...
2017-10-1844 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastWriters LIVE: Julie Lythcott-Haims, Real American: A MemoirReal American by Julie Lythcott-Haims, bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, is a deeply personal account of her life growing up as a biracial black woman in America. The only child of an African American father and a white British mother, she shows how so-called "micro" aggressions in addition to blunt force insults can puncture a person's inner life. Real American also expresses, through Lythcott-Haims' path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered "the other."Julie-Lythcott-Haims served as dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising at Stanford U...
2017-10-161h 13
Ruthless Compassion with Dr. Marcia Sirota28: Julie Lythcott-Haims - Moving Beyond Helicopter Parenting And Doing The Best For Your KidsJulie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. The book emerged from her decade as Stanford University’s Dean of Freshmen, where she was known for her fierce advocacy for young adults and received the university’s Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for creating “the” atmosphere that defines the undergraduate experience, and was also known for her fierce critique of the growing trend of parental involvement in the day-to-day lives of college students. Toward the end of her tenure as dean...
2017-09-0645 min
Getting In: Your College Admissions Companion10: Our Seniors Graduate + One Final Round of Expert AdviceHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Josh Steckel hear graduation updates from three of our Getting In seniors: Alessandra LePera, Jordana Meyer, and Ellis Wells. The seniors share their favorite parts of the ceremonies and describe what it's been like to participate in the podcast. Plus, Julie and Josh answer a final round of listener questions. Listeners ask about: the value of high school leadership positions, when to consider transferring colleges, the misconceptions surrounding degrees and careers in the arts, and strategies for building a good relationship with your high school college counselor. Getting In expert Josh Steckel is a college c...
2016-06-1737 min
Getting In: Your College Admissions Companion9D: The True Value of SAT II and AP Scores + Why Volunteering MattersHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Parke Muth, formerly a dean and an admission officer at the University of Virginia, answer listener questions. How important are SAT II scores to admissions officers? Which is more valuable a good grade in an AP class or the score on the exam? What's your advice to students applying from abroad? Doesvolunteering matter?Send us an email or voice memo--to gettingin@slate.com Call our hotline and leave a message at (929) 999-4353. Find us on Twitter: @GettingInPod Getting In is sponsored by Audible.com. Get a free audiobook of your c...
2016-06-0918 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion9C: Tips for Athletes, Summer Essay Writing, and Our Take on Test PrepHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Parke Muth, formerly a dean and an admission officer at the University of Virginia, answer listener questions. When you're a student athlete, what are the pros and cons of attending Division 1 and Division 3 schools? Is summer really the best time to start working on common application essays? Test prep is elitist, expensive, and a massive investment of time-- is there any reason our family should opt-in? Send us an email or voice memo--to gettingin@slate.com Call our hotline and leave a message at (929) 999-4353. Find us on Twitter: @GettingInPod Getting In is sponsored by Au...
2016-06-0221 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion9B: Summer Planning Tips for JuniorsHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Amy Young answer a listener question from an eleventh grader about what juniors should be doing the summer before their senior year. We also hear from Getting In seniors Jonathan Diaz, August Graves, Alessandra LePera, and Jordana Meyer about their own plans for summer before starting college in the fall.Amy Young is the director of college counseling at Avenues, an independent school in New York City.Send questions, comments, and follow us on Twitter @GettingInPodSend us an email or voice memo to gettingin@slate.c...
2016-05-2613 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion9A: When a Head Injury Affects GPA, How Much Do You Share on Your Application?Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Amy Young talk about how the high stakes intensity of college admissions has trickled down to middle and high school admissions. Amy is the director of college counseling at Avenues, an independent school in New York City.Julie mentions a new effort aimed to reduce the academic pressure and stress found in her own community of Palo Alto, CA. The city is distraught by its teen suicide rate-- four to five times the national average. The website, pathsfrompaloalto.com, was created by recent college grads who grew up there. "They're showing through b...
2016-05-1913 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion9: Checking In With Our SeniorsAs the school year winds down, host Julie Lythcott-Haims checks in with four of the Getting In seniors: Jonathan Diaz, August Graves, Alessandra LePera, and Jordana Meyer.The students share more details about the colleges they'll be attending in the fall, what they're excited about, and something completely new they each want to try when they get to campus. We'll also hear their advice for high school juniors getting into the thick of the admissions process right now.Find us on Twitter: @GettingInPodSend us an email or voice memo--to gettingin@slate.com
2016-05-1330 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion8C: Should I take the SAT or the ACT?Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Amy Young talk about decision season and what happens when a student sends a deposit to one school, but decides in the eleventh-hour to attend a different school. They also get an update from Getting In senior Ellis Wells, one of Amy's students at Avenues, and who'd been accepted to Vanderbilt University in February. Ellis is enjoying his spring as the captain of the golf team and attributes getting organized early with reducing a lot of college application stress. Amy is the director of college counseling at Avenues, an independent school in New York City. Listen...
2016-05-0625 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 8B: Tips for Selecting an Independent College CounselorHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Steve LeMenager answer listener questions. Steve is the president of Edvice, a college counseling firm. He was previously a director of admissions at Princeton University.Listener questions in this episode include one from a Michigan mom who wonders if the limits her daughter's high school places on the number of AP classes a student can take could affect her daughter's college admission chances. A student in the Netherlands and a mother in the US wrote in for advice on how to select an independent college counselor. And a m...
2016-04-2813 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion8A: Does Moving to a "Better" School District Improve My Child's Admissions Chances?Host Julie Lythcott Haims welcomes back Penn professor Marybeth Gasman to answer listener questions. A dad in Pennsylvania says his high achieving daughter, a junior, "has no idea what direction she wants to go" or what she wants to study and he'd like some advice on what sort of schools to look at. And a mom in Indiana wonders if moving to a "better" school district will improve her children's college admissions chances.Marybeth Gasman is a professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania where she directs the Penn Center for Minority Serving I...
2016-04-2108 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion8: Adding Historically Black Colleges to your ListAs high school juniors begin to build their lists of schools, they'd be wise to consider historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority serving institutions (MSIs). Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and her special guests, Professor Marybeth Gasman and Breanna Williams, talk about the benefits of attending HBCUs and MSIs.Marybeth Gasman is a professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania where she directs the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.Breanna Williams is a stylist and retail manager in New York City. She graduated from Howard University with a BFA in Theater.
2016-04-1436 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion7B: Decision Season for SeniorsGetting In expert Amy Young guest hosts the podcast this week while Julie Lythcott Haims tours colleges with her son over spring break. Amy is the director of college counseling at Avenues, an independent school in New York City. Amy and her Avenues colleague, Tim Hudson, formerly an admissions officer at Davidson College, listen and react to updates from three Getting In seniors: August Graves, Alessandra LePera, and Jordana Meyer.All three young women have received college notifications these past few weeks and they share where they've been accepted, rejected, and wait-listed. Amy and Tim also hear...
2016-04-0728 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion7A: Tips for Navigating Notification SeasonHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Steve LeMenager hear an update from Getting In senior Jordana Meyer and they answer listener questions. Steve is the president of Edvice, a college counseling firm. He was previously a director of admissions at Princeton University.Listener questions in this episode include one from a mother in Seattle whose son received several acceptance letters, and wonders if the financial aid packages can be negotiated because her husband was recently laid off. A mother in Connecticut asks for advice after her daughter has been rejected everywhere and accepted to a...
2016-03-3131 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionGetting In Episode 7: Four Ways Parents Can Help - But Not Helicopter - the Admissions Process, with special guest Gretchen RubinHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and special guest Gretchen Rubin explore how parents figure out their roles on the path to college and we hear updates from the families of two Getting In seniors. Amy and Martin Graves, August's parents and Jonathan Meyer, Jordana's father reflect on how they have navigated this roller coaster year. Special guest Gretchen Rubin is a writer and co-host of the podcast Happier. Her bestselling books include The Happiness Project and Better Than Before. She's also the mother of a high school junior, Eliza (who has her own podcast!). Gretchen admits its a tricky balance being h...
2016-03-2435 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion6C: Tips for Non-Traditional StudentsHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Parke Muth answer more listener questions. Parke is a private college counselor and a former admission officer at the University of Virginia.This week's questions include one from a dad who wonders how attending a vocational high school might affect college admission. A mom whose daughter is interested in the New College of Florida-- a school that does not give grades-- wonders how the post-college working world views graduates who don't have traditional GPAs. And a community college professor in Idaho asks for strategies to help her non-traditional students transfer...
2016-03-1713 minGetting In: Your College Admissions Companion6B: Likely Letters, Tuition Discounts, and Small Schools Strong in STEMHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Parke Muth answer more listener questions. Parke is a private college counselor and a former admission officer at the University of Virginia.Julie and Parke talk about some interesting admission trends he's seen this spring --including the prevalence of "likely letters" and tuition discounts being offered his students.And they answer listener questions: Two different mothers contacted the podcast describing the intense pressures high schoolers face that come with living in Fairfax County, Virginia. A father wants to know which small liberal arts schools have rigorous STEM programs...
2016-03-1134 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 6A: Building the Senior Year Course Load That's Right For You Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Josh Steckel answer listener questions. Josh is the college counselor at the Brooklyn School for Collaborative studies. He's also the author of Hold Fast to Dreams: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty.Listener questions in this episode include one from a mother in Connecticut who wonders if special spots are held for students who want to enter ROTC. And Josh and Julie answer two different but related questions about putting together senior year course loads. They talk about the push an...
2016-03-0322 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 6: Evaluating Your Financial Aid Package + Scholarship StrategiesHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expertJosh Steckel talk financial aid, scholarship strategies, plus they hearan update from Getting In senior August Graves. Josh is the college counselor at theBrooklyn School for Collaborative studies. He's also the author of HoldFast to Dreams: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of aLife Beyond Poverty. Josh lists the most important things seniors andtheir families need to be doing right now if they're applying for financialaid. And they still ha...
2016-02-2637 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 5C: The Checklist Every College-Bound Junior Needs NowHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Amy Young talk about the five things every college-bound high school junior should be thinking about right now: preparing for and taking the SAT or ACT (no more than twice); senior year course selection; forming relationships with teachers who could serve as references; thinking about how you'll spend your summer; and ramping up academic performance.They also get an update from Getting In senior Ellis Wells, one of Amy's students at Avenues, who got some news from a college this past week. And Julie and Amy answer more listener questions....
2016-02-1924 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 5B: Will Gaming the System Ever Go Away?Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Amy Youngreact to the criticism that's bubbled up around the Harvard report proposingsweeping changes to college admissions. Plus, they get an update from GettingIn senior August Graves who this week received a notification from a college.And Julie and Amy answer listener questions. Amy is the director of college counseling atAvenues, an independent school in New York City. Listener questions this week include one from amom who's daughter is a serious athlete. She wonders if devoting all s...
2016-02-1224 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 5A: Do VIP Connections Ever Matter?Host Julie Lythcott-Haims welcomesback Getting In experts Steve LeMenager and Parke Muth to answer more listenerquestions. A college counselor in Boston askswhat online resources he should include in a presentation to 11th-graders. Amom in Switzerland wonders how US Colleges will convert her son's InternationalBaccalaureate scores to an American-style GPA. A college counselor inPittsburgh is wary of parents who insist their social and political connectionscould help their children gain admission. And a mom in California is curious...
2016-02-0719 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 5: Tips for Performing Arts Applicants + Senior UpdatesHost Julie Lythcott-Haims looks into the world of serious performing arts applicants. If you're a committed musician, actor, singer, or dancer who wants to keep studying that art form in college or at a conservatory, the admissions path has a few more hurdles. We'll hear updates from two Getting In seniors with a passion for music and theater: Jordana Meyer in Maryland and Alessandra LePera in New Jersey. Alessandra is deep into preparation for her auditions for various theater programs.Special guest Doug Long, a college counselor at Interlochen Arts Academy, a boarding school in Michigan, shares...
2016-01-2828 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4F: Researchers Call for Bold Changes in AdmissionThis week the Harvard Graduate School of Education issued a report that called for sweeping changes in the college admissions process. Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Steve LeMenager talk about the report's highlights-- which emphasized authentic community service and aimed to de-emphasize the importance of AP courses and standardized test scores.Steve is the president of Edvice, a college counseling firm. He was previously a director of admissions at Princeton University.Plus, Julie and Steve answer listener questions. One listener suggests applicants look into ROTC programs and the GI Bill as a way...
2016-01-2229 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4E: The Challenges Faced by International Applicants + Interview TipsBy now most high school seniors have submitted their applications, but there may still be one final step happening in the next several weeks: an interview. Getting In Expert Parke Muth and host Julie Lythcott-Haims say the interview is less about lists of accomplishments and much more about authentic conversation.Parke also describes a bit of the backstory behind the influx of elite applicants from China, India, Korea, and Singapore and the challenges they face. Though test-taking is not one of them. If you think the high school with the highest average SAT scores is in the...
2016-01-1521 min
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan HawkJulie Lythcott-Haims – Why It Doesn't Matter Where You Went To CollegeEpisode 089: Julie Lythcott-Haims – Why It Doesn’t Matter Where You Went To College Julie Lythcott-Haims is a very interesting and intelligent leader. She is deeply interested in humans and living lives of meaning and purpose. Learning more about the most important job we (parents) will ever have is imperative to me. Julie shares detailed, research backed evidence to how we can better lead our children. We are extremely fortunate to have Julie share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show. Julie majored in American Studies at Stanford University and studied law...
2016-01-1450 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4D: The First Steps to Financial AidWith a new year come new challenges for high school seniors. While most college applications are complete and submitted, financial aid forms need attention right now. Getting In expert Josh Steckel explains the differences between the FAFSA and CSS forms. And he and host Julie Lythcott-Haims walk through some first steps students and families might take if they plan to apply for government and institutional aid.
Josh mentions a few resources that could be helpful for anyone navigating the maze of financial aid:http://www.understandingfafsa.org/http://www.collegegoalsundayusa.org/http://www.finaid.org/about/
Josh is the...
2016-01-0833 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4C: Juniors, Start Your EnginesHost Julie Lythcott-Haims asks expert Amy Young about what high school juniors should be thinking about at the beginning of 2016. Amy is the director of college counseling at Avenues, an independent school in New York City. She says if a high school junior is feeling overwhelmed or uninterested, a good first step is to visit a college campus-- it really helps a student get excited about the process.Julie and Amy answer listener questions from a parent about the value pre-college summer programs for high school students. And an AP History teacher wonders if it's a red...
2015-12-3114 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4B: ADHD - As an Applicant and StudentHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Amy Young look back on how the seniors at Avenues fared during the early decision round. Amy is the director of college counseling at Avenues, an independent school in New York City. She highlights the acceptances to excellent under-the-radar schools like Wheaton College and Elon.Julie and Amy answer listener questions from parents about how to approach the college admission process when their children have ADHD and other learning differences. And with the College Board introducing a redesigned SAT next spring, a parent wonders whether her daughter should sign up to take...
2015-12-2422 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4A: Early Decision UpdatesFor high school seniors who completed early decision and early action applications this fall, this past week was prime-time for getting notified about those applications. Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Parke Muth get updates from three of Getting In's seniors.Muth worked for nearly thirty years at the University of Virginia as an admissions officer and dean, he's now an independent college admissions counselor.Getting In seniors Jordana Meyer, August Graves, and Ellis Wells all received early decision notifications this week. They share their news and begin to plot their next steps.Plus...
2015-12-1823 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 4: When You're the First In Your Family To Apply To CollegeGetting In senior Jonathan Diaz is a first-generation college applicant and he's grappling with some big questions. Should he leave his family? And wherever he gets in...will it be affordable? The support Jonathan is getting from his high school college office is critical and host Julie Lythcott-Haims gives us a closer look at Jonathan's progress this fall.We meet Jonathan's mother, Candida, a home health attendant and we listen in on a pivotal meeting Jonathan has with his college counselor Josh Steckel as he begins to nail down his list of schools.Josh Steckel...
2015-12-1119 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 3F: If I Get Deferred, How Can I Stand Out In the Regular Pool?Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Steve LeMenager, president of Edvice, and independent college counseling firm and a former director of admission at Princeton, answer listener questions.A mom whose daughter has applied early decision to an Ivy, wonders-- if her daughter gets deferred-- what kinds of actions can be taken to stand out in the regular pool. A high school junior asks if skipping 12th grade to attend an early college program is a good idea. And a dad wonders how to find top colleges not in the popular top-20 that would be a good fit for...
2015-12-0426 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 3C: Defining Need Blind and Bargains in EuropeHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Amy Young, director of college counseling at Avenues answer listener questions. A father wonders if colleges are truly need blind. An expat in Italy suggests that American families seriously consider the much more affordable option of college abroad. And a mom raising her daughters overseas asks how colleges view kids coming out of international schools and International Baccalaureate programs.Plus some of our Getting In seniors update us on all the tests they've been retaking this fall.Send us an email or voice memo--to gettingin@slate.comOr, call our hotline and...
2015-11-1222 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 3B: 3 Surprising Ways To Demonstrate InterestJulie Lythcott-Haims, and college counselors Parke Muth, and Steve LeMenager answer listener questions. A parent asks what "demonstrating interest" really means beyond visiting campuses and opening emails from colleges of interest. And a mom wonders if a high school's low average SAT score could affect her child's admission chances.Plus one of our Getting In seniors tells us what it's like to totally complete an application and "click submit."Send us an email or voice memo--to gettingin@slate.comOr, call our hotline and leave a message at (929) 999-4353.Getting In is sponsored by...
2015-11-0512 minGetting In: Your College Admissions CompanionEp 3A: Competing With Your ClassmatesHost Julie Lythcott-Haims and Parke Muth, formerly a dean and an admission officer at the University of Virginia, answer two listener questions. A mother of a high achieving student wonders which colleges offer full-ride merit scholarships. And a teacher asks if students at elite high schools really do end up competing more with each other versus the total applicant pool, when applying to select colleges.Plus we get updates from some of our seniors about their Halloween plans and what they're doing that has nothing to do with the grind of applications and schoolwork.Send...
2015-10-2915 min