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#236 How Families Eliminate the Best Career Fits Too Soon

Many families eliminate strong career options long before a student has enough information to make a confident decision. In this solo episode, Lisa Marker-Robbins challenges the belief that career planning should follow one clear, predictable path and introduces a broader way to think about career exploration. Drawing on years of coaching families and the Birkman […]

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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT… PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa. Lisa Marker-Robbins  00:00 How do we support instead of a linear path? How do we start thinking in terms of an ecosystem, and how can you change the conversations that you’re having with your young person in your home or in your school?

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#235 The Career Lens Most Parents Never Consider

Helping a young person choose a career starts with asking better questions, not having every answer. In this solo episode, Lisa Marker-Robbins challenges the common ways families approach career planning and introduces a fresh perspective that expands possibilities for teens, college students, and young adults. Rather than focusing on majors, prestige, or job market predictions,

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#234 Mid-Year Career Clarity Check: Is Your Family Behind?

Time has a way of speeding up, especially when major decisions about school, careers, and independence are on the horizon. In this solo episode, Lisa Marker-Robbins encourages parents to pause for a mid-year career clarity check, helping families assess where teens, college students, and young adults stand before the next milestone arrives. She walks through

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#234 Mid-Year Career Clarity Check: Is Your Family Behind? Transcript

THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT… PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa. We just celebrated the Fourth of July, and for this summer lover, admittedly, I cannot stand winter. I get a little sad because summer feels halfway over for some of you living in other regions. I realize maybe that doesn’t hold true because,

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#233 What Parents Get Wrong About Their Kid’s Confidence Transcript

THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT… PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa. Lisa Marker-Robbins 0:00 Confidence is the reward. It is not the prerequisite for doing all the hard things, whether it’s this career validation that we were talking about last week, and the whole, you know, three-step framework that we teach for career validation

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#233 What Parents Get Wrong About Their Kid’s Confidence

Many parents assume confidence comes before action, but Lisa Marker-Robbins explains why that belief often keeps young people stuck. In this solo episode, she explores why teens, college students, and young adults are more likely to pursue opportunities and explore career paths when they feel supported rather than fully prepared. Drawing on stories from her

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#232 The Step Where Career Clarity Falls Apart—and Why Transcript

THIS IS AN AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPT… PLEASE FORGIVE THE TYPOS & GRAMMAR! xo-Lisa. Lisa Marker-Robbins  00:00 I had parents say to me all the time, my kid’s unmotivated, they’re disinterested, they really aren’t. I mean, when I tell you nearly every kid will take the assessment, and most of them will do some exploration, that is

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