Parenting Teen Girls
Parenting teens today feels like walking a tightrope between protection and independence. My work is built on one core belief: teens grow through safety and friction.
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Divorce Is Hard. Conflict Is What Hurts Kids with Dr. Karalynn Royster (opens the original)
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When a marriage ends, parents are often terrified about what the divorce will do to their children. But divorce itself isn’t the strongest predictor of how kids will cope—the conflict surrounding them is. Systems-oriented family specialist, Dillan, sits down with licensed child psychologist and high-conflict divorce expert Dr. Karalynn Royster to discuss how parents can protect their children when trust has been broken, emotions are high, or healthy co-parenting feels impossible. Together, they
Why Life Feels Harder for Michigan Families & What Could Help | Rep. Joey Andrews (opens the original)
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What happens when a systems oriented therapist sits down with a state representative not to trade political talking points, but to ask why life has become so difficult for so many families? In this candid conversation, licensed clinical social worker Dillan and Michigan State Representative Joey Andrews connect the stress people feel at home to the larger systems shaping their lives. Why has housing become so unaffordable in Southwest Michigan? Are short-term rentals really the problem or does o
Beyond Test Scores: What Kids Need From Schools Now with Superintendent Kristen Bawks (opens the original)
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Schools are being asked to do more than ever: educate children, protect them, support their mental health, respond to behavior, navigate cell phones and AI, and help every student feel like they belong. So, what do kids actually need from schools now? In this episode of The Check In!, systems-oriented therapist Dillan Koch sits down with public school superintendent Kristen Bawks for an honest, behind-the-scenes look at the decisions shaping children’s experiences at school. Together, they explo
A Daughter's Grief: When Grief Becomes Ambition | Sabrina Clark Rohde (opens the original)
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Sabrina Clark Rohde was 18 when her dad died suddenly, just after they'd had a big fight. In the aftermath, grief didn’t only look like sadness. It looked like urgency. Achievement. A determination to build an extraordinary life because she understood, far too young, how quickly life could end. Sabrina went on to work at McKinsey, become one of the firm’s youngest managers, pursue her MBA at Stanford, run marathons and launch her own successful fashion brand Rohde Vene [check it out at https://w
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