Andrea is a certified teen girls coach who works with primarily 11 to young adult girls of expats in 3 languages. She starts out the podcast by taking a swipe at Apple products. It's ok. They don't sponsor the podcast .. yet (3:00). Mike adds an anecdotal daughter story involving another Apple product. Maybe they should sponsor the podcast. Andrea answers the ridiculous question (6:00), and how she grew her wings and the expat journey that ensued and continues. Mike of course figures out a way to tell a sea story from his Navy days in Mallorca, Spain (10:30), and slips in mentioning his upcoming book as well .. twice! (11:20/13:00). If you are suddenly curious you can find out more about it here: https://sullyworks.com/ The conversation moves into the central theme of the podcast and that is the difficult decision they had to make for their daughter, Jessica (13:15). Jessica drops a bombshell solution of going to boarding school (17:00). Andrea delves into her reservations (18:00) and the experience looking for a boarding school they were comfortable with (20:00). She shares the challenges and adjustments Jessica had to make (22:00), and how Jessica surived the adaptation rollercoaster one more time. The discussion moves into how all these experiences raising a daughter helped Andrea perpetuate a coaching career specializing in working with teen girls (22:25). Mike and Andrea really overlap in their gifts building trust with teens and young adults (28:00), and how their cross-cultural contexts in ESL lended to this direction for both of them. She rounds out a wonderful discussion giving advice to parents sending their kids to boarding school (34:40) and it bunny trails into both of them talking about how they apply that advice in their own lives with their kids and parents (37:00). Finally she offers the specific resources she provides her clients (40:20). Definitely reach out to her if you are looking for support for your precious teenager. It's a challenging time in their life!! These are the places you can find Andrea: Website: https://www.globalgirlcoach.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globalgirlcoach/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-schmitt-lozano-she-her-2527451a1/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=globalgirlcoach

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