Let's be honest. At some point in your university career, whether you're a student leader, dean, director, or faculty member, you’ve sat in a meeting, smiled politely, and thought: I have absolutely no idea how to handle this.

In my years of teaching high school and coaching parents and teens, I have heard some of the funniest analogies about talking to teenagers.

What if we could get middle schoolers thinking differently, and more positively, about themselves, their friendships, their bodies and their worth. And what if that switch in thinking could have a permanent positive impact on their brain. “Whaaat? Not possible.” you say?

We are here to believe in you. Who are you going to believe in? Let them know!

Tiago Quintana was a participant in our “Leading Your Life” seminar at NOVA School of Business and Economics in Spring 2023 in Portugal. As promised, in today’s newsletter he shares his story of coming out to his parents.

As we kick off this new school year, we are thrilled to share heartfelt testimonials from students whose lives have been significantly enriched by our life coaching programs, leading to greater happiness and pride.

HB EDU coaches have been working with professional, Olympic and student athletes for almost two decades, but not one of us can boast that we actually made it to the Olympics ourselves. But our partner, Erin Aldrich-Shean, can.

A friend, who works in education, recently told me that 50 principals, in a nearby school district of 209 schools, are planning to quit this year. That is almost 25% of the district’s leaders quitting in one year.

At Human Better EDU we believe in what we teach. And so, we took the time as a team to answer those three questions from last month. Check them out.

Hunter, a high school teacher in Connecticut, decided she wanted to have more fun this summer. Instead of passively hoping it would happen, she wrote out her dream for what that fun would look like.