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Samantha STraub

Parent Coach


Empowering Parents to Raise Thriving Teens



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Samantha STraub, Parent Coach

Empowering Parents to Raise Thriving Teens

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Show up as the parent your teen needs you to be

Raising teens is hard work, but it doesn’t have to feel confusing or depleting. Are you ready to reclaim your relationship with your teen, set limits with love, and parent from a place of strength and connection? Are you ready to move from surviving the adolescent years to thriving during this time of transition? Teen Savvy programs help parents achieve balance, self-assuredness, and connection so you can ROCK the most important job of your life.

Discover How to Confidently Talk With Your Teen in a Way That Actually Helps Them Change Their Behavior

If you ever find yourself wondering

Is today going to be any different Or are we going to go through the same exhausting routine?

This FREE guide is for you!

There is a better way to have corrective conversations that help your kids change their behavior and keep the parent-child connection strong. You just need someone to show you the right way to talk with your teen and break the cycle.

That’s why I created my free video guide:

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Teen Savvy programs help Parents & teens feel competent, confident, & connected

Teen Savvy parent programming provides caregivers with the tools they need raise connected, thriving adolescents in a fast-changing world–while emphasizing families’ values and reinforcing the parent-child connection. Teen Savvy adolescent programs help teens identify and capitalize on their highest gifts, rise to their full potential, and step into a place of confidence. With an emphasis on positive group dynamics, I meet teens where they are and help participants move towards self actualization, all in an upbeat, low-pressure environment.

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With humor, love, and authenticity, Teen Savvy Coaching takes the mystery out of raising and being a teen. I help confused, overwhelmed, invested parents reclaim their relationships with their children and feel confident in their ability to manage the curveballs of adolescence. I equip teens with the tools they need to flourish and become the best versions of themselves, all during a time of significant transition. Because the adolescent years can feel isolating, I emphasize positive relationships and community to support and celebrate teens and the adults who care for them.

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An expert on Teen Development

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I’m Samantha Straub, a transformative coach serving parents of teens. A veteran educator and school counselor with over 25 years of experience, I am also a licensed mental health counselor with a specialty in working with adolescents and their parents. Just as important, I’m a parent of two teens myself. I’ve been in the trenches. And while my household has not been spared the ups and downs of adolescence, my training and background have helped me and my children successfully navigate the bumps. I’ve spent over a quarter century supporting teens and their families.

Let me use my expertise to help you and your teen today!

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Sam was so incredibly helpful to me in learning more about teens and how they think and feel. WHY certain things were coming up, and what tools and techniques to use to better communicate with my daughter. I came into this process fairly heartbroken and feeling helpless. After our sessions and applying what I learned, I feel like I am a better parent, that I have a greater understanding of what to do to help my teen and how to apply some of these tools to friends and family in my life also. It was a powerful process and I look forward to sessions in the future to continue to round out my parenting skills! Thank you so much, Sam! You are a blessing.

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Many parents of teens and tweens feel stuck, powerless and overwhelmed, wondering how they lost their ability to communicate with their child – and see no way forward.

But here’s the truth:

This is not the way it has to be. There is a better way to have corrective conversations and help your kids change their behavior and keep the parent-child connection strong. You just need someone to show you the right way to talk with your teen and break the cycle.

That’s why I created my free video guide:

How to Have a “You Screwed Up” Conversation

Learn the simple framework for how to talk with your teen and help them make different choices.
Computer, laptop, and tablet screens with screen shots of the "How to Have a 'You Screwed Up' Conversation with Your Teen" guide

Download the L.O.V.E.D. Framework now to help decrease your teen’s resistance and increase connection, EVEN during sensitive or corrective conversations.

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