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Workshop “Power Struggles with your Older Teen? 3 Keys to Turn Tension into Connection”

Published: September 6, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: September 9, 2025
Online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/power-strug...

This live, online workshop is for moms of older teens and young adults who want to parent & guide—without spiraling into tension, overexplaining, guilt, or second-guessing.

In this interactive, small-group workshop, you’ll learn:

  • How to navigate hard conversations without pushing them away
  • What to say (and when) so your guidance lands
  • Practical, real-time tools to shift from guilt and parent-doubt into clarity and connection
  • Teen-tested strategies for defusing power struggles

Because this phase of parenting—when our kids are stepping into independence—is a balancing act as we dance between safeguarding, supporting, and letting go. But some frameworks and tools can make a really big difference.

What to Expect When...

When our kiddos were babies, we had the ’What to Expect’ books. In this workshop, we’ll be getting you tools for navigating THIS season of parenting.

It is so common for parenting to start feeling like a big, frustrating WTF. At this point, we’ve been parenting for well over a decade, and instead of feeling like we are on a path towards parenting mastery, we come upon a whole new set of parenting challenges.

Challenges like navigating conversations that go sideways. Or finding the balance for HOW TO and WHEN TO offer guidance so that it’s well received.

Let’s get you the tools for THIS season of parenting... and the RELIEF and the connection that comes from knowing them.

In this free, live, interactive online workshop, you’ll learn tools and strategies to navigate hard conversations with more clarity, connection, and ease... and turn the tension into CONNECTION.

  • Navigate tense conversations with more ease and less parent-guilt
  • Trade second-guessing for clarity and connection as you navigate this new season of parenting
  • Offer guidance that lands, not just words your teen tunes out
  • Defuse power struggles, using in-the-moment tools that preserve and enhance your connection

Join us for this interactive online workshop and walk away with practical, real-time strategies for this next phase of parenting that support your teen’s growth — and your own confidence—in this evolving season of parenting.

Meet Your Guide

Hi, I’m Simona. My full name is Simona Vivi Hadjigeorgalis (ha-gee-george-alice).

As a coach dedicated to helping moms of older teens and young adults, I know first-hand that parenting is not for the faint of heart, and none of us gets it all right. But with the right tools and support, we can turn hard moments into opportunities for growth and deeper connection. So we can guide our emerging adults with more clarity, confidence, and connection.

Even when emotions run high. Even in the face of real-time pushback or shutdown. Even with the uncertainty of these fast-changing times.

And we can do it in a way that supports both your emerging adults’ growth and your own well-being.

I’m so glad you are here. And I’ll look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

warmly and with so much care,

Simona

Time: 6:00 pm EST

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