The Harlan Cohen Podcast

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THE HARLAN COHEN PODCAST New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen has candid conversations with experts and influencers. Guests share their greatest victories, devastating setbacks, and most valuable advice to help listeners dream big and take action. Hosted by Harlan Cohen, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and syndicated advice columnist. Harlan is the founder of Best First Year, and has over 1 million books in print. His live events, books, programs, and workshops have reached millions of people and changed countless lives. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@HelpMeHarlan TEXT HARLAN: 321-345-9070 INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/HarlanCohen FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HelpMeHarlan/ TWITTER: http://Twitter.com/HarlanCohen WEBSITE: https://www.HarlanCohen.com | https://www.BeforeCollegeTV.com

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Thursday Aug 29, 2024

Cindy Muchnick: Co-author of The Parent Compass

Thursday Aug 29, 2024

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Cindy, a graduate of Stanford University, is an expert in the college admission process: she got her start in admission offices before opening a private study skills and college counseling business in Southern California, which she ran for over fifteen years. As an Assistant Director of Admission for the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago, she screened and reviewed over three thousand applications, interviewed prospective students, and served on the admission committee to evaluate borderline applicants and appeals cases. Then, as a private counselor, she helped hundreds of high school students navigate their academic journeys, including course selection, study skills, time management, and college applications. Since closing her private educational practice in 2011, Cindy has focused on public speaking to student, parent, school and business groups on a variety of education-related topics.

Over the course of her career, Cindy has written numerous books: The Parent Compass: Navigating Your Teen’s Wellness and Academic Journey in Today’s Competitive World (Familius/Workman/Hachette, 2020), The Best College Admission Essays (co-author, ARCO/Peterson’s, 1997), The Everything Guide to Study Skills: Strategies, Tips, and Tools You Need to Succeed in School (Simon& Schuster, 2011), Straight-A Study Skills (co-author, Simon& Schuster, 2012), The Everything College Checklist Book (Simon& Schuster, 2013), Writing Successful College Applications: It’s More than Just the Essay (Peterson’s Publishing, 2014), and four other books (Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House). Her essays have appeared on Zibby Owens’ Zibby Magazine, Your Teen Magazine, College Confidential, Raising Teens Today, The Los Angeles Times, and The Mom Experience, among others. C is for Construction is her eleventh book and first children’s book.

www.cynthiamuchnick.com
www.parentcompassbook.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parentcompass/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheParentCompass
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindymuchnick

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
2:01 Practicing what you preach
9:07 Biggest lesson from writing the book
14:44 Best time to talk to your kid
21:10 Parenting with your partner
32:21 Navigating conflict
36:03 College tours
44:28 Treating kids as individuals
50:08 Talking about uncomfortable topics
1:00:40 Supporting your teens
1:05:20 Knowing when to push
1:12:05 It’s not the school, it’s what you do there
1:25:00 Outro

Box of Table Topics link is here - lots of themes:
https://tabletopics.com/gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD4r056tLGXNWFrJ5YGK2hFVnkHRv

The Book of Questions Cindy uses
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Questions-Revised-Updated/dp/0761177310

THE HARLAN COHEN PODCAST New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen has candid conversations with top experts, and leading influencers. Guests share their greatest victories, devastating setbacks, and most valuable advice to help listeners dream big and take action. Hosted by Harlan Cohen, New York Times bestselling author, and speaker. Harlan is the founder of Best First Year, and has over 1 million books in print. His live events, books, programs, and workshops have reached millions of people and changed countless lives.

Thursday Aug 22, 2024

15 Things New College Parents Should NEVER Do (2024 Live Event Recording)

Thursday Aug 22, 2024

All links and resources: https://harlancohen.com/15things-24/

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Thursday Aug 15, 2024

17 Things You Need to Do Before Starting College (August 2024 Live Event Recording)

Thursday Aug 15, 2024

This is a recording of Harlan's live event held in August of 2024.

Slides and Resources here: https://harlancohen.com/17things824/

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Friday May 24, 2024

Ron Lieber: Author of The Price You Pay for College and NY Times "Your Money" Columnist

Friday May 24, 2024

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

About Ron:

Ron has been the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times since 2008. Before coming to The Times, he wrote the “Green Thumb” personal finance column for The Wall Street Journal and was part of the startup team at the paper’s Personal Journal section.

He is the author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money, which was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller when it was released in 2015. “The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Roadmap for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make,” was published by HarperCollins in January, 2021, and was also an instant New York Times bestseller.

He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
06:51 Reacting to the FAFSA trouble
09:17 Who are schools accountable to?
29:58 The “business of college”
36:36 Admissions deadlines
41:43 Highly selective college vs. state school
59:35 Outro

Check out Ron’s course on merit aid: meritaidcourse.com USE CODE HARLAN for $50 off (offer is good until 7/1/24)

Learn more about Ron’s book The Price You Pay for College here: https://ronlieber.com/books/the-price-you-pay-for-college/

Stories mentioned during the podcast:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/your-money/paying-for-college/100k-college-cost-vanderbilt.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/18/your-money/paying-for-college/early-decision-binding-nyu.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/business/financial-aid-college-merit-aid.html

Thursday May 09, 2024

17 Things You Need to Do Before College (Live Event Recording)

Thursday May 09, 2024

Download the slides for this presentation here: https://harlancohen.com/17things-may24/

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Harlan’s gifts for grads (and books): https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-7e79dad0/list/FDN3OGT2EEP4?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d

College Ave Student loan calculator: https://www.collegeave.com/calculators/student-loans/

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
06:00 Best First Year info
08:05 Dream BIG
11:14 Getting in...
12:18 Paying for college
13:40 It's not about where you go
20:50 No. 1 Want something
23:45 No. 2 Expect the unexpected
29:20 Harlan's story
36:06 Transition
40:59 No. 3 Get comfortable with the uncomfortable
47:26 No. 4 Find your three places
50:31 No. 5 Find your five people
52:09 No. 7 Practice patience
53:43 No. 8 Talk to your parents
56:28 No. 9 Deadlines and emails
58:35 No. 10 Follow, post, like
59:42 No. 11 Read the campus newspaper
59:59 No. 12 Know these roommate rules
1:01:20 No. 13 Know these relationship rules
1:05:24 No. 14 Ask, budget, work
1:10:59 No. 15 Have rules for going out
1:12:22 No. 16 Identify academic support resources
1:13:00 No. 16.1 Mental health transition plan
1:13:48 No. 17 Tell your story as if...
1:15:44 Books and resources to check out
1:19:30 Q&A session

Thursday Apr 18, 2024

Hal Elrod: Author of The Miracle Morning, on being present, his college journey, vulnerability, and intention

Thursday Apr 18, 2024

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Hal's resources:

TheNewMiracleMorning.com

Miracle Morning App: https://miraclemorning.com/app/

Get Hal's book here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-7e79dad0

Hal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hal_elrod/
Hal's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yopalhal
Hal's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSWAwGpIBuLp6-sRtgxPCTg

Check out some of Hal's other appearances here:
2020 Keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR21ynDHwH8
with Tom Bilyeau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yg5cDagJ0&

About Hal:

Hal Elrod is on a mission to elevate the consciousness of humanity, one morning and one person at a time. After surviving multiple near-death experiences—including a 70 mph head-on car crash with a drunk driver that left him clinically dead for 6 minutes and a rare form of cancer that doctors gave him a 20-30% chance of surviving—he is doing exactly that.

Although he has lived a life that would break most people, he’s somehow managed to turn all his adversities into perspectives and practices that have helped millions of people transform their lives.

As an international keynote speaker and author of 12 books that have sold a combined 3.5 million copies, he is best known for The Miracle Morning—which has sold over 2 million copies, been translated into 37 languages, and has garnered over 50,000 five-star reviews online.

His latest project is his new book, The Miracle Morning Updated and Expanded Edition, in which he has rewritten nearly every page and added over 70 pages of new content, including two new chapters: “The Miracle Evening: Your Strategy for Blissful Bedtime and Better Sleep” and “The Miracle Life: Your Path to Inner Freedom.”

Hal will entertain, inspire, and empower your audience with his unparalleled energy and practical strategies to overcome any challenges they’re facing, and change any aspect of their lives, simply by changing the way they start their day.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
09:38 Harlan’s story
12:43 The eclipse and being present
16:08 The Miracle Morning
17:14 Hal’s family and his health crisis
21:11 Resilience, College, and Cutco
28:03 Rejection and self-worth
33:24 Making the documentary
36:05 Being vulnerable
39:33 Intention
44:26 Outro

Thursday Apr 04, 2024

Dr. Jill Grimes Gives Advice on Mental Health, Drugs, and Alcohol

Thursday Apr 04, 2024

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

About Dr. Grimes:

Jill Grimes, MD, is a board-certified family physician with over 30 years of experience in both private practice and academic medicine. Dr. Grimes is a nationally recognized teen and young adult health expert, speaker, author, and most importantly, the proud mom of two awesome daughters. She offers straight talk and practical advice about common teen anxieties, illnesses, injuries… and all their “risky business.” Dr. Grimes’ passion project is her award-winning book, The ULTIMATE College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide for Everything from Hangovers to Homesickness.

Dr. Grimes' website : JillGrimesMD.com

Twitter X: https://twitter.com/JillGrimesMD

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok.collegedoc

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillgrimesmd/

Buy Dr. Grimes' book - The ULTIMATE Student Health Handbook here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1510778896?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzharlanco-20&creativeASIN=1510778896&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2RF4XIDP3VU9V&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:05 Social media censorship
07:12 Dr. Jill’s background
11:00 What keeps you up at night?
14:45 Loneliness
28:47 Cannabis
42:52 Vaping
44:00 Getting drunk
55:15 Alcohol and medication
1:00:59 Hangovers
1:02:56 Birth control
1:04:22 Fentanyl
1:09:28 Outro

Thursday Mar 21, 2024

Lisa Heffernan - Cofounder of Grown & Flown on community, parenting, college search, and homesickness

Thursday Mar 21, 2024

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Become a member of the Grown & Flown College Admissions Group: https://college-admissions-grown-and-flown.mykajabi.com/a/2147503097/8fYR2DcB

Be part of the Grown & Flown Facebook parent group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GrownandFlownParents

Visit their website: https://grownandflown.com/

About Lisa:

Lisa Heffernan is the co-founder of Grown and Flown, the #1 site and community for parents of teens and college students, reaching millions of readers every month. With more than 900 writers, they publish original content on a daily basis and cover topics such as college admissions, mental health, and parenting. You can find Grown & Flown on Facebook and Instagram, sign up for their newsletter, or join College Admissions: Grown and Flown. Lisa is also a New York Times bestselling author.

Chapters:

00:00 What is Grown & Flown?
07:36 Parenting teenagers
12:14 College transition trends with parents
21:52 “The best 4 years of your life”
25:35 Expensive schools
30:35 Access to experts with Grown & Flown
35:49 The benefits of going the cheaper route
37:46 Coping with the transition to college
41:29 More on Grown & Flown’s expert guests
45:43 Grown & Flown’s page and admissions program
47:16 Healthy ways to maintain connection

Thursday Feb 29, 2024

Leslie Josel: Talking about ADHD, Executive Function, and Time Management

Thursday Feb 29, 2024

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Harlan's MUST READ Book list: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-7e79dad0/list/2RF4XIDP3VU9V?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

Leslie's website: https://www.orderoochaos.com/
Order Leslie’s Planners and Book here: http://products.orderoochaos.com/?aff=169

About Leslie:
Leslie Josel, an award-winning ADHD-academic and parenting coach, founded Order Out of Chaos® – whose mission is to help parents guide their students to success in learning and in life - when her son was first diagnosed with ADHD.

She is the creator of the award-winning Academic Planner: A Tool for Time Management®, a planner that helps students develop time management skills, and the award-winning author of 3 books including, “How to Do it Now Because it’s Not Going Away: An Expert Guide to Getting Stuff Done.” (Lerner Publishing)

A respected resource on ADHD and Executive Functioning, Leslie writes the “Dear ADHD Family Coach®” column for ADDitude Magazine, the premiere magazine for adults and children with ADHD. She speaks to audiences all over the world helping them utilize their resources to best navigate the task-driven world in which they live.

In 2020, Leslie’s line of student organizing products developed with SamSill Corp was released and continues to be a bestseller on Amazon.
And for the last eight years, Leslie has been named by Global Gurus as one of the top 20 Time Management experts in the world.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:38 Harlan’s ADHD diagnosis
05:00 Leslie’s book
11:30 Feeling of connection in education
15:16 Learning how you learn
18:39 What is executive functioning?
23:11 Scaffolding
26:42 Listener question
36:04 Meeting students where they are
40:40 ADHD and Dopamine
44:28 Time management
51:20 Outro

THE HARLAN COHEN PODCAST
New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen has candid conversations with top experts, and leading influencers. Guests share their greatest victories, devastating setbacks, and most valuable advice to help listeners dream big and take action. Hosted by Harlan Cohen, New York Times bestselling author, and speaker. Harlan is the founder of Best First Year, and has over 1 million books in print. His live events, books, programs, and workshops have reached millions of people and changed countless lives.

Thursday Feb 01, 2024

Jeffrey Moss, CEO of Parker Dewey on Micro-Internships and Career Exploration

Thursday Feb 01, 2024

The Harlan Cohen Podcast is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Harlan's MUST READ Book List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-7e79dad0/list/2RF4XIDP3VU9V?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

About Jeffrey:
Jeffrey Moss is the Founder and CEO of Parker Dewey LLC, a company focused on addressing the challenges associated with college-to-career transitions through Micro-Internships. Prior to founding Parker Dewey, Jeffrey spent most of his career as a venture capital investor focusing on the education and technology sectors. In addition, Jeffrey was Chief of Enterprise Growth at Educational Testing Service (ETS) where his efforts focused on the use of assessment to drive equity in education and employment. Jeffrey currently serves on the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Alumni Board, the Purdue University College of Liberal Arts Dean's Advisory Council, and the President’s Advisory Council of Governors State University. Jeffrey's other relevant Board responsibilities have included: Chairman of the Board of Workstream (Nasdaq: WSTM), a software provider for human resources departments; OneGoal, a non-profit focused on college accessibility and persistence; the Chicago American Marketing Association; and the Illinois Venture Capital Association.

Links:
https://www.parkerdewey.com/
https://www.parkerdewey.com/career-launchers
https://www.parkerdewey.com/about

Chapters

00:00 Intro
02:41 What is a micro-internship?
08:48 How job recruiting works
15:54 When should you get a professional internship?
20:27 Curiosity is key, and it’s ok to not know
31:57 Career fairs
39:12 What if you’re not getting opportunities?

THE HARLAN COHEN PODCAST
New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen has candid conversations with top experts, and leading influencers. Guests share their greatest victories, devastating setbacks, and most valuable advice to help listeners dream big and take action. Hosted by Harlan Cohen, New York Times bestselling author, and speaker. Harlan is the founder of Best First Year, and has over 1 million books in print. His live events, books, programs, and workshops have reached millions of people and changed countless lives.