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

Episodes

Thursday Nov 23, 2023

Jennifer Wallace on Toxic Achievement, College Success, & Mattering

Thursday Nov 23, 2023

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Jennifer is an award-winning journalist and author of the NYT bestseller Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic -- and What We Can Do About

Buy Jennifer's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593191862?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzharlanco-20&creativeASIN=0593191862&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2RF4XIDP3VU9V&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin

Instagram: @jenniferbrehenywallace

Jennifer’s interview with Katie Couric:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGE1FAWCJ1s

Jennifer’s interview with Megyn Kelly:
https://youtu.be/zEycOH2WWLM?t=3188

Jennifer’s interview with Dr. Lisa Damour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thxxo8fr_9E

Chapters

00:00 Intro
04:45 Jennifer’s book Never Enough
09:23 How Jennifer’s parenting has changed
18:14 Has students’ mental health gotten worse?
25:52 The pressure of being a high achiever
32:46 How to matter on campus
49:20 Expectations
54:18 The 6 meaningful experiences for success in college
57:07 Harlan’s favorite points in Never Enough

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 Nov 16, 2023

Top Tips for College Bound Athletes (Carmen Mirochna and Fran Berlin of REACH)

Thursday Nov 16, 2023

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R E A C H is comprised of award winning coaches and DI athletes turned consultants Carmen Mirochna and Fran Berlin. We genuinely look forward to welcoming international and domestic rowers to the US college scene. It is a pleasure to partner with you to maximize an amazing opportunity: collegiate athletics.

From the Division I coach perspective, we know just how much work the recruiting process requires from students during an incredibly busy period in their lives. We offer our relationships with professors and alumni, former colleagues, Athletic Directors, NCAA Department Directors, recruiting coordinators, Head Coaches and years of expertise at multiple levels of education and athletics. We lend peace of mind to parents and students navigating the athletic recruitment and college application process.

Fran Berlin rowed in the NCAA V8+ and graduated from Cornell University with a BS (Cum Laude). She has coached and recruited for winning teams at Cornell, Syracuse and Indiana Universities, and the University of Colorado. ACRA coach of the year, Fran has visited the medals dock multiple times as an athlete and coach at the Eastern Sprints, the BIG TEN Championship and the ACRAs. When she is not helping athletes excel she is traveling the country and world with her young family.

Carmen Mirochna double majored at Rutgers University, while earning multiple medals and competing in the NCAA V8+. She pursued her MPH at Lehigh University and coached for The Baldwin School, Lehigh, Cornell and Indiana Universities as well as The Bolles School. Her medals and honors range from the Stotesbury Cup, Knecht Cup, EAWRC Coach of the Year, BIG TEN BOAT of the week, and the IRA’s to winning the Dad Vail and the Patriot League Championships. Carmen has three boys and loves being outside with her family as much as possible.

REACH clients
Jack Carroll jackcarroll2024@gmail.com

Gabby Shires gss98@cornell.edu

Cathy Balfanz cathybalfanz@gmail.com

Chapters

00:00 Best First Year
06:37 How REACH helps student athletes headed to college
08:07 When do you start planning?
15:58 Fran and Carmen’s niche perspective
21:41 The parent experience
24:11 Reaching out to coaches
30:49 A typical day as a rower
33:16 Make sure your school a good fit
46:09 Being a woman on a men’s team
49:23 Do sports help with admissions?
52:32 Advice for high school athletes
1:02:41 Fran and Carmen’s golden advice

Thursday Nov 02, 2023

The Truth About College Admissions (Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark)

Thursday Nov 02, 2023

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Buy the book The Truth About College Admission here: https://amzn.to/3IPO6UX

Chapters
00:00 Intro
05:59 The emotions of college admissions
09:12 It’s not where you go, it’s what you do there
17:42 American College Health Association data
21:34 The pressure to be perfect
29:26 Having room to struggle
33:35 Expectations
41:32 College admissions FAQ
48:20 Outro - Brennan and Rick’s resources

ABOUT BRENNAN:
Brennan Barnard, M.Ed is the Director of College Counseling and Outreach at Khan Lab School, CA. He is also the College Admissions Program Advisor with the Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Director of College Counseling for the College Guidance Network. He was the founding Director of College Counseling for US Performance Academy, an on-line independent high school for elite athletes.

Brennan serves on the Executive Committee for the Character Collaborative, and was a member of the Advisory Board for the New Hampshire College and University Council’s New Hampshire Scholars Program. He presents regularly on character, athletic recruiting, mindfulness, discipline and other topics in college admission. A contributing writer for Forbes.com, he has written about college admission for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Thrive Global, HuffPost, San Francisco Examiner, New York Times, Concord Monitor, Journal of College Admission and other publications.

He is co-author of, "The Truth About College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together" and the new companion guide “The Truth about College Admission Workbook: A Family Organizer for Your College Search.”

Twitter: @BarnardBrennan
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brennan-barnard-18665713

Forbes.com/sites/brennanbarnard/
www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com/

ABOUT RICK:
Rick Clark is the AVP of Enrollment Management and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission at Georgia Tech. In this role, he directs the Institute’s recruitment and enrollment efforts, manages the review and selection of all undergraduate applications, and leads the admission team. Under his leadership, the Institute has dramatically increased brand awareness, improved overall academic class profile, and exceeded strategic goals.
Over the last eight years he has written a regular blog on the college admission process. He is the co-author of the book and workbook The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together, and co-hosts a podcast under the same name.

Rick has served on regional and national councils and boards. He is currently a member NACAC’s Committee on Leadership in College Admission, and Past Chair of both the national Government Relations Committee and Georgia Tech’s Staff Council. Rick travels annually to U.S. embassies through the Department of State to discuss the admission process and landscape of higher education. He is part of Leadership Georgia, an organization that seeks to cultivate and connect leaders across the state.

Twitter: @clark2college
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/raclarkatl
www.admission.gatech.edu/blog
www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com

Check out Rick and Brennan's Podcast:
https://www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com/podcast
https://www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com/podcast/episode/7d993d1a/the-truth-about-the-price-you-pay-for-college-ron-lieber

Thursday Oct 19, 2023

5 Big Questions: Upset Boyfriend, Stuck on Ex, Midterms, Scary Professors, Job Search

Thursday Oct 19, 2023

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

5 Big Questions:
Each episode, Harlan dives in and picks 5 questions the listeners and viewers have sent in and offers his advice. Harlan addresses a wide range of topics from the stress surrounding global events, to dealing with intimidating teachers and applying for jobs. Send in your questions to potentially have them covered in the next episode!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Best First Year College Coaching
01:06 Are you okay?
08:12 Getting over a bad breakup
16:37 Midterm grades
20:55 Dealing with intimidating teachers
24:51 Applying for jobs
30:53 Outro

Thursday Oct 05, 2023

15 Things Parents of First-Year College Students Should Never Do

Thursday Oct 05, 2023

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15 Things Parents of First-Year College Students Should Never Do
Link to the original blog post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/15-things-parents-of-firs_b_7983330

Thursday Sep 21, 2023

How to manage a social media crisis with Molly McPherson

Thursday Sep 21, 2023

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

About Molly:
Molly McPherson is an APR-certified public relations expert known as the "PR Lady" on TikTok, where she shares innovative crisis management tactics to captivate hundreds of thousands followers. An Adweek Creative Visionary Award Winner, she’s an author and host of the “Indestructible PR Podcast.” Notably, Molly pioneered FEMA’s digital media efforts after Hurricane Katrina and directed communications for the cruise line industry following 9/11 and the 2002 norovirus outbreak.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
02:28 Molly’s social media
06:04 Molly’s career as a crisis communicator
10:12 Being misunderstood
18:24 Parenting and social media
23:35 How to respond to a personal PR crisis
34:39 “Own it, explain it, promise it”
43:10 What role should parents play as crisis managers?
49:54 How are you being received?
59:17 Outro

#PRCrisis #mollymcpherson #pr #crisismanagement

Thursday Sep 14, 2023

Dating and relationship tips with Bela Gandhi (Smart Dating Academy)

Thursday Sep 14, 2023

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

ABOUT BELA:

Bela Gandhi of Smart Dating Academy, is a nationally acclaimed dating & relationship expert. SDA offers the best tips to start to date smarter to help you find real and lasting love. Bela is a sought out correspondent and works with all major networks including Steve Harvey, NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, JET, Essence, Forbes, WGN, and more...

Find out more about Smart Dating Academy here:
www.smartdatingacademy.com/contact

Follow on Instagram at @smartdatingacademy

Chapters

00:00 Intro
01:20 How do I find a partner?
05:32 Decide what you want and don’t
08:06 You are enough
15:25 We choose to be together
19:10 How to approach someone
24:14 Have people on your team
27:34 Facing rejection
33:51 How to ask someone out
34:41 Be interested in getting to know them
37:37 Good first date ideas
39:18 How quickly can you text someone?
41:03 Tips for dating apps
46:06 Talking about sex
49:53 Ghosting
51:23 Outro

Thursday Aug 31, 2023

Marc Brackett: Founding Director of The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Thursday Aug 31, 2023

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ABOUT MARC:

Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine at Yale University. As a researcher for over 20 years, Marc has focused on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and performance. Marc is the author of the bestselling book, Permission To Feel (Celadon/Macmillan), which has been translated into 22 languages. Most recently, with Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann, Marc and his team co-created the Apple award-winning app, HowWeFeel, that was designed to teach emotion skills and enhance well-being.

Marc has published over 150 scholarly articles and has received numerous awards, including the Joseph E. Zins Award for his research on social and emotional learning and an honorary doctorate from Manhattanville College. He is on the board of directors of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the Mental Health Coalition program board, founded by Kenneth Cole, and the Rare Beauty Mental Health Council, founded by Selena Gomez.

Marc is the lead developer of RULER, a systemic, evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that has been adopted by over 4,500 schools across the United States and in other countries, including Australia, China, England, Italy, Mexico, and Spain. RULER, which has reached over 4 million children, infuses social and emotion learning into the immune system of schools by enhancing how school administrators lead, educators teach, students learn, and families parent.

Marc regularly consults with large companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft on best practices for integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into training and product design. He is co-founder of Oji Life Lab, a corporate learning firm that develops innovative digital learning systems for emotional intelligence. Marc also holds a 5th degree black belt in Hapkido, a Korean martial art.

Marc’s mission is to educate the world about the value of emotions and the skills associated with using them wisely. “I want everyone to become an emotion scientist”, he says. “We need to be curious explorers of our own and others’ emotions so they can help us achieve our goals and improve our lives.”

Chapters

00:00 Intro
02:47 What is RULER?
06:00 Permission to feel
08:14 No such thing as "bad" emotions
11:15 Feelings vs. emotions
16:36 Emotions around going to college
23:32 Creating a healthy emotional environment
25:18 Rejection
30:46 Reality defined for you
34:24 Having that person in your corner
39:39 Highly selective schools
43:23 Labeling your emotions correctly
50:15 Marc’s resources

Links:
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence:
https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/services/community-and-schools-programs/center-for-emotional-intelligence/
Marc's book Permission to Feel: https://www.marcbrackett.com/about/book-permission-to-feel/
How We Feel App: https://howwefeel.org/
RULER: https://www.rulerapproach.org/

Thursday Aug 24, 2023

Dr. Scott Hadland and Harlan Talk About Fentanyl

Thursday Aug 24, 2023

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

ABOUT DR. HADLAND:

Scott Hadland is the head of adolescent medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is a teen addiction specialist whose clinical and research interests focus on preventing and treating drug and alcohol use. Dr. Hadland’s work is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the CDC and has been published The New England Journal of Medicine and featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and NPR, among other leading news outlets. This year, he was selected to the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, which brings together national leaders committed to facing critical challenges in partnership with the Clinton Presidential Center and George W. Bush Presidential Center.

Dr. Hadland's website: https://www.scotthadland.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drscotthadland
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drscotthadland/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotthadland/

CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR STATE'S NALOXONE STANDING ORDER:
https://www.safeproject.us/naloxone/awareness-project/state-rules/

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:30 Students’ attitudes toward addiction
02:17 When is substance use a problem?
04:32 Is it safe to experiment?
11:46 Safety and marijuana
13:58 How did Fentanyl become a problem?
25:00 What does an opioid overdose look like?
27:03 How to use Narcan/Naloxone
30:45 Where can you get Narcan/Naloxone
33:17 It’s about being safe
38:26 How to experiment safely
45:13 Q&A section

Thursday Aug 10, 2023

17 Things You Need to Do Before College

Thursday Aug 10, 2023

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

High school gets them into college, but most students and their parents are not prepared for what's next. As a result, a record number of students struggle during the college years. New friendships, new classes, new schedules, new independence, new challenges, and new responsibilities can throw even the best and brightest. Most first-year students need help navigating the normal and natural changes ahead. Harlan helps students and parents get comfortable with the uncomfortable.