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Kimberly's passion for teens is obvious to all who know her. She has an MA in Counseling Psychology, a PhD in Humanistic Science, 15 years of experience working with parents and teens, and she is a forthcoming podcast host of Your Unstoppable Teen, a #1

international best-selling author, and the author of the book, Unstoppable Teens: A Parent and Teen Guide to Teen Empowerment, Fulfillment and Achievement to be released on January 8, 2020. Her Academy for Independence was founded on the vision for our youth to feel empowered and inspired to achieve their dreams in school and life. Her mission is to serve parents and students in middle school, high school and college to thrive through the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood. She serves students to improve grades, navigate through their BIGGEST challenges and rise to the call of unstoppable leadership.

AND, she's about to pubish her book so that she can share her message with an even broader audience. Let's enjoy a sneak peek...

Meet Kimberly Schehrer, PhD: Teen Breakthrough Expert, author, and CEO of Academy for Independence

~Share something you are passionate about:

I am passionate about our next generation of leaders. I desire for our teens to harness their greatest superpower, themselves, just as they are, and up-level to unleash their full potential. My passion is further ignited by watching them soar in the world to create transformation within themselves and their community. I nurture our teens to lead their own lives according to their values, so they stand in their voice and confidently achieve their dreams with an unstoppable mindset.

~What are some ways you are helping to bring this forward in the world?

The Unstoppable You™ teen leadership program is a 90-day video conferencing course. It’s a program that supports your teen with improving grades, becoming a better student, and becoming a self-directed leader of their life in school and at home. The course is comprehensive and holistic. It covers creative study techniques, assertive communication and a positive mindset. In addition to supporting your teen, we support parents with information and encouragement in our FREE Facebook group: Parents Empowering Teens to Achieve Their Dreams. This closed group is a safe space to share your teenager’s challenges and learn new ways to help your teen THRIVE! Once I obtain enough experience, I plan to open a nonprofit mental health clinic in El Paso, TX. I was inspired by to return to school by observing the suffering many people are experiencing in my community.

~Describe something our readers today can look forward to discovering in your book, The Refractive Thinker® Vol XVI: Generations: Strategies for Managing Generations in the Workforce:

Our team of authors addressed numerous challenges multigenerational leaders are

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