Barbara McRae, MCC

Parent-Teen Coach/Expert

Barbara McRae, MCC, is a nationally known parent/teen expert, bestselling author of Coach Your Teen to Success, host of Bridging the GAP Radio Show, and founder of Teen Frontier International, a division of EnhancedLife Coaching, LLC®. She is passionate about easing stress and enhancing parent-teen relationships. Her unique teen advice parenting approach regularly appears online, in print, and in the media. Barbara’s licensed facilitators deliver Coach Your Teen to Success™ and The Study of YOU™ programs internationally.

As the founder of Teen Frontier International, Barbara draws on her own experiences parenting three teens, her 20 years of experience in training adults in advanced communication techniques at Fortune 500 companies and her work as a pioneer in parent coaching methods. As her clients learned to enhance their personal and professional relationships, these parents sought her help to better relate to and guide their children, especially during the troublesome teen years.

Ms. McRae was honored by The White House for her work on Helping America’s Youth initiative. An experienced Big Sister and board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Inc., she is dedicated to mentoring present-day preteens and teens.

Barbara began her writing career with an “Ask the Coach?” column in a local mid-western daily newspaper. Her first book was a self-help and motivational guide Less Drama, More Fun, published in 2001 which is still popular today with moms and teens. Four years later, her second book Coach Your Teen to Success became a national bestseller on Amazon! Barbara says, “We are experiencing an age of high-anxiety parenting. Adults and teens are at a critical fork in the road. Which path will you choose? Will you continue using outdated parenting approaches regardless of the breathtaking changes we are experiencing in our lives, or will you take into account the opportunities of today’s teenager.”

Barbara is a Beloit College Phi Beta Kappa graduate. She is an active assessor for the International Coach Federation (ICF) Application Review Committee to credential coaches and reviews coaching schools seeking ICF accredited status worldwide. Articles about McRae have appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, and BusinessWeek magazine and elsewhere.

Barbara is also an artist, a food enthusiast, and lives in Colorado and New Mexico. Click here to contact Barbara.

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