The College Counseling Mom Podcast: It’s Fine, I’m Fine, My Kid’s in High School.
Real talk and real guidance for parents raising college-ready teens — without the stress.
Host Lindsay Phillips, a school counselor turned college consultant (and mom who’s been there), helps families navigate high school and college prep with clarity, calm, and humor. Grab your coffee (or wine) and join Lindsay each week to make this season feel a little lighter and a lot more doable.
The College Counseling Mom Podcast: It’s Fine, I’m Fine, My Kid’s in High School.
Latest Episodes
Episode 42 | Supplements Are the Game Now: How to Help Your Senior Without Writing It For Them
The Common App opened August 1, and right behind the main essay comes the part that quietly makes or breaks a senior fall: the supplemental essays. The why us, the why this major, the community essay, the quirky one. There can be a lot of them,...
Episode 41 | The Schedule Talk: Why Course Choice Matters Every Year of High School
Your kid's course schedule is one of the very first things a college looks at, and it is the single biggest piece of the application you actually get to shape on purpose. Not the test score. Not the essay. The classes.And it is not just ...
Episode 40 | SAT or ACT? How to Actually Pick the Right Test for Your Kid
Six moms hit reply on my last email asking the exact same question: which test should my kid even take, the SAT or the ACT? It is the right question, and almost nobody asks it early enough.In this episode I give you the honest truth abou...
Episode 39 | The July Draft That Saves Your September (Your Teen's Messy First Essay)
Picture two versions of you. July you, iced coffee on the porch, essay not written but honestly not worried about it. September you, up at eleven at night while a blank personal statement blinks back and the supplements pile up out of nowhere.<...
Episode 38 | Welcome to Your New Grade: The One Thing Each Class Should Focus On This Summer
Here is a little secret from my school counselor years: the new school year does not really start in August. It starts now. The first couple weeks of July are when the system quietly rolls every kid up to their next grade, no ceremony, no annou...