How to Make the Most of a Gap Year
A Micro Summit featuring advisors, coaches, and family therapists.
While these interviews were recorded in 2020 the information shared in this micro summit is timeless and the information can be used to design a transformational gap year for your graduate. Enjoy!
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How to Get Started Planning a Gap Year with Dr. Ajita Robinson
In this interview you will learn:
Dr. Robinson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Trauma and Grief Expert, first-generation trauma, and poverty disruptor. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Friends in Transition Counseling Services a trauma-centered mental health practice located in Bethesda, MD. She is also the CEO of Legacy Wellness Group, a conglomerate of enterprises dedicated to promoting generational wealth, education, and healing. |
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How a Gap Year Impacts College Admissions with Kat Clowes
In this interview you will learn:
Kat Clowes is the CEO and Founder of March Consulting, a college and career firm that helps students with the college application and career search process. In 2019 alone, her students earned over $12 million dollars in scholarships and were accepted to schools across the country including Cornell University, Harvey Mudd College, and University of Pennsylvania. She earned an MBA from Mount Saint Mary’s University with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship, a BA in Communications from Santa Clara University, and a post-graduate certificate in Independent Educational Consulting from University of California, Irvine. An associate member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) and the Higher Educational Consultants Association (HECA), she visits college campuses throughout the United States to discover more about the great options available to a variety of different students. She brings that knowledge home with her to help students discover the schools best fit for their needs. She has also authored the book called Put College to Work, detailing how students can maximize their time in college in a way that will prepare them for a successful career. Her favorite part of her job, however, is watching clients discover that they have something to offer the world and find the means of communicating it. |
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How to Develop Skills that are Essential for Work of the Future with Stephen Warley
In this interview you’ll learn:
Stephen wants to liberate you from the frustrations of conventional work by inspiring you to create work that works for you! After getting laid off in 2000, he became an accidental solopreneur turned happily unemployable. In 2016 he launched LifeSkillsThatMatter.com to teach people how to get paid for just being themselves and for what they already know. He believes there’s a good chance you’ll be working for yourself over the next decade because work as you know it is fundamentally changing. He helps get people like you more comfortable with working on your own by teaching you the most important life skills for managing yourself, so you can stop squeezing life in around your work and design work in alignment with your values, needs and abilities. He believes you’re more prepared to start working on your own than you realize. Ready to create work that works for you? Get started at lifeskillsthatmatter.com/getstarted or listen to his podcast, Life Skills That Matter, on your favorite podcast app. |
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Money Habits to Master During a Gap Year with Holly Reid Toodle
During this interview you will learn:
Holly R. Toodle is an award-winning author, speaker, and Certified Financial Education Instructor dedicated to helping adults and the next generation manage their finances as responsible stewards. She is the founder of The Master Playbook, LLC a financial education and wellness company which has educated thousands of people through her book, Teach Your Child to Fish: Five Money Habits Every Child Should Master, speaking engagements, online courses and coaching sessions using sound financial principles, practical tips, and her personal experiences. As a personal finance advocate, Holly is on a mission to motivate, inspire, and help others break the cycle of paycheck to paycheck living and create a legacy worth leaving. Holly’s philosophy is grounded in the basic principles of living debt-free, saving for the future, and investing wisely. She believes each person has the power to create a healthy financial future and is equipped to meet people where they are on their financial journey. Holly is a Certified Public Accountant and finance professional with over 15 years of experience. She enjoys peach cobbler, Motown Classics, and traveling with her husband, Gene. |
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The Benefits of Traveling During a Gap Year with Marion Taylor
During this interview you will learn:
Marion Taylor is a GYA accredited gap year counselor and the founder/owner of Taylor The Gap LLC. She brings over 35 years of social work experience as well as parenting of four gap year children. She serves on the board of the Gap Year Association and as a keynote speaker at USA Gap Year Fairs. Marion took a gap year at the University of Grenoble, France, followed by three years with Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, after college. Over the past decade, Marion has volunteered in Moshi, Tanzania, Gisenyi, Rwanda, Batase, Nepal, and participated in an adult gap program in the Sacred Valley of Peru. She has immersed herself in two Spanish language programs in Antigua, Guatemala, and in Cuenca, Ecuador. |
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What to Expect from a Gap Year Program with Charlie Taibi
In this interview you’ll learn:
Charlie Taibi is the CEO of Year On, a gap year program that combines service learning, skill-building, and professional opportunities for high school graduates. Originally from Long Island, New York, Charlie now lives in San Francisco, California (and has become extremely skilled at pacing his apartment during shelter in place). He’s worked in education for over a decade and thinks that gap years will become more prominent in the coming years not only for high school graduates but for anyone who wants to take time to build confidence and clarity for the future. |
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How to Keep Your Teen on Track During a Gap Year with Chantay Golson
During this interview you will learn:
I help parents of teenagers parent like a pro to raise a successful teenager. If you really want to lose the frustration of parenting a teenager, communicate with your teen with out drama, and enjoy parenting again then I can definitely help you. I help parents of teens face broken barriers and systems in their emotions and behaviors that affect parenting in order to rebuild healthier parenting habits. I am a pioneer in the field of parenting teens like a pro. When you want to parent like a pro and raise a successful teenager, you need the true proven education and strategies from an expert. I have everything you need to help you lose the frustration of parentinga teenager, communicat with your teen without drama, and enjoy parenting again! Start Your New Journey Today! |
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