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EP 277: From Professor to Coach: Helping Teens Thrive Beyond High School

• Sophia Yvette

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What makes Krisler Bailey with Coaching with Krisler LLC a good neighbor?

Ever wonder what makes some college students thrive while others flounder? The answer might lie in executive functioning skills—those critical abilities we all use daily to manage time, stay organized, and make decisions.

Professor Krisler Bailey joins us to share her inspiring journey from 23 years in academia to becoming an executive function and certified health coach. Through her business, Coaching with Krisler LLC, she helps teens and young adults get unstuck and thrive by bridging the often-overwhelming gap between high school and what comes next—college, trade school, or the workforce.

Krisler dispels common myths about executive functioning, highlighting that these skills aren’t just for school or for students with ADHD. Everyone relies on executive functioning in their everyday lives, and summer is the perfect time to build them. Her coaching creates a judgment-free, confidential space where young people can express themselves honestly—without fear that their thoughts will be relayed to parents. This safe, supportive environment empowers students to build confidence, focus, and sustainable habits for long-term success.

What stands out most is Krisler’s authenticity and deep commitment to mentoring the next generation. Reflecting on her own college experience, she shares how much she would’ve benefited from the very kind of support she now provides. Whether you’re a parent trying to prevent the "boomerang effect" or a student feeling overwhelmed by life’s next steps, this conversation offers encouraging, practical tools for growth.

Krisler offers no-fluff strategies that help students focus, boost independence, and take ownership of their future. You can explore her work at coachingwithkrisler.com, or find her on Instagram @Professor_Krisler and on YouTube.

To learn more about Coaching with Krisler LLC, visit:
 coachingwithkrisler.com

Coaching with Krisler LLC

 Phone: +1 (972) 697-8621

Speaker 1:

This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local businesses and neighbors come together. Here's your host, Sophia Yvette.

Speaker 2:

Welcome to the Good Neighbor Podcast. Are you in need of an executive function coach? Well, one may be closer than you think. Today I have the pleasure of introducing your good neighbor, chrysler Bailey, with Coaching with Chrysler Chrysler. How are you this morning? I'm doing very well, thank you Great. Well, we are excited to learn all about you and your business. Can you start by telling our listeners a little bit about your company?

Speaker 3:

Yeah, so, as you said, I own Coaching with Chrysler. I am an executive function coach focusing on teens and young adults who are transitioning from high school into whatever their next step is. I oftentimes work with college students who are really trying to figure out how to thrive in that environment.

Speaker 2:

So, Chrysler, how did you originally come up with the idea for this business?

Speaker 3:

Well, my main job has been being a professor. I have done that for 23 years now and as a college professor, I teach sociology. I've worked mostly with freshmen and sophomores and I see them teach sociology. I've worked mostly with freshmen and sophomores and I see them struggle day in and day out and I was really tired of seeing those students struggling and I wanted to be a part of the solution to helping them thrive in college. So I decided to help them bridge the gap between where they are, or where they're coming from, to where they want to be.

Speaker 2:

Wow, Now what is the most common myth or misconception you come across in your industry?

Speaker 3:

There's a couple I would say. One is that when working on executive functioning skills, especially when dealing with students, you have to do it while they're in school, and every single person uses executive functioning skills every day. So even during the summertime, it's a great time to work on those skills. Things like time management and organization. When you're making decisions, when you're trying to clean up your room, when you're making decisions, when you're trying to clean up your room, when you're trying to figure out what to eat for dinner, we're using those skills. So this isn't something we just use, or students just use during the school year, I would say. The second thing is that executive functioning skills oftentimes are tied with some sort of diagnosis, like ADHD. However, as I previously stated, we all use executive functioning skills every day, so this isn't something that someone with a particular diagnosis would maybe be deficient in. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, have our strengths and weaknesses.

Speaker 2:

Now, who are your target customers and, in terms of marketing, how do you currently attract them?

Speaker 3:

I mostly work with older teens, so 16, 17, 18, and young adults, like I said, in college or transitioning to college. So a lot of high school juniors and seniors are, you know, looking for that next step, looking to launch, and their parents want them to launch successfully, right, they don't want them to boomerang and come back and have to live with them long term. So that's typically who I work with. Oftentimes, the parents do seek out my help because they want their child to be successful. However, when I do my consults, I insist that I meet with the parent immediately and the potential clients, because they have to have some buy-in too. Typically, people find me either through my website, which is coachingwithchristlercom, or they find me on social media. I have an Instagram that I'm very active on. I provide a lot of free tips and then through word of mouth, I have done a lot of networking in the past few years, and so I've connected with professional psychiatrists, psychologists, school counselors, mental health professionals and other coaches, and so they will refer their clients to me as well.

Speaker 2:

Now. Have you ever thought about having your own podcast?

Speaker 3:

Now have you ever thought about having your own podcast? Yes, actually, when I first became certified as a health coach, I became certified through the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy and I actually initially wanted to just tell people stories about their health journey, and so I do have several video podcasts recorded on my YouTube channel, which is Coaching with Chrysler, just letting people tell their stories about their health journey. I think it's very important that people understand that they're not alone, and so I reached out to a wide variety of folks who have dealt with different issues, whether they are professional, whether they are layperson, just wanting people to share their stories, and so a lot of times, like I mentioned on my Instagram, I share stories of students who have struggled because, again, we can connect with others through their stories and it helps us knowing that we're not alone through their stories and it helps us knowing that we're not alone.

Speaker 2:

Definitely, and more of a personal question for you, chrysler what is your, why, behind doing this business? You just seem so passionate and I would love to understand you more.

Speaker 3:

Well, I love working with teens and young adults. Every generation generation has some not so nice things to say about the future generation. Right, the silence did it with the boomers, the boomers did it with Gen X and so forth. And just because that newer generation or younger generation is different, they do things differently, it doesn't mean that they should be negatively talked about or sort of pushed to the side, because, as we know, they are our future and so we have to invest in them now in order for them to be that strong future to move our society along as it should. So I'm a big proponent of working with teens and young adults.

Speaker 3:

As a college student myself, I struggled. I did not know what I was doing, even though I had parents that went to college. My older sister went to college and I was pretty good in high school, you know. I got decent grades and so forth, but I didn't know what I was doing, and it would have been great to have somebody that could have mentored me or taught me some things, or even I could just ask questions to, and so I want to be that person for the teens and young adults who are struggling, and then I also would say that as a professor, I just see it so much. I've worked in two-year schools, four-year schools, public, private you name it online in person and there isn't a type of student that I see that struggles versus one that doesn't struggle. You know socioeconomic background, different races, different religions. They struggle and we need to be there to help them in that struggle, to make sure that they are again a part of that strong, positive future that we want for them.

Speaker 2:

More power to you, Chrysler. Now, what is one thing our listeners should remember about coaching with Chrysler?

Speaker 3:

That it is a place where you can come to receive help and not judgment. Like I said, I was not the best college student. I made a lot of mistakes. I struggled with things like note-taking and going to my professors, so I get it. So when you come to me, you can talk to me about all kinds of things, and also I'm not going to go back to your parents and tell them all the things that you tell me. There is a strong level of confidentiality, unless there is a concern about a health risk or a safety risk. You are my client and we will operate as such with that confidentiality. So whatever you share with me, it will not be shared with anybody else, unless you give me permission or something like that. So we will have an in-depth conversation. I want to know about you and I'm here to help you.

Speaker 2:

So Chrysler? Where can our listeners go to learn more about coaching with Chrysler?

Speaker 3:

Well, you can go to my website, which is coachingwithchryslercom, and then on social media, you can find me on Instagram at Professor Chrysler. You can also see some of my videos on YouTube at Coaching with Chrysler.

Speaker 2:

Well, chrysler, I really appreciate you being on the show today, and we wish you and your business the best moving forward.

Speaker 3:

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the opportunity to join you.

Speaker 1:

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