Early Adolescent Parent Coach
Megan Saxelby is an educator, speaker, and emotional agility coach who specializes in early adolescence—the developmental window when prosocial skills are most teachable. With 17+ years in classrooms and parent communities, she helps schools and families build the capacities that make communities work: cognitive empathy, belonging, and dignity. Known as “the world’s most optimistic sidekick,” Megan blends research, humor, and practical tools to reduce conflict and strengthen connection. Megan is the U.S. Country Chair for Global Dignity and certified in Dr. Susan David’s Emotional Agility Coaching Framework through Harvard Medical School’s Institute of Coaching.
Ask Rachel anything 'Early adolescence is a friendship meat grinder, and your kid will eventually find their people,' according to Megan Saxelby of Wild Feelings. But oh boy it's tough! Megan wants parents to know that using words like “dramatic” to describe genuine social pain can accidentally give us permission to dismiss their emotional reality and teach our kids that their experiences doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously. In today’s episode we explore why it hurts so much…
