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

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

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place
where local businesses andneighbors come together.
Here's your host, Sophia Yvette.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Welcome to the Good Neighbor Podcast.
Are you in need of an executivefunction coach?
Well, one may be closer thanyou think.
Today I have the pleasure ofintroducing your good neighbor,
chrysler Bailey, with Coachingwith Chrysler Chrysler.
How are you this morning?
I'm doing very well, thank youGreat.
Well, we are excited to learnall about you and your business.

(00:32):
Can you start by telling ourlisteners a little bit about
your company?

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Yeah, so, as you said , I own Coaching with Chrysler.
I am an executive functioncoach focusing on teens and
young adults who aretransitioning from high school
into whatever their next step is.
I oftentimes work with collegestudents who are really trying
to figure out how to thrive inthat environment.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
So, Chrysler, how did you originally come up with the
idea for this business?

Speaker 3 (01:07):
Well, my main job has been being a professor.
I have done that for 23 yearsnow and as a college professor,
I teach sociology.
I've worked mostly withfreshmen and sophomores and I
see them teach sociology.
I've worked mostly withfreshmen and sophomores and I

(01:28):
see them struggle day in and dayout and I was really tired of
seeing those students strugglingand I wanted to be a part of
the solution to helping themthrive in college.
So I decided to help thembridge the gap between where
they are, or where they'recoming from, to where they want
to be.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Wow, Now what is the most common myth or
misconception you come across inyour industry?

Speaker 3 (01:55):
There's a couple I would say.
One is that when working onexecutive functioning skills,
especially when dealing withstudents, you have to do it
while they're in school, andevery single person uses
executive functioning skillsevery day.
So even during the summertime,it's a great time to work on

(02:16):
those skills.
Things like time management andorganization.
When you're making decisions,when you're trying to clean up
your room, when you're makingdecisions, when you're trying to
clean up your room, when you'retrying to figure out what to
eat for dinner, we're usingthose skills.
So this isn't something we justuse, or students just use
during the school year, I wouldsay.
The second thing is thatexecutive functioning skills

(02:39):
oftentimes are tied with somesort of diagnosis, like ADHD.
However, as I previously stated, we all use executive
functioning skills every day, sothis isn't something that
someone with a particulardiagnosis would maybe be
deficient in.
We all have our strengths andweaknesses, have our strengths

(03:03):
and weaknesses.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Now, who are your target customers and, in terms
of marketing, how do youcurrently attract them?

Speaker 3 (03:12):
I mostly work with older teens, so 16, 17, 18, and
young adults, like I said, incollege or transitioning to
college.
So a lot of high school juniorsand seniors are, you know,

(03:33):
looking for that next step,looking to launch, and their
parents want them to launchsuccessfully, right, they don't
want them to boomerang and comeback and have to live with them
long term.
So that's typically who I workwith.
Oftentimes, the parents do seekout my help because they want
their child to be successful.
However, when I do my consults,I insist that I meet with the

(03:56):
parent immediately and thepotential clients, because they
have to have some buy-in too.
Typically, people find meeither through my website, which
is coachingwithchristlercom, orthey find me on social media.
I have an Instagram that I'mvery active on.
I provide a lot of free tipsand then through word of mouth,

(04:18):
I have done a lot of networkingin the past few years, and so
I've connected with professionalpsychiatrists, psychologists,
school counselors, mental healthprofessionals and other coaches
, and so they will refer theirclients to me as well.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Now.
Have you ever thought abouthaving your own podcast?

Speaker 3 (04:40):
Now have you ever thought about having your own
podcast?
Yes, actually, when I firstbecame certified as a health
coach, I became certifiedthrough the Functional Medicine
Coaching Academy and I actuallyinitially wanted to just tell
people stories about theirhealth journey, and so I do have

(05:00):
several video podcasts recordedon my YouTube channel, which is
Coaching with Chrysler, justletting people tell their
stories about their healthjourney.
I think it's very importantthat people understand that
they're not alone, and so Ireached out to a wide variety of
folks who have dealt withdifferent issues, whether they

(05:22):
are professional, whether theyare layperson, just wanting
people to share their stories,and so a lot of times, like I
mentioned on my Instagram, Ishare stories of students who
have struggled because, again,we can connect with others
through their stories and ithelps us knowing that we're not
alone through their stories andit helps us knowing that we're

(05:44):
not alone.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
Definitely, and more of a personal question for you,
chrysler what is your, why,behind doing this business?
You just seem so passionate andI would love to understand you
more.

Speaker 3 (05:54):
Well, I love working with teens and young adults.
Every generation generation hassome not so nice things to say
about the future generation.
Right, the silence did it withthe boomers, the boomers did it
with Gen X and so forth.
And just because that newergeneration or younger generation

(06:17):
is different, they do thingsdifferently, it doesn't mean
that they should be negativelytalked 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 inorder for them to be that strong
future to move our societyalong as it should.

(06:38):
So I'm a big proponent ofworking with teens and young
adults.
As a college student myself, Istruggled.
I did not know what I was doing, even though I had parents that
went to college.
My older sister went to collegeand I was pretty good in high
school, you know.
I got decent grades and soforth, but I didn't know what I

(07:00):
was doing, and it would havebeen great to have somebody that
could have mentored me ortaught me some things, or even I
could just ask questions to,and so I want to be that person
for the teens and young adultswho are struggling, and then I
also would say that as aprofessor, I just see it so much

(07:23):
.
I've worked in two-year schools, four-year schools, public,
private you name it online inperson and there isn't a type of
student that I see thatstruggles versus one that
doesn't struggle.
You know socioeconomicbackground, different races,

(07:43):
different religions.
They struggle and we need to bethere to help them in that
struggle, to make sure that theyare again a part of that strong
, positive future that we wantfor them.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
More power to you, Chrysler.
Now, what is one thing ourlisteners should remember about
coaching with Chrysler?

Speaker 3 (08:04):
That it is a place where you can come to receive
help and not judgment.
Like I said, I was not the bestcollege student.
I made a lot of mistakes.
I struggled with things likenote-taking and going to my
professors, so I get it.

(08:25):
So when you come to me, you cantalk to me about all kinds of
things, and also I'm not goingto go back to your parents and
tell them all the things thatyou tell me.
There is a strong level ofconfidentiality, unless there is
a concern about a health riskor a safety risk.

(08:49):
You are my client and we willoperate as such with that
confidentiality.
So whatever you share with me,it will not be shared with
anybody else, unless you give mepermission or something like
that.
So we will have an in-depthconversation.
I want to know about you andI'm here to help you.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
So Chrysler?
Where can our listeners go tolearn more about coaching with
Chrysler?

Speaker 3 (09:20):
Well, you can go to my website, which is
coachingwithchryslercom, andthen on social media, you can
find me on Instagram atProfessor Chrysler.
You can also see some of myvideos on YouTube at Coaching
with Chrysler.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
Well, chrysler, I really appreciate you being on
the show today, and we wish youand your business the best
moving forward.

Speaker 3 (09:47):
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate theopportunity to join you.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
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