Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay

Episode 123 - Your Timeline Doesn’t Define You —Jason and Debbie Grygla

March 15, 2022 Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC Season 2 Episode 123
Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
Episode 123 - Your Timeline Doesn’t Define You —Jason and Debbie Grygla
Show Notes

Where you are, is where you’re at, not who you are. It’s not about performative milestones as much as it is about the development process. The timeline you’re on right now doesn’t define you or the outcome of your life so throw the timeline out!

Jason and Debbie Grygla are the owners of TechieForLife, a specialized mentoring program for neurodiverse young adults. Both Jason and Debbie have quite different timelines from each other and have been able to see a vast variety of timelines with their own children and with the young adults at TechieForLife. While both of their journey’s look different, they both ended up in similar careers they have a huge passion for. Jason, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, got there faster after some trial and error, and Debbie took a much different approach, eventually becoming a Certified Life Coach and the Admissions & Marketing Director for TechieForLife, after years of cutting hair and homeschooling.

In this episode of Success is Subjective, Jason and Debbie Grygla join Joanna to share their developmental timeline, as they like to call it. The differences in their stories goes to show that where you are right now truly doesn’t define you. Listen in on how Jason and Debbie encourage parents and young adults with stepping into adulthood and gain insight from their own personal experiences.

What You Will Learn

  • The challenges Debbie experienced in school that resulted in her college dreams getting crushed
  • How transformative Jason’s 2 year gap year was for him
  • What brought Debbie to pursue cutting hair 
  • How Jason and Debbie met
  • How both of their journey’s shifted once they got married
  • The spontaneous move to China to teach English
  • Jason’s journey as a therapist 
  • How fostering and adopting two austic boy encouraged Jason and Debbie to start TechieForLife 
  • Where Jason and Debbie have seen the most growth and experience in their lives
  • What they’ve learned throughout their challenges as parents

Connect with Jason and Debbie Grygla

Techie For Life Website

Jason and Debbie Website

Autism and Neurodiversity with Jason and Debbie Podcast

Connect with Joanna Lilley  

Lilley Consulting

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