Transforming Your Relationship with Your Adult Children with Trixi Menhardt

Trixi Menhardt is a mental fitness and leadership coach, with a deep business background in medical devices, healthcare IT and life sciences, leading large scale sales and technical projects internationally. Since 2012, as a Professional Certified Coach, she focuses on mental wellness, navigating uncertainty and bringing joy and success to both emerging and established leaders through corporate sponsored coaching.

In her private practice, Trixi’s focus are people who are high achieving parents of young adults who have not turned out the way they hoped for. Outwardly successful people are at a loss on how to connect with their young adult kids, Gen Zers who are making very different choices in life.

Trixi helps her clients become the parent they want to be, redefining their role from provider to mentor, building trust with their beloved child. And along the way, learn techniques to reign in their anxiety and open up a path for effective action.

Trixi is a PCC through the International Coaching Federation and a certified Mental Fitness coach through Positive Intelligence, founded by Shirzad Chamine.

 In this episode:

• Trixi shares ways for high-achieving parents to connect with their young adult kids without judgment or pressure.
• Trixi explains how shifting from “provider” to “mentor/listener” can rebuild trust with adult children.
• She talks about letting go of guilt, understanding that most parents are doing their best.
• She normalizes parenting challenges, reminding listeners that not every family has it “all together.”
• She encourages parents to set healthy boundaries with young adults while respecting their independence.
• Trixi reveals why self-care is essential for parents, especially when managing their own stress and anxiety.
• She inspires parents to use their leadership skills to mentor and support rather than control their kids’ paths.
• Trixi talks about her free saboteur discovery workshop – click here for more info