121: Designing a Life You Love with Nathaniel Turner

Nathaniel Turner is a TED speaker, author, lawyer, financial advisor, and a college and career readiness Alchemist. He is also the survivor of eight adverse childhood experiences and his challenges led him on a powerful road of self discovery, providing him the tools to show parents how to rise above childhood trials, tribulations and low societal expectations to help any child realize their hopes and dreams. Nathaniel does so by sharing The Life Template, a backwards design process that enabled him to raise a multilingual son who left the country at the age of 16 to pursue his dream of playing professional soccer.

Nathaniel talked to me about his life and his son’s success — he went on to earn a  a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University — and dove further into his life template. Surprise! A part of it requires parents and teachers working together.

For all links and resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.educatorforever.com/episode121.