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

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 LearnThe challenges Debbie experienced in school that resulted in her college dreams getting crushedHow transformative Jason’s 2 year gap year was for himWhat brought Debbie to pursue cutting hair How Jason and Debbie metHow both of their journey’s shifted once they got marriedThe spontaneous move to China to teach EnglishJason’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 livesWhat they’ve learned throughout their challenges as parentsConnect with Jason and Debbie GryglaTechie For Life WebsiteJason and Debbie WebsiteAutism and Neurodiversity with Jason and Debbie PodcastConnect with Joanna Lilley  Lilley ConsultingLilley Consulting on Instagram Lilley Consulting on Facebook Success is Subjective on Apple PodcastSuccess is Subjective on Google PodcastSuccess is Subjective on iHeart RadioSuccess is Subjective on SpotifySuccess is Subjective on StitcherSponsored by: College Parent Survival NetworkEmail [email protected]