Des Moines, Iowa: Lincoln High School Loses One of its Own

Suicide: The Forever Decision By Roger Yale for Jeff Yalden, Youth Motivational Speaker On February 7, 2017 – not even a week after Jeff spoke at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa – he got the news that high school senior Quai Horton had taken his life. “I have a picture of him about […]

Jeff Yalden visits the (Haunted) Largest HS in Iowa – Lincoln High School

Top Teen Motivation Speaker: Expect the Unexpected High School Motivational Speaker, Jeff Yalden in Des Moines, Iowa: Believe in Yourself and Engage! Jeff Yalden began his two-day stint in Des Moines, Iowa by speaking with student leaders in the ninth-grade building at Lincoln High School on February 1, 2017 – meeting them “at their level” […]

Positivity at Riverton Parke Jr. Sr. High School

High School Motivational Speaker video goes viral: 11000 Views in 30 Hours It was still dark at 7:45 in the morning on January 26, 2017, when Jeff Yalden was on his way to speak at Riverton Parke Junior-Senior High School in Montezuma, Indiana – just north of Terre Haute. Yalden said he woke up slightly […]

Jeff Yalden visits Renowned Hilton Head Prep for a Day

A Day in the South Carolina Lowcountry: Jeff Yalden Inspires, Empowers and Delivers at Hilton Head Prep Jeff Yalden, the top teen motivational speaker in North America, doesn’t sit still for long. After 25 years of encouraging parents and inspiring teens with his hard-hitting and heartfelt messages concerning all aspects of adolescent and teen life […]

Mental Health of Teenagers: Danger Signs to Watch Out For

Adolescence is not easy. It affects not only the teenager but also parents. The teenager undergoes many changes, including sexual, physical, hormonal, emotional, intellectual, and social – the combined pressures of all these changes can often become overwhelming for them and may lead to a number of mental health issues. Mental health problems are a […]

Wanting for our Children – To Become The Best or To Want The Best

I HAD heard about all of the dying, about all of the grief, and still I didn’t immediately understand what I was seeing when, at a railroad crossing here, I spotted a man in a blaring orange vest, the kind that road crews and public-safety workers wear. He wasn’t carrying any equipment. He wasn’t engaged […]