Alexis Redding
Leader at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and researcher on transitions to adulthood, author of The End of Adolescence and co-author/editor of work on college mental health, focused on mentoring and student development.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 58min
The Truth About Success: It’s All in the Messy Middle: Alexis Redding
Alexis Redding, Harvard leader and researcher on transitions to adulthood, author of The End of Adolescence. She explores why triumphant narratives erase the messy middle. Short, honest origin stories, reopening a 50-year study, micro-mentorship and mirror mentors, and why normal developmental struggles get pathologized. Practical ways to validate and guide young people without false finishes.
Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 7min
“College Is Your Best Four Years” And Other Lies We Need to Stop Telling with Dr. Alexis Redding
Dr. Alexis Redding, a Harvard developmental psychologist who studies young adult transitions, challenges myths about college and student well being. She discusses normal developmental struggles like anxiety and loneliness. She reframes rising diagnoses, questions the “best four years” idea, highlights financial stress and time poverty, and offers practical ways to support students during transitions.
