by Robin Cox | Sep 11, 2024 | coaching leaders, Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teacher, teachers, Uncategorized, youth mentoring
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, with whom I spent some time many years ago, has always been an inspiration and I love the quote above. All I have ever wanted to do was leave the world a better place — now for my children and grandchildren — than when I...
by Robin Cox | Sep 8, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
I switched the lolly from one hand to the other so fast my young granddaughter failed to see this. “Choose a hand!” I say with a mischievous smile. She points confidently at the hand that held the lolly. I open it. Empty. I open the other hand to reveal the lolly....
by Robin Cox | Sep 4, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, youth mentoring
When you were a teenager, did you ever come across an adult who crushed your dreams? How did you react? What life lessons did you learn from that experience? Fortunately, all the people who nurtured me as a young person encouraged me to chase my dreams; through the...
by Robin Cox | Sep 2, 2024 | Building strengths, Coaches, coaching leaders, Education, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Social workers, teachers, youth mentoring
What is it that tugs at your heart strings and wants you to interact with others? How do you express selfless love and care to those with whom you interact? These are questions I have often asked myself as I collated my research on the adolescent brain, and interacted...
by Robin Cox | Aug 29, 2024 | Coaches, coaching leaders, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
Stumbling into my hero was a life-changing moment. He was humble, selfless, inspirational, and the best in the world. I, too, was stumbling and looking for direction and motivation. When you were young, who was your hero? Do you still have heroes? Who are your guiding...
