by Robin Cox | Dec 4, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” (anonymous) I love this quote, as it resonates with me and my life journey to date, as I think about all those who...
by Robin Cox | Nov 26, 2024 | business people, coaching leaders, Employers, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
How do you reach out to someone who is struggling? How do you respond to someone who asks for your help? How do you speak messages of hope into the life of someone who feels hopeless? How do you offer a hand up, not a hand out? How do you ever know if your efforts...
by Robin Cox | Nov 10, 2024 | Coaches, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Social workers, teachers, youth mentoring
When last did you complete a jigsaw puzzle? Or do you prefer Crossword puzzles or Sudoku and those types of mind games? I completed a jigsaw puzzle this morning. It took me about three days, though I was doing it at various times of the day and night, as I don’t...
by Robin Cox | Nov 3, 2024 | Coaches, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” (Epictetus) “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who...
by Robin Cox | Oct 30, 2024 | Coaches, Coaching leadership, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Relationships, teachers, Uncategorized, youth mentoring
How many times have you been in a formal or informal mentoring relationship with a younger person and wanted to give up on them? Have you actually walked away from a mentoring relationship, as you felt you had given your all? It would be a very normal and human thing...
