by Robin Cox | Sep 29, 2024 | coaching leaders, Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, Young adults, youth mentoring
Did you watch any of the 2024 Olympics? Was there a particular moment or event highlight for you? Have you thought about ways to use the 2024 Olympics to motivate and inspire a young person to reach their potential? Anyone who reads my blogs will know that I love most...
by Robin Cox | Sep 24, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
A rebellious child? Feeling helpless and overwhelmed? Crying out for help to reach and connect with a struggling young person? This article might assist that journey. Do you sometimes struggle to understand what is going on in the world of teenagers? Do you see a...
by Robin Cox | Sep 22, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Education, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, School, Social workers, teachers, youth mentoring
“Kids don’t need independence, they need interdependence. People are homeless because they have no functioning human relationships in their lives. Who in this society can live independently? All human beings want to belong somewhere.” – Pat O’Brien, Founder of...
by Robin Cox | Sep 17, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Family, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, Teenagers, youth mentoring
What do you love most in life? What is really important to you in your life? What gives your life meaning? This is the question South African paediatrician, Dr Alastair McAlpine, asked the terminally ill children, aged between four and nine, he was caring for a while...
by Robin Cox | Sep 15, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
While I was walking along the beach this morning, I was mindful of the different shapes and sizes of footprints of others who had gone ahead of me. I reflected on the fact that the choices we make will heavily impact our footprints on the sands of time. I recalled...
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...