by Robin Cox | Feb 24, 2021 | Building strengths, Coaching leadership, Education, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, youth mentoring
Encourage others to reach their potential and achieve greatness. How important are your face-to-face relationships to you? This week I had the privilege of sharing mentoring thoughts with Coast Mentoring, a new mentoring program serving the area in which I live. I...
by Robin Cox | Feb 10, 2021 | coaching leaders, Family, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, youth mentoring
Have you ever wondered how diverse the spirit of mentoring is? Have you thought about how powerful mentoring is during a pandemic season? These are questions I have been thinking about a lot during the past fortnight as a result of two experiences: watching a movie...
by Robin Cox | Jan 27, 2021 | coaching leaders, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, Uncategorized, youth mentoring
Tips and strategies to live a healthy and well-balanced life “What are your top five life lessons you can share with me?” Imagine your teenage mentee asking you that question. How would you respond? Like many others, from time to time some pearls of wisdom...
by Robin Cox | Jan 13, 2021 | coaching leaders, Family, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, youth mentoring
Ten user-friendly ideas to live a healthy and balanced lifestyle. How are you coping with the pandemic? How is it impacting your life, your relationships and your future plans? We probably all know someone who has died as a result of the Covid virus, and people who...
by Robin Cox | Dec 29, 2020 | coaching leaders, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, youth mentoring
8 Key mentoring qualities for 2021 to create meaningful relationships How are you approaching 2021? What lessons can you take from 2020 to build a positive pathway through 2021? Or, are you feeling so overwhelmed you have no idea how to start planning for 2021? Most...
by Robin Cox | Dec 14, 2020 | coaching leaders, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, Resiliency, youth mentoring
How to live a life of hope Have you ever quit on a mentoring relationship, or been tempted to do so? Or, has a good friend walked away from a friendship for some reason or other – how did you feel at the time? And now, as you reflect back on that time, any...
by Robin Cox | Dec 1, 2020 | Building strengths, Coaches, Coaching leadership, Family, inspiring adolescents, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, youth mentoring
“Who am I?” What is the meaning and purpose of my life?” Anyone who has moved alongside adolescents will appreciate that these are just two of the many questions, albeit key questions they are asking during their journey to become a young adult and...
by Robin Cox | Nov 10, 2020 | Building strengths, coaching leaders, Mentors, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, Uncategorized, youth mentoring
How much do you remember about your final year at school? Perhaps you did not enjoy school life for any number of reasons, so you do not have great memories. Or, like me, your final year at school is filled with cherished memories of dreams fulfilled, goals...
by Robin Cox | Nov 7, 2020 | Building strengths, coaching leaders, Education, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Resiliency, teachers, Uncategorized, youth mentoring
2020 has been an incredible year and it is not yet over. What is the most important lesson you have learnt from the events of 2020? I have learnt so many lessons and continue to discern more and more that we are lurching into an area of rampant socialist thinking that...
by Robin Cox | Oct 27, 2020 | Building strengths, coaching leaders, Family, Mentors, motivating teenagers, Relationships, Resiliency, teachers, Uncategorized, youth mentoring
Perhaps you are surprised by the title of this Blog? Well, while sitting in the sun on the deck of our home a while ago, enjoying a cup of coffee – the joys of retirement! – I was reflecting on all the people who have influenced my life in positive ways. I...