Robin's Mentoring Matters Blog
Encourage and inspire youth to reach their potential
Life Lessons from the 2024 Olympics
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...
“Never Quit on Me!” When You Understand a Teenager’s Brain, You Can Become a Miracle-maker!
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...
Practical Strategies to Support Those from High-Risk Environments
“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 You...
“If They (Terminally Ill Children) Could be Positive and Upbeat, I felt Others Should be.” Life Lessons to Inspire All Ages.
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...
High Anxiety: A Growing Concern – Positive Steps
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...
“Do Your Little Bit of Good Where You Are; It’s Those Little Bits of Good Put Together That Overwhelm The World.” My Story …
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...
A Magical True Story For Budding Authors
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....
“No Words Can Express My Gratitude Towards You and All Your Help This Year.” Reaching Out.
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...
“When it Comes Down to It, We All Just Want to be Loved.”
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...
With Thanks to an Olympian Who Changed My Life
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...