Robin's Mentoring Matters Blog
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24 Things to Always Remember – be encouraged
Promote the spirit of mentoring as you encourage youth Some years ago I came across these words of encouragement written by Collin McCarty. They can motivate and inspire anyone working with youth in the role of a non-judgmental cheerleader who wants to model the...
Quick tips for the champion resilience coach
Identify and name a young person's strengths What kind of children do you want to raise? What kind of society do you want to live in? Two great questions I have been thinking about as I finish off a draft of possibly my final book: CHOICES: Encouraging Youth to...
How to speak a message of HOPE into the lives of our youth
How the spirit of mentoring can inspire youth How are you responding to the concerns of youth whose lives have been turned upside down by the pandemic? A couple of weeks ago I read an article in our local newspaper titled: Covid generation's dark hole in the soul. The...
10 Tips for Effective Mentoring from the global experts
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...
How the selfless face of mentoring changes lives – true stories
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...
Exclusive positive thoughts package to share with your mentees
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 cross my...
How you too can beat the pandemic – secrets shared!
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...
How you can transform pandemic gloom and doom to hope and prosperity
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...
Mentoring lessons from my helicopter rescue experience
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 further thoughts? I certainly have...
Five mentoring lessons from footprints in the sand
"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 then an adult. Last...