Robin's Mentoring Matters Blog
Encourage and inspire youth to reach their potential
How Easy Do You Find It To Set And Achieve Personal Best Goals?
Do you set your personal best goals? How often do you give up on them? Does the experience feel like you are walking along a rocky path shrouded in mist sometimes — so much unknown? Did you set goals when you were a teenager? Did you ever have someone who helped you...
If I Could Start a Global Movement for Peace, Would You Join?
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’” (George Bernard Shaw) I woke up one morning, and reflected on a global community in chaos, and experiencing so much unnecessary suffering, and wondered, ‘what if …?’ The...
Solutions to Help Teenagers Overcome Cyberbullying Challenges
How do you work through social media issues with young people? When I was living and teaching inAustralia, prior to my retirement, we had another teenage suicide linked to cyberbullying. People working in the field of mental health have pointed out, there might be...
Life Lessons When You Stumble and Fall Throughout Life
How did you deal with a wobbly situation when you were a teenager? How do you deal with wobbly situations today? Jack (18) was a talented sportsman, revered by the younger students. He was a student leader and led with a rod of iron. He battled to understand the need...
Positive Qualities Transform Lives and Create Meaningful Relationships
How much do you value relationships? Can you remember the relationships you had when you were an adolescent? Did you belong to a small clique, or did you have a wide circle of friends? Or, were you a bit of a loner? Did you have a wise guide on the side, speaking to...
How Many People Do You Encourage to Reach Their Potential?
Have you ever thanked the people who reached out to you and guided you towards reaching your potential? It’s a question I ask when I do mentor training, as there are so many people who have mentored others and they often have no idea how powerful their impact was on...
If You Value Teenagers, Read This! Celebrating Strengths and Leadership.
Do you have teenage children? Do you teach or coach teenagers? Do you work in any way with teenagers? Some time ago, I heard that a young man I mentored in the late 1980’s had passed away in 2017. I don’t know what happened, and I am still saddened that Agrippa is no...
New User-Friendly Mentoring Book For Anyone Encouraging Youth – FREE Sneak Peek
The final book in my spirit of mentoring series of four books is due out during the next couple of months.This is not the new cover of the book. 52 Mentor Musings to Encourage Anyone Motivating Youth is with my publisher at the moment being prepared for publication....
Effective Mentoring Strategies to Create Positive Connections
Chatting to teenagers? Or, possibly coaching, or teaching teenagers? Or, perhaps you are mentoring a teenager? Here are some fundamental mentoring strategies and tips which could apply to any mentoring relationship, collated from years of global research. Mentors are...
Strategies to Guide Others Effectively and Empathetically
Reaching out to others transforms lives We can all can learn how to be role models to others — employers, parents, coaches, mentors, and educators. Here are twelve strategies gathered from experts over the years to help anyone working with others, but especially with...