Enlighten, enable, empower
Providing the opportunity for young people to learn about themselves is a true gift. Coaching can help them develop essential life skills to support and sustain their personal growth and wellbeing, now and for years to come...
Helping to jump life's hurdles...
Growing up can be a wonderful and exciting time, each age and stage of development brings a new experiences and situations to navigate, to which each young persons responds differently.
Offering impartial, non-judgemental support, coaching provides a space where young people talk about their hopes, dreams and fears, and be supported to become aware of their strengths and values. Effective and sustainable, it helps create clarity and by encouraging independent thinking and responsibility assists young people to identify possible options for forward movement with solution focussed thinking. It can make a big and lasting impact, helping young people to recognise their full potential and having the confidence and tools to achieve it.
What does a youth coach do?
A coach provides guidance and mentorship to children and young people. In a non-judgemental space they can speak freely about what is on their mind, share thoughts, hopes and dreams and be helped to develop a range of skills that enable them to work towards goals, overcome challenge and help them to grow and succeed.
What are the benefits?
Whatever the area of focus, coaching offers an opportunity for children to identify their needs and discuss concerns. It helps them to discover and build life skills that can enable them to make good choices and effectively deal with life's ups and downs, skills that promote their personal development and can support wellbeing, now and for years to come.
Young people who engage with coaching can benefit in the following ways:
- Having the opportunity to talk about difficult subjects
- See the the world from a fresh perspective
- Learn to manage emotions
- Having non-judgemental support
- Learning essential life skills
- Setting goals for forward movement
- Gaining a sense of clarity, enlightenment and empowerment
Why do young people come to coaching?
There are many reasons young people come to coaching - Each child, family and situation are unique and therefore I welcome the opportunity to discuss the potential benefits.
Popular topics:
- Academic challenges
- Anxiety
- Communication skills
- Confidence
- Coping with change
- Developing emotional intelligence
- Exams - management / stress
- Exploring emotions
- Fear of failure
- Friendships
- Goal setting
- Growth mindset
- Motivation
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- Personal power
- Positive thinking
- Problem solving and decision making
- Relationships
- Raising resilience
- Self-esteem building
- Self-talk, challenging negative thoughts
- Supporting special educational needs
- Transition, school / university
- Teen brain - adolescent challenges
Kind words...
Parents
"We have seen an improvement in self-esteem and that he has started to think for himself more. He is also showing improved resilience."
"Thank you so much. He feels more confident in himself and it is clear to see. He believes in the importance of setting goals"
"Within weeks he was noticeably happier and more confident in his social interactions. He is able to face his fears and has become more assertive in explaining what he wants/needs. The change in A was wonderful."
"What a difference, she's full of life and happy again."
"I have noticed her confidence has improved."
"There are less battles now we have all agreed family rules."
"Our daughter’s increasing ability to “beat” her anxiety facilitated a greater sense of calm which in turn helped family life to jog along more easily. We are hugely grateful to Sally for all that she has done for both our daughter and for our family as a whole”.
Children
"Thank you for helping me through the tough times."
"Thank you for giving me coaching and helping me calm down, I really appreciate it."
"I haven't been so stressed when it comes to homework and school. I have become more positive and confident."
"Thank you for teaching me so many good things"
"This is my favourite part of the week, I love being able to talk about things"
"I like that you listen to me and help me work out what to do. I have told my friends and they would like to go to coaching too."
“Sally was a welcome breath of fresh air at a time when we, as a family, just didn’t know which way to turn. We had tried every road we knew of to help our daughter with her increasingly crippling anxiety, yet nothing was helping. Sally made an instant connection with our daughter, which facilitated an easy and trusting relationship between them. We quickly saw an improvement and, more importantly than anything else, our daughter started to put together a “box of tricks” to help her keep swimming when previously the water would have felt too deep."
Young people
"You helped me think about how I speak to other people. I have learned that how I act towards people has an effect on how they act towards me. Changing the way I speak and act has stopped me getting into so many disagreements."
"I still use the things I learned when I came to coaching before. Talking about how I feel helps and setting goals helps me to get things done."
"I feel much better. I am not worrying as much and use the things you have taught me to make myself feel better. It makes me feel in control, which feels good."
"I am much more confident when I meet new people or go to places I haven't been before."