In this episode of the Youth Mentor Podcast, we chat with Holly Hashimi about her first year founding HeartSpark, a not-for-profit organisation that grew from 8 participants to multiple groups and a waitlist in just 12 months. Holly takes us behind the scenes of starting a youth organisation from scratch in Fort McMurray, Canada - from finding free spaces to run programs, to creative fundraising through handmade bracelets, to recently achieving not-for-profit status. She shares how she moved through self-doubt, found support in her community, and kept taking small steps forward before feeling fully confident.
For anyone dreaming of working with young people but feeling uncertain about where to start, Holly's story is full of practical insights and permission to begin before you feel ready. She opens up about building community partnerships, bringing her therapy dog Mrs. Pudding into the program, making programs accessible through free programming, and how her own personal growth journey enabled her to create the safe space she wished she had as a child. This conversation is especially valuable for aspiring youth mentors who want a realistic look at what that first year of building a youth organisation really looks like.
Find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Connect with Holly and HeartSpark at https://www.heartsparkwithholly.com
Follow HeartSpark on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/heartsparkwithholly/
Connect on Facebook here: HeartSpark
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Ready to start your own youth organisation? Learn more about our Youth Mentor Training at https://youthmentors.shinefromwithin.com.au
In this episode of the Youth Mentor Podcast, we're joined by Sabine McKenzie, an eating disorder recovery coach who brings a refreshing perspective to conversations around body image, food, and wellbeing. With eight years of supporting youth and adults through her business, Sabine shares her evolution from promoting body positivity to embracing what she calls "the grey space" - a gentler, more neutral approach to body image and health.
If you have young people in your world, especially teens or tweens, you'll love this nurturing and enlightening conversation :) :)
Find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Connect with Sabine on Instagram: @sabine.mckenzie
Connect with us on Instagram: @shinefromwithinhq
Curious about starting your own program or business that supports young people in 2025? Check out our free video training: How to Start Your Youth Mentor Business here.
In this episode of the Youth Mentor Podcast, we chat with Milly Bannister, founder of ALLKND, a charity dedicated to supporting youth mental health through its free, online Good Mate Training program.
If you want to know how you can be a good mate for your loved ones and especially young people, or you've thought about what it takes to start a youth mental health charity, this episode is for you!
Milly also shares how ALLKND reaches young people directly via platforms like TikTok and Instagram, and shares insights into creative partnerships with brands to amplify their impact. The session delves into Milly's origin story, branding, visibility, and the importance of strategic, creative partnerships in raising awareness for youth mental health support.
At the end, we share an exciting event we’re hosting to take our entire Shine from Within community, including you, through the Good Mate Training together!
REGISTER FOR OUR GOOD MATE TRAINING DAY ON SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2024 HERE: https://sfw.securechkout.net/goodmatetraining
As always, find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Connect with Milly on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/millyrosebannister/
Connect with ALLKND on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/weareallknd/
Connect with Shine from Within on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/shinefromwithinhq/
Take Good Mate Training anytime here:
https://allknd.org/goodmatetraining
Register for our Shine from Within Good Mate Training day, on Sunday 20th October 2024, here: https://sfw.securechkout.net/goodmatetraining
Today, we're joined by Evie Wilson, the founder of Stardust Squad, a magical gathering place in regional Victoria, for girls aged 5-early teens years, where each girl is celebrated for her uniqueness, and empowered to explore the wonders of mindset, friendships, self love, health, growing older, communication + connection.
In this episode, Evie shares the inspiring story behind Stardust Squad, how it blossomed from the realisation that her daughters can’t be the only ones in her regional town not into sport, into a thriving community program. She opens up about the powerful discussions around consent, friendship, and self-expression that take place during the "Make and Take" sessions, where girls create meaningful projects while exploring important life lessons.
Evie's authenticity and creativity shine through as she describes the magical mother-daughter Taylor Swift disco and her plans for the upcoming "Raising Starries" online group coaching program for parents. Get ready to be inspired by this heartwarming conversation about nurturing the next generation of confident, empowered young women.
Find the full transcript and link to additional resources at: https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast/
Connect with Evie Wilson on Instagram @_stardust.squad and her website https://www.stardustsquad.com.au
For more information on the Raising Staries program, follow her on social media for updates!
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Insta: @shinefromwithinhq
Facebook: /shinefromwithin
And take our quiz to find out if you have what it takes to be a youth mentor and what your Youth Mentor Archetype might be at https://youth-mentor-training.com
Our next round of Youth Mentor Training will start in September.
Book in for a 30 min chat to see if it's the right pathway for you at https://shinefromwithin.pages.ontraport.net/ymt
See you in the next episode!! Thanks for listening.
In this episode we're joined by Louise O'Reilly who shares her perspective as an Aboriginal woman on how we can best support and mentor young people, drawing from her own lived experiences and past work as a youth worker. We talked about:
Find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Connect with Louise on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/louise.oreilly.shieldandconch/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@louise_oreilly
Join her Inclusion Creators Collective here: https://louise-oreilly.thinkific.com/bundles/InclusionCreatorsCollective
NEWS!
We’re about to launch a Pocket Mentor Course to give any adults who have a teen in their world some mentoring skills to keep in their back pocket! Stay tuned! It will include latest insights on what’s going on for teens, how to support teens through challenging situations, when they might need more support and more! Leave us a comment if you’re interested in this or email me - info@shinefromwithin.com.au and we’ll make sure you’re the first to know when it opens.
Join us in this inspiring episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast as Amanda recaps the 2024 Youth Mentor Conference and shares with you:
some of the things that are working well for youth mentors, speakers, coaches, and educators as we head into 2024;
some of the insights that the young people during the conference shared with us;
some ideas for how you could get started with supporting young people in your community right now.
This episode includes snippets of conference sessions with Wildlings Forest School co-founder, Nicki Farrell, about providing more space and unstructured time for young people; and the founder of Borderline Camps, Cody Schaeffer OAM, about how their fully-funded camps run for young people and how they create an open, casual, trusting space with their campers. Plus highlights from our teens and mentors!
Find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook.
At the age of 25, Olha Ruda founded 10:11 - a mentorship program for high school students in Ukraine or who have fled the country. From a one-person show to now having over 150 mentors, they’ve delivered more than 1300 hours of mentoring.
In this episode you’ll get to hear a snippet of an insightful session lead by Olha at our 2023 Youth Mentor Conference. You’ll hear:
// How she started by herself and grew to a team of over 150 mentors
// Their process of application, mentor and mentee matching and supporting everyone
// How they grew their community quickly
// How they ensure mentees feel valued
// Her plans for growth going forward
Enjoy!
You can directly support 10:11 by becoming a Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/mentorship_10_11
Follow them on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mentorship.10.11/?hl=en
And get yoru ticket to the Youth Mentor Conference 2024 here: https://youth-mentor-conference.com
Full show notes and transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Join us in this inspiring episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast as we sit down with Wil Massara, a visionary social entrepreneur who started his journey at just 11 years old. Wil takes us through his incredible story, from revolutionising youth leadership with the Youth Leadership Academy Australia to consulting for governments and organisations, bridging the intergenerational gap.
In this conversation, you'll discover:
We delve into strategies for creating engaging conferences that centre around the young people in the room, even with multiple speakers and large audiences. And he shares how he kept going, even when there were only a few people in the room to begin with.
Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, Wil's insights provide a powerful guide for anyone looking to make a lasting impact on youth. Don't miss this episode packed with wisdom, experience, and a vision for the future.
🚀 Tune in and learn how to craft your impact with Wil Massara!
You can find a full transcript of this episode at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
Connect with YLAA at https://www.ylaaus.com/
And find Wil on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wil-massara/
Find us on Instagram @shinefromwithinhq
Join Wil online at our Youth Mentor Conference in Feb 2024 - https://youth-mentor-conference.com
In this episode we chat with social entrepreneur Mikhara Ramsing about mentoring young people in regional Australia, writing programs for young people from culturally diverse backgrounds, running a tea social enterprise which funds suicide prevention and Ethnic LGBT+; a national resource platform for culturally and lignuistically diverse LGBTIQA+ communities. She believes stories save lives and has travelled 70,000 kms around Australia in a self-built tiny home connecting with youth in rural communities.
You’ll love her story!
Check out the links and show notes at http://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast/
Check out her website here: https://mikhararamsing.com/
Ethic LGBT+: http://ethniclgbt.com/
Watch her TedX talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41o6Cb982tY&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
And come hang out with us on Instagram here (DM us your takeaways from this episode!): @shinefromwithinhq
Note: this episode is a snippet from a longer guest expert chat we have in our online Youth Mentor Training. Now open for March 2024 enrolments (and $1000 off right now). Check it out here: https://youthmentors.shinefromwithin.com.au
We're joined by Enda Gilbert, an educator, parental burnout practitioner and coach. Enda shared important and practical tips on how we can best support migrant and refugee young people.
She then shared her 5 step process for building high quality partnerships with teens - really deep, beautiful things we can all do, whether we're parents, educators or mentors.
You'll want your notepad ready for this one!
Connect with us and see the transcript and show notes at:
http://shinefromwithin.com.au
https://instagram.com/shinefromwithinhq
Connect with Enda at:
http://endagilbert.com
https://www.instagram.com/endagilbertcoaching/
In this episode I chat with Jaclyn Cunningham about:
You can find Jaclyn at http://motherdaughterretreats.com.au
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Want to get started as a Youth Mentor? Take our free quiz, Do You Have What It Takes to be a Youth Mentor? and you'll also get to find out your Youth Mentor Archetype! Get it here.
This podcast is hosted by Amanda Rootsey, founder of Shine From Within.
Meet 3 youth mentors - a former early childhood teacher, a life coach and a UN development worker.
People become youth mentors for all sorts of reasons, and come to this work from all sorts of backgrounds. We want to introduce you to 3 of them today. Some have been doing this work for many years and some are new to the youth mentor space. In this episode you'll get to hear from:
Angela Nicole from Bloom Within in regional Australia
Jess van Groningen from Wild Nature Connection and Girl Tribe Goulburn and
Aruna Pant from Golden Heart Mentors in Kathmandu, Nepal.
This is a snippet of a longer Alumni Panel we ran featuring graduates of our Youth Mentor Training last year.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Youth Mentor Training - open for our 2023 enrolments until March 7th 2023.
One of the things I hear the most from folks who know in their bones that they want to work with young people is that they’re not sure if they’re qualified/good/old/young/perfect enough. So, here are 3 things you need to be a great youth mentor!
Enjoy this short episode with Amanda on her own, giving you a bit of a pep talk and sharing some of the things you do need to connect, engage and hold a brave and nurturing space for young people.
And make sure to connect with us at the upcoming 2023 Youth Mentor Conference! It's 15 sessions with global experts in the youth space and it's 100% online. Join us live or watch the replays in your own time. Either way, you won't find this calibre of people and such relevant sessions altogether in one place like this. And you certainly won't find it with this much value - it's over $5,000 worth of sessions for just AUD$125. If you love this podcast, you'll LOVE the conference. Get your ticket at: http://youth-mentor-conference.com It starts Monday 27th Feb 2023!
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Connect with us on Facebook: /shinefromwithin
Join us for a thought-provoking episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast, where Amanda sits down with body liberationist and Body Trust coach, Nicola Haggett. In this snippet of a conversation recorded at the 2022 Youth Mentor Conference, they delve into the complex topic of going beyond body positivity and dismantling body hierarchies. Listen in as they discuss the challenges of working with young people on body image and learn how to start going deeper than suggesting people just 'love themselves.'
Get the full transcript and show notes at http://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast
This snippet has been taken from an hour long conversation during the 2022 Youth Mentor Conference. By joining us for the 2023 conference (starts 27 Feb 2023!) you'll get access to the full session as a bonus recording.
Check out the line-up of this year's Youth Mentor Conference at http://youth-mentor-conference.com
Connect with Nikki at http://nicolahaggett.com and on Instagram @nicolahaggett
In this episode, we're excited to share with you insights from Sarah Found, a youth mentor and researcher who has recently completed a dissertation on helping young people build hope and resilience in the face of ambiguous loss and uncertainty. With the ongoing pandemic causing unprecedented challenges for everyone, particularly for young people, Sarah's work couldn't be more relevant.
In this episode of our podcast, Sarah takes us through her framework for understanding ambiguous loss and uncertainty and provides practical tips for increasing tolerance of uncertainty, building strengths, and using language that empowers and motivates. You'll learn about the tools Sarah uses to help young people recognise their strengths and move forward despite challenging situations.
If you're looking for ways to support young people in building resilience and hope, or simply want to learn more about navigating uncertainty, this episode is a must-listen. We hope you enjoy the conversation and welcome your thoughts on this important topic.
About Sarah:
Sarah Found holds a Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Positive Psychology (MAPP), where her dissertation research focused on the development of a framework and story-based media program to help teens build hope and resilience when facing ambiguous loss. Through her positive psychology and youth mentorship work, Sarah holds group workshops and creates online courses to help youth discover their character strengths and build mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual resilience.
Sarah also holds a Business degree and has worked in the technology industry as a leader in content marketing and team building for over 15 years. She holds numerous certifications in different modalities ranging from youth mentorship, character strengths and trauma-informed art therapy to youth fitness and mindfulness. A storyteller at heart, Sarah is also a published writer. She educates in a playful, imaginative way that integrates her love of story with her background in positive psychology, technology, marketing and communications. Her classes often leverage movie and book characters, expressive art and other positive media forms to help youth re-imagine the future and find the hero within during adversity. Focused on ‘second wave Positive Psychology’ - navigating the dark side of life, Sarah’s non-traditional approach helps youth learn to embrace all emotions and normalize uncertainty in a complicated world.
Sarah currently lives in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, a picturesque island at the easternmost tip of North America in the Atlantic Ocean. She lives by the water with her husband, son and British Golden Retriever, Mr. Carson.
Find Sarah on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sarahjfound/ or email her directly at sarah@thepositivepsychologyplayground.com.
And join us at the Youth Mentor Conference 27 Feb - 1 March 2023 at http://youth-mentor-conference.com
As always, follow us on Instagram: @shinefromwithinhq
And check out our main website: http://shinefromwithin.com.au
In this episode, I chat with one of our youth mentors, Reece Anderson, about all sorts of things - it was a big, deep, fun chat!
We covered:
Connect with Reece on his website here: https://www.reeceanderson.com.au/
Reece on Instagram here: @overcomeanything_aus
Reece's Facebook page and his Facebook group.
If you'd like to get started as a youth mentor yourself, take our quiz here: http://youth-mentor-training.com.
And join us at our 2023 Youth Mentor Conference for lots of LIVE virtual sessions about supporting youth and growing a youth mentor business. Check out our early announcement of speakers here: http://youth-mentor-conference.com
In this episode, find out what your youth mentor archetype is and how to use it to be the best youth mentor you can be for the youth in your community. Understanding this early on can cut your learning curve so much, help you focus where you're going to have the biggest impact and ensure you can support more young people.
To deepen the learning in this episode, join us for a masterclass about the archetypes on Wednesday 16th November 6pm AEST. Register now at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/youth-mentor-archetypes-masterclass/
And you can always download the quiz to find out your youth mentor archetype at http://youth-mentor-training.com
Come and join the conversation and tag us on instagram @shinefromwithinhq
In this episode, Amanda is joined by licensed therapist and teen resilience coach Gina Nelson. Gina shares about how we can start to help young people to map out their nervous system, catch when they're going into fight or flight mode and self-regulate their emotions and mood. Such an important discussion!
You can find Gina Nelson at authenticgains.com and get her free parent mini-course at combatingteenanxiety.com. On socials you'll find her @authentic_gains on Instagram and Authentic Gains on Facebook.
And make sure to share this episode with your community and tag us @shinefromwithinhq on instagram and Shine From Within on Facebook. If you love the idea of becoming a youth mentor yourself, please come on over to youth-mentor-training.com to take our youth mentor archetype quiz and find out if being a youth mentor is something that would light you up!
In this episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast, we chat to Bec Coldicutt from Rebel StarSeeds in Auckland, New Zealand. It's a big episode and we cover a lot, including Bec's previous careers in law and as a teacher and then starting her youth mentoring business, Rebel StarSeeds. We talk about why she left the classroom, managing boundaries with mentees and anyone else involved, and mentoring one-on-one with young people.
In this episode we chat with author, coach and mentor Jenna Lee about supporting women and teens to confidently express themselves through writing. Jenna shares her story around being a teen and not knowing how to express herself, how journalling helped transform her life and also about how she got started writing books. Jenna shares her recommendations for getting started with journalling, and how it can be such a helpful resource to get our thoughts out and not feel so overwhelmed.
Head to http://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast for show notes, a full transcript and all links.
You can find Jenna at https://jennalee.biz