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Youth Mentorship 

Have you considered that you, yourself and your kids are perfect, whole, complete, creative, resourceful and knowing… Well, you ARE and so are they.

On behalf of the ORENDA Society, selected ORENDA trained instructors are now offering one on one mentorship coaching. Mentorship coaching is a confidential process designed to help your child address concerns, explore self-inquiry, and learn effective personal and interpersonal skills to support their personal growth and development. It involves a supportive, respectful and understanding relationship between the child and mentor. Private one on one mentorship provides youth with the opportunity to dive deeper into self inquiry and develop key tools to support their ability to work through personal challenges. It is essential when developing a therapeutic relationship that the individual being mentored feels safe and supported. The mentor is always open to adapting their approach to accommodate any specific concerns.


What Is Mentorship Coaching?

PPrivate one on one mentorship provides youth with the opportunity to dive deeper into self-inquiry and develop key tools to support their ability to work through personal challenges. Such as self acceptance, navigating relationships, self worth, decision making, academics, social media, boundary setting, and taking a smart stand, all while developing tools such as breathing techniques, movement, conversation, journaling ,expressive work, action plans to understand and better connect to self.

Each relationship and session differs depending on the need and background of the mentee.

  • By far, the most important role of a mentor is to support and encourage young people, particularly as they struggle to overcome obstacles and solve problems. When young people feel down, upset with their families, or unhappy in their life situations, mentors are beside them, letting them talk about anything and reminding them of their innate value.

  • Mentors listen first and speak last. Many teens mentioned how little they feel listened to by most adults. Lets face it as parents and adults we are amazing and offering love and support but sometimes our capacity lacks the ability to see and hear our kids/ Often, they feel inferior even when they have good ideas. But mentors are different. They always listen.

  • As parents can attest, most teens don’t respond well to being pushed out of their comfort zones, particularly within families. But teens really like to have high expectations set for them – both academically, physically and personally. They appreciate when mentors push them beyond what they may have imagined they could accomplish.

  • Teens can tell the difference between adults who are authentically interested in them as individuals and those who are just playing a role. Mentors engage youth to understand all aspects of their lives and interests. They value young people’s ideas and honor their changing feelings and moods.

  • Good mentors don’t judge young people or impose their own beliefs on them. Instead they remind teens who they are and help them believe they have the insights and answers within to make good choices. Knowing they are not being judged helps young people think through decisions critically, sifting through the deeper values that will inform the adults they become

    Through meditation, movement, yoga, breathe work- Raw conversation, self inquiry, & journalling - we support teens and youth with our 5 tops values in mentorship. Leaning how to move the way you want to feel, to feel your feet grounded, lungs breathing and heart beating- to feel free even in moments of judgement and anxiety- to choose you and come back to you every time.

BE WHO YOU NEEDED WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER