Working with your son to re-ignite the spark within him that may be (temporarily) lost ... but you know is still in there.
BECAUSE...
You miss the time when you looked at your son and all you saw were his gifts and talents - or thought about his future in terms of his infinite potential instead of the worry, anxiety or constant uneasiness that now seems to part of your every day world.
If you're anything like most parents I work with, it's easy to get lost in fear and overwhelm - especially when it's your son's livelihood that is at stake. Or you simply feel at a loss as to what you should do next.
All you want is to see him rediscover that spark, so they can re-engage with life again.
Whether we meet at a coffee shop to help process a struggling relationship, or take a hike along the river to discuss a recent dream, the nature of the mentor relationship is one of advocate, advisor, and friend. The tools I use in my work include nature work, dream work, writing, and deep listening. The content and intention of the weekly meetings are entirely customizable and situation dependent. Some want accountability, some want to process life, others want to have an extra set of ears. My work includes experience with depression, anxiety, trauma and addiction.
Some of the tools I use in mentoring:
SOUL WRITING.
This writing work is a favorite among the young adults I've worked with. Writing for the sake of increasing emotional intelligence and deeper self-expression.
DREAM WORK.
Dream work is for connecting to a part of ourselves that is beyond ego and offers important clues to our life's path.
NATURE / OUTDOOR WORK.
Anything from hiking to mountain biking to questing for new perspectives using nature as a guide.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
These meetings will take place in person at a mutually agreed upon location and time (to be determined week by week). These one-on-one meetings will generally be between 1 and 1.5 hours. The specific number of meetings will be determined during the initial interviews.
We'll meet every other week to discuss information, ideas and progress of your son. We'll confirm intentions, explore intuitions and use this time as an opportunity to optimize our efforts. This can happen over Zoom or phone.
*First Month Only. These hour long interviews will help us create a dynamic picture of where your son is, what the challenges and opportunities are and the best way to get there.
This is a brief but important bullet point list of intentions for the month that we will return to for guidance and checking progress.