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Current insights, tips & research about teens for parents, educators and mentors.
Amanda Rootsey, founder of Shine From Within and coach to youth mentors all over the world, interviews folks about what’s going on for youth today. From lived experience stories to practical advice on how to hold a more inclusive and nurturing space for teens, it’s your short burst of inspiration and motivation to keep showing up, listening, co-creating with, championing and holding space for the magical teens and tweens around us.

PODCAST: SEASON 3, EPISODE 14: Meet 3 Youth Mentors

PODCAST: SEASON 3, EPISODE 14: Meet 3 Youth Mentors

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...

PODCAST: Being an inclusive youth mentor with Sharyn Holmes

PODCAST: Being an inclusive youth mentor with Sharyn Holmes

Know what you need to be aware of, and the work that needs to be done, to ensure we're minimising harm with marginalised youth and the practical steps we can take to ensure we're holding inclusive spaces, from the way we design programs, how we hold space and even the...

PODCAST: Season 3 Episode 1 – Welcome with Amanda

PODCAST: Season 3 Episode 1 – Welcome with Amanda

Welcome to season 3! Amanda is solo in this episode, sharing what's been happening this past year at Shine From Within HQ and what you can expect from this new season of the podcast (like how to be an inclusive youth mentor, how to engage with teens online and so much...

PODCAST: Reviewing O-Week with Amanda Rootsey

PODCAST: Reviewing O-Week with Amanda Rootsey

Today's episode is a little different than our usual episodes, our host Amanda Rootsey is jumping on to have a special chat about our Online Academy and the O-Week that was run during school holidays in Australia.   In this episode Amanda discusses: How we came...

PODCAST: Coaching Parents and Teachers with Coach Chantay

PODCAST: Coaching Parents and Teachers with Coach Chantay

Chantay Golson is a therapist, family systems expert, parenting teens coach and author. Her mission is to teach parents of teens how to communicate with their teenagers without drama. In this episode we discuss… Connecting and building a loving trusting bond with your...

PODCAST: Raising Girls Voices with Mandy Dante

PODCAST: Raising Girls Voices with Mandy Dante

Mandy Dante is the CEO & Founder of Flourish Girl. She is an ex-speech pathologist, TEDx Speaker, Model and an Australian Accredited Facilitator. Mandy is the first-senior female facilitator at The Rites of Passage Institute and is paving the way for their school...

PODCAST: Welcome to Season 2 with Amanda Rootsey

PODCAST: Welcome to Season 2 with Amanda Rootsey

Welcome to Season 2 of the Youth Mentor Podcast!  I’m excited to share some wonderful guests with you in this season...I've had some incredible conversations about: An amazing mental health program in schools that empowers young people to own their story How to deal...

PODCAST: Understanding Gen Z with Tanya Meessmann

PODCAST: Understanding Gen Z with Tanya Meessmann

Youth mentor and founder of Girl Shaped Flames, Tanya Meessmann, shares how she built her business before diving into what this current generation of teens is really going through and how we can support them. In this episode Tanya focuses on: How Girl Shaped Flames...

Empowering Teens to Deal with Bullying: Noelle Fritsch

Empowering Teens to Deal with Bullying: Noelle Fritsch

I’m really excited to introduce you to Noelle Johnson with Sparks to Flames. Noelle is a graduate of our Youth Mentor Training Program and she’s also a school teacher who’s really passionate about supporting students when it comes to bullying. We Chat About... How we...

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