– Youth Mentor for teens; Founder, Shine From Within –
I’ve worked with teens for about 20 years and absolutely LOVE helping them get excited about taking care of themselves, each other and our planet! Which is why I launched Shine From Within in 2012, delivering workshops and courses for teens and tweens ready to shine their light in the world. So much of what youth are exposed to now is about how to fit in and be a productive part of this current (and failing, in my opinion!) society. Shine From Within nurtures them to recognise their own innate value and make conscious decisions. To foster empathy and courage to embrace all of who they are and make a difference in the world in their own unique way.
In the past 13 years, Shine From Within has won multiple awards, supported thousands of teens and families, and had a LOT of fun!
Through Shine From Within, I currently connect with a small group of teens a few times a week in our Online Academy, provide a school-based wellbeing curriculum for schools, consult and train youth mentors (more details below), run in-person events and retreats and offer one-on-one mentoring.
I also have a book, Shine From Within; a teen girl’s guide to life, out now worldwide with Hay House. Learn all about the book and find it here.
– Coach + Consultant for youth mentors –
One of my main joys in my work nowadays with Shine From Within is to support ADULTS who want to be effective and inspiring youth mentors through an award-winning, online Youth Mentor Training program. The Youth Mentor Training, now in it’s 9th year, has supported hundreds of folks in over 30+ countries around the world to become nurturing youth mentors and grow their own businesses or organisations. If you’ve ever dreamed of holding a space for young people to shine, learn more and register your interest here. We also host an annual virtual Youth Mentor Conference and I host The Youth Mentor Podcast here if you’d like to have a little listen.
If you’re not sure that the Youth Mentor Training is for you and you’d like to work with me one-on-one, I do offer a more personalised approach. Past clients have included someone writing a book for teens, an established youth facilitator needing additional support to take her business to the next level, and organisations or people who don’t necessarily need the Youth Mentor Training but are looking for business coaching or consulting to support the growth of their project.
a note for organisations:
If you’re an organisation looking to build capacity for your volunteers, train anyone who’s coming in contact with young clients or come up with a practical and useful training for your young leaders where they walk away with leadership and mentoring skills, reach out! To give an example of what this could look like: I’m currently supporting a national non-profit organisation by delivering a bespoke version of our Youth Mentor Training for their young leaders and helping them develop and implement a peer mentoring program.
Shoot through an email to info@shinefromwithin.com.au to start the conversation or book in for a chat on Zoom here.
I currently work one-on-one with a few clients as a business coach to support them with whatever they need and want to focus on. And I’m pretty excited to share that I just won International Coach of the Decade at the Beautiful You Coaching Academy awards in April 2024 so I’m a seasoned and award-winning coach!
It’s personalised to what you need and the best way to find out if it’s going to be a good fit for you is to have a quick read here and book in for a casual chat (if you feel comfortable doing that!). You can also send me through an email to express your interest and let me know what you’d love some support with in this next season of your work and life. If I can help and I have capacity, I’d absolutely love to.
I don’t really have any parameters around who you are, and what stage of business you are in to work with me. You also don’t need to remotely be in the same industry as me. Check out the suggested format, cost and vibe here. And we can figure out if it’s a good fit together.
– Speaker –
I have spoken to large and intimate audiences all over Australia on a variety of topics, including how to coach and mentor teens, gentle living, growing a business gently, sustainable fashion and more. I’ve also MC’d a variety of wellness and earth-friendly events. If you’re looking for a calming and gentle presence then I might be a good fit for your event but I limit my speaking engagements these days so please reach out, with plenty of notice, to info@shinefromwithin.com.au to discuss. Here’s what some folks have said:
“Gosh, you were AMAZING…We couldn’t stop talking about how adorable, sweet, gentle and grounded you are on stage. Such a beautiful presence to balance out some of the craziness!” Rachel, Team Leader at Free Spirit Girl youth leadership retreat
“Warm. Gentle. A grounded presence like no other; you can’t NOT be moved when you’re sharing the same space as Mandy.” Tara Bliss
“There is no doubt that your facilitation style – so easy going, inclusive, and warm – contributed greatly to how the young women experienced the session. You gave so generously of your time, resources and knowledge, and the young women, (and boy! ), who attended, all really enjoyed the day.” Zig Zag Women’s Resources Centre
Images above, from left to right, top to bottom:
1. Speaking at Soulpreneurs Summer School, And under that one, speaking on a panel about activism in business at the Soulpreneurs LIVE conference
2 & 3. Speaking at Self-love and Sisterhood by Earth Events
4. Speaking at Peppermint Magazine’s Teen Pep Talks event
5 & 6. Speaking at Beautiful You Coaching Academy Inspiration Day April
6. Speaking at a youth conference
7. Facilitating sustainable fashion discussion for Fashion Revolution Day at Queensland University of Technology
8. MC for Raw Beauty tour by Earth Events
9. Keynote speaker at College of Natural Beauty graduation
– Other work –
I’m a writer (published with Hay House; regular contributor to magazines on gentle living, eco fashion, veganism, gentle business and slow travel) and am currently living abroad with my partner. While we travel, we’re sometimes engaged by brands, venues, tourism boards, etc to write an article, create some content, or do some kind of photoshoot. It’s a fun way to explore the world and we love to capture and share this beautiful planet in between the work I’ve already mentioned above. In a ‘past life’ I was a model in Australia, Germany and Italy and still have some wonderful, ethical businesses I get to work with (like Sinerji and Sustainable Fashion, pictured below).
Life is messy and fun and I refuse to be put into a tiny box! Hence allll the different things I do. ha! If you think there’s something we could explore doing together, feel welcome to reach out. I’d love to connect. Contact form below.
