Youth Coaching Expert Insights
Stay informed, inspired, and engaged in mentoring and coaching tweens, teens, and young adults with the Youth Coaching Institute blog. Here you’ll discover expert strategies, research, and tools to empower your practice or organization and foster growth and resilience in adolescents.

Why Coaches Are Essential in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace at an unprecedented pace. While many professions face uncertainty, one group of professionals stands uniquely positioned to thrive: coaches, educators, and health professionals. These human-centered roles aren’t just surviving the AI revolution—they’re becoming more valuable than ever. As AI systems become increasingly sophisticated, they excel at data processing, pattern recognition, and routine task automation. However, they fall short in areas that require emotional intelligence,

Help Teens Beat Imposter Syndrome: A Coach’s Guide
Imposter syndrome affects millions of adolescents, leaving capable young people questioning their worth and abilities. As an educator or youth coach, you hold the power to help teens recognize their authentic achievements and build lasting confidence. Understanding how to support young people through these feelings of inadequacy can transform their academic performance, social relationships, and future opportunities. This guide provides practical strategies to help the teens in your life overcome

Preparing Young People for Tomorrow’s Workplace
The workplace your students will enter looks nothing like the one you knew. Advances in technology continue to reshape industries, introduce new career paths, and shift the skills that matter most. For educators, coaches, and parents, understanding these changes isn’t just useful—it’s essential for guiding the next generation toward meaningful, sustainable careers. Drawing from the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025, this guide highlights where the job market

School Burnout vs. Engagement: A Guide for Educators, Academic Coaches, & Parents
School should be a place where young minds flourish, not a source of chronic stress that leaves students depleted. Yet many educators witness students struggling with what Finnish psychologist Katariina Salmela-Aro (2009) identified as school burnout—a condition as real and debilitating as workplace burnout, but affecting our most vulnerable learners. Understanding the difference between school engagement and burnout can transform how we support our students and children. This guide explores

Evidence-Based Success Coaching for First-Generation Students
First-generation college students—those whose parents did not complete a four-year college degree—face unique challenges that can significantly impact their academic journey. Research consistently shows these students graduate at rates substantially lower than their continuing-generation peers, creating an urgent need for targeted support interventions. As an educator or coach working with this population, you have the power to make a transformative difference. Evidence-based success coaching interventions offer proven strategies to help

Supporting Teens Through Their Identity Journey
Adolescence is a time of profound transformation. Young people naturally begin exploring who they are, who they want to become, and where they fit in the world around them. As educators and youth-serving professionals, understanding how to support positive identity development can make a meaningful impact on the teens and young adults in your care. Identity formation isn’t just a phase teens go through—it’s a crucial developmental process that shapes