Practical, no-nonsense guides for families, students, young adults and professionals. Each one answers a real question people ask us, with steps you can use this week. If you would rather talk it through, start with a short assessment and our team will set up a free intro call.
For parents of teenagers
- Does My Teenager Need a Mentor? Signs and Options
- Finding a Mentor for a Teenage Son
- How to Motivate a Teenager Who Has Checked Out of School
- Executive Function Skills: A Parent’s Guide
- How to End Homework Battles With a Teenager
- Why Teens Procrastinate and How Parents Can Help
- How to Talk to a Teenager Who Won’t Talk
- Teen Sleep and School: What Parents Can Actually Do
- Phones, Screens and Schoolwork: A Practical Plan for Families
- How to Build Confidence in a Teenager
- Senioritis: How to Keep Senior Year on Track
- How to Plan a Productive Summer for a Teenager
- Helping a Teen Get and Keep a First Job
- How to Prepare Your Teen for Life at College
For parents of young adults
- Adult Child Living at Home: Setting Fair Expectations
- When an Adult Child Won’t Get a Job: What Parents Can Do
- Enabling vs Helping an Adult Child: How to Tell the Difference
- Moving Back Home After College: How to Make It Work
College
- How to Help a College Student Who Is Struggling
- Homesickness in College: How to Help a Freshman
- College Roommate Problems: What to Do
- Time Management for College Students
- Study Habits That Actually Work in College
- Should You Drop a Class? How to Decide
- Academic Probation: What It Means and How to Recover
- Thinking About Changing Majors? A Practical Guide
- College Burnout: Signs and How to Recover
- Should You Transfer Colleges? How to Decide
- Taking a Leave of Absence From College
- How College Students Can Land an Internship
- Dropped Out of College? What to Do Next
- Should You Go to Grad School? How to Decide
After high school
- Not Going to College Right Away? A Practical Plan for Life After High School
- Trade School vs College: How to Decide
Young adults
- Moving Into Your First Apartment: A Practical Checklist
- How to Budget as a Young Adult
- Setting Boundaries With Your Parents as a Young Adult
- How to Make Friends After College
- Life Skills Every Young Adult Needs (and How to Learn Them)
- The Quarter-Life Crisis: What It Is and What Actually Helps
- How to Build a Daily Routine That Sticks
- How to Build Self-Discipline
- How to Get Motivated When You Feel Stuck
- How to Stop Procrastinating: A Practical Guide for Adults
- Goal Setting That Actually Works
Careers and work
- Your First Job After College: A Practical Survival Guide
- Your First 90 Days in a New Job: A Practical Plan
- How to Do Informational Interviews (With Message Templates)
- Networking for Introverts: A Practical Guide
- How to Ask for a Raise (With Scripts)
- How to Quit a Job the Right Way
- How to Change Careers in Your 30s or 40s
- How to Build a Remote Work Routine That Works
- Work-Life Balance for Young Professionals
Choosing a mentor or coach
- What Is a Life Mentor?
- How to Find a Mentor as an Adult
- Is Mentoring Worth It? How to Decide
- Online vs In-Person Mentoring: Which Works Better?
- What Happens in a First Mentoring Session
- Mentor vs Tutor: Which Does a Student Need?
- Academic Coach vs Mentor vs Executive Function Coach
- Mentor vs Coach vs Therapist
- Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Life Coach or Mentor
- How Much Does a Life Coach Cost?
Mentoring at Blackburn
- Mentoring for high school students
- Mentoring for college students
- Mentoring for young adults
- Mentoring for young men
- Mentoring for young women
- Accountability coaching
- Online mentoring nationwide
Get started
Talk with our team about mentoring. Call (888) 305 5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.