Anyone in Chattanooga and the surrounding Tennessee and North Georgia towns can work with a Blackburn mentor by video. You get one dedicated mentor, sessions at times set in Eastern time, and text and phone contact between meetings. Our team is in Los Angeles, and the city’s well-known high-speed internet makes online sessions easy.
A river city that remade itself
Chattanooga sits in a bend of the Tennessee River, ringed by Lookout Mountain, Signal Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Over the past few decades the city rebuilt its riverfront, turned the Walnut Street Bridge into a walking bridge and became known for outdoor life: climbing, trail running, paddling and mountain biking within minutes of downtown. Its citywide fiber network earned it the nickname Gig City, and the area has added auto manufacturing, logistics and a growing startup scene. Suburbs such as Hixson, Ooltewah and Collegedale sit on the Tennessee side, with Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold just across the Georgia line.
Outdoor people who want more structure
Many young adults are drawn to Chattanooga for the outdoors. The appeal is real, and so is the pattern where weekends on the rock and the river crowd out everything else, including career plans. A mentor does not ask anyone to give up what they love. The work is to build a week where it fits alongside the rest:
- Set two or three goals outside of recreation that matter this season.
- Use the same discipline that gets you up at dawn for a climb on a job search or a course.
- Plan big trips around deadlines rather than in place of them.
- Review the month with your mentor and adjust.
See how to build habits and health and fitness mentoring.
Remote workers new to town
Fast internet and a lower cost of living have brought remote workers to Chattanooga from bigger cities. The flexibility is a gift until the days start running together. A mentor helps a remote professional set a real start and end to the workday, plan career growth when nobody sees them in an office and build connections in a new city. Our guide on a remote work routine has practical steps.
High school students on the Tennessee and Georgia sides
Hamilton County teens and their neighbors across the state line face the usual high school questions: grades, motivation, screens and what comes after graduation. A mentor meets with the student weekly, helps them build a plan they own and checks in between sessions. A parent or guardian is always involved for high school students, joining the intro call, helping agree the goals and receiving regular progress updates. See screen time and school.
Session times
Chattanooga is on Eastern time, unlike Nashville and Memphis, so it is three hours ahead of Los Angeles. A 4:30 pm session after school is 1:30 pm for the mentor. Sessions are 30 or 60 minutes, weekly or several times a week, on a weekly or monthly plan.
Where a mentor helps
A mentor gives steady, practical guidance and accountability, not tutoring, therapy or career counseling. Young adults often fit young adult mentoring; teens start with mentoring for high school students. Read about video sessions on our online mentoring page, or see mentoring in Tennessee.
Related
- Online mentoring in Nashville
- Online mentoring in Knoxville
- Online mentoring in North Atlanta
- Young adults feeling stuck
Common questions
Can you work with someone in North Georgia near Chattanooga?
Yes. Anyone in the United States can work with a mentor by video, and sessions are scheduled in local time.
Is Chattanooga in Eastern or Central time for sessions?
Eastern. Sessions are always set in your local time, so there is nothing to convert.
Do you meet in person in Chattanooga?
No. Our team is in Los Angeles, and all Chattanooga mentoring is online.
Get started
Want to talk about what would help someone in Chattanooga? 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.