Where Teens Grow the Roots of Their Passions!
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Welcome to Passion Coaching!
Many teens struggle with school, mental health, emotional well-being, and their future orientations because they don't understand their passions and how to grow them. Passion is an internal motivation that has five roots teens must be self-aware of in order to focus on self-growth.
PASSION'S FIVE ROOTS
Passion is (1) a strong inclination toward a specific object, activity, concept, or person that (2) one loves, (3) highly values, (4) invests time and energy in on a regular basis, and (5) that is part of one’s identity (Vallerand et. al., 2003).
It's a little known research-established fact that people who pursue their passions in college are among the most successful students and people who pursue their passions in career are also among the most successful workers. The challenge most high schoolers face is learning in high school just how valuable their passions are in the real world beyond the constraining requirements and expectations of high school.
Passion Coaching provides services that guide teens in becoming self-aware of the roots of their passions so they can get to know themselves, build trust and confidence in themselves, and develop future orientations that include who they are and what they love and value.
We offer the following science-backed, passion-based services:
Passion Coach Certification for youth development and mental health professionals, mentors, educators, and just about anyone who works with youth. The certification equips new Passion Coaches with science-backed, passion-based coaching tools they can use to (1) create conversations that develop deeper connections and relationships with students, (2) take self-reflective inventory of their interests and passions, (3) explore what motivates and demotivates them, (4) brainstorm ways to take action on their interests and passions, and other tools.
Teen life coaching for high schoolers that includes three coaching options: Passion Coaching, Academic Coaching, and College Coaching. All coaching packages provide expert guidance to youth in exploring and growing their interests and passions.
Career exploration class for groups of high school students to explore college and career aspirations that build on their interests and passions.
Professional development workshops for high school teachers and youth development staff to learn motivation strategies and techniques that boost trust, connection, and community in the classroom as well as academic motivation.
Passion Consulting is available to schools and organizations that want to grow their students' passions in their own unique style. We develop classes, programs, activities, or coaching models that plug into your existing systems and models.
Passion Coach Certification Testimonial
Now that I’m a certified Passion Coach, I’ve come to recognize the powerful benefits passion coaching can offer both students and staff. It goes beyond simply identifying individual passions—it encourages people to actively pursue and apply them, which is a perspective many young people may not explore until much later in life. Additionally, it provides staff with an opportunity to reflect on their career paths and gain clarity on where they are truly meant to be. Passion Coaching has the potential to be transformative for everyone involved!
--Alia Rodriguez, Assistant CASA After School Program Manager
Benefits to teens who experience Passion Coaching:
1. Mental Health - It’s much less stressful and much more exciting when a high school student's passions are part of the school culture and community.
2. Strengths, Gifts, & Talents - Students identify where their passions and natural abilities meet, revealing strengths, gifts, and talents they are intrinsically motivated to develop.
3. College Choice - It’s clearer which colleges or universities to apply to when students have a specific passion or broad passion area they want to puruse in college.
4. College & Career Success - College students who are driven by passion are top performers and launch more lucrative careers than students who choose majors based on extrinsic factors like money, status, or feeling pressured by others.
Featured Partner - Summit Prep Charter High School
Matt Darling, Dean Of Expeditions, Summit Prep Charter High School
"One particularly striking example comes from our freshman mentor, Mr. S. After just two months of working with Passion Coaching, he shared that their guidance has given him a toolkit to make his daily 60-minute mentor sessions with 20 freshmen both sustainable and rewarding. This is a remarkable shift from the burnout he had reported before. Similarly, his mentees have become more vocal about their aspirations. One student, who had previously disengaged from classes, chose to reengage with Algebra 1 after connecting the dots between their dream of starting a business and the math skills they needed to succeed."
Lucas Smith, 9th Grade Math Teacher & 9th Grade Mentor, Summit Prep Charter High School
"When my mentees met Paul and Mariamne, they were greeted with a personalized and compassionate structure that my mentees were not accustomed to and were challenged to think about their own motivations. After only four short days with Paul and Mariamne, I noticed an immediate change in all of my mentees demeanor; this made me invite Paul and Mariamne into my mentor class to continue working with my mentees."
Featured Partner - Cooline Kids
Christian Sbragia, Founder of Cooline Kids
"Passion Coaching equips students to live a healthy, fulfilling, purposeful life."
Featured Services
1:1 Passion Coaching is for students who want expert guidance exploring and growing their pasisons.
1:1 Passion Coaching provides students with:
Extra time and expert guidance to explore their interests and passions.
Emphasis on learning new skills and exploring goals in three domains: skill development, entrepreneurialism, and nonprofit.
Learn to set goals near term and long term that are rooted in their passions.
New source of resilience, confidence, and excitement for learning, school, and their futures.
Up to 25 students can take our class at a time. We will come to your high school to cultivate the passions of a whole class during or after school.
Students benefits:
Self-Exploration - Take stock of the full range of their interests and passions going back to childhood.
Future Orientation - Make connections between current interests and passions and future orientations in college and career.
Talent Mapping - Identify what skills and strengths intersect their interests and passions.
Engagement - Spend time meaningfully and purposefully engaged in self-exploration.
Psychological Growth - Develop new layers of self-awareness, resilience, confidence and excitement around their interests and passions.
Connections & Community - Build community, collaborations, and new friendships with their peers.
"I found my dream job"
The Passion Coach Certification is for youth development and mental health professionals, mentors, educators, and just about anyone who works with youth. The certification equips new Passion Coaches with science-backed, passion-based coaching tools they can use to (1) create conversations that develop deeper connections and relationships with students, (2) take self-reflective inventory of their interests and passions, (3) explore what motivates and demotivates them, (4) brainstorm ways to take action on their interests and passions, and other tools that help students visualize their passions, track their passions, and make connections to college and career through their passions.
We also customize solutions for schools and nonprofits through Passion Consulting. Contact us about developing a custom coaching model for your organization!
About Us
Passion Coaching is a social impact organization started by Paul Thiebaut III and Mariamne Borden with the generous support of Sobrato Philanthropies. Our mission is for all students to live up to their potential in and out of the classroom by activating their intrinsic motivation to learn.
Together, we boast 25+ years experience supporting students in transforming into intrinsically motivated learners. We have founded 4 organizations (including Passion Coaching) that have built intrinsic motivation to learn in thousands of young people ages preschool-college.
Paul and Mariamne with budding intrinsically motivated learners doing a pop up nail salon at school!
Paul and Mariamne with budding intrinsically motivated learners doing a pop up nail salon at school!
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