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Your Future Impact® ICF Career Coach / Mentor | Helping young people to thrive - with self-discovery tools that build confidence, a growth mindset, authenticity, and unlock purposeful careers. "HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE DISCOVER THEIR GREATNESS AND IMPACT ON THE WORLD"

We believe that knowing who you are at a much younger age, and how you can make an impact and contribution in your life, is one of the

most important things you need to know. With a wealth of experience, passion and skills, we have developed programmes designed to help people discover more about themselves and reach their full potential. We run workshops in schools, colleges and universities, as well as E-Learning programmes that are focused on the rapidly changing world of work and how understanding more about yourself will help you make better informed choices in the future.

19/08/2026

GCSE results tomorrow. Three questions worth asking before the next step gets decided by default.

Hi everyone, I’m Helen, and this is Luca, my son, who has just finished his BTEC Advanced Diploma in Adventure Sport! 👏👏

I work with young people and families around careers and choices through Your Future Impact®, and I lead employability and skills at a university.

Every year I see students realise the path they chose isn’t right for them. Not because they aren’t capable, but because nobody stopped to ask whether it actually suited them.

These decisions often start at 14 or 16, based on friends, subjects, or what looked like the obvious next step. Then the direction of travel takes over.
Sixth form, college, apprenticeship, resit or university, the questions are the same:

1️⃣ Why did you choose this in the first place?

2️⃣ Do you still want it?

3️⃣ What would you choose now, knowing what you know about yourself?

Those are hard to answer from a blank page.

That’s why I created ThriveFit®, using data around strengths, values and the working environments young people are most likely to thrive in, so families have something real to start from.

It won’t give your child a job title. It gives you a better conversation.

And whatever the results say tomorrow, your child is not their grades, and you’re doing a better job than you think.

Helen x

15/08/2026

Is anyone else in the strange bit after results, where the photos are done and nobody quite knows what happens next?

Between A levels this week and GCSEs next week, it feels like everyone locally is in the middle of some version of this.

The thing I keep coming back to, and I say this as a mum as much as anything, is that most of these decisions were actually made years ago.

Options at fourteen, subjects at sixteen, usually because of a teacher they liked or what their friends were doing.

Then everyone just carries on down that road because it’s the road they’re already on.

I work in careers and employability, and I see the other end of it constantly, young people a year or two into something that was never really right for them and feeling they’ve left it too late to say so.

So if you’re in the middle of it right now, it’s genuinely worth taking half an hour before anyone commits to anything.

Ask why they chose it in the first place.

Ask whether they still want it or whether it’s just become the thing everyone assumes.

Ask what they’d pick now.

I built a tool to help with exactly that conversation, because I got tired of watching families try to have it with nothing to go on.

It looks at their strengths, their values and the sort of environment they’d actually do well in, so you’re both starting from something real. It’s here if it’s useful:

thrive.fit (link in bio)

And whatever the results said, they’re not their grades.

Hope everyone’s surviving the week.

Helen x

09/08/2026

That’s where ThriveFit® comes in. 💡

ThriveFit® is a simple, engaging quiz for young people aged that helps them understand their strengths, values and career fit - giving them something meaningful to talk about with parents, tutors and the people supporting their future.

✨ If you’re a tutor, you can become a ThriveFit® Affiliate and introduce it to the families you already support - while earning commission too.

A simple way to add valuable careers and future-focused support to what you already offer.

👉 Interested? Head to the link in bio to find out more and become a ThriveFit® Affiliate.

05/08/2026

If every conversation about their future ends with “I don’t know,” try changing the question.

Instead of asking, “What do you want to do?” ask:

✨ When do you feel most like yourself?

✨ What kinds of things give you energy, rather than drain you?

✨ If there were no exams, no pressure and no expectations, what would you spend your time doing?

✨ What do you hope people remember you for one day?

✨ What makes you feel proud of yourself?

The best conversations about the future don’t start with careers.

They start with understanding who your teenager is, what matters to them, and where they’ll flourish.

Because the future isn’t just about choosing a job.

It’s about helping young people understand themselves first.

Sometimes, one good question can open the door to a conversation you’ve been trying to have for years.

Helen x

31/07/2026

Most parents are still preparing teens for jobs that won’t exist by 2030.

The job your teen ends up doing probably hasn’t been invented yet.

That sounds dramatic. It isn’t.

Entry-level roles are being reshaped by AI faster than school curriculums can keep up. The graduate scheme you remember — the one with the clear ladder, the training, the slow climb — is quietly disappearing.

What’s replacing it?

Roles that demand judgement, communication, and the ability to work alongside AI rather than compete with it.

Which means the things that matter most aren’t on the syllabus.

Self-awareness. Knowing your strengths. Being able to name what you are good at, what is important to you, are where you’ll thrive is vital.

These aren’t soft skills anymore. They’re THE skills.

The teens who’ll thrive aren’t the ones with the longest list of qualifications. They’re the ones who can walk into any future and know what they’re for.

That’s a very different kind of preparation. And it starts earlier than most parents think.

What skill do you wish someone had taught you at 16?

Tell me below.

24/07/2026

This is me and Luca after he graduated from college in June. Celebrating with a massive seafood linguine! 👏👏👏

What I’ve learnt is better questions get better answers. Most parents are asking the wrong one when it comes to next steps.

“So what do you want to do after school or college?”

It sounds caring. To your teenager it sounds like a test they haven’t revised for. Cue the shrug or simply not knowing the answer.

Try these instead:

What do your mates come to you for? What would they say you’re good at?

What’s something you’d find hard to put up with, even in a job that paid well?

Would you rather have a job where every day looks the same, or one where you never know what you’re walking into?

Strengths. Values. Environment. Three things that tell you far more about where they’re heading than a job title does.

And you don’t have to be the one who thinks up the right questions. That’s what ThriveFit js for.

Link in bio.

09/05/2026

Help your teen discover themselves first… then use AI to help shape their career options and choices. 💡

Last night I sat down with my son and showed him how I’m using Anthropic’s Claude.

Not just to “get answers”… but to help structure his thinking about his future and even explore ideas for starting a business — something he’d love to do one day.

But here’s the key:

AI is only as powerful as the information you feed into it.

The real transformation isn’t just AI.

It’s:

✨ Self-awareness × AI

Before young people jump into prompts, career ideas, or business plans, they need to understand:

• Who they are
• What they value
• What they’re naturally good at
• What frustrates them
• What problems they care about solving
• The environments where they thrive

That’s the part most people skip.

When teens build self-awareness first, AI becomes an incredible tool:

An extension of their brainpower.

A thinking partner.

A way to organise ideas, challenge assumptions, and explore possibilities.

But don’t skip the human part first. 💭

Helen x

03/05/2026

Are you unsure how to talk to your teen about careers in a world where AI is changing everything?

I have been having more and more conversations with parents who want to support their teens with career choices… but aren’t quite sure how to approach it anymore.

Because the world of work is changing fast.

So I’ve been doing something a little different.

I’ve been helping parents bring AI into career conversations at home — not as a shortcut, but as a tool to open things up.

Here’s the interesting part…

AI can generate ideas, suggest career paths, and even help with applications.

But if your teen doesn’t understand themselves yet, those answers stay generic.

That’s the twist.

AI is only as powerful as the self-awareness behind it.

When you combine:

AI tools + better conversations + self-awareness

You get a young person who can:

• talk confidently about who they are
• recognise their strengths
• connect their interests to real careers
• and stand out in applications and interviews

And that’s exactly what employers are looking for.

I’ve pulled this together into a guide for parents:

AI is Reshaping Jobs: Is Your Teen Ready?

It’s designed to help you start more meaningful career conversations at home — and use AI in a way that actually builds confidence, not replaces thinking.

You’ll find the link in my bio.

Helen x

12/04/2026

AI can help your teen explore careers but self-awareness is the real advantage

Most teens are using AI to ask:

“What careers could I do?”

But AI can only answer well if it knows who they are.

The truth is:

AI doesn’t create clarity — it reflects what you put into it.

If your teen doesn’t know their:

• strengths
• interests
• values

…they’ll get generic answers.

But when they do?

That’s when AI becomes powerful.

Try this shift:
Instead of “What jobs can I do?”

Ask:

“What careers might suit someone who is good at X, enjoys Y, and values Z?”

Self-awareness first.
AI second.

That’s where real direction starts.

11/04/2026

Most people think AI is just something your child can ask questions to.

But that’s already outdated.

We’re now moving into a world of AI agents — tools that don’t just respond… they act.

They can:
• search for jobs
• write applications
• send emails
• organise tasks
• make decisions based on a goal

So the real question is no longer:
“Can your child use AI?”

It’s:
Do they know how to think, decide, and direct it?

Because when AI can do the doing…
your child’s advantage becomes:
• self-awareness
• judgement
• communication
• knowing what actually matters

This is exactly why career conversations at home need to change.

It’s not about choosing a job title anymore.
It’s about helping them understand who they are, so they can guide the tools that will shape their future.

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