Mentoring
Support, empathy and empowerment with 1-1 Mentoring
Welcome! I'm so glad you are here and I am so grateful for everything you do for your family.
I would love to walk alongside you as you reflect, process and connect in with your own deep needs and wishes.
My passion is being with parents as they learn about putting connection at the centre of family life, or deepen their understanding of the Aware Parenting approach and/or the Hand in Hand Parenting approach.
Together we can explore your family's situation and find insight about what will bring more peace, connection and joy.
Get Emotional Support
You deserve so much support for the emotional work of parenting. I'm so willing for all parents to have support, empathy and empowerment.
Find Balance
All parents need and deserve a space to work through their own frustrations and challenges, to bring back a feeling of peace and balance.
Want someone clear-eyed to see all your care and efforts for your family?
Want to gain insight about your family dynamics?
Want to experience clarity as you reflect on your own story?
Want to build in tools for transformation so that you find joy, delight and connection with your children?
Want to find a deep sense of spaciousness so that you experience balance, connection and joy?
I'd love to support you to find insight, clarity, transformation and spaciousness!
You deserve so much support as you do the vital work of parenting.
Support Empathy Empowerment
- SEE what's happening
- SEE how you feel
- SEE what you need
- SEE what your child needs
- SEE a way forward
1-1 confidential support, with tailored advice specific to your family's needs and situation.
A strengths-based approach, recognising that you bring so much expertise and knowledge to your family.
Warm-hearted support and guidance from an experienced mentor.
Want to find new ways forward for tricky situations you are faced with?
Want support, empathy and empowerment?
Mentoring sessions offer you 1-1 online mentoring for 50 mins (for an individual or couples).
Mentoring packages also include pre-session questionnaires, Voxer support, free access to various courses and resources, and lifetime access to the Facebook group.
Mentoring is a beautiful way to meet your own needs through deeply empathic listening, respectful ideas for connection and a caring space for support.
Mentoring provides you with the care and unconditional warm support you need.
I'd love to walk beside you on your parenting pathway...
I've been so fortunate to have had beautiful mentoring and support from experienced listeners with 1000s of hours of working with parents. This support made an incredible difference to my life and my family.
I feel so honoured to have walked alongside 100s of parents through the joy, heartwarming moments, rage, fear, loss, grief, excitement and myriad feelings of parenting - and I'd be touched to have the chance to support you in this way too.
I'm a qualified Teacher, a qualified Teacher-Librarian and have spent four years working as a Parenting Facilitator with a not-for-profit organisation. I love supporting lifelong learning, and have found through parenting that learning about and making sense of our own stories is the most interesting, challenging work there is.
Making sense of our own stories allows us to show up as parents in ways we feel good about. I'd love to help you find insight, clarity, transformation and spaciousness in your parenting.
Belynda Smith
Support for parents so families flourish.
Working 1-1 with Belynda helped us to get clear on the challenges we were facing and to find a way forward that accounted for everyone's needs.
What's included in a Mentoring session?
50 minute 1-1 Mentoring online session via Zoom.
Identifying strengths and finding actionable steps to move forward.
The session will include time to offload your own feelings and revisit early hurts and experiences - so that you find insight, clarity and a transformational way forward.
Ideal for individuals (or couples may attend together - this means essentially each person receives 25 min of support).
Can I access intensive support?
For intensive support, consider
*Clarity- 3 x 1-1 sessions over six weeks, or
*Transformation - 6 x 1-1 sessions over three months
*Spaciousness - a year of support with Belynda - 26 fortnightly 1-1 sessions, plus weekly Voxer support and lots of freebies!
Can I join a group?
A beautiful way to build support is by joining a group.
The 6 week Hand in Hand Parenting Starter Class provides a grounding in the 5 key connection based tools of this approach.
SPACE for Parenting is a ten week program offering weekly Zoom calls, reflective journal, Q&A and online modules - see the courses page to find out more and to learn about pricing for these options.
There are also a number of one-off workshops and sessions you might choose to join.
Course Pricing
Insight (one off payment)
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A one-off payment of $180 for one x 50 minute session of support, empathy and empowerment.
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- 1 x 50 min 1-1 Mentoring session
- Pre session Questionnaire
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
Insight (3 x weekly payments)
3 payments of
per week
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Support, empathy and empowerment to help your family flourish
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- 1 x 50 min 1-1 Mentoring session
- Pre-session Questionnaire
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
Clarity - 3 sessions (one off payment)
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3 x 50 minute 1-1 Mentoring sessions over 6 weeks plus Mon-Fri Voxer support (you share for up to total 30 minutes and I respond)
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- 3 x 50 min 1-1 Mentoring sessions over 6 weeks
- Total 30 mins of Voxer support (you sharing = 30 mins) and I respond
- Pre-session Questionnaire
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
- Lifetime access to Facebook group
Clarity - 3 sessions (3 x instalments)
3 payments of
every 2 weeks
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Support, empathy and empowerment to help your family flourish
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- 3 x 50 min 1-1 Mentoring sessions
- Total 30 mins of Voxer support (you sharing = 30 mins) and I respond
- Pre-session questionnaire
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
- Lifetime access to Facebook group
Transformation - 6 sessions (one payment)
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Support, empathy and empowerment to help your family flourish
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- 6 x fortnightly 50 min 1-1 mentoring sessions
- Total 60 mins Voxer support Mon-Fri (your sharing = 60 mins) and I respond
- Pre-session questionnaire
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families booklet
- Lifetime access to Facebook group
Transformation - 6 sessions (fortnightly payments)
6 payments of
every 2 weeks
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Support, empathy and empowerment to help your family flourish
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- 6 x fortnightly 50 minute 1-1 mentoring sessions
- Total 60 mins Voxer support Mon-Fri (your sharing = 60 mins) and I respond
- Pre-session questionnaire
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
- Lifetime access to Facebook group
Spaciousness (one payment)
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A year of support, empathy and empowerment to help your family flourish
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- 48 x weekly 50 minute 1-1 Mentoring sessions
- 20 mins/week (your sharing) x 48 weeks of Voxer support (and I respond)
- Lifetime access to a supportive Facebook group
- Pre-session questionnaire
- Free access to Life Admin resources
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
Spaciousness (monthly payments)
10 payments of
per month
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A year of support, empathy and empowerment to help your family flourish
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- 48 x weekly 50 minute 1-1 Mentoring sessions
- 20 mins/week (you share) x 48 weeks of Voxer support (and I respond)
- Pre-session Questionnaire
- Lifetime access to Facebook group
- Free access to Life Admin materials
- Free Book Sharing for Connected Families Booklet
