Yellow Brick Road - Belfast, Belfast (2025)

13/08/2025

🎓✨ GCSE & A-Level Results Day ✨🎓

For many pupils, this week is the moment you’ve been working towards for years. Some will feel elation. Others may feel fear or uncertainty. And that’s OK.

At Yellow Brick Road Coaching and Mentoring, we’ve spent years helping young people and families navigate this exact crossroads. We know that even if your grades are exactly what you hoped for, you might still feel anxious about what’s next — moving schools, starting college, heading to university, or even relocating to a new town or country.

The truth is: these results do not define you.

Exams measure knowledge in a moment of time, under specific conditions. They do not measure your kindness, resilience, creativity, or courage to step into the unknown — and those are what truly shape your future.

If today feels like a triumph — celebrate. 🥳
If it feels like a setback — pause, breathe, and look for the lessons. 🕊️

Here’s something worth practising:
Every time in life you come up against a challenge, try to think straight away about three opportunities that could come from it. They might be tiny or they might be life-changing, but when you train your brain to do this, you train it for growth. 🌱

Remember — success is not one number on a page; it’s the courage to keep showing up and moving forward. 📖➡️

If you (or your child) feel lost right now, we’re offering a free 20-minute call to help you find clarity and direction. With our experience, we can help you uncover your next step, and turn uncertainty into a plan you believe in.

You’ve got more ahead of you than you can see today.

Finally, best of luck to everyone!

10/07/2025

📚✨ Attention Teachers & School Leaders Across Northern Ireland ✨📚

At Yellow Brick Road Coaching and Mentoring, we’re proud to support schools with high-quality coaching, mentoring, and staff training focused on emotional wellbeing, resilience, and behavioural change.

We are a local, NI-based service, and also deliver training and support online across the UK. 💛

👧🧠 Support for Pupils Includes:
✅ 1:1 and small group coaching & mentoring
✅ Anxiety, low confidence, emotional regulation & friendship challenges
✅ Bereavement support (pre & post loss)
✅ Support through illness or significant family change
✅ SEAG Transfer Test Calmness Coaching
✅ Anti-bullying & behaviour change programmes
✅ Raising aspirations and motivation

👩‍🏫✨ Staff CPD Training & External Supervision:
🎓 Bereavement Awareness in Schools
🎓 Building Emotionally Resilient Classrooms
🎓 Transfer Test Emotional Support
🎓 Neurodiversity & Inclusion Awareness
🎓 Trauma-Informed Practice
🎓 Mindfulness & Emotional Regulation
🎓 Staff Wellbeing & Burnout Prevention

📍 We cover all of Northern Ireland in person and offer flexible online training UK-wide.
🕐 Options for one-off workshops, ongoing programmes, or fully bespoke sessions.
💬 Free 20-minute consultation or taster session available – no obligation.

📥 Ready to find out more? Visit www.ybrcoaching.co.uk or message us directly.

Let’s work together to build schools where confidence grows, aspirations rise, and wellbeing is at the heart of learning. 🌟

04/07/2025

For many young people, the end of exam season doesn’t bring the relief you might expect. In fact, some teenagers find their stress levels actually increase afterwards.

Here are a few reasons why:
❓ Uncertainty – “Did I do enough?”
📊 Pressure of results – Waiting for grades and imagining worst-case scenarios
😞 Burnout – Exhaustion from weeks (or months) of studying
💬 Comparison – Seeing what others are saying or doing now exams are over
🎯 Future anxiety – Worrying about next steps: A-levels, uni, apprenticeships, jobs

If any of this sounds familiar, we can help. At Yellow Brick Road Coaching and Mentoring, we support teens to:

🌟 Manage anxiety and build emotional resilience
🌟 Develop healthy coping strategies
🌟 Build confidence and self-belief
🌟 Refocus after a stressful period
🌟 Look ahead with clarity and motivation

📞 We offer free 20-minute calls (with no obligation) if you’d like to talk more about how we can support your teen.

Based in the Greater Belfast area and available online across the UK, we’re here to walk with your young person, every step of the way. 💛

28/06/2025

🚸 Teen Confidence Matters 💛

When you’re a teenager, your confidence can be affected by so many things —
📚 school pressure
📱 social media comparison
🤝 friendships and peer drama
🏠 family expectations
💭 body image worries

When confidence takes a knock, young people often react in one of three ways:

🔸 Withdraw – isolating themselves, avoiding school, staying quiet even when they need help
🔸 Attack themselves – negative self-talk, low self-worth, sometimes even self-harm
🔸 Attack others – becoming argumentative, angry outbursts, or disruptive behaviour

These reactions are signs a young person needs support. That’s where we come in.

🌟 At Yellow Brick Road Coaching and Mentoring, we’re experts in helping young people build confidence, resilience, and emotional awareness.

Whether it’s face-to-face in the Greater Belfast area or online across the UK, we provide coaching and mentoring that’s safe, structured, and tailored to each young person.

✅ We listen
✅ We guide
✅ We empower

Let us help your teenager take that first step towards confidence and wellbeing.

📩 DM us to learn more or visit our website!

26/06/2025

🧠 Is your child reactive? Do they:

😤 Struggle with emotional outbursts?
🚫 Find it hard to cope with ‘no’?
😔 Withdraw when things don’t go their way?
🔥 Snap quickly under pressure?

You’re not alone. Many children react before they can reflect — not because they’re ‘difficult’, but because they haven’t yet built the tools to regulate, pause, and respond.

At Yellow Brick Road Coaching and Mentoring, we believe every child has untapped potential. Coaching isn’t about fixing — it’s about unlocking. We help young people:

✅ Build emotional intelligence
✅ Develop resilience and calm under pressure
✅ Understand their triggers
✅ Create space between stimulus and response

Just like learning to read or ride a bike, learning to manage emotions is a skill — and with the right support, your child can grow in confidence, control, and self-awareness.

📞 Book a free 20-minute discovery call with us to see how we can help your child build the skills to respond, not just react.

📩 DM us or email hello@ybrcoaching.co.uk to get started.

💛🧱

20/06/2025

Whether your young person is:
🎓 Finishing Year 7 and settling into post-primary school
📚 Heading into FE college or tackling A Levels
💼 Starting work or an apprenticeship
✈️ Or even going travelling – one of life’s greatest teachers!

…this time of year brings both excitement and uncertainty.

For many, these transitions are full of opportunity and positive change.
But for others, school and education can be a daily struggle.

Some young people face challenges such as:
⚠️ Anxiety or low self-esteem
⚠️ Strained peer relationships or bullying
⚠️ Learning differences that aren’t fully understood
⚠️ Difficulties at home that affect focus and confidence

At Yellow Brick Road Coaching and Mentoring, we’ve been walking alongside young people, their families and schools for years – building real support systems that focus on confidence, resilience, and moving forward, not problems or labels.

We believe every young person deserves to feel:
✨ Heard
✨ Understood
✨ Capable
✨ Supported

We’re not here to fix people – because they’re not broken.
We help them discover their strengths, believe in their value, and take the next step with courage.

Our team of highly skilled, experienced mentors and coaches are here for young people at every stage – and we work with schools and families too, because together is always stronger.

If your child is facing a tough transition, or just needs a little boost to believe in themselves again, we’re here to help.

12/06/2025

At Yellow Brick Road, we know that reaching out for support can feel like a big step — whether it’s for your child, a teenager you care about, or even yourself as a parent or professional.

That’s why we’re now offering a FREE 20-minute discovery call — no pressure, no commitment. Just a safe space to:
❓ Ask a question about something you’re concerned about
👂 Talk through a challenge you’re facing
🔍 See if coaching and mentoring could be a good fit
🤝 Learn more about how we work with young people and families

Whether you’re based in Greater Belfast, anywhere across Northern Ireland, or we can support a young person remotely, we’re here to help.

Our qualified team brings experience from:
🧑‍🏫 Teaching
🏥 Nursing
🎯 Coaching and mentoring
👥 Youth work and family support

We specialise in helping young people facing challenges like:
💔 Bullying
😞 Anxiety or overwhelm
📉 Low confidence or disengagement
🤐 Struggles with communication or identity
🛤️ A general sense of being ‘stuck’

Sessions take place in environments that work for them.

📞 Book your free 20-minute call today
We’ll listen, guide, and let you know how we can help — or simply offer support and direction.

🌐 Visit www.ybrcoaching.co.uk or DM us to schedule.

08/06/2025

For many children and teenagers, it’s hard to name what’s going on inside. They may not have the words — just a feeling of being stuck, overwhelmed, or not themselves.

At Yellow Brick Road, we understand that not every young person needs counselling — but every young person needs support. Coaching and mentoring offer a practical, compassionate way forward when emotions are hard to untangle.

Through our sessions, we help young people:
🧠 Understand and express difficult emotions
🎯 Set achievable goals to feel more in control
🌱 Build resilience, confidence, and hope
🛤️ Explore who they are and where they want to go

We’re not counsellors — and that’s a good thing for many of the young people we work with. Our approach is relational, strengths-based, and rooted in action planning, not labels.

Sessions take place in environments where young people feel most at ease — whether that’s:
🌲 Bushcraft in the woods
🏖 Walking at the beach
🎱 Playing pool
🔥 Sitting around a fire
☕ Or simply chatting over a coffee

All of our team are qualified coaches and mentors with professional backgrounds in education, youth work, nursing, and family support — and we’ve supported children, teenagers and families across Northern Ireland and beyond.

📩 If a young person you know seems overwhelmed or withdrawn, get in touch.
We’re here to help them find their way — one step at a time.

🌐 www.ybrcoaching.co.uk

06/06/2025

🚨 Sessions Go Live Tomorrow at 8PM! 🚨
Our 1-2-1 coaching & mentoring sessions across Greater Belfast plus online sessions launch tomorrow night — and spaces are limited! 💻🧠🗓️

If you’ve been thinking about support for your child or teen, now’s the time. Whether it’s confidence, anxiety, transition, or simply needing a trusted adult to talk to — we’re here to help. 💬🌱

This is your opportunity to skip the long waiting lists for support.

📩 Email: hello@ybrcoaching.co.uk
📲 Or send us a DM — we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

05/06/2025

Leaving P7? Let’s build confidence before the big leap 🎒✨

Imagine being told to take a penalty in your first ever football match — but you’ve never practised. You’d panic, freeze, or just feel rubbish afterwards. Now imagine you knew it was coming in August, and spent the summer getting ready. Whole different story, right?

That’s how it feels for many children leaving P7 — full of unknowns. But with the right support and practice, confidence can grow before they even step through the door. 🌱

Here are a few practical ways to help over the summer:

1️⃣ Do a practice school journey together on the bus or train — then let them lead it next time 🚶‍♂️🗺️
2️⃣ Use apps like Life360 or Find My iPhone for peace of mind 📱
3️⃣ Try a child’s bank card (like Monzo or Revolut) for real-world money practice 💳
4️⃣ Give them small challenges — ordering food, paying in a shop, asking for help 🛍️
5️⃣ Talk through what a great first day could look like — and how they’d handle wobbles 🧠
6️⃣ They take emotional cues from you so Stay calm especially if you had a tough time at school and this is a trigger for you 🌿
7️⃣ Remind them: It’s OK to feel nervous. Confidence comes with doing. 💛

Summer is the perfect time to build these micro-skills so they can step into school not panicked — but prepared.

At Yellow Brick Road we are professional coaches and mentors supporting young people and families across Greater Belfast and NI. If your child needs help navigating this next chapter, we’re here.

📩 DM us or visit www.ybrcoaching.co.uk to book your free 20-minute discovery call.

02/06/2025

From name-calling and exclusion to online harassment, bullying can have a profound and lasting impact on young people’s mental and emotional wellbeing. 💬😞

At Yellow Brick Road, we work with young people across Northern Ireland who are navigating the effects of bullying. This can show up in many ways:
💔 Persistent low self-esteem
😨 Anxiety or withdrawal from social settings
🤐 A lack of trust in peers or adults
😔 Feeling isolated or “not good enough”

We take a specialist coaching and mentoring approach designed to support recovery, resilience, and personal growth.

Our team are highly trained and experienced in holding safe, non-judgemental space where young people feel truly seen and heard. From this foundation, we help them:
✨ Rebuild a sense of self-worth and personal agency
🧠 Develop emotional strength and practical coping strategies
🎯 Set meaningful, achievable goals
🛤️ Reconnect with their identity, values, and direction in life

This isn’t traditional therapy — it’s purposeful, relational work that meets young people where they are, emotionally and physically. We offer sessions in environments that feel accessible and empowering to them, such as:
🔥 Around a fire pit
🏖 On a beach walk
🎱 Over a few games of pool
☕ With a quiet coffee in hand
🌲 Or learning new outdoor skills

Every member of our team is a qualified coach and mentor, with professional backgrounds in education, nursing, youth work and family support. We understand the complexities young people face and work closely with families to ensure joined-up, compassionate care.

📩 If bullying has affected a young person in your life, get in touch. DM us today — we’re here to listen, support and guide the journey forward.

🌐 Learn more at www.ybrcoaching.co.uk

01/06/2025

At Yellow Brick Road, we know that counselling can sometimes feel too formal or carry a stigma that puts young people off. Many kids, teens, and young adults want support but see counselling as admitting they’re not coping.

That’s why coaching and mentoring can be such a powerful alternative.🌟

✅ Less pressure, more progress – Coaching offers a natural, action-focused way to build confidence, plan for the future, and develop important life skills.
✅ No labels, just support – Our approach is friendly, future-focused, and designed to empower young people, not label them.
✅ Clear action planning – Each session includes practical goal-setting and steps to help young people move forward with confidence.

Our highly experienced team are all qualified coaches and mentors with backgrounds as teachers, nurses, and youth workers. They bring years of experience working with young people and families across Northern Ireland and beyond.

We understand that everyone’s different — so we deliver sessions in a variety of environments tailored to the individual’s interests and comfort, including:
🌲 Bushcraft skills
🏕️ Hammock sessions
🔥 Outdoor cookery
🎱 Pool
🥾 Hill walking
🏖 Beach walks
☕️ And simply having a coffee together

Whatever works best for your young person, we’re here to support them on their journey.

📩 DM us to find out more — great, we’re here to help.

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