There is so much to consider and so many things that are new. Where do you start so that you are ready to make the most of starting something new? Use this as a checklist so you know what you might have to tackle or want to discuss beforehand.
For Students
- Getting ready – Moving out/transitioning to further study/the workplace
- Relationships – Meeting new people and building healthy foundations
- Finding yourself – Identity development
- Finding your people – joining new groups
- LGBTQ+ Community – being part of something
- Managing the curse of comparison
- New Routines and Creating Habits
- Finance and Managing Budgets
- Having Fun Responsibly – Sex, Substances and Coping behaviours
- Staying Connected – avoiding isolation
- Diversity – Celebrating differences from race to gender to neuro diversity
- Learning Challenges – understanding your strengths and weaknesses
- Exam Stress
- Embracing vulnerability as part of growth
- Reducing stress and overwhelm
- Create balance – you run your life rather than it running you
- Career choices – creating your path in a new work environment.
For Parents
Our experience is that parents need support either to help them support their loved ones or for themselves. Use this as a checklist so you know what you might have to tackle or want to discuss beforehand:
- Being left behind – Transition to an emptier nest
- Understanding powerlessness – how acceptance can help with anxiety
- Processing loss – grief and loss doesn’t just arise when someone dies
- Relationship impact – creating compassion with those left behind
- Balance – How to achieve support not suffocation for your child
- Boundaries – where parental responsibility and independence meet
- Learning for themselves – Supporting not enabling
- Peer support – share your stories and concerns with others
- Worrying about them – what is the impact on you and your relationships
- Self care – Avoiding pushing yourself down the list