Successful Student Transitions - A Time to Thrive

Are you a parent/carer who has just said goodbye to your young person as they have headed off to university?We know it can be a bittersweet experience for parents and families. In this short eight episode podcast series we offer tips each week to help you manage this transition well for yourself and your young person. This week we talk about:

• How this is a period of transition not just for your young person, but also for you too.

• How you can help to boost your young persons capability and confidence.

• Some thoughts about how our parenting roles evolve at times like these.

• Why it makes sense to pre-agree communication frequency and method.

• The importance in taking care of yourself and doing something you enjoy for you!

This is for all students heading to university for their first week of the first year - freshers week. It can be an exciting, exhausting and somewhat overwhelming week. In this podcast we share five tips to help student thrive through the first week.

• Get used to living with uncertainty - for a time.

• Set realistic expectations

• Borrow from the past

• Get curious

• Look forward

• Bonus tip - look after yourself!

Access the free playbook from this episode - www.Louisewiles.com/lean-in

Hello and welcome to the first episode of our new series.If you are a young person about to go to university for the first time this podcast series is for you.

Every Monday for the next 8 weeks, we will share a 'five tips' episode on an issue or challenge we know many students face in the early days at university. You can also access our accompanying Playbook, containing show notes, coaches corner and handy resources - you can register to receive that at www.Louisewiles.com/lean-in

SO on to today's episode.If you are in the final stages of packing up for departure, then this episode is for you. FIVE Tips for Preparing Well.In this episode we discuss:

• The emotional and practical challenges of packing and up and leaving.
• We offer a framework RAFT to help you set sail.
• Then five tips on what to pack.... or maybe not pack.

Listen and then register for the Playbooks to make maximum use of the podcast episodes over the coming weeks.And PLEASE like, share, follow or subscribe to this podcast - thank you!

Welcome to the final episode in the Fundamentals for Well-being Series. This is your opportunity to assess your level of well-being by following our well-being audit. There are no right or wrong answers, only what makes sense to you.In this episode we:

• Review the main areas of well-being covered in this series.

• Set well-being within the context of change and transition.

• Invite you to conduct your own well-being audit.

• Provide tips and a framework for reviewing and deciding what to do next.

• Revisit the PERMAH framework.

• Suggest some helpful ways for thinking about your well-being going forward.

This is a practical episode about organisation and intentional planning - being well prepared for the change and transition you are about to make.In this episode we discuss:

• What it means to move away from the structure of home and school to university and the world of work - more freedom, but also more responsibility.

• What you need to plan and prepare before moving.

• The role of routine in helping you to settle.

• Tips for organising your new life.

• The importance of planning to look after yourself.

• The value that realistic expectations and flexibility play.

• How to manage overwhelm and stress.

• The value of thinking about the relevance of your life change in terms of the what it means to you and why it matters.
• The four components of meaningful situations.
• Why meaning is a powerful contributor to our well-being.
• How our strengths and values contribute to meaning.
• How noticing what we LOVE can help us develop a sense of meaning.
• Rob Bakers methodology for crafting meaning into our everyday tasks.

• How to deal with conflicting thoughts and emotions
• The five areas where we may feel more threatened in social situations - and why.
• The importance of noticing our thoughts and feelings.
• The difference between fixed and growth mindsets.
• How to apply a growth mindset to times of transition.
• The value of our inner coach.
• The message our body tells us and how to feel safe and settled.

• Alistair's two big mistakes.
• The importance of budgeting.
• Albert Einstein's eighth wonder of the modern world and why every young person needs to understand it.
• The hidden possibility of financial support through scholarships, grants and bursaries.
• Why, understanding your WHY is SO important.

• What we mean by community.
• The characteristics of community.
• Our personal stories of community at times of transition.
• Why community is so important for our well-being.
• How we can enter and develop our participation in community.