General News
24 August, 2023
MRC students are ‘good enough’
MERCY Regional College (MRC) students were given the opportunity to experience a workshop called the Good Enough Initiative which was delivered by personal coach, Jayne Robinson recently.
MERCY Regional College (MRC) students were given the opportunity to experience a workshop called the Good Enough Initiative which was delivered by personal coach, Jayne Robinson recently.
The event was sponsored by the Camperdown and Cobden Community Banks and Grit Legal, giving many schools in the area an opportunity to take advantage of accessibility to programs and workshops like this that alter young people’s lives in a positive way.
The Good Enough Initiative is a program which blends of Ms Robinson’s background in education as a teacher and her skills as a coach.
It is a self-reflective program designed to teach growth mindset strategies to help young adolescents feel good about themselves and reach their potential by providing tomorrows leaders a head start around building confidence and leading with certainty.
The Good Enough Initiative specifically helped students at MRC to:
• Uncover roadblocks that preventing them from feeling good, rewiring their brain for success;
• Increase self-awareness and clarity - improving the different areas of their life by taking responsibility for their emotions, thoughts and actions; and
• Learn specific tools to help manage their mental and emotional wellbeing and support them in becoming confident individuals with a sense of self-worth, self-belief and identity so they can feel good, reduce anxiety and worry and reach their potential.
The program was divided into four 45-minute sessions to accommodate MRC’s schedule.
The first session identified where students were at the time, giving a snapshot of different areas of their lives they could choose to focus on, both academically and personally.
These areas highlighted which areas they were satisfied with, and areas they would like to improve upon.
From there, students were able to dig to a deeper level which supported them to:
• Understand the power of beliefs and how they influence the way they think;
• Identify, understand and disrupt old beliefs that are stopping them; and
Learn a simple tool to reframe old beliefs, putting new and empowering beliefs in their place.
The next 45-minute session focused on bridging the gap between where students were and where they want to be, assisting them to:
• Build confidence in themselves and their identity;
• Learn how to bypass all self-doubt; and
• Get out of their own way, stepping outside the box and opening their mind up to other possibilities and ways of being.
The last session focused on recognising and managing responses to stressful and challenging situations where students learnt a secret weapon to manage their mental and emotional wellbeing as well as eliminate anxiety, doubt and stress to achieve new levels with the power of focus.
Ms Robinson said confidence was key in living the best life.
“Confidence and certainty in yourself matter; it’s what helps you communicate with people and go after what you want and be successful in your endeavours even in the face of challenges,” she said.
“After all life is easy when things are flowing well, what about the bad days? It’s easy when it’s easy.
“You have to choose where your focus goes and how to control your mind.”
Ms Robinson hopes MRC students are able to use what they learned in the sessions to assist them in tackling different and difficult situations.