North Star Mentoring
Stronger families,
Stronger futures
We provide evidence-informed mentoring and education for families, young people and organisations.
What happens at home shapes everything
Family life creates ripples far beyond the home sphere. It shapes how young people grow, how parents cope and what people bring with them to school and work.
We draw on clinical experience, behavioural science and mentoring to understand what’s working and change what’s not.
This is the foundation of everything we do.
How we can help
Organisations
Workshops and programmes that equip working parents with a better understanding of family dynamics, relationships, communication and their own responses.
Parents and Families
Expert mentoring for parents who want to understand their family better, improve communication, address difficulties early and be more deliberate about how they parent.
Young people
Independent mentoring for young people making decisions about subjects, university, careers and what comes next. We help them identify their strengths, assess their options and make well-informed decisions for themselves.
The NORTH Path
A different way to understand what’s going on.
The NORTH Path is the framework behind our work with families, young people and organisations.
NOTICE - OWN - RELATE - TALK - HOLD
NORTH helps us pay attention to what is happening, understand our own responses, look after the quality of our relationships, communicate well and build the habits that keep us strong over time.
This guiding framework can help us identify difficulties before things go wrong.
Why North Star?
North Star brings together professional expertise and real experience of family life.
Liz spent more than 20 years in medicine, including General Practice, adolescent mental health and service in the British Army. Katie's background as an Advice Columnist and relationship specialist has been built around listening carefully, asking the right questions and making sense of complex human stories.
Between us, we have worked with people and families at very different stages of life and in very different circumstances.
We are also parents. We know that understanding the theory and living family life are two different things.
North Star grew from the conviction that we can do more before people reach crisis: helping families understand themselves better, develop healthier patterns and build relationships that are equipped for the inevitable challenges of life.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us a little about what's going on and we'll work out together how North Star can help