Short guides for the moments that matter most. Pick what you need, tell us where to send it, and it lands in your inbox. They are all free.
Help a teenager choose their subjects, without the pressure or the arguments.
The options after GCSEs, what each one involves, and how to help them choose.
A calm way to weigh up university, an apprenticeship, or work, together.
Talk about careers with your teenager without deciding it for them.
Support them through revision and exams without adding to the pressure.
Help them find and keep a first job, without doing it for them.
What is actually changing about work, and the skills that matter more because of it.
The small changes in what you say that help them keep going when things get hard.
What is behind the anger or the silence, and how to keep the connection strong.
Hello, I am Helen. I have spent over ten years in careers education, and more than fifteen in learning and development, helping people find work that fits them. I wrote these guides to give you the calm, practical steer I would give a friend, so the big conversations at home feel a little easier.
A guide helps with the choice in front of you. ThriveFit® helps the young person understand themselves first: their strengths, what matters to them, and the kind of place they will do well. It makes every choice from here easier, and it comes with a guide for you too.