Life Coaching Program for Teens and Tweens

Once a bullied kid and teen herself and a child from a broken home, Program Director Jill Palarca went through a tough adolescence. Because of her insecurities, she let go of opportunities that would have developed her full potential. Through a long battle with herself and learning through her experiences, she managed to get through -- graduated Cum Laude from UP Diliman, became a Youth Ambassador for the Philippines and travelled to Japan and ASEAN countries, and went on to have a successful career as writer/director/producer for TV/Media and Advertising/Events, and now in Education as a motivational speaker, trainer, and college professor.

But when asked if she wanted to change one thing in the past, she said "I wished I had a real mentor back then. My parents were separated so I was mostly confused on what to do -- what steps to take to achieve my dreams. I was lucky to have good teachers but they weren't really there as regularly as I preferred. I managed to survive the perils of youth but I didn't come out unscathed. Looking back, I would have benefited from a LIFE COACH."

Childhood, especially during the fraught tween and teen years, is a time of dramatic change and growth when kids juggle conflicting messages and feelings while trying to connect to one another — and themselves — emotionally, creatively and socially.

While today’s kids are more scheduled and pressured than ever, they are also coming of age in a world where setting aside time to teach and foster healthy human connections, creativity and self-knowledge is low on the priority list at many schools. School counselors often work part-time or way too many hours, so their talents are spread thinner than they would like or their students deserve. Similarly, our children’s teachers work their hearts out and are responsive and caring, but they also have academic standards to meet and sometimes more than 35 kids in a class.

This need urged Jill Palarca to start the SPOTLIGHT PERSONALITY EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP in Davao City, where she is based right now. More than just a summer workshop on modelling and public speaking, it's a Leadership Training Program designed with activities that will help discover what motivates your teen, both academically and in life through building strong relationships, accountability, self-reflection, improved self-esteem, focus, parental and coach/teacher collaboration and much more.

This is already the 7th year of the Spotlight Personality Empowerment Program and since 2011 it has produced achievers in the realm of academics, arts, sports, and even beauty pageants and modelling. Some of them have also become Junior Mentors for the succeeding batches.

The program's activities are so unique and fun that a handful of students have enrolled twice. Through the years, Ma'am Jill, as she is fondly called, has been in close communication with her Spotlight Alumna. Even after the program, she checks on them and maintains a healthy relationship as counselor to these teens.

Help your child develop her potential. Enroll now. Call 0922-8384981.

Below are some of the testimonies of the former Spotlighters: