Becoming a Mentor – Channel Your Spirit Guides For Help (Podcast)

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Becoming a mentor as a parent is probably the biggest role we didn’t realize we would need to do. When you are put in a mentoring role, how can intuitive guidance help you?

Becoming a Mentor: A Role We Often Grow Into

This podcast is about becoming a mentor. There are times in life when we find ourselves in that role, even when it’s not something we consciously sought. Suddenly, others look to us for guidance, and we’re not entirely sure how to go about it.

This episode came about because I wasn’t even sure what I was going to talk about! So, I asked my Spirit Guides for help. They immediately directed me to Caroline Myss’s Archetype Deck and told me to draw six cards.

Channeling Guidance Through Oracle Cards

Using Caroline Myss’s beautiful Archetype Cards, I channeled a message about the student-to-mentor journey.

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Archetypes, as you may know, are energetic blueprints, patterns of thought and behavior that exist within the collective mind. They describe the roles we embody as humans on our path of growth.

Each archetype has light and shadow aspects. In this channeling, I focused on the positive, light-filled side of each one.

I channeled a fascinating six-step cycle of transformation: how we move from student to mentor and back again.

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The Journey of Mentorship

What I discovered is that becoming a mentor isn’t a single event; it’s a cycle.

We begin as students. Often, we don’t even realize we’re stepping into mentorship until we’re already actively practicing it. Maybe a teacher once asked you to help another student, or a friend turned to you for advice.

For me, it started while working at Channel 4 Television, teaching colleagues how to use Wang typewriters (remember those?). I only learned to use one myself because I wanted to save my work! Yet, that small moment led to a lifelong path of teaching and training.

In that instance, my teacher wasn’t a person, it was new technology.

The Six-Step Archetype Cycle (from Caroline Myss’s Deck)

The cards my Spirit Guides directed me to were:

1. The Mentor
2. The Ascent (The Magical Journey Begins)
3. The Lover
4. The Mother
5. The Scribe
6. The Poet

And then—back again to The Mentor.

When the Student Is Ready…

The first message that came through was clear:

A Mentor is a Student in disguise.

Wisdom is not just received—it’s embodied. The eternal student learns, applies, and evolves.

As the saying goes:

“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.”

I’ve had many teachers—some conventional, others unexpected. True mentorship is synchronistic and empathic. There’s a mutual exchange of energy and understanding that helps both people grow.

A wonderful example of this is the relationship in The Karate Kid: the timeless dance of student and teacher, each reflecting the other as they both grow.

The Ascent — Moving Toward Mastery

After learning from a mentor, we begin The Ascent. We take what we’ve learned and move upward into new life stages, creative pursuits, or personal challenges.

This is the part of the Hero’s Journey Joseph Campbell described so beautifully: the mountain is never the same mountain upon your return, and the river is never the same.

Growth requires courage. Along the way, we face our “monsters”, usually obstacles that test and strengthen us.

The Lover — Learning Through the Heart

The next card, The Lover, speaks of passion and devotion, the unbridled appreciation for someone or something.

But love can also become obsession or self-destruction if we lose balance. The deeper truth of this archetype is that every act of love teaches self-love.

To love others fully, we must first learn to keep our own hearts open, even after they’ve closed and reopened many times. Love is always a mirror: in the end, all love is love of the Self, reflected through others.

The Mother — Creating and Letting Go

I remember attending my first Kryon conference when my eldest was still a toddler. The channeling by Lee Carroll emphasized the word responsibility, and I suddenly grasped the profound responsibility of nurturing a child into adulthood.

Parenting, like mentoring, is a powerful heart-opener. It invites us to grow something new, whether that’s a child, a creative project, or even a movement.

Yet, what we create, we must also release. The child becomes an adult. The project is complete. The book is written. Growth always involves letting go so that new life can emerge.

The Scribe — Stewarding Knowledge

Next comes The Scribe, the keeper of knowledge and stories.

Recently, I was reminded of the difference between preserving information and stewarding it. In truth, knowledge isn’t ours to own. It moves through us, not from us.

As scribes, we receive wisdom, process it, and share it in the way that best serves others. Information isn’t the gift, it’s the bridge to understanding.

Through this process, our experiences crystallize into insights we can transmit, whether through writing, teaching, or simply the way we live.

The Poet — Expressing Soul Wisdom

Finally, we arrive at The Poet.

The Poet expresses Soul insight through symbolic language, art, words, or resonance.

After the Dark Night of the Soul, after the desert of transformation, we emerge with wisdom we can’t help but express. The Poet’s role is to sing the soul’s truth in a way others can feel.

At this point, we often find ourselves mentoring others without realizing it. The cycle begins again.

The Infinite Spiral of Student and Mentor

The truth is, there’s no beginning and no end to the student–mentor journey. It’s a continual spiral of learning, embodying, creating, and sharing.

If we can stay in a state of curiosity, the “beginner’s mind”, we remain both student and mentor simultaneously.

As I like to say:

We’re all on the same bus—just sitting in different seats.
Each of us has a unique view to share from where we are on the journey..

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