Meet Claire Eaton – Youth Coach, Author, Speak & Mentor since 2008.
Claire is a highly motivated and determined woman who since 2008, has dedicated her professional life to prevention-focused wellbeing of young people and their families. She could possible by the most experienced Youth Coach in Western Australia??!!
Claire’s Journey From 2008 to Now
Claire doesn’t have a story which will bring a tear to your eye, but she has a strong philosophy about gritty mindset, healthy thinking and the importance of knowing that personal resilience, optimism and confidence is way of life and living, one which can’t be outsourced, but with the right tools and support, it can be cultivated one step and one day at a time at a time.
Claire has been working with young people and adults since graduating from Edith Cowan University in Perth, WA in 1991 with BA, BEd.
In 2004, following her wonderful professional experience as a tutor and mentor for students studying to be teachers at at Edith Cowan University, Claire decided to pursue further education and training in order to formalise her passion for youth and family mental, social and emotional health, before opening her coaching practice in Perth four years later, in 2008.
Extensive study, reading and training, along with hundreds of hours coaching tweens, teens and parents, Claire also moved on to speak at schools and events Australia wide. Claire never looked back and is now the proud author of five books ROC & RISE, Hello High School and Hello High School Yearly Planner, The Organised Teenager and You are Awesome. She has also created a series of 9 audio Pep Talks and a GET ORGANISED webinar series for teenagers., all of which she is immensely proud of and hope they are making a difference in the lives of teenagers everywhere.
Claire’s Little Family:
When Claire isn’t doing what she loves at work, she is happy spending time with her hubby Justin, young adult son Caiden and his partner Mia, and their cocker spaniel Morris (he’s the friendly little guy who greets everyone at the door when they come for their coaching session.)
Claire loves strolling along the coast, exercising at the gym, walking in the bush, doing jigsaws, sitting on her swing and enjoying the view over a beautiful park, riding her bike, supporting the West Coast Eagles, (I know, it’s hard right now!!), and for a plot twist, she’s learning to play lawn bowls (it’s not as easy as it looks!), and along with her hubby, together the love watching their son her son play cricket on Saturday afternoon in summer. It’s fair to say she appreciates the quiet life with good friends, yummy food and chocolate, lots of it!
Claire’s Adventure
Claire’s favourite quote, “When the going gets tough, YOU get going” inspirational words written on the blackboard by a Teacher in Training when she was herself a young student in year 7 way back when!
When Claire was young, her favourite book series was “Choose Your Own Adventure”, books filled with mystery, action, magic and adventure, much like life really. Claire loved these books because they offered the power of choice in every chapter. Along with that quote written on the blackboard all those years ago, Claire has chosen to get going and keep going when the going gets tough. Life is not life, without ups and downs. Choice is free, it’s powerful and it can take you on the most incredible journey. So, Claire has been intentionally weaving this theory/belief through her life and work for a long time, over 35 years… so regardless of age, status, wealth or story, we all have the choice to choose our own adventure, moment to moment and year to year, and that’s where the big pot of gold at the end of a rainbow exists.
Books by Claire Eaton
