- Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne
- manayouthproject.@gmail.com
Akademy Heroes Enrolled
Rick Boland is a seasoned youth worker, and mentor with a decade of experience mentoring teens and young adults across Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula and Bayside region.
Guided by depth psychology, narrative therapy, Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, and Jungian archetypes, Rick leads young people—especially those feeling lost, angry, gifted, or overlooked—on a journey of self-discovery and transformation through the MANA Youth Project Life-RPG Framework, which he personally crafted. It combines Socratic dialogue, dream work, journaling, and storytelling to help mentees uncover and integrate universal archetypal energies—thus building resilience, authenticity, and purpose.
Mentor Rick offers a holistic, archetypal mentorship style—supporting mentees in gaining self-awareness, mental resilience, creative confidence, and purpose through:
Personal and Customisable Hero Journey Cycles.
Tools like journaling, Socratic dialogue, mythic metaphors, narrative and dream work.
Community connections and networking opportunities.
He doesn’t just teach; he walks alongside each young person, reflecting their strengths and shadows, helping them shape their own story and stand confidently in the world.
"A mentor’s job isn’t to fix you or tell you who to become. It’s to walk beside you until you remember who you were always meant to be."
— Rick Boland, MANA Youth Project
A Mentor Focus outlines the core areas a Mentor chooses to emphasise and provide during mentorship. It describes what the Mentor brings to the table—their strengths, interests, and the types of opportunities, guidance, and support they offer.
Each Mentor has their own style, shaped by their experiences, values, and passions. A Mentor Focus helps mentees understand:
🧠 What types of activities or challenges they might engage in.🎯 What areas of life or growth the Mentor specializes in.
🤝 How the Mentor will support and challenge them.
💡 What themes and lessons will emerge through the mentoring journey.
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