IT TAKES GUTS- Meet the man who like a Giraffe stuck his neck out for what he believed. Like Nelson Mandela, Siya was tortured and imprisoned for making a stand against injustice in South Africa. 

Mental Toughness and resilience Speaker

Siya is an expert life skills empowerer who brings Life Skills to LIFE. 

Delivering interactive, fun, engaging, and empowering PHSE workshops. 

Most beneficial to schools, colleges, youth prisons, parenting groups, foster carers, and low-income communities. Also is a Black History Month speaker who speaks at schools and businesses.

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY AND ACHIEVING SUCCESS THROUGH DETERMINATION AND MENTAL TOUGHNESS

Siya is on a mission to inspire children, young people, and adults through keynote speaking, workshops, and one-on-one to embrace mental toughness, and, help to motivate audiences of all shapes and sizes to overcome adversities and hardships. Foster a positive mindset, develop self-awareness, and grit, and most importantly, enhance their self-belief and thrive! 

Benefits for your students: Learn coping strategies that foster resilience- the word to teach is Ukufundisa -you learn and Siya learns and together we grow. (each one teach one) Personal lessons and practical tips for young people.

Lift their spirits and raise their confidence- Students will leave with inspiration in their hearts to be DIFFERENT and MAKE a difference.

Live life – Confidently face life challenges with positivity and bounce forward- Siya inspires confidence for young people to BE INCREDIBLE 

How does Siya help in schools? 

Primary Schools | Secondary Schools | Colleges | Universities | Learning Centres 

Siya inspires children, young people, and adults through keynote speaking, workshops, 1-2-1 and coaching. He empowers and motivates audiences of all shapes and sizes to overcome adversities and hardships, foster a positive mindset, develop self-awareness, and grit, and most importantly, enhance their self-belief and thrive! 

Motivational, engaging, and transformational Life Skills and Resilience workshops 

Structure of the day 

Sessions: An entire day of back-to-back inspirational- assemblies/classroom sessions, each lasting the duration of a lesson. 

The First Half: During the first half of the assembly, Siya shares his journey. Whether ‘energetic’ year 9s or ‘chatty’ year 11’s, Siya’s exceptional communication skills gain him the full respect of students, leaving a silent room with students hanging on to his every word.

The Second Half: Siya deep dives into the world of motivation, overcoming fear, and dealing with setbacks. He gives students practical tips on how they can start to build a better relationship with themselves and improve their mental health and well-being. 

The Power of ONE: An emotionally safe space for students and teachers to explore issues raised In this session, Siya talks to learners and educators to stay after the session for a smaller group workshop. This will allow learners with low confidence an extra motivational push for their self-esteem. 

Themes Include:

Dealing with Setbacks

Building Positive Mental Health

Working towards Long Term Goals

Stick your neck out like a Giraffe 

Overcoming Fear 

Bullying 

Teachers (Burnout Prevention) 

Teachers are incredible members of our society, paying attention to how we can positively influence our children. However, teachers can also suffer from mental drawbacks such as anxiety, burnout, and depression. We’re finding that more educators are having mental health-related absences.

The Power of your voice: Siya found his voice- spoke up against injustice in South Africa. His story is not only motivational for school students, but for teachers as well. When a positive boost is needed, these sessions are the perfect way to motivate all educators. ‘Education is the most powerful weapon with which WE can change the world’, Nelson Mandela.

Let us equip our children and young people for the real world that is diverse. Let’s celebrate Diversity, and address inequalities and injustices in our society, but also let’s empower our children and Young People to be independent critical thinkers.

My mission as an educator is to Educate, Enthuse and Empower Young People to be resilient, BOUNCE forward, and THRIVE.