Turning Disengaged
into Self-led.
For the teen who’s stuck - and the parent who knows they’re capable of more. I build confidence, study skills and a future they can feel proud of.
When your teen pulls away,
it’s not defiance…
They’ve just lost their path.
No doubt you’ve done everything to help your teen with school - tutors, rewards, consequences, backing off, leaning in. But nothing’s working.
Your teen’s disengaged. They say they don’t care, but you know they do. Deadlines slip, confidence fades, and the stress hits home. It’s hard watching someone so capable start to give up.
I work with teens who feel frustrated, disconnected, or stuck. I help them shift from being disengaged to being genuinely self-led by applying repeatable structures, proven study systems and mindset shifts that unlock their future opportunities.
NOT lecturing, NOT tutoring,
Just coaching…
…in partnership with teens.
I don't just help teens study better. I help them learn how to lead themselves.
Through 1:1 coaching, your teen develops the:
🧠 Mindset: To understand themselves, build self-belief and develop a clearer sense of where they're heading.
🛠️ Skills: To learn how to study, plan, prioritise, manage time and tackle challenges effectively.
📋 Systems: To build practical structures and tools they can actually use in everyday life.
💪 Confidence: To experience small wins, learn from mistakes and develop the belief that they can figure things out.
🎯 Ownership: To move from being reminded and managed by others to deciding what needs to happen and taking action themselves.
The goal isn't to create a teenager who needs more support.
It's to create a teenager who knows how to support themselves.
The Simple Honours Journey
From feeling stuck to becoming self-led.
How it works 👇
Free Parent Call
FREE
A 30-minute call to understand what's happening, what success looks like for you, and whether Simple Honours is the right fit.
➜ 30 mins
➜ Talk through your current challenges
➜ Understand where you'd like to see change
➜ Discuss how coaching could help
➜ All questions welcome
➜ No obligation. Completely free.
Discovery Session
NZD $149 one-off
A focused 60-minute session working directly with your teen to understand where they're at, explore their goals and challenges, and create a practical plan to build success.
➜ 60 mins working directly with your teen
➜ Explore their goals and challenges
➜ Identify growth opportunities
➜ Build a practical plan
➜ Experience what coaching is like
The $149 is credited towards the first month of coaching if you decide to continue.
Ongoing Coaching
NZD $499 / month
Ongoing 1:1 coaching to help your teen build the skills, confidence and systems to take ownership and become self-led.
➜ Weekly 60-min coaching
➜ Personalised tools and workbook
➜ Weekly challenges
➜ Parent check-ins
➜ Practical skills they can use independently
➜ Build career pathways
➜ Flexible duration
What if my teen won't engage?
🤔 This is probably the question you're asking.
If your teenager is already disengaged, the last thing you want is to pay for a programme they don't want to participate in.
That's completely understandable.
Your teen doesn't need to arrive motivated, organised or ready to change.
That's part of the journey.
It doesn't start with telling your teenager what they need to do.
It starts with getting to know them. Coaching is a conversation, not a lecture.
Sessions move at the teen's pace, creating space to understand what's getting in the way and identifying practical ways forward that make sense to them. As small wins begin to build, so does confidence and a greater sense of ownership.
🧠 What if they're still reluctant?
That's OK. Change doesn't happen overnight.
The first step is building a relationship where your teen feels comfortable talking honestly about what's going on.
From there, the focus is on finding one practical thing to work on.
Small wins → momentum → confidence → ownership.
Not sure if your teenager is ready for coaching?
That's exactly what the $149 Discovery Session is for.
A 60-minute session focused on understanding where your teen is at, what's getting in the way and what might help.
The session finishes with a practical plan for what to do next.
If ongoing coaching is the right fit, the $149 is credited towards the first month.
👉 Let’s connect.
What School Missed, I Mastered.
Hey, I’m Andrew - bit of an introvert, stupid enough to run marathons and a big All Blacks fan. I’m the founder of Simple Honours.
I was fortunate to go through school and university alongside some really smart people - seriously, next-level smart. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. But what I lacked in natural intellect, I made up for with determination, curiosity, and just enough nerdiness to figure things out.
I stuck with it and landed myself First Class Honours in Engineering. Not because I was the smartest in the room, but because I figured out what most schools never teach:
How to actually LEARN.
You can read more about me and why I built Simple Honours here →
🚀 Helping teens open doors for their future.
Here’s what parents and teens are saying…
Have you ever asked…
How do I get them to care? Why won’t they try harder?
Parents often look to apply their own external motivators in the form of incentives or punishments. While this may create short-term compliance, it rarely builds lasting change.
Motivation doesn’t magically appear on its own. In fact, it's often the last thing to show up - after your teen feels supported, capable, and clear on what to do.
When parents focus solely on motivation, what’s often missing from the conversation is:
Skill-building: A lack of study skills, time management, task initiation, and organisation are often the real barriers - not laziness.
Emotional regulation: Teenagers may be overwhelmed, discouraged, or afraid of failure, which looks like disinterest.
Relevance and autonomy: Teens especially need to feel that school connects to their future and that they have some control over how they approach it.
When teens don’t have the right tools they often get trapped in a cycle which is hard to break. This “Disengagement Spiral” is a frustrating loop that keeps capable students shut down, and leaves caring parents feeling helpless.
FREE STUDY SURVIVAL GUIDE
Learn about the Study Shift System and how you can best support your teen to take them from Chaos to Clarity.