We, at ZAlebs, pride ourselves on always bringing you the finest entertainment news in South Africa; but we also enjoy taking the opportunity to educate and empower our readers wherever we can. Tshepiso Ramotsehoa is the youngest consciousness coach in South Africa, and is making waves not only in Africa, but around the world as she continues to make strides in her career. She's worked as a life coach for some high profile personalities, including Rapper Kuli Chana. We chatted with her about her role as a Consciousness coach, as well as her role with One Young World.

Welcome to Zalebs Tshepiso! We have the pleasure of speaking to the youngest consciousness coach in South Africa. For those who don't know better, Please tell us; what does being a consciousness coach entail? 

Consciousness Coaching; Well, It's a different methodology. It encourages people to have goals and think forward in their lives. We aim to help people change the mindsets and overcome the  mental barriers that stop them from achieving things in their lives. It's about giving people tools that they can use on a daily basis, as opposed to giving them a crutch to lean on, like therapy would do.

People come to us with a particular coaching objective that they want to reach by the end of their sessions. Say someone is going for a promotion at work. They come to us with that goal and we give them the necessary tools and coach them to achieving it. A lot of people react differently to this type of coaching. Some people show up and say it's easy and obvious. Others find it incredibly mind blowing. 

Where did your passion for inspiring and helping people come from?

I think it helps that I went through the program myself. When I first went on the consciousness coaching program, I was quite shy and wanted to be left alone. For me I was just doing it so I could get my mom off my back during the holidays!

But I was taken aback by how much of an effect it had. I felt like I had come face to face with myself for the first time. I was young, and I was thrown into an environment that allowed me to look at the choices I'd made, and I could clearly see others do the same. Seeing people take a real look at their lives, where they were and where they wanted to be was beautiful. I could finally make a conscious decisions about myself too. Going through that inspired me so much and I wanted to help others do the same. 

Coaching, of any kind, can often be a thankless task; I mean it's your job to motivate others, but who motivates you? 

My master coach always said coaches need to be coachable. I have my own coaches, i have a strength coach to look at my strength and helps me figure out how I can combine my strengths to make up for my weaknesses. Having someone identify the areas I work on, helps me do the same for others. 

Do you not get intimidated, having to work with people who are older than you? 

In the beginning it was really tough. People would ask, "How are you a life coach you haven't really experienced life?!" Now that I'm older, I can really say that it was vital that i went through that because I needed to earn my stripes. Everything I learned helped me become the coach I am now. I stayed in the fire until people began respecting me for my skill set and my abilities, rather than just judging my age.

Tshepiso Ramotsehoa talks One Young World

Tell us a little more about your One Young World Ambassadorial Role? 

Its something that makes me so proud to be South african as well as an active citizen of the world. Global leaders are just brought together; some of the youngest, most dynamic people you will ever meet, all congregate to share ideas. It blew my mind what young people are doing in the world, I was so proud to see this and I felt so happy that I could come back home and tell other young people. "We're not the only young people trying to make a difference, trying to add weight to the world and our communities. Other young people world wide are aiming to do it!" 

You're going to be involved in the One Young World Conference very soon which is in Africa for the first time. How much does it mean that One Young World are touching down on African soil, and that you get to be involved? 

I never imagined that I'd be at the heart of the plan to bring One Young World to South Africa! Kate Robertson, Co founder of OYW, is such an inspiration to me, not only because she's South African! She's just so down to earth despite being friends to the likes of Kofi Annan and Bill Clinton. Her purpose and her commitment is so humbling. It makes me feel like I have so much more to give to our country and that's a feeling that I want to pass on to a lot of other young people.

To have One Young World coming to South Africa is especially important to me because we represent a lot of young people who don't have the opportunity to travel to England, Switzerland etc. We can now bring this atmosphere and this exposure to the Eastern Cape, to Limpopo, and young people who wouldn't normally have the opportunity, will get to meet other young game changers. We are looking forward to this!

If anyone wants to be involved?

www.oneyoungworld.com read up on it, sign up, get a profile. The most challenging thing is getting sponsorship, but don't be discouraged. Some organizations go onto the profile and select 150 candidates in SA, and you could be one of those if you're set up and you have everything on point. 

Do you keep in touch with your students or proteges after you're done coaching them? 

I do! I wanna find out what they're doing, how things are going. Things change, people choose different paths, but I always like to keep an ear and an eye on how the people I've worked with are doing. 

Looking at the SA Youth, where do you think we need to go as a community? 

We need to define what our struggle is. The older generation fought their struggle and they won and we are now reaping the rewards. But we as a young people we don't have an objective. We have individual goals, but we don't have a common vision. We don't have the same thing pulling us towards the future. We need to find out what the struggle is and become active citizens.

Our discussion with Tshepiso was incredibly inspiring, fulfilling and enriching. We think this is a message all young people need to hear and one to which they should adhere. We are looking forward to having One Young World come to South Africa and we hope that as many young people as possible can get involved and begin making a difference. 

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