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Born in Mississauga and raised in Newmarket, Gordon was so young when she started counselling at 22 that only teens would see her. After listening to patients close to her age group, she realized the need to reach out to more youth outside her office. Her efforts to achieve her goals led to her high school tours across North America (currently sponsored by Pepsi, Pizza Pizza and Doritos) where she has presented talks on self-esteem and motivation to more than 150,000 teens over the last five years, her international music talk show Spill Your Guts (broadcast across Canada, U.S. and Singapore) where she interviewed rock stars like 98o and Matchbox 20 about their struggles as teens, and her book on self-esteem, Analyze Yourself: A Teen's Guide To Understanding Their Friends, Parents And Themselves (Castle Quay Books Canada). "My goal is to help teens understand themselves and for parents to understand their teens," she says. 'Success is about trying' Her mentors include her dad, a Baptist pastor and her mom, a hospital chaplain. She says her faith is a factor that motivated her to try to achieve her goals. Gordon says self-esteem is the number one issue faced by youth she counsels for depression, stress or family and relationship problems. She suggests three ways to build a healthy self-esteem: Seek out mentors and friends who you want to be like, and who encourage and challenge you in a positive way; set realistic goals, stop blaming others and yourself and instead choose to take ownership of your attitude and decisions. She says what's most fulfilling to her is when teens realize that attaining a healthy self-esteem is possible, although it can be a long and difficult process. "The greatest lesson I've learned from all this, and it's really taught by my mother, is that success is about trying; success is not about results," says Gordon. For more information on Karyn Gordon's self-esteem projects, workshops and counselling for teens and parents call: 416-686-7328, or log on to: www.karyngordon.com
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