Youth workers today often find themselves navigating a world that is changing faster than ever. Young people face social, emotional, and psychological challenges that require guidance, support, and tools, which go beyond conventional methods. At the same time, youth workers frequently struggle to maintain their own motivation, balance, and clarity of purpose. They seek practical methods to work with young people effectively, while also reflecting on their own beliefs, values, and professional identity. The M.A.G.I.C. project – Meaningful Authentic Growth In Coaching – was conceived to meet these intertwined needs. It is designed as a journey for youth workers, providing them with hands-on coaching and mentoring tools while simultaneously encouraging personal reflection, creative expression, and authentic connection. The training combines structured coaching approaches with experiential and creative methods, such as improvisation, movement, drawing, and nature-based exercises. These methods do not only teach techniques—they invite participants to explore themselves, to connect with their peers, and to discover new ways to guide young people toward meaningful growth. At the heart of M.A.G.I.C. is Robert Dilts’ logical levels of change, a framework that allows participants to approach development in a structured yet holistic way. Each day focuses on a different level: Environment, Behavior, Skills/Capabilities, Beliefs, Values, Identity, Mission/Purpose. This approach is not just theoretical. It builds on methodology developed and implemented by one of our partners and adapts it to a wider context, updating it for current societal challenges and integrating creative practices to make the approach more engaging and accessible. Identified needs: - Practical, adaptable coaching tools for youth work: Many youth workers lack structured methods to address the complex emotional, social, and developmental challenges faced by young people. There is a clear need for tools that are versatile, easy to implement, and effective across different contexts and age groups. - Guidance for personal and professional reflection: Youth workers often do not have dedicated spaces to explore their own beliefs, values, and identity, which are crucial for authentic engagement with young people. Structured self-reflection can improve decision-making, ethical practice, and professional confidence. - Resilience and sustainable motivation: High workloads, emotional demands, and social uncertainty can lead to burnout. Youth workers need methods to maintain motivation, manage stress, and sustain purpose-driven engagement over time. - Opportunities for knowledge exchange and peer learning: There is a strong need for collaborative learning environments where youth workers can share experiences, best practices, and innovative approaches, creating networks that support long-term professional development. - Integration of creativity in coaching and mentoring: While creativity is recognized as a powerful learning tool, few youth workers have systematic ways to combine coaching methods with creative approaches. Project objectives: - Provide a structured, level-based coaching toolkit: Equip youth workers with practical coaching and mentoring methods aligned with each level of the Dilts pyramid, giving them tangible strategies to support young people’s growth in skills, beliefs, values, identity, and life purpose. - Develop reflective practice skills: Facilitate exercises and creative activities that help youth workers explore their own beliefs, values, identity, and mission, strengthening alignment between personal growth and professional practice. - Support resilience and purpose-driven engagement: Introduce experiential and creative methods that help youth workers manage stress, maintain motivation, and cultivate sustainable engagement in their work. - Encourage peer learning and community building: Create opportunities for participants to exchange experiences, share tools, and develop collaborative networks, ensuring ongoing professional support and continuous learning beyond the project. - Integrate creative methodologies into coaching: Train youth workers to apply creative approaches—art-based reflection, improvisation, movement and nature —in coaching sessions, improving engagement, expression, and problem-solving for both youth workers and young people.