{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Alvaro de Vicente on Conversation: The Medium of Mentoring","description":"The art of mentoring is not just for teachers and coaches, but also parents\u2014who can never really be out of mentoring mode. In a recent Substack article, Alvaro de Vicente named five pitfalls for our attempts at mentoring young men. This week, he talks us through some of the takeaways, reminding us that mentoring is not a profound lecture but an ongoing conversation, and the goal is not to modify but to form. Chapters: 3:49 What mentoring is 4:35 Conversation as the basis 8:55 Parents: always in mentor mode 10:13 Presence over \u201cmeaningful content\u201d 16:01 Weighty conversations 18:25 Daily conversations 21:24 Love unlocks a child 30:48 Urgent conversations 33:34 When to mandate 35:36 When to end the conversation 37:33 Formation is a game of inches Links: Men in the Making, Alvaro de Vicente\u2019s Substack  Five Conversational Temptations Mentors and Parents Commonly Face&amp;nbsp;by Alvaro de Vicente Peace Like a River&amp;nbsp;by Leif Enger Only the Lover Sings&amp;nbsp;by Josef Pieper Also on the Forum:  Having Better Mentoring Conversations&amp;nbsp;by Alvaro de Vicente  Forming Others: What Mentoring Can and Can\u2019t Be&amp;nbsp;featuring Colin Gleason  Anthropological Foundations of Mentoring&amp;nbsp;featuring Dr. Joseph Lanzilotti  Mentoring without a Program: Joe Cardenas on Teaching the Whole Person&amp;nbsp;featuring Joe Cardenas Featured Opportunities: Fall Open House&amp;nbsp;at The Heights School (October 18, 2025)  Headmaster\u2019s Lecture on Freedom in the Home&amp;nbsp;at The Heights School (October 4, 2025) Fathers\u2019 Conference at The Heights School (November 1, 2025)&amp;nbsp;link coming soon Convivium for Teaching Men at The Heights School (November 13-15, 2025) ","author_name":"HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive","author_url":"https:\/\/heights.edu\/heightscast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38455040\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/193788320"}