The "purpose" of this study was to understand the perspectives of recently retired principals who were mentors to new school leaders in a high-need urban school district. Mentors reflected on the mentoring needs and challenges faced by new school leaders while also reflecting on their own careers as school principals. This study was informed by the "literature" on mentoring as well as the reflective practice literature. We used focus groups as the primary "method" of collecting data. "Data analysis followed" the process of open coding and independently identifying relevant data followed by constant comparison to narrow down the list of codes. The "findings" point to the need for mentoring new school leaders and to focus on promoting confidence and a growth mind-set in principals. Additionally, the findings point to reflective mentoring as a possible mentor model to benefit and support mentor self-learning as well as supporting principals.