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We must learn from those who came before us, and share our stories with those who come after.

Power ColLABorative

6/30/2019

 
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A culturally responsive, SEL-based training for professionals who work with girls. Training Options around the Bay Area: August 1st-2nd, 5th-6th & 26th-27th

Our friends at Girls Leadership are offering an awesome Social Emotional Literacy training and collaborative workshop! My dear mama-sister Mia will be heading this up. She is a total bad ass! Check it out...

One of our girls created a film about Bullying!

6/13/2019

 
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One of our fabulous teens won special recognition for her animated film about Relational Aggression. What an honor to support Lily on her personal and creative journey ~ you are such a powerful, visionary young woman! May your challenges reveal many gifts, and benefit young people everywhere. Lily is not only a devoted member of our girls group, she is also an incredible artist, champion of inclusivity and kindness, and founder of a non-profit that distribute essential supplies to the homeless. GO LILY! Watch the film...

Girls Group Marking Ceremony

6/6/2019

 
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We did it! My first girls group has become a sisterhood. By the light of the dark moon we crossed the mountain, night hiking up Tennessee Valley, sleeping at the peak. It was very very very wet, windy and cold. We woke at sunrise to greet the ocean and descended to Muir Beach for an epic ceremony with all their families.

I held space for 20 people to honor the gorgeously messy journey of family, the girls transformation into young women, the power of nature, and the humility of simply being human. It was incredible. The ceremony lasted 4 hours! This is what conscious rites of passage looks and feels like ~ what a gift to all. More than 7 years together! Beyond words grateful for the support and willingness of all the girls, their families, and all our guides and allies. It was also my first night away from my son. May this beautiful ending reveal a powerful new beginning for all of us. Oh how the many layers weave. Surrounded in beauty, giving thanks ✨🌙

Adolescence Is Not Mental Illness

6/5/2019

 
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Developmental Psychologist and advisor to Love Your Nature, Diana Divecha PhD writes about the current state of affairs for American teens and why conscious mentoring is essential to their wellness. She discusses the possibility is that our society has forgotten about the important developmental task of adolescence, and how finding a healthy identity is perhaps the key task of this life stage. She writes...

"Teens benefit from, and want, relationships in which their understanding of the world and their place in it can be co-constructed in a healthy way. A mentoring relationship or facilitated group can help teens process their growing awareness with like-minded people while balancing it with a focus on healthy development. In such a setting, the skills for mastery and sense of control can gradually emerge at a developmentally appropriate pace that teens can manage.

In an APA study of stress, three-quarters of the teens surveyed said they wanted more emotional support... The more families can name and normalize emotions and emotional competence, the more successfully teens develop. Good relationships are essential to mental health and well-being.

Building emotional intelligence skills is always important, too. Every teen will benefit from a) the ability to be aware of their feelings and b) having strategies for regulation. As one woman on the Love Your Nature Teen Wisdom Panel said about meditation, “It’s real. You should try it.” (Read full article here...)

Thank you Diana for your devotion to understanding and spreading awareness around adolescence as "a period of transformation, not mental illness." We love you!

More from Diana and her valuable work at developmentalscience.com

Weaving the Social Fabric

6/1/2019

 
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We are honored to have Mindful Digital Life founder Claudia L’Amoreaux share her thoughts on our recent Teen Wisdom Panel in her blog post Weaving the Social Fabric. Claudia started Mindful Digital Life to support parents and young people on the journey, helping build skills and mindfulness practices to live in this digital age with care and intention. Thank you Claudia for the work you do, and for attending our panel!
"The teens had worked together in advance to create a series of questions on a range of topics that they all addressed throughout the evening. I took a lot of notes. I was especially struck by how much these weaving spaces are needed—spaces for young people to be held in safety and non-judgment to do the vulnerable work of weaving themselves, authentic & caring relationships, and the world they will inhabit. I was grateful to attend such a rare event featuring teens’ voices. As one of the young women shared: Young people need “tender reverent space.”  (Read full post 'Weaving the Social Fabric')

We especially love your words from another recent blog post... "Epic isn’t easy. I don’t think you get to epic without working hard for it…epic demands a leap out of the comfort zone. And there’s usually a lot of learning involved." (see full Epic post here) "Epic" pretty much sums up the panel for us and especially the girls - thank you for describing why.
An honor to walk the path with you,
Emily, Quetzal & the girls

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    EMILY FROST is an artist and mentor working with youth and families in the Bay Area. She is the founder of LOVE YOUR NATURE, a movement devoted to girls and women awakening to their inherent wisdom, power, and purpose.

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    • Teen Girls Groups
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      • Real Talk Davis
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    • Emily Frost
    • Quetzal Francois
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