"Emily has a special gift for feeling and understanding the hearts and minds of teen girls, from early adolescence to adulthood. She recognizes where each individual is at, she knows where she wants them to go, and she artfully guides them to a place where they can thrive." - Diana Divecha, Developmental Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Community Faculty Yale Child Study Center & Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

"Her methods are conventional and unconventional: Conventional, in the sense of operating within ethical therapeutic guidelines. Unconventional, in that she weaves didactic conversation into a fabric of meaning-making that also involves reflection, art, experiential exercises, playfulness, lots of laughter, nature, group connections, and witnessing and being witnessed. I think there’s a little dash of magic in there, too." - Diana Divecha, Developmental Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Community Faculty Yale Child Study Center & Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

"There are at least two critical, developmental outcomes that I value in Emily’s work. One is that she helps girls find their own interior compass—at just the time when they are opening to the world (a world that doesn’t always serve, and sometimes harms, girls). Second, she helps girls form authentic relationships, and show up authentically in relationship, through the group format she holds. Girls learn to trust and care for other girls at a time in life when relationships can otherwise be volatile and fragmented." - Diana Divecha, Developmental Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Community Faculty Yale Child Study Center & Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

"Emily is a teen whisperer to parents—I know that because I’ve relied on her expertise and experience on several professional collaborations. To the girls, she is a facilitator, an auntie, or an older cousin in the village. Above all, she is a much-needed mentor and inspiration." - Diana Divecha, Developmental Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Community Faculty Yale Child Study Center & Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Knowing what matters is key when it comes time to let go.

This course is designed for parents of teens and pre-teens to dive into 

Offers practical wisdom for navigating the complexity of raising teens in these times.

(We will focus on...) Creating an alliance with your teen or pre-teen, so 

This course is a map for you to easily engage with content and community around what matters most - our kids (and our sanity!)

Young people deserve help finding their authentic self and the courage to walk with purpose, resilience and love.

REAL TALK for Parents holds a safe space to share honest conversations, make meaningful connections, and learn relevant skills to help girls* navigate the complexity of being teens in these times.

Our aim is to offer a light in the darkness, and uncover some wisdom, joy and community amidst uncertain times. Join us!

Real Talk for Parents

5 Week Online Course for Parents of Adolescents

Deep dive for parents of teens & pre-teens 11-18 years old
5 Week Course
Tuesdays October 3rd - 31st
12-1:15pm
via Zoom

• 5 weeks of relevant themes to strengthen your relationship to yourself and your kids
• 1-1.25 hour long meetings
• 30-min presentation (Emily talking with visuals) followed by 30-45min "practice" (Q+A, group process)
• Receive quality tools and support, workshop stuck places in your parenting, grow your community of parent peers
  
• This course is meant to be an exclusive, intimate, in-depth experience for a limited number of participants. Enrollment call is required for new parents.
  

Full Course Cost $950
Discount for Parents in 'Love Your Nature' year long programs $650
Tuition assistance available for parents in need

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Parent Testimonials

"Emily Frost is WOO WOO meets WHAM!"

"Emily is a great listener and facilitator. She creates an environment of safety, trust and fun - combining playfulness with meaning exploration."

"Emily brings such a wonderful energy to our group. She is gentle yet in charge."

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REAL TALK for PARENTS explores...

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Your Guide

EMILY FROST has over 15 years experience working with youth and families in the Bay Area. As the Founding Director of LOVE YOUR NATURE, she considers the heart of her work to be about our responsibility to remember, tend and teach what is sacred about being alive for the next generation. She facilitates programs that develop social, emotional and spiritual intelligence, with a focus on girls coming of age.

She works with young people and adults, in groups and individually, as a girls empowerment coach, contemporary rites of passage guide, and experiential educator. Her specialization is the meeting place between developmental psychology and nature based rites of passage, designing curriculum that is relatable to those who need it most - parents! She has worked with hundreds of parents of adolescents through Love Your Nature as well as the mentoring non-profit she served for 10+ years.

Her mission is to help people, especially girls, young women and mothers, to know themselves and discover their inherent wisdom, power, and place in this world. She tends to an inter-generational village in service of learning and teaching how to honor life's passages. Emily is also a mother of a 5 year old boy and "rainbow mama" to many.

Learn more about Emily...

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Emily has over 15 years experience supporting parents & adolescents with these topics...

• confidence and self worth
• clear communication & boundary setting
• self care & stress management skills
• embodied leadership
• authentic self expression
• a sense of justice & integrity
• relationships that truly serve
• identity exploration (online and in real time)
• appropriate risk taking
• understanding & celebrating our changing our bodies
  

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"We are teaching girls how to have experiences that end in joy and honor, rather than regret, guilt, or shame. Youth need to understand what joy and regret really look like for them. We need to 'reflect and revise' what really matters. This work is so important!" - Charis Denison, youth advocate, founder of Prajna Consulting, featured in Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex, Advisor to Love Your Nature

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*We understand gender identity to be fluid and expressed in many ways. Our programs welcome teens along the gender spectrum who are assigned female at birth and/or socialized female. Our parenting courses are inclusive of all parents and caregivers though focused on our expertise, 15+ years experience with teen "girls". We welcome your questions or concerns.