What do youth want and need? How can we support them?

Young people deserve help finding their authentic self and the courage to walk with purpose, resilience and love. Real Talk Marin holds a safe space to share honest conversations, make meaningful connections, and seeds essential life skills to help girls* make choices that truly serve them. This is a space to bond with peers and mentors who value being real, together. Sessions include circle time, nature time, symbolic crafts, age appropriate curriculum. Our aim is to offer a light in the darkness, and uncover some wisdom, joy and community amidst uncertain times. We hope you'll join us!

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Real Talk Grows

• confidence and self worth
• authentic self expression & boundary setting
• self care & stress management skills
• understanding & celebrating our changing our bodies
  

• relationships that truly serve
  
• identity exploration (online and in real time)
• quality time with peers off phones, in nature
• earth intimacy
  

Real Talk Marin Curriculum will be developmentally appropriate for grade/age range. We will focus on the above themes as best serves the whole, striking a healthy balance between depth and fun. Have more questions? Visit our Teen Curriculum, Philosophy, or our FAQ.

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"Looking back on our group, I see how it has shaped who I have become. I found a voice I didn't know I had, and learned to stand in my own truth. I am worthy of love and I belong here." - Real Talk Teen

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Coming up...

MARIN SUMMER WORKSHOP

• Nature Daylong for rising 8th-9th Graders, July 12th 11am-4pm @Lake Lagunitas (Marin County)
  

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Marin Group Details

HUMMINGBIRDS GROUP FALL 2026 - SPRING 2027

• Real Talk circle for 8th-9th grade girls*
• Gatherings:
  • 3 hr Saturday meetings 10am-1pm:
    • 10/24, 1/9, 2/6, 4/17, 5/15
  • 6 hr daylong adventures
    • 9/19, 11/14, 3/13
  • 6/25-27 Spring Camping Trip to culminate school year
    
  • + Spring Parent Meeting
    
  • (Note: no December meeting, hours added to daylongs)
    
• Hosted in Lagunitas & surrounding area
• Facilitated by Caitlin McNeely
• This series is meant to be an inclusive, intimate group for a limited number of participants. If you aren't sure this group is for you, or have an older or younger child, please Contact Us.

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Facilitated by Caitlin McNeely

CAITLIN MCNEELY grew up exploring the gentle sandy beaches of the southern Gulf coast and the giant sprawling oak trees in her urban Houston neighborhood. In the summer, her favorite time was spent road-tripping to the magical tide pools and rocky beaches of a small island off the coast of Maine, where she fished for seaweed, made forts of driftwood and talked to the small colorful creatures tucked in the pools.  

Since those days, deep nature connection has continued to be the thread that brings her back to her most true self, and she has dedicated herself to providing youth the opportunity to have the same wild, timeless experiences in epic nature. Since 2021, Caitlin has been guiding youth in exploring the outdoors and themselves through organizations like Vilda, Love Your Nature, Wilderness Awareness School and Back to Earth. She has been trained as a nature-based mentor by Wilderness Awareness School and as a Rites of Passage guide by Wilderness Reflections. 

From the Sierras to the coast and everywhere in-between, Caitlin loves sleeping under the stars and encouraging teens to connect with their natural selves and their more-than-human relations.  Learn more about Caitlin...

Group & curriculum guided by Directors Emily Frost & Quetzal Francois.

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Tuition

September 2026 - June 2027 School Year:
$3,400 Base Tuition
$3,700 Pay It Forward
Tuition Assistance Available

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Please apply below & click 'Submit'

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Thank you!

We will contact you as soon as we have received your information.
Additional forms (including Health & Emergency Form,  Liability Waiver & Financial Agreement) will accompany the start of the group.
Please contact us if you have questions. A free intro call for parents and caregivers will be scheduled before start date.

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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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Featured artwork by the talented Maddie Rose Templeton