Creativity for Middle School Girls & Empowerment for Young Women this Summer!
Welcome! We’re excited about our special summer programs for girls, teens and young adults! Do you know a middle school girl who enjoys expressing herself through creativity? She just may be interested in Creative Connections– a 6 week group supporting growth through creativity. Read below to learn more about this as well as about our groups…
Read Article4 Tips for Finding the Right Therapist
Dr. Johnson discusses 4 tips to help find the right therapist for you: https://youtu.be/AgcJkGgHxKI
WATCH VIDEOBalancing Life in your 20’s: Five Tips for the successful early career professional woman
Starting a new career in your 20’s can be an amazing time filled with so much promise. There is much to learn and experience. But, how do you maintain your balance as an early career professional woman. Starting a new career in your 20’s can be filled with excitement and anticipation. You have worked so…
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Social and Emotional Learning Resources Social-Emotional Learning Resources for the Classroom Social and Emotional Learning Skill Sets Vroman’s Bookstore: Recommended Book Lists Pre-K through 5th grade Middle School through High School
Read ArticlePoetry to Inspire
Praise Song for the Day Elizabeth Alexander Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each other’s eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching…
Read ArticleNavigating Your First Year in College
The day has finally arrived. You have spent many waking hours working on college applications, writing personal statements, completing the SATs, and deciding which college you are going to attend. You are filled with excitement, worry, anxiety, and ready to conquer the world. Going to college for the first time is a big change. Changes…
Read ArticleEmbodiment Poetry: Celebrating the Body
What are your favorite poems that celebrate the body? Today like every other day We wake up empty and scared. Don’t open the door of your study And begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do There are hundreds of way to kneel And kiss the earth….
Read ArticleNavigating Your First Year in College: Resource List
This list of resources is a companion to the articles found here: Navigating Your First Year in College and Helping Your Daughter Successfully Navigate Her First Year of College, by Monica Valdivia Aguilar, MA, MFT. Clicking on a book will take you to Amazon.com, where you can order it. You may also want to check out some of…
Read ArticleResources on Media Literacy for Young Women
Books: Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel by Jean Kilbourne and Mary Pipher Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown Websites: http://www.about-face.org Dove/Campaign for Real Beauty: http://www.dove.us/social-mission/campaign-for-real-beauty.aspx Short clip on “what it takes to make an ad”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U Dove/Campaign for Real Beauty…
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