Guiding teens and young adults toward independence has never seemed so challenging. Social media, pandemic isolation, academic pressures, and social anxiety are contributing to an unprecedented mental health crisis for all. Also, as more neurodivergent learners are being acknowledged, caregivers and parents are now de facto case workers at a time when their kids—and often their Baby Boomer parents—are insisting on establishing their independence.
For those raising these kids—mothers in particular—the struggle leads to deep feelings of disappointment and shame. These very feelings are triggering wounds that can transcend generations. "What we fail to repair in ourselves," says spiritual therapist Suzi Lula, "we repeat in our children."
In this retreat, you'll be immersed in Lula's teachings, somatic exercises, and her therapeutic use of music. You shed the anxiety and pain that does not serve you and learn to nurture your own inner child and discover the spiritual wisdom already within you to help you and your child thrive.
Then hear the wisdom of Morra Aarons-Mele, who embraced her own mental health challenges as a teen and young adult to become an Ivy League graduate, an award-winning author, and the host of The Anxious Achiever podcast. Only after the births of her own children did Morra realize that the superpowers cultivated from her own struggles would help her gain the insight needed to become a nurturing and healing guide to her children.
Finally, learn the practical skills taught by psychologist Jenny Hwang, creator of Project Parent. Based on her 20-plus years working with teens, college students, and their parents, Hwang's lessons will help you tamper emotional volatility, embrace imperfection, and reframe the parent-child relationship. "The teen who can learn to fail well, tolerate disappointment, and dream with the knowledge that things will not always be perfect will become the adult who is able to launch," she says.
