Ready Steady BELONGING
Summer 2024 - May 2025
Brutiful
If you have a middle schooler/ 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th grader in your family, then you know how brutiful (brutal + beautiful) these years can be. As you think back over this school year, has it been extra hard sometimes for them? for you? As a parent, do you feel a sense of urgency to expand their support team? As you see how precious, amazing, smart, and fun they are, do you worry they don’t see that in themself?
Belonging
Gena created this 1-to-1 experience to meaningfully connect with middle schoolers in this messy, amazing time in their inner development and formation to remind them of the very good news: you already belong.
Because we can feel belonging
only if we have the courage to share
our most authentic selves with people,
our sense of belonging
can never be greater
than our level of self-acceptance
- Brene Brown -
Middle Schoolers/ 5th 6th 7th 8th
1-to-1
60 minutes/ session (( FaceTime ))
$550
Gena created this 1-to-1 well-being program for your middle schooler to spend purposeful time skilling-up on and making connections between their feelings, thoughts, and actions.
PTB - EFT - PMR
Each session begins with the research and science-based practices PTB, EFT, and PMR to ready and steady their mind and body for deep engagement as we dive in to read “SuperPOWERed” chapter by chapter together.
PTB: Push It Twist It Breathe It a mindful transition practice
EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique an emotional healing method of tapping acupressure points on your own body signaling calm and safety to your brain
PMR: Progressive Muscle Relaxation a body awareness practice easing stress and anxiety
“SuperPOWERed”
Together, we read the book “SuperPOWERed: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience” by Renee Jain and Dr. Shefali Tsabary to guide them through the process of remembering how they already belong and how Present, Original, Whole, Energized, and Resilient they already are while also talking honestly about how easy it is to forget these built-in superPOWERs due to normal, negative thinking habits like should-ing and comparison.
“ Inside this book, you’ll find
secrets, strategies, hard truths, science, exercises,
and more than a few mind-blowing facts
that won’t just relieve your worry
but will completely transform it.
We’ll go as far as to say
that the journey through this book
could change your life “
- Renee Jain & Dr. Shefali Tsabary -
Program Notes
1-to-1 with Gena
6-hourlong sessions over FaceTime
$550 full payment in advance of the 1st session
48-hour notice requested to reschedule a session