Ellen Boeder interviews Johannah Reimer to find out how women can help teen girls. They discuss the unique problems that teen girls face today, the evolutionary mismatch between the environments we evolved in and modern life, the importance of doing hard things and Johannah’s Girls Group Facilitator Training, “Pathways to Womanhood”which is about guiding and supporting girls on their journey to womanhood.

Johannah is a soulcentric educator, ceremonialist, teen mentor, and an artist of many trades. Trained as a Waldorf teacher, Johannah has been working with children of all ages for over 20 years and holds a particular passion for tweens/teens striving to meet their developmental needs for mentorship and initiation in a culture that has forgotten how to do so. An apprentice of visionaries: Sage Hamilton and Melissa Michaels of SOMA Source, Johannah has worked for many years as a Waldorf teacher under the guidance of her elder Sage, and as an embodied leader for international youth in movement based Rites of Passage with Golden Bridge & Golden Girls Global.

Timestamps:

• 5:33 - Johannah's path to becoming an educator
• 13:19 - Why create girls' groups
• 26:56 - Evolutionary mismatch
• 30:20 - The value of doing hard things
• 34:22 - Becoming an entrepreneur
• 37:55 - What will people take from the training?
• 43:26 - Advice for teenage girls

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• Free Workshop on Becoming a Village Auntie
• Pathways to Womanhood ~ Girls Group Facilitator Training
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