Rite Ways Radio

After spending most of his 20s as a dedicated spiritual practitioner, Eivind realized at 28 years-old that his quest for enlightenment had ended, and the quest for a masculine identity had begun. Being led by his own ignorance of what it meant to be a man, he founded Masculinity-Movies.com, a website using integral [...]

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~ Episode 7 ~

Re-imagining Community w/ Dominique Davis

Dominique Davis is a pinnacle in his Seattle community. Devoting himself to working with some of the most disadvantaged youth in our region, “Coach Dom” once made his greatest impact through sports, mentoring and coaching kids to keep them off the streets and on a better path.

Now, as the founder of Community Passageways, Dom leads efforts to re-imagine how communities can rally behind traumatized youth, abolishing the “cradle to prison” pipeline and building support systems that enforce positive identities and key life skills. Through mentoring, career development, housing placement, restorative justice, and diversion programs to keep kids out of prison, Dom is a true leader in youth-centered community building, and an ideal example of how a man once consumed by the systems of oppression can turn his life around for the good of himself and his people.

Community Passageways, founded in 2015, works with school administrators, police departments, justice officials, correctional center staff, religious institutions, and families to establish healthy, happy, safe communities.

Key Points

During our session with Dom we explore such themes as:

What are the primary ways Community Passageways is working with youth today?

How did Dom’s story and upbringing influence his path to becoming a youth advocate?

What is true restorative justice? And what is it not?

How are folks in our region leading the nation in youth development?

How can we build relationships between school admins, teachers, and students?

What might a Journeymen x Community Passageways collaboration look like?

And much, much more…

Keep in mind, this session is longer than normal, and may have a couple slip ups of profanity and/or intense dialogue.

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Better Parenting with Lori Woodley

Making Men

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~ Episode 6 ~

Rites of Passage with Darcy Ottey

As an initiated European-American woman, Darcy’s strongest passion is exploring how those of us disconnected from our traditional rites of passage can reclaim and create rites and practices meaningful and relevant in our lives and communities at this time, in ways that are in solidarity with the struggles of marginalized communities in our home places and around the globe.

Darcy has guided hundreds of youth and adults through wilderness-based initiatory experiences. I was the Executive Director of Rite of Passage Journeys from 2006 – 2011, and the Rite of Passage Supervisor/Interim Program Director of Pacific Quest. Most recently, I helped to birth Youth Passageways, a diverse network of individuals, organizations, and communities working to support the initiation of young people into mature adulthood in these transition times.

Darcy helps individuals, organizations, and communities navigate transitions in meaningful and culturally-relevant ways. Her work can be described with a number of different titles, including rite of passage guide, facilitator, educator, consultant, and mentor. She considers herself a bridge-builder and a shapeshifter, often showing up differently depending on the needs of her environment and community.

Key Points

During our session with Darcy we explore such themes as:

What are some of the historical lessons within rites of passage?

Why are rites of passage important today?

What is special about adolescence?

What is the mission of Youth Passageways?

How can folks get involved in this work?

And much, much more…

For those looking to view Darcy’s TED Talk referenced in the podcast, you can do so here. Also, be sure to visit her website www.darcyottey.com and get in touch with her if you feel called to enlist her talents in this work.

Additionally, Darcy is Co-Facilitating an upcoming workshop that we hope you will check out. “Before We Were White” is an online workshop series for white-identified people seeking greater emotional resilience in their work against racism and for a sustainable future.

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~ Episode 5 ~

Queer Initiation with Clementine Wilson

Clementine has a varied background in youth mentoring and documentary filmmaking. They are an evolving, passionate, dedicated storyteller & guide with 9 years media production experience and over 7 years experience mentoring at-risk youth. They currently work as Field Manager at a short term residential crisis intervention program focused on horticulture therapy, wellness, mentoring and rites of passage as modalities for treatment and identity development. In their role, they are responsible for managing and training the guides who work directly with the students.

As an initiated queer and non-binary person, Clementine is committed to serving the unique needs of LGBTQI youth. They are particularly interested in creating spaces for queer initiation and identity development, and want to help support rites of passage programs to better serve and amplify the voices of queer youth. In their current role they serve as a primary in-house resource to advise on policies & procedures related to LGBTQI+ youth.

Clementine is humbled and committed to serve on the board of Youth Passageways and to sit as a member of the Cross Cultural Protocols working group. Above all, they are a lover of people; with empathy, compassion and dedication to those on the margins of society. They have unending gratitude for all the teachers and mentors in their life.

Key Points

During our session with Clementine we explore such themes as:

Defining queer initiation

Claiming an identity in an evolving community

Identifying the role of gender in rites of passage

Honing in on best practices for guiding non-binary and/or questioning folks in ROPs

The importance of queer mentors and elders

And much, much more…

We talk about some great places to look for resource on queer-focused initiation – here are a few:

Youth Passageways (Directory of Programs and Groups)

School of Lost Borders (Offers Queer-Specific ROPs and Vision Quests)

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~ Episode 4 ~

Mentorship with Michael Meade

Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom and connecting them to the stories we are living today.

Meade is the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples, and has authored and edited several books on the topics of initiation, rites of passage, and the human condition.

With a deep mythic understanding of the patterns that drive our modern world and a degree of authenticity that allows him to create safe and transformative containers in even the most challenging environments, Michael speaks to the nature and significance of our work in a way that few people can. Knowing about his long history of impacting the lives of youth across the socioeconomic spectrum, and considering his role in advancing our modern understandings of rites of passage, the archetype of initiation, and the role of mentorship in healthy society, we were honored to hear of his willingness to lend his voice to Rite Ways, and we are excited to share our journey with you.

Key Points

During this audio adventure we touch on many topics that are vital to our work. In fact, it was so fruitful we had to break it up in to two parts. This first segment seems to dance within the greater theme of mentorship, with specific mentions of:

Identifying the role of the mentor in a disintegrating culture

The irony, coincidence and significance of our current political climate

The crisis of over-protective parenting (and ensuing fear of mentoring)

The radically efficient process by which fruitful mentoring relationships are established

A practical strategy for working with gang populations

And much, much more…

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~ Episode 3 ~

Male Initiation with Eivind Figenschau Skjellum

After spending most of his 20s as a dedicated spiritual practitioner, Eivind realized at 28 years-old that his quest for enlightenment had ended, and the quest for a masculine identity had begun.

Being led by his own ignorance of what it meant to be a man, he founded Masculinity-Movies.com, a website using integral and archetypal theory to analyse popular culture, mining for gold in popular movies.

 

In 2011, he founded Authentic Norway, the first authentic relating community in Europe, and arena for many of the meetings and co-creative ventures that laid the foundation for the European Circling community.

In 2012, he co-created the Reclaim your Inner Throne work, a unique and very powerful process work modality using archetypal theory, named “constellation work on steroids” by observers.

In 2014, he gave birth to the Reclaim your Inner Throne 3-month online training, which he hosts to this day.

If you want to join, a new round has just begun. Enrollment remains open until April 9th.

Key Points

This episode offers a glimpse into:

Eivind’s own path into male initiation and the birthing of Reclaim Your Inner Throne

What a man may, and may not, encounter during the RYIT journey

The relationship between our individual shadows and cultural/political paradigms

Creating safe, effective, and meaningful online containers for soul work

Leveraging technology to bring deep personal development into the mainstream

And more!

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~ Episode 2 ~

Better Parenting with Lori Woodley

As President and Founder of All It Takes, Lori Woodley has dedicated her life to conscious parenting and child development  After 25 years as a school counselor focusing on experiential learning, parenting support, peer programs and emotional intelligence, Lori now spends her time writing and speaking on these key issues, leading workshops, and guiding the All It Takes team to touch the lives of hundreds of youth every year through their transformational camps and programs.

 

In addition to her work with All It Takes, Lori is a prime example of someone who is willing to “walk the walk” and show up in support of what she believes. On one such occasion, during one of her many trips out to Standing Rock in the past year, Lori played a key role in organizing a Thanksgiving Day feast celebrating the Indigenous Peoples local to the area and those visiting in solidarity to the water protection cause. Because of her efforts, and as the world watched, thousands of us joined together in peace and intention at Standing Rock High School to listen to the voices of committed elders, youth, and adults who had something meaningful to share. And it was beautiful.

Key Points

This episode is packed with valuable info! During our conversation we cover:

Lori’s extensive work with youth and families and her motivation to create All It Takes

One of the least mentioned and most important things every parent needs to prioritize

A super simple technique to radically improve how we communicate with young people

An effective framework that hones in on the importance of adolescence and our role as parents, mentors and youth advocates

A 3-stage process for creating transformational qualities in virtually any environment

Lori’s upcoming book releases

And more!

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~ Episode 1 ~

Making Men with Dr. Arne Rubinstein

Dr. Arne is an expert on adolescent development, with 30 years experience as a medical doctor, counselor, mentor, speaker and workshop facilitator. His programs and seminars have been been attended by over 25,000 people globally and are designed to support boys to successfully make a safe, healthy transition to young men, with a particular focus on creating coming of age Rites of Passage. In 2008, he was nominated for Australian of the Year for his groundbreaking work with youth.

Dr Arne’s 2013 book, The Making of Men, has become a bestseller and is a practical handbook for parents and teachers of boys. It is the culmination of his years of experience in working with teens and their parents, in particular fathers and sons.

He was the Founding CEO of the Pathways Foundation, 2000-2008 an organisation that creates contemporary Rites of Passage for adolescents.  Dr Arne was also the founder of Uplifting Australia in 2013, a not-for-profit set up to improve the emotional wellbeing and resilience of children and their families around Australia. His work has been informed by practicing for 15 years as a GP specializing in adolescent health, and preventative and emergency medicine.

Key Points

During this inaugural session we cover:

Dr. Arne’s background as a medical doctor and the reasons he chose to recenter his life around providing rites of passage

An easily digestible definition for a “Rite of Passage” and some examples that demonstrate why ROPs are so important today

The key issues teen boys are facing in the modern era

A simple and practical tool from Dr. Arne’s book that can help mentors, teachers, parents and coaches evaluate and track the well-being of the youths in their lives.

A sneak peak into the programs that he will be facilitating in collaboration with Journeymen this April here in Puget Sound

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