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Resources & Referrals:


The following programs involve nature-based activities, therapy, communication skills, nature skills development, and rites of passage for youth.  Please explore these programs at the web sites identified below.

Back To Earth
Jesse Sachs:  http://www.BacktoEarth.org                         
Wilderness Immersion and Leadership Development:  A skill-building,  ceremony based backcountry program for Teenage Boys               
Deep Nature Guides
Scott Davidson:  http://www.deepnatureguides.com         
Council Training, Rites of Passage, Youth Series, Tracking

Gaia Passages   
https://gaiapassages.org                                                   
For teen girls - Nature as Teacher, Guide, and Life Long Friend

Love Your Nature
Emily Frost:   http://www.Loveyournature.com                   
Support and Guidance for Teen Girls; Coaching for teens and parents

One Nature Therapy
Amy Biesemeyer:  http://www.onenaturetherapy.com       
Individual Therapy for Adolescent Girls


Vilda
Spencer Neilson:  https://www.vildanature.org                   
Boys and Girls, naturalist knowledge, skills development, health & happiness, environmental stewardship

Wilderness Reflections
Dave Talamo:  https://www.wildernessreflections.com       
Rites of Passage, Youth Quests, Day Quests, EcoTherapy

Why Choose Stepping Stones? 


Intergenerational Panel on Coming of Age & Rites of Passage

Listen to the full recording & see panel event details.

OTHER VIDEOS

Coming of Age - The Program

Spiritual and Religious Views

Coming of Age - Group Structure

Why is SSP Important?

Confidentiality

Parent Meetings

SSP Role in Development

Adolescent Development

Coming of Age - Leaders

RECOMMENDED READING


Rites of Passage & Coming of Age

​Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating wholeness and community in a fragmented world, Bill Plotkin

Hold On to Your Kids: Why parents need to matter more than peers, Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Mate

Betwixt and Between: Patterns of masculine and feminine initiation, Louise Carus Mahdi, Stephen Foster, & Meredith Little

Long Life Honey in the Heart: A story of initiation and eloquence from the shores of a Mayan lake, Martin Prechtel

Crossroads: The Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passages, Michael Meade, Nancy Geyer Christopher & Louise Carus Mahdi

The Four Shields: The initiatory seasons of human nature: Stephen Foster and Meredith Little

Seven Arrows, Hyemeyohsts Storm

Coming of Age in Samoa, Margaret Mead

Daughters of Copper Woman, Anne Cameron


Relationship with Nature

Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature: For kids of all ages and their mentors, Jon Young Shelton

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder, Richard Louv

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge & the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer


The Adolescent Brain

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Daniel Siegel

Developmental Science: Personal Essays & Science Writing by SSP Advisor Diana Divecha, Ph.D.
  • Featured Article: "Letting Go"


​Coming of Age for Girls

Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Becoming peers: Mentoring girls into womanhood, DeAnna L’am

The Mother-Daughter Project: How mothers and daughters can band together, beat the odds, and thrive through adolescence, SuEllen Hamkins & Renee Schultz

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising authentic girls with courage and confidence, Rachel Simmons

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Pipher

ORGANIZATIONS WE LIKE


Animas Valley Institute: Guiding wilderness immersions into the wilds of psyche and mystery to discover soul purpose, personal transformation, transformational leadership.

Classroom Matters: Tutoring and Academic Support, K-12, Berkeley.

​Deep Nature Guides: Wildlife tracking, habitat restoration, rites of passage and council, Marin.

East Bay School for Boys: A middle school promoting self awareness and empowerment, Berkeley.

Ecology of Leadership: Leadership sourced in heart, nature and community.

Gaia Girls Passages: Nature and soul based after-school groups and summer camps for girls in the Bay Area, California.

Generation Waking Up: Igniting a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable world.

Girls on the Go Camp: Girls explore, engage and connect with one another. Traveling to locations across the beautiful Bay Area, campers safely navigate the public transit system, Berkeley.

Lifeworks Learning Center: Tutoring and College Prep, Mill Valley.

​Love Your Nature: Teen girls groups, girls empowerment coaching & nature connection, Berkeley & Marin.

Monkey Business Camp: Summer camp and kids programs in the East Bay.

The New School at Commonweal: The New School presents conversations, book signings, art, and lectures with thought and action leaders of our time. 

Prajna Consulting: Human development, ethics & social justice.

Regenerative Design Institute: We inspire and educate those seeking practical solutions, deep nature connection and personal transformation to build a more sustainable world for generations to come.

Rites of Passage Vision Quest: Provides Vision Quests and Rites of Passages.

SEEDS Of Awareness: Mindfulness based social skills groups.

Spirit Rock Teen Program: Meditation Series for Teens.

WAKAN
: A new vision of sacred living.

Weaving Earth
: Center for Relational Education fostering a learning environment that is inspired by contemporary insights and grounded in ancestral wisdom.

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Wild Awakenings: Nourishing aliveness through quests.

Wilderness Reflections: Provides Vision Quests and Rites of Passages.

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Stepping Stones Project
1569 Solano Ave., #651
Berkeley, CA. 94707

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