RESOLUTION

Full of Ourselves is a wellness program to advance girl power, health and leadership.  For the past two weeks, Rachel Phipps, my stepdaughter and I have been co-facilitating the program at the Kennebunk, ME, middle school.  Each exercise in the program is carefully designed to strengthen the girls in some way -- recognizing positive female role models and relationships, recognizing each girl's own positive attributes and increasing her ability to speak of them, using guided meditation as a stress reliever, getting comfortable with voicing their opinions, eating healthy, etc.  I'm really looking forward to watching the changes in the girls, if any, over the course of the program.  It is an amazing program!

I understand that this can be seen as discriminatory, as boys are not involved.  I think that a similar program, targeted to boys, taught by men, would be equally fabulous and I encourage others to make it happen!  There are certainly plenty of boys who would benefit from a program that advanced their potential with respect to power, health, and leadership.