Cultivating Healthy Self-Worth in a Digital Age: for teens (3 hours)
What makes us valuable? Who gets to decide our worth?
Part 1: All about anxiety and tools to cope
- Why do we have anxiety? It’s not all bad
- Common causes of anxiety
- Social media and mental well-being
- Identifying anxiety: If you can name it, you can tame it (somatic symptoms)
- Coping mechanisms: grounding, breathing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and getting things done
Part 2: Power over the messages with media literacy
- What is media literacy?
- Questions to decode media messages:
- Who created this message and who gains profit or power?
- What techniques are used to attract my attention?
- What values, lifestyles, or points of view are represented?
- How might different people understand this message differently?
- Looking at the values messages send and how objectification impacts relationships
- Questions to decode media messages:
Cultivating Healthy Self-Worth in a Digital Age: for parents
Length: options for 8-hour group programming, and 1 hour summary/ intro
The goal of this workshop is to equip youth to be resilient to the harms of media impact self-esteem and relationships. The best way to do this is to prepare parents to be the ultimate guide and trusted resource to their children. More than specific apps and software, we will set the stage for an approach parents can apply to changing technology.
The Strengths-Based Writing Program
If you’re like most humans, you focus more on what is wrong with you than what is right. On top of learning about the publishing process, this group will devote much-needed time to gain self-insight and focus on our strengths.
Hang out with other writers, hone your skills, and prepare for your future as an author all at the same time. For one hour a week, we will teach you about getting into the writer’s mindset, future careers you can explore in writing, and ways you can believe in yourself. We provide guidance and support through editing your work and sharing feedback to help you grow.
The program meets once per week for 1 hour and 30 minutes for 8-10 weeks. This can be tailored to the schedule needs of the group. Participant size is limited to 15 to share creativity in a safe, small-group setting. See significant results and more information at youthbeheard.org/strengths-based-writing-program