Girls Work - Growing Together

Modern life can overwhelm girls with unrealistic beauty standards; with pressure to compare, compete, and be ‘nice’; and with an expectation to not take up too much space. Youth surveys reveal a staggering 90% to 95% of teenagers express some degree of negative body image or appearance-related anxiety. Evidence shows that Social media platforms heavily reinforce these anxieties.

Through facilitated discussions, experiential processes, skills to take home and a rites of passage ritual, Growing Together is designed to: 

• Support girls and their mothers or female caregivers in navigating harmful cultural messages

• Develop healthy relationships and boundaries 

• Empower girls to trust their bodies, think for themselves, and strengthen their confidence

• Give girls the experience of a group ritual at an important threshold in their lives

I took the stars from my eyes and then I made a map

And knew that somehow I could find my way back

- Florence and The Machine

Amy Huon is a Somatic Experiencing, Feldenkrais and Focusing Practitioner with over twenty years experience in private practice and group facilitation. She lives on Wadawurrung Country with her partner and three children, and is a founding member of Coming to Life, a facilitation collective blending somatics, courageous dialogue, decolonising education, and nature connection.

With over twenty years experience in youth and adaptive Leadership facilitation, Rachel Macindoe has completed her Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing at Melbourne University and is currently completing her Masters. She leads health and wellbeing workshops for young women in high schools throughout Victoria. Rachel is a mother of three and is passionate about providing safe spaces for young people to express who they are, to be heard and to discover their unique gifts.