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In collaboration with local nonprofit organizations, we are planning to interview women of all different ages and from different cultures to learn what is similar and what has been different with our experiences of puberty. Imagine hearing about puberty experiences from women from all walks of life! We hope these stories will spark conversation and bring women back to circles of relationship in a deeper way. Guided by these stories and years of experience with women going through other rites of passage, the girls coming of age program - "The Talk" will bring a fresh perspective and approach to how girls and women can learn the truths about health and the prevention and reversal of chronic conditions.

The impetus for Coming of Age is a growing recognition and need for girls and women to reclaim their health and spiritual heritage. Religion has it’s own rites and  many of us are born into a family with a religious commitment.  But women’s spirituality is about understanding and living from our highest gifts of being. As women we experience cycles of existence that are not better than or less than, but different from men and others. These cycles naturally take us into a state of introspection, and if we make time, allow it, will help us to connect more fully to the more evolved aspects of ourselves, to others, and to the vast ways that people connect through their Souls, Nature of Mind, Higher Consciousness, Energy, Nature, or whatever there is that propels our universes.  Traditionally, women have come together in community for shared purpose. For many, it was born of necessity -the need to ensure the gardens were tended when men were away, the need to bear and raise the children, the need to tend to the household, the making of coverings and utensils for eating, and the need for connection with other women.  How our world has changed. Women are doing all of that and working another full time job, often away from home. Sometimes there is no time for getting together with other women once the play dates with young children are over. We spend so much time caring for others even after the children have grown that we forget to extend that same care to ourselves. While it takes a village to raise our children, it will take a village to bring ourselves back to our true nature.  Who has held the wisdom of women’s history? I am reminded that history is told by the victors. We, as women, have always held our history, our wisdom. For it is found in our hearts, our lived experience. No one has or can take that from us. There is no need to hide. Not anymore. Each of us holds a key, a unique gift, a presence that is vital to the health of the world. How will we do our bit to recover our birthright and support our health and the health of the planet?