Today, we're joined by Evie Wilson, the founder of Stardust Squad, a magical gathering place in regional Victoria, for girls aged 5-early teens years, where each girl is celebrated for her uniqueness, and empowered to explore the wonders of mindset, friendships, self love, health, growing older, communication + connection.

In this episode, Evie shares the inspiring story behind Stardust Squad, how it blossomed from the realisation that her daughters can’t be the only ones in her regional town not into sport, into a thriving community program. She opens up about the powerful discussions around consent, friendship, and self-expression that take place during the "Make and Take" sessions, where girls create meaningful projects while exploring important life lessons.

Evie's authenticity and creativity shine through as she describes the magical mother-daughter Taylor Swift disco and her plans for the upcoming "Raising Starries" online group coaching program for parents. Get ready to be inspired by this heartwarming conversation about nurturing the next generation of confident, empowered young women.

Find the full transcript and link to additional resources at: https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast/

Connect with Evie Wilson on Instagram @_stardust.squad and her website https://www.stardustsquad.com.au

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See you in the next episode!! Thanks for listening.

In this episode we're joined by Louise O'Reilly who shares her perspective as an Aboriginal woman on how we can best support and mentor young people, drawing from her own lived experiences and past work as a youth worker. We talked about:

• Louise’s experience of growing up Aboriginal in Australia
• How Aboriginal kinship structures bring people closer together and what we can learn from this
• The importance of validating Aboriginal identities, cultures and perspectives
• Unpacking personal biases and privilege to be a better ally and mentor
• Amplifying the voices and involvement of Aboriginal youth

Find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast

Connect with Louise on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/louise.oreilly.shieldandconch/

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@louise_oreilly

Join her Inclusion Creators Collective here: https://louise-oreilly.thinkific.com/bundles/InclusionCreatorsCollective

NEWS!

We’re about to launch a Pocket Mentor Course to give any adults who have a teen in their world some mentoring skills to keep in their back pocket! Stay tuned! It will include latest insights on what’s going on for teens, how to support teens through challenging situations, when they might need more support and more! Leave us a comment if you’re interested in this or email me - info@shinefromwithin.com.au and we’ll make sure you’re the first to know when it opens.

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Join us in this inspiring episode of The Youth Mentor Podcast as Amanda recaps the 2024 Youth Mentor Conference and shares with you:

• some of the things that are working well for youth mentors, speakers, coaches, and educators as we head into 2024;

• some of the insights that the young people during the conference shared with us;

• some ideas for how you could get started with supporting young people in your community right now.

This episode includes snippets of conference sessions with Wildlings Forest School co-founder, Nicki Farrell, about providing more space and unstructured time for young people; and the founder of Borderline Camps, Cody Schaeffer OAM, about how their fully-funded camps run for young people and how they create an open, casual, trusting space with their campers. Plus highlights from our teens and mentors!

• Get replays of every single conference session at https://youth-mentor-conference.com
• Jump on a 15min call with me to talk about your own dreams of starting or growing your youth business at https://shinefromwithin.pages.ontraport.net/letschat
• Join our award-winning Youth Mentor Training at https://youthmentors.shinefromwithin.com.au

Find the full transcript at https://shinefromwithin.com.au/the-youth-mentor-podcast

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