RISING WOMEN

Mother & Daughter Camp

A weekend for mums and their girls 10-13+ years...

Rising Women is a 3 day Mother Daughter camp designed to support you and your daughter as she steps into her teen years. Rising Women offers some time away just for you two to share an adventure and explore the changes (already happening or on the horizon) in your relationship. Our aim is to set the foundations for you both to better navigate this journey of adolescence as your daughter matures toward young adulthood.

What does it mean to support your daughter as she navigates her teen years?

It means centering her journey toward young adulthood within a community of women who recognise and can reflect on the challenges ahead. It means offering thoughtful questions that allow her to explore who she is becoming. It means honouring her values and the unique gifts she brings to the world.

We support girls to develop an awareness of the social pressures and gendered expectations that play a highly influential role in shaping her sense of who she is, while creating the space for her to reflect on the kind of young person she actually wants to become, to realise her strengths, and to thrive.

We acknowledge that this time in adolescence can be a particularly challenging transition when the need to 'fit in' and belong becomes so critical for teens as they strive for more independence from us. So building on your bond and facilitating good communication is now more important than ever. We will celebrate this stage of her life welcoming her into the changes in her body and the healthy rite of passage in understanding our cycles, body changes and exploring body image beliefs. Together we gently explore issues like friendship dramas, understanding the basics of boundaries and consent, and the challenges of social media that can keep us from regarding ourselves with kindness and compassion.

Mums will have time together to explore the impacts of cultural ideals of 'perfect mother' and the changing dynamics of your relationship with your daughter. We look at healthy communication, how to set and keep boundaries that are right for you and your family, the dance of freedom and responsibility, with resources to support you on this journey.

Every morning we practice and learn tools together in nervous system support to help us to stay connected to our bodies and to know what feels 'safe' for each of us.

If you have a daughter aged 10-13+ yrs and want to:

Strengthen your relationship with your daughter as she navigates adolescence.
Support her to have the confidence to make healthy choices
Connect with other mums and girls to feel supported on this journey
Enjoy delicious healthy food, camp fires and share an adventure together!

Our Rising Women Mother Daughter camp might be what's calling to support you both as you step into this next phase together.

Our 2026 camp dates are 1st - 3rd May and 9th - 11th October in the Byron Hinterland of Northern NSW. The 2026 camps are located in Goonengerry (near the Goonengerry National Park) and are non-residential. You may book your own accomodation and we recommend staying locally in either Goonengerry or Federal. We are happy to advise on accomodation locations. The camp starts at 3:00 pm on Friday and finishes at 2:00 pm on Sunday. You can fly into either Ballina/Byron Gateway airport or Gold Coast. Each are about a 45 min drive to the venue.

The cost of the camp is $1490 per pair, for both mother & daughter to attend the camp programme and includes all catering for Friday: afternoon tea, dinner; Saturday: breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner; Sunday: breakfast, morning tea, lunch. Accomodation is not included so cost is based on your choice of the wide variety of accomodation in the Byron Hinterland. We will have a maximum of 12 pairs per camp.

Please click here to register for either 2026 Camp:

Please note that our camps fill to capacity, so we ask that you secure your place

with a deposit when you register.

Book 1 - 3 May

Book 9 -11 October

About Us

Facilitator

Kamya O'Keeffe

Kamya is a Rites of Passage guide and mentor for women. She is the founder of Life as Ritual and Mother Medicine - a Mother’s Rites of Passage programme and Women's Facilitation training. Kamya is a certified Motherhood Studies (sociology) and Maternal Ecopsychology practitioner. She facilitates women's transformative programmes with women around the world including Maiden to Mother and Midlife Rites with Sarah Durham Wilson.

Kamya is deeply committed to supporting mothers as they transition through the journey of matrescence.

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Facilitator

Eva King

Eva is a facilitator, trained counsellor, and devoted Kundalini yoga practitioner with over 15 years in the healing arts. For more than 10 years, Eva has led Rites of Passage programs, transformational workshops, and immersive trainings for both young people and adults. She facilitated workshops for teen girls in high schools for many years, supporting them to navigate life’s pivotal thresholds with confidence, self-awareness, and resilience.

Passionate about circle work, Eva creates nurturing, heart-led spaces where people feel safe to be seen, heard, and transformed. She is deeply committed to guiding others as they step into greater authenticity and embrace their evolving rite of passage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Rising Women Camp

The programme flow is based on the Rites of Passage framework, and the content is focused on the issues that research and experience tell us that our 11-14 year old girls are navigating at this age.

We mix the sessions and fun activities across the 2.5 days, and overall this weekend is about time for you and your daughter to be together, to explore some topics, hear from and share with other mums and girls at the same age, and to have fun!

We have mums only sessions to share and ask questions about the changes or challenges you are experiencing, we unpack some cultural beliefs about motherhood, support your communication strategies as your daughter moves into this next phase of adolescence, and look at what self care is for mothers of teens.

Our aim is not to tell you how to parent, but to support you to trust yourself and her on this coming of age journey you are embarking on together. x