Rising Women: Mother Daughter Camp

RISING WOMEN

Mother & Daughter Camp

A weekend for mums and their girls 11-14 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 to support you both with 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 already strong 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' on our wellbeing, 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, the dance of freedom and responsibility, and 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 11-14 yrs and want to:

Strengthen your relationship with your daughter as she navigates adolescence.
Support her to have the confidence to make healthy choices and you both to hold appropriate boundaries.
Connect with other mums and girls to feel supported on this journey
Enjoy good 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 next camp will be in early 2025 at The Nest in the Byron Hinterland of Northern NSW. 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 40 min drive to the venue.

The total cost of the camp is $1350 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

We create a small camping village on site at The Nest to provide both nature connection and a sense of adventure in shared bell tents festival style. If glamping isn't your style you can choose to book a room in the house. Alternatively you may bring your own tent and camping kit if preferred or share a Bell tent with one other mum & daughter. Please select which option you prefer in your registration form.

There are beautiful indoor bathrooms and toilets with plenty of hot water. The programme is held both indoors at the retreat centre spaces and outdoors for activities.

Please understand that as the camps fill to capacity we are unable to accept your registration and secure your place without payment of the deposit.

April 18-20th 2025

Tell me more about the programme...

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: - Supporting our girls in the challenge of the need to 'fit in, to shift toward honouring our unique gifts and talents and being our authentic selves. - Friendships, including the dramas that so often start at this age, and exploring what friendship really is (outside of social media) as they step into their secondary school experience. - Unpacking the ‘good girl’ stereotypes that can keep us from regarding ourselves with kindness and compassion. - Boundaries and consent but in advocating for and speaking up for what we need. -Understanding our cycles, body changes and exploring our body image beliefs. 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. 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! 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
What is the camping / and site accomodation like?

Our retreats are held at a retreat centre with an option of camping by bringing your own camping kit or booking to stay in one of our shared or private bell tents. We create a small camping village on site at Sacred Hearth Sanctuary to provide both nature connection and a sense of adventure in festival style bell tents . The camping site is set in a beautiful orchard and you can either bring your own separate camping kit or stay in a shared bell tent for you and your daughter to share with another mum & daughter pair, or hire a private bell tent for just the two of you. Our tents are already set up with Air Mattresses, Linens, Pillows and Blankets are all supplied for a hire fee of $220 inclusive per duo. You are welcome to bring your own sleeping bag, pillows/pillowcases if preferred. Hot Water bottles are available if needed! There are beautiful indoor bathrooms and toilets with plenty of hot water. The programme is held both indoors at the retreat centre group spaces and outdoors for activities.
What is included in the cost?

The cost is per pair and includes the programme, accomodation, meals and refreshments for both mother and daughter. There is an additional fee for camping hire if you wish to use our tent accomodation. You can also choose to bring your own camping gear.
Who are the facilitators?

The main facilitators on this programme will be: Kamya O’Keeffe, Founder of Life as Ritual and Senior Facilitator of Women’s and Mother’s Rites of Passage programmes and Women's Leadership Trainings . Kamya is a certified Motherhood studies practitioner and facilitates women's programmes with Sarah Durham Wilson (author of Maiden to Mother). Previously Head of Women's programmes at The Rites of Passage Institute. Tracey Burns, Teen and Parent Coach and Founder of Unstoppable Girls Eva King, Mother's Circle facilitator at The Rites of Passage Institute, and founder of a teen girls programme called The Self Love Club. Anja Nolte, WomenSpeak circle leader, Rites of Passage facilitator and Shine From Within youth mentor. Karin Lucia Gisler, Founder of Primal Wisdom and facilitator for girls and parents menstrual awareness and coming of age education. Suzy Gavey, Gestalt Psychotherapist and massage therapist on Embodiment practices for nervous system support and wellbeing. Emma Louise Roger, Red Tent Yoga on Embodiment practices for nervous system support and wellbeing.