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Rachel Simmons

Enough as They Are: Helping Teens Move Beyond the Impossible Standards of Success

Tue, Sep 24, 2019 @ 7:00 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT

| Free

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Today’s teens may seem more successful yet they’ve also never struggled more with anxiety, stress and depression. Author Rachel Simmons exposes the dilemma of a narrow, unattainable vision of ‘success’, translates the toxic messages that teens have internalized, and provides the tools young people need to practice self-compassion, and pursue purpose to let them know they are enough as they are.

Rachel Simmons has been researching young woman for two decades and is the author of Enough As She Is and the New York Times bestsellers Odd Girl Out and The Curse of the Good Girl. Here Simmons will share the strategies to help girls and boys overcome brutal self-criticism, an acute fear of failure and feelings that they will never be smart enough, successful enough, attractive enough, thin enough, popular enough, or sexy enough. Join us and learn practical parenting advice—including teaching teens how to manage overthinking, resist the constant urge to compare themselves to peers, take healthy risks, navigate negative elements of social media, prioritize self-care, and seeOdd Girl Outk support when needed to not just survive but thrive.

This presentation will be repeated at 12 p.m. on September 25 at the Marquardt School District 15 administration center, 1860 Glen Ellyn Rd. in Glendale Heights.

Continuing professional development units are available.

Rachel Simmon’s Her Best Year Yet, a free pop-up video series for parents of girls link HERE

Educator’s Guide to Enough as She Is (PDF) HERE

Printable flyer for this event with Rachel Simmons (PDF) HERE

 

 

 

 

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Date:
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Time:
7:00 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

Gilda Ross

Venue

College of DuPage, McAninch Arts Center
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 United States
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