2020 was the first year that the Resilient Girls program was offered

These girls will be continuing an advanced program,

within their own group, for 2021.

Within a culture of inclusion and co-operation the aims of Resilient Girls is to:

• facilitate supportive peer friendships for girls and those who identify as female

• develop each girls individual strengths and her ability to be comfortable with who she is

• foster curiosity, self confidence and assertive, clear communication

• explore self care strategies for both physical and mental health and learn how to implement those strategies

• further develop both independent and peer supported problem solving

• encourage each girl to explore her connectedness to the natural world

 What does the program involve? 

Each day that we meet the girls will do a fun, physically orientated activity or craft and also have some time to sit together to talk about what is important to them. The focus of the year is to celebrate each girl and her strengths and to explore some of the challenges girls face as they grow into young women.

Some of the activities during the year will be archery, learning about  animal tracks in the bush, making dream catchers, identifying bush foods, learning simple compass navigation to find treasure in the forest, face painting with ochre and doing a group canvas art work - they’ll get to take a piece of it home - no artistic skill required but amazing results guaranteed!

Some of the aspects of growing up that we will discus together are, friendships, self worth, emotions, self talk, mental health strategies and how we are changing as we step into being teenagers.

Everyone will have the chance to talk about these ideas but no-one will have to talk about anything they don’t feel comfortable discussing. It’s about having fun together, learning from each other, making friendships and most importantly, encouraging each girl to be herself by creating a safe place for self expression.

I’m passionate about working with women at all stages of their lives to facilitate a deeper connection to their authentic and powerful inner selves and to the natural world. My aim is to encourage girls and women to more deeply trust their own hearts, minds, and intuition in navigating the major transitions in their lives.

I’ve been involved in offering wilderness based experiences for 16 years and have recently trained in Colorado to become a rite of passage guide. I am a qualified in Mental Health First Aid and have a Working With Children Check.

My adolescence was full of good literature and sport. I started karate at the age of 12 and earned my black belt the year I turned 20.

In the mid 90’s I designed and built my own house, whilst studying to become a nurse.

I was a registered nurse until 2004 at which time I transitioned into a working partnership with my husband, Jon Muir, providing wilderness adventures for adults, families and young men and women from Melbourne University.