Rites of Passage & Coming of Age

Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating wholeness and community in a fragmented world: Bill Plotkin

Hold On to Your Kids: Why parents need to matter more than peers: Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate

Betwixt and Between: Patterns of masculine and feminine initiation: Louise Carus Mahdi, Stephen Foster, and Meredith Little

Long Life Honey in the Heart: A story of initiation and eloquence from the shores of a Mayan lake: Martin Prechtel

Crossroads: The Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passages: Michael Meade, Nancy Geyer Christopher, Louise Carus Mahdi

The Four Shields: The initiatory seasons of human nature: Stephen Foster and Meredith Little

Seven Arrows: Hyemeyohsts Storm

Coming of Age in Samoa: Margaret Mead

Daughters of Copper Woman: Anne Cameron

 

Relationship with Nature

Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature: For kids of all ages and their mentors: Jon Young Shelton

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder: Richard Louv

 

Coming of Age for Girls

Women Who Run WIth the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Becoming peers: Mentoring girls into womanhood: DeAnna L’am

The mother-daughter project: How mothers and daughters can band together, beat the odds, and thrive through adolescence: SuEllen Hamkins & Renee Schultz

The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising authentic girls with courage and confidence: Rachel Simmons

 

 

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