Steps to Empowerment
Steps to Empowerment is a 5-step method designed to foster trust, confidence, and creative self-expression. This approach integrates movement and social emotional learning to provide a holistic path towards personal growth.
By engaging in this journey, you can expect to:
Build stronger trust within yourself and with your students, clients and peers
Boost your self-confidence to face life's challenges.
Enhance your ability to express yourself creatively through various forms of movement.
Embrace these steps as a guide to unlocking your full potential and enriching your social and emotional well-being.
What is Steps to Empowerment?
Steps to Empowerment is a 5-step method designed to help individuals build trust, confidence, and creative self-expression through movement and social emotional learning. It's a course full of tools that can be used in various learning environments to positively impact students, clients, and oneself.
Who can benefit from this course?
While my experience is primarily with foster and at-risk youth, the principles and methods taught in the Steps to Empowerment course are applicable to all students and can enhance any relationship.
Do I need to have experience with dance or movement to use this method?
No, you don't need any prior experience with dance or movement. The course is designed to be accessible to everyone, regardless of their background in these areas.
How flexible is the 5-step method?
The method is quite flexible. Although the steps are presented in a specific order that builds upon each other, they can be adapted and used in the sequence that works best for you and your group, much like how everyone dances in their own unique way.
Is it necessary to master each step before moving on to the next one?
No, it's not necessary to completely master each step before progressing. The method is more about gradual improvement and building upon each step as you go, similar to learning dance steps.
What makes this course different from other empowerment programs?
This course is unique because it combines movement with social emotional learning, which has been proven effective in my decade-long experience working with young people. It's not just about theory; it's about practical tools that lead to real transformation.
Can this method help with behavioral issues?
Yes, the Steps to Empowerment method has been successful in helping young people with behavior issues to build trust in themselves and others, leading to positive changes in their behavior.
Q: What kind of transformation can I expect to see?
You can expect to see individuals, especially youth, breaking down their walls, feeling good about themselves, and transforming into new versions of themselves that they might never have imagined possible.
What You Get
The "Steps to Empowerment" program consists of five steps. You can buy each step separately or get the entire bundle at a discounted rate.
Think of each step as a dance move; you don't need to perfect one before moving on to the next. Still, I've arranged them so that they build on each other, starting with trust as the base.
The methods we’ll be exploring are:
Leading with Trust
Setting Clear Intentions
Creating a Safe Space
Using Mindful Movement Methods
Creative Self Expression
Leading with Trust
In this Module we will dive into the foundation of every relationship: TRUST and what it means to
What does it mean to Lead with Trust? And how does this help us in our personal lives and within our learning spaces?
How do we meet our students/clients/youth/peers where they’re at?
What does extending learning opportunities look like?
How do we extend learning opportunities in any situation?
How can we show up empowered to empower others?
Setting Clear Intentions
In this module we’re going to explore what it means to set clear intentions and how that affects our overall environment.
What does it mean to set clear intentions?
How do we set the tone for our day?
How do we create an intention that ultimately transforms our environment?
Setting group intentions- group activities
Embodying the intention throughout our day
Experiencing a transformed learning space
Creating a Safe Space
In this module we’re going to explore the variety of ways we can create a safe space for our students, youth, peers and ourselves.
What does it mean to create a safe space for ourselves and the young people we work with?
Exploring our own unique learning spaces
Who is at the forefront of the safe space?
How do we show up to our learning spaces and how do we show up in life?
Emotional check-ins
Using Mindful Movement Methods
In this module we’re going to explore what it’s like to use Mindful Movement Methods to connect back to out bodies and find our center.
Using visualization techniques to expand beyond ourselves
Becoming the best version of ourselves
Exploring body awareness through visualization and somatic techniques
Understanding how our body holds on to emotions and ways to release them safely
Feeling Joy and Energy in our bodies
Releasing negative emotions for a clear mind
Regulating our nervous system to improve focus
Creative Self Expression
In this module we’re going to explore and celebrate the variety of ways we might see students create and innovate when they feel empowered.
How do we create opportunities for Voice and Choice?
What does it look like to give students/youth creative freedom?
Activating the Creative Spark
How do we get students to feel safe to express themselves in daily life and in a creative way?
How does creativity foster self empowerment and confidence?