Parents of enrolled students receive free access to the parent program!
Help!
Help!
That's what we're looking for, right?
Help for kids.
Help for parents.
Help for professionals working to find the right services.
The Messy in Between gives youth, their parents, and youth-serving professionals the TOOLS to be successful with each of those roles and responsibilites!
Decisions Determine Destiny
The Messy in Between teaches how to take responsibility for every daily decision by connecting: Identity, Purpose, Core Values, Goal Achievement, Cognitive Behavioral Skills, and Resilience
Strengthening these skills help youth and parents to change destructive behavior patterns and learn to:
CHOOSE productive thoughts - which lead to helpful emotions - that trigger positive actions -- all keys to healthy, rewarding outcomes.
Decisions Determine Destiny
The Messy in Between teaches how to take responsibility for every daily decision by connecting: Identity, Purpose, Core Values, Goal Achievement, Cognitive Behavioral Skills, and Resilience
Strengthening these skills help youth and parents to change destructive behavior patterns and learn to:
CHOOSE productive thoughts - which lead to helpful emotions - that trigger positive actions -- all keys to healthy, rewarding outcomes.
The right program at the right time.
The Messy in Between is a prevention/intervention program that will help youth and families with a variety of concerns, including:
- Truancy, School Attendance
- Grades, School Performance
- Bullying
- Family Conflict
- Sexting
- Drug or Alcohol Use
- Criminal Behavior
- Lack of Motivation
- Lack of Healthy Relationships
Youth and parents achieve success through an engaging, triple-threat experience:
Dynamic Educational Content (no boring PowerPoint slides)
Personalized Real-life Activities (to apply what they're learning)
Individual Coaching (8 coaching sessions built in)
Parents of enrolled students receive free access to the parent program!
Movie scenes, analogies, stories, illustrations, and "Stir it In Challenges" reach students with all learning styles and attention spans.
Coaching helps kids see how to actually USE what they are learning to become the hero of their own story.
Program Features:
- 90 Days
- Student Online Portal: Video Lessons, Personalized Activities
- Parent Online Portal: Video Lessons, Personalized Activities
- Weekly Coaching Calls
- Optional Enrichment Activities
- Lifetime Access to the Resources for ongoing progress
Self-Assessment
"What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. " Abraham Maslow.
The process of self-assessment can be a fun, positive tool that gives you control over your growth and accomplishments.
Identity & Purpose
Who are you?
What do you love? What do you hate? What are you good at? What do you stand for? What do you believe in? What are you willing to fight for?
The Hero's Journey
You are living out a story.
What role are you playing right now? Villain? Victim? Sidekick? Guide? or the Hero? You get to decide. YOU are the author, director, casting director, and star.
Growth Mindset
The Art of Growing Souls is the foundation for successful THINKING.
Goals are about BECOMING something, learning truth, and believing that your DECISIONS will determine your destiny.
Principles of Wellness
The Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul
Wellness is the goal of a healthy, happy life. To achieve that, you need to understand the principles that lead to health in each of the 4 dimensions of your lives.
Personal Core Values
"When values are clear, decisions are easy." Roy Disney
Each day you live is filled with hundreds of decisions. Defining your personal standards gives those decisions boundaries and focus.
Goal Achievement
"We don't rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our systems." James Clear
Getting to the top of any mountain requires careful planning. You've gotta clearly define your peak, projects, and daily practices.
Emotional Intelligence
"Emotional intelligence can be the game changer to high performance and personal leadership." Steve Gutzler
Connecting the dots between thoughts, emotions, and actions is a life changing skill.
Cognitive Behavioral Skills
Things become Thoughts.
Thoughts become Feelings.
Feelings become Actions.
Actions become Results.
Fear, Doubt, Shame, & Blame
Dumbrellas block you from seeing the opportunities that surround you everyday.
Fear-based decisions are crippling. Doubts playing in your head will erode your sense of self-worth. Shame leads to all forms of self-harm. Blame will keep you in victim mode and keep you from playing the hero in your story.
Avoiding Harmful Behaviors
Easy Buttons = Instant Gratification
Feeling better in the moment will rarely serve you well. Whether it's social media or substance use, there will always be a price to pay if you attemp to manipulate your emotions with easy buttons.
Grit & Resilience
Growth takes time - and quitting won't speed things up! There are 4 keys to resilience:
Parents of enrolled students receive free access to the parent program!
An essential part of being a healthy human is growth. We cannot enjoy happiness and peace of mind unless we are growing into the next upgrade of ourselves. This process requires a constant flow of goal setting and daily decision-making.
Studies show that the human brain identifies with its own future self in a brain activity pattern that matches that of a stranger, rather than activity patterns of its present self. This means we humans require very intentional and deliberate "thought work" before the brain will choose ideas and activities that serve the future self more than the present self. Since we know that daily decisions determine the success of any goal, it is critical to connect the dots between choices and the goal (future self).
The decision-making skills required to do this are not automatic for any of us. But the good news is, we absolutely CAN learn.
Soul Grower programs help individuals become more self aware and emotionally intelligent, regardless of the disparities and inequalities of the circumstances that they may be experiencing.
Soul Grower principles teach critical cognitive skills for life, including:
Owning our life by owning our choices
Learning the difference between our circumstances and our thoughts about those circumstances
Recognizing emotions, understanding their purpose, and learning to manage emotions with thoughts
Understanding the fundamentals of healthy well-being
Connecting the dots between future dreams and daily thoughts and actions
Once these skills are learned, we see the world differently. We see opportunities we couldn't see before. And we understand and believe that any change really is possible."
How to Make Chocolate Milk
How to Make Chocolate Milk
It's pretty easy to attend a class.
If it's a good class, it's even easy to pay attention.
If it's a really good class, then it's not even hard to take notes or pass a few quizes about what you're learning.
But - has that information changed your life with a few notes or quizzes??
Nope.
Information doesn't change our lives unless we
STIR IT IN!
It's Gonna Get Messy!
It's Gonna Get Messy!
Goals. Decisions. Preparation. Plans.
What day do most people quit on a new goal?
It's Day 2.
Why is that?
You'll learn in The Messy in Between program, but here's a hint:
Parents of enrolled students receive free access to the parent program!
Coaching Calls!
Personal - One to one coaching calls give kids a safe space to ask questions and receive guidance about how to reach their individual goals by choosing what to focus on next.
Real Life Application - Youth learn to "Stir it In" and apply what they're learning after every single lesson.
No Transportation Required!
Zoom sessions allow kids to be coached from just about anywhere using their phone, tablet, or computer.
Kids are coached about how to stay out of victim mentality and tap into the power of personal accountability.
A good thing about COVID - most kids know all about online classes.
A bad thing about COVID - most kids hate online classes.
That's fair.
Truth: Most online education programs are boring.
Good News: MiB lessons are NOT. They inlcude stories, videos, movie clips, analogies, and interactive activities that make the lessons come to life.
The Messy in Between online format eliminates barriers to services:
Transportation needs = Eliminated
Schedule conflicts = Eliminated
Waiting for the next "round" of groups to start = Eliminated
Parents of enrolled students receive free access to the parent program!
Best programming for kids! Extremely engaging, highly impactful!
Our youth are learning from the best. They have a place with Rhonda Jo where they can search within themselves to find what motivates them, what they're passionate about and why they are important.
Yes, yes, yes!! The programming is designed for teenagers, but I've been through it, it's good for adults too!!!
... Rhonda Jo has as developed an amazing program. Check it out!
My daughter has been doing one lesson a day for the past two weeks....& I have been SHOCKED? at what it has done for her already!!!
Her attitude is so much better. The curriculum is written in a way that is making her THINK about life a little differently. She’s more ‘in tune’ to her emotions. She’s feeling more productive. She’s waking up early, with her goal list in hand, excited to get started on her tasks. SERIOUSLY I’m amazed. I didn’t realize how much she “needed” some additional structure and encouragement right now. After the first day, I haven’t had to remind her once to do this. It has been AWESOME!! & somehow I’m feeling less guilty as a parent, even though I haven’t done anything?! ?
