Negative stereotyping, sexism, media images, the fixation on being thin, these are all issues today’s girls are facing. In this workshop we encourage girls to critically evaluate the messages that bombard them every day and develop strategies that help them respond intelligently and objectively.

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Rediscovering the Princess within…little girls believe they can be whatever  they would like to be, be friends with whoever amuses them, let people know when they are being annoyed, and eat whatever tastes delicious – when did the rules change and why have we let things become so complex? This workshop challenges girls to reconnect with their core values and beliefs and helps them remember just how truly special they are.

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Saving money, mobile phone plans, credit cards, business plans…..all savvy girls need to know how to manage their finances. This workshop teaches girls how to be cash smart and how to avoid financial pitfalls.

Managing time, prioritising, organising your space and your work, problem solving, thinking creatively: these are all skills that help improve performance at school and in the workplace. This workshop focuses on developing these skills and on learning to use them to your advantage.

Every girl is concerned about her personal safety. Setting personal boundaries, safe partying, handling inappropriate text messages, managing conflict and using the internet safely: all areas that can be so dangerous for impressionable and vulnerable young girls. This workshop focuses on what’s right and what’s not right and how to tell the difference.

Girls will create their own journals in which they can reflect and reshape their futures… this workshops also allows for informal conversations about things that really matter to the girls and uses art as therapy. The finished journals are beautiful and powerful “ take aways” from our events. All materials are supplied.

Relaxation, visualisation techniques, massage and more.

Learning how to manage stress effectively is essential for our modern lives. Relying on crutches like alcohol, drugs, cigarettes or other unhealthy behaviours is destructive and wasteful. In this workshop we encourage girls to seek balance in their lives and teach them some skills to achieve it. We also teach skills to help them cope with exam and assessment pressure to help enhance performance. These strategies are fun, affordable, and will fit into any girl’s hectic lifestyle.

Research tells us that friends are more important to teenagers than their parents or teachers. How do we make friends? Who should we make friends with? How should friendships be maintained? How do we decide if a friendship is helping or harming us? This workshop addresses these issues and equips the girls with the necessary skills to make safe, important decisions about their friendships.

Student feedback for this event:

"My favourite part was “Wake Up Sleeping Beauty” – I found that this was the workshop that I got a lot out of, things that I could apply to my life, it was very helpful. Thank you so much for the inspirational talk, I have got so much out of it. It was an excellent day." Emma.

"I thought it would be a boring lecture where the whole time all you are thinking about is “When will this finally end?” BUT Danni really connected with everyone, and out of all the things people in my life have ever said to me, and out of all the lectures I’ve been given, I really listened to you and to everything you said and I TOOK EVERYTHING IN." Courtney.

“Believe in yourself … every girl is a princess.” Anon, Yr 7.

"My favorite part was the friends affirmation session. I don’t think we tell our friends how much they mean to us yet the value in doing this is important for all of us. I learnt we can be self destructive and how much there is we can do to build ourselves and those around us up. The media is playing a big part in this problem… we are all beautiful. Continue doing what you are doing! This is a message that EVERY GIRL needs to hear! Thanks so much." Claire, Yr 11.

“I thought it would be pointless but I loved it all coz they made me  think I am special and unique and that I am beautiful no  matter what, words can hurt lot, it was really fun – thanx!” Eliza, Yr8.

“Vinnies is cool, more people our age are financially intelligent… these speakers  are excellent!” Natasha, Yr 10.

“Love yourself. This course is ESSENTIAL for all girls.” Anon.

“I learnt to have confidence and be happy with myself… thank you soooo much,  I loved it!” Grace, Yr 10.

“Love Danni’s confidence, it was inspiring; I learnt not to be ashamed or hide  who I am, I AM UNIQUE!” Sally, Yr 8.

“I thought it would be all old women teaching us the right and wrong  ways of doing things – but it wasn’t and I learnt heaps about different styles, how to spend wisely and how to use makeup.  They are all so beautiful as people.” Amy, Yr 10.

“I didn’t expect it to be so bright, I learnt a lot – and how to be positive, and  be yourself, they make girls feel good.” Lauren, Yr 10.

“I am in shock as I didn’t think it would be so interesting – I think you  ladies should continue talking to other schools of young people. You can teach girls so much as everyone listens to you and is really interested in what  you have to say.” Anon.

"It was absolutely fantastic, we were all really enthused. I loved hugging everyone after the positive affirmations, I am very affectionate and I loved the feelings expressed through hugs. I learnt too that I am not alone – some of the statistics were frightening, I shouldn’t be ashamed of myself. I am good enough for me and my faults make me, me." Tijana. 

"The whole day was brilliant – the speaker was so entertaining and made me interested and enthused. It was really, really good!" Tiffany.

"I thought it would be just another talk that I should get basically nothing from but it was the total opposite! I loved hearing how Danni remained strong and wore her scare instead of letting them wear her. Being a girl is tough but every one of us is beautiful in our own way, denigrating others will not make us feel better; we have to accept that we are beautiful." Caitlin. 

"The team captivated their audience and took us on a ride and made us see a lot of things, society has failed us and wants us to be perfect but I am perfect the way I am! DEFINITELY recommend this." Anon.

"I didn’t think today would be as enlightening as it was. I learnt to make the best of everything and know that I am beautiful in any shape or form." Alison.

"This was great, keep doing it girlfriend as you are making a difference! Girls need reminding of the good qualities they have." Paige.
 
"I thought it would be just another guest speaker but ALL GIRLS, ALL AGES SHOULD SEE THIS!!! Loved it. Thank you so much. WE all have girl disease (we all compare and despair) but we can fight it. WE chose – negative or positive?" Natalie, Yr 12.

"My favourite part was when the speaker was saying that we are all beautiful – it made me cry. No one ever tells me that! You guys are amazing women! I learnt today to be positive about myself and it’s ok to be me. You are the best people I’ve ever met!" Hollie.

"This workshop is excellent. As an individual who is confident about herself, I did not particularly need to hear this workshop. However, for girls (the large majority) who don’t have self confidence, this is the best thing for them. Congratulations ladies, you may yet save women from self-destruction." Sarah R.

"I thought that today would be a bit boring…BUT U PROVED ME WRONG. I loved this program. I loved it when we all embraced in hugs, it made me feel loved and special!" Bridie E.

"I learnt to be my own hero, be myself, be happy with what I have and don’t keep emotions to myself. I thought today would be great – it was better than great!" Steph M, Yr 10. 

"I loved Son reassuring us that it is ok to be yourself and learning what is really going on in society. Be thankful for what you have, be yourself. Think positive, appreciate others." Chiara.

"Uplifting, motivating. I loved getting active and doing the activities but Sonia’s talks were very motivating and made me think – and want to change, and want to be me. Great work." Ashlee, Yr 9. 

"Learning about ourselves and how we can be the person we want to be and really are…loved it. We are all beautiful in our own ways. Today was wonderful and I love what we were taught. Sonia is a wonderful role model for young ladies today." Anon.

"Your amazing Danni! I love you to bits!! Everything was the best as Danni made us think but still have lots of fun and I learnt to love every girl at my school and everyone for who they really area." Kelly

"I loved how enthusiastic you were and how you shared your memories and moments that meant a lot to you – so this then it meant it a lot to me emotionally. Thank you so much for today and for talking to me about things, I’ve been through a lot myself with bullying and I just respect you so much. You taught me not to judge other people without considering their feelings, to love who I am and what I have, and to respect myself." Amber

"You’re bloody beautiful and so awesome – you opened up with us and you trusted us. You taught me to stop saying negative things about myself. Bratz and Barbie are ridiculous with the messages they send out to young girls – I thought today would be a little thing but it was awesome." Stacey

"I loved how today was really open and special and how the true piece of everyone came out because it means a lot to me to know I am not alone. You taught me to be me true self, and to be happy and to love and never to be someone who just makes other people happy." Kim

"This course was the best thing I have ever done in my life. You can come back anytime. I loved the whole thing and sharing our feelings. I learnt respect for myself and others." Kailee

"I thought it would be boring but it turned out great. You showed us and talked to us about the celebrities and how they airbrush things. You showed us what was real. Thank you. I learnt today that I am beautiful and I’m not ugly because they might say I am, I’m not what people may say I am. I can imagine, I can love, I am beautiful, I also have purpose. Thank you Dannielle for giving me a lot of thought into my life." Paige

“I thought today would be a series of long monotonous talks that wouldn’t inspire anything but it was so much better than this. I felt so good, it made me cry from happiness. I started crying and I couldn’t stop. I learnt that words can have a really powerful affect on you, that I have really nice friends and that I am powerful...” Juliana

“I learnt we are worth everything and we are princesses. We should celebrate who we are, not how we look. It was good to be reminded of this and that my friends do love me and care about me. Today really made me feel good. I have been through a tough time and it made me realize that I can get through it.” Megan

“ I learnt that as women we are somebodies not just bodies. We are powerful and we don’t need to wear lots of makeup either.” Anna

“To be honest I found all the activities fun today. It was intriguing and mind opening. I learnt to be proud of who I am and to love everyone for their uniqueness. Thank you 4 everything!” Sruthi

“I thought today would be good but I didn’t know it could be amazing! Today I learnt that we all have a lot in common even though we are each unique. It was good to know I’m not alone, that I can just be myself and anyone one that is worth my time will love me. You really challenged all of us but only for the better. Today I learnt to fly! Thank you so much.” Katherine 

“I felt happy throughout the whole thing!!! I love Forever Friends. It made me feel warm and loved and very, very wonderful. I learnt to love myself, to be kind to others and to be in the spotlight of my life” Georgia W

“My favourite part of today was everything because I learnt more about myself and friendship. I learnt to love who you are, to trust your friends, that friends are important, to not put yourself down and that everyone is different. Thank you Storm” Caitlin L

“Thank you Storm for helping me be myself. I learnt that you don’t have to make yourself be someone else and to believe in yourself.” Brianna E

“It was a really great experience and I loved it! I learnt that I am who I am and that there is no need to pretend. I learnt to believe in myself.” Alanna F

“Everything was great! I felt like I could talk about anything.” Bella

“Thank you so much you were very reassuring. I learnt about trust, friendship and to believe in yourself and love yourself.” Emily S

“Everything was the best! Storm was a great role model for me and I didn’t want it to end! I learnt that friends are forever and that I shouldn’t change for boys. I learnt that everybody is different and that models aren’t everything. I thought that it would help us to figure out our bitterness and it did!” Aimee N

 “I thought today would be just a lot of information and not much interaction but I got information I didn’t know and I really liked the chance to be creative. I learnt that I probably need to look into things a bit more than I do and I’m going to voice my opinion and be a little more outgoing. I learnt its good to be myself.” Lauren

“I learnt words are just so powerful. My favourite bit was the Style File because my style is different to everyone else and that’s OK. I also learnt that my friends are important to me but that they could change, we all change. That will be OK too.” Jessica

"My favourite part was listening to Danni and Fran’s wise words which have inspired me and what they have told me I understand and I will appreciate myself as who I am. I was born to be here and love myself and I will never try not to think of other people badly either. And thank you so much Danni for telling me I was cute when I first walked in and got my sheet." Chanel 

"Thank you so much for showing us our true colours and enlightening our lives and I can’t ever thank you enough. Danni’s words healed me." Lucinda

"Everything was my favourite! The emotional level was so high. I feel sooo positive and will go out of here with a positive attitude and a fresh new mind about my friends and this school! I love you guys and I mean it. I will be the best I can be and push my boundaries to reach greatness." Georgia

"Go Enlighten Education! You are so inspirational. I liked making diaries, eating magic wands, getting inspired and being around women who are great." Sayuri

"The best day of my life in weeks. I will miss you guys, I loved it and it was interesting – you taught me pride, love and self belief. And guess what? I think I made new friends! I love you all." Michelle

"I love Enlighten and I want to replay this day in my mind every day. I loved saying positive things and appreciating our friends and taking risks." Erica

"I learnt to be proud of myself and our beautiful bodies and it was the best day – every single bit of it." Rhiannon

"I loved it and this delicious, scrumptious thing really rubbed off on me! I loved talking about all the sexy dolls but I have to say that my favourite thing was all the kind people who worked with us today. They were so nice and supportive and I am really going to use all the stuff I learned today. I would TOTALLY recommend this!" Keely