Middle Schools Girls Virtual Leadership Summer Camp Experience (Session 1)

This program will introduce girls to their inner leader, help her to identify and lean into her purpose, explore individual core values and alignment with one’s life, help participants develop their leadership brand, strengthen one’s intuition and practice how to access that part of self, practice filtering out the inner and outer critics and find her inner voice and confidence to practice it, discuss the importance of stepping into her confidence and leadership power and how to build this muscle, introduce techniques to build her resiliency, develop greater self-awareness, explore how to manage her energy as a leader, and build trusted relationships.  

This is an interactive 8 module program including 10 two-hour sessions of live video group work.  This program includes unlimited e-mails/texts with our program coaches during the program.  The program allows participants to learn and practice their leadership skills and bring real world challenges and issues to the group discussions for enhanced learning from others.

Through fun and contemplative group work, individual exercises, restorative yoga, and breakout groups, girls will explore their inner leader and work on their individual leader quest. Each participant will be challenged to grow and stretch their leadership skills to make their unique impact on the world. By the end of the program, participants will develop skills to step into their inner leader, make choices based on their core values, lead with purpose and confidence, understand leadership techniques and practice these skills, and more effectively engage with others. The participants will become part of a virtual Leadership Tribe that will support and encourage each girl through her personal leadership journey.

All sessions will be a live Zoom interactive session that will be recorded for the participants use only. If any participant is unable to attend, they will be able to go back and review the recording to continue their learning. 

This program is targeted at Middle School aged girls (those starting Middle School in the Fall through those who just completed 8th grade). 

Participants receive a certificate of completion and become a Member of Inner Rock Girl Leaders with access to our Members Page including ability to network with other girls, engage in age-appropriate leadership conversations, invitations to member-only events, and member only pricing and discounts for other programs and events.

Coaches/Instructors:

Joni Swedlund is the owner and founder of the Inner Rock Group. Joni has over 26 years of global business experience, including 18 years as a senior partner with Deloitte where she grew a $1B business over 10 years from the ground up serving global clients in the financial services industry. She held many executive positions including being the Chief Succession Officer and a Board Member for Deloitte Consulting, was an expat in Tokyo, Japan, and most recently decided to launch Inner Rock Group based on her desire to inspire and empower more women and girls to step into their leadership. Joni is a certified professional coach, active in CTI’s Leadership Development program, a member of the National Speaker’s Association and the 2020 Speaker Academy, and a soon to be published author of a children’s book, Tootalina. She is a single mother to two girls, Kate (15) and Ava (12).

Blythe Conway is a MA LPC licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist and certified yoga instructor. Blythe brings a lifetime of experience as the oldest of ten children and over 12 years’ experience and clinical background in the child and adolescent field of clinical counseling. Her experience and work include individual and group counseling for grades K – 12, students with special needs, pregnant and parenting. Blythe discovered yoga in 2009 when living in San Antonio while her husband was stationed on active duty Army orders. In 2015 she became a certified children’s yoga instructor and began teaching weekly classes at a popular Alexandria yoga studio. From there, she also began teaching at her children’s preschool, private events (The State Department, Girl Scouts of America, HNC Cancer Fund) and monthly tween/teen yoga series. Blythe is also a certified group fitness instructor with Fit4Mom Arlington-Alexandria and teaches a weekly class to prenatal and postnatal moms and their babies. When not teaching she loves spending time with her boys, Jack (7) and Quinn (4), whether they are playing their own sports, or they are traveling to new adventurous destinations as a family.

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