Your Teen Journey

13/05/2026

"I want them to be the directors of their own story."

Your Teen Journey Parent Advocate, Zoe Hart is a mother of two neurodivergent teen boys. Zoe is a Patagonia Community Builder, Alpinist and speaker. She and her family live in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. The family became the focus of a 3-part Patagonia movie series titled: Parenting: Disaster Style.
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In this 20 minute podcast, Zoe offers a relatable and empowering insight into how she has gained a greater appreciation of how to support her teens' dreams.

When the time feels right, sharing your story can offer so much. It was so rewarding to collaborate on this, thank you Zoe Hart.
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An inspirational story that explores honouring difference.

🎧Listen now: https://www.yourteenjourney.com/podcastsparentteenjourneys

Podcast host: Jody Kallay

04/05/2026

Mindfulness & me go back a while now...

The more I've embraced mindfulness into my daily life, the more I've come to trust how it can show up in the most supportive ways. Yet, mindfulness doesn't 'work' if we simply ask it to. The moment we ask someone to “try” something new it can unintentionally place us as the one with awareness or conjure up a kind of resistance.

It can feel like we’re giving knowledge, rather than creating space for individual exploration of trust.

In a recent mindfulness workshop I delivered, we created space to appreciate how mindfulness requires a moving from teaching into honouring its unique relationship with each of us. It’s not about getting it right, but about returning, noticing, and allowing.

We already know that mindfulness for teens is a significant support, but it's best complimented alongside emotional learning and shared experiences.

Real confidence shifts when we adjust the pressure to present the 'fix-it' solution. What speaks louder? The wisdom that true grounding support is never just one thing:

It’s the way we integrate practices.
The way we connect with others.
The way we live it together.

The day after the workshop, I received my order in the post of: "This is me", and again, mindfulness appeared not as the answer, but as one part of our wider toolkit in supporting children and teens.

How do you practice collaborating in in ways that support you? And how do you confidently practice what truly resonates?

Thank you for hosting this event Webster Geneva Campus.



Neurodiversity Support Network Switzerland (nsns)
Priscilla Krebs
Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP)

16/04/2026

Is the arrival of spring helping you connect to your potential?

Around this time of year, the metaphor of potential and hope becomes especially tangible in my work with teens and parents. Spring illuminates the value of context within the path of growth.

We’re starting to see an important shift in how we talk about potential, especially for young people and neurodivergent individuals. For a long time, the dominant lens was deficit: What’s missing? What needs fixing?

But recent research points somewhere far more useful (and hopeful). Studies on neurodivergence show that resilience and wellbeing are largely shaped by environment:

🌱family support
🌱community acceptance
🌱opportunities to use strengths

Potential doesn’t emerge in isolation…it emerges when the context supports it. Potential is not what someone could do in theory, but how many futures they can realistically imagine and access.

What environments help your potential thrive?

13/04/2026

Sharing our 2026 Retreat Dates! We are currently accepting registrations to join our wait lists for our 4 flagship retreats. For more information visit our website: www.yourteenjourney.com

19/03/2026

Thank you Patagonia for letting me 'borrow' International Mountain Guide and Mum, Zoe Hart. Recording a podcast this week with Zoe was our way of honouring .

“Parenting: Disaster Style” is a 3-part film series that followed Zoe and her family over a two year period (brave in itself). It offers a raw and intimate window into their world as a family.

What struck me most, in the film and in person, was Zoe’s openness. Her willingness to share her family’s journey of challenge, awareness and empowerment is deeply generous. There’s no performance, no filter, just love, honesty, and a lived reality that so many families will recognise.

Our podcast delves deeper into neuro-affirming parenting, advocating, self awareness, 'not fitting in boxes' and embracing nature as a platform for connection. I'm looking forward to sharing this soon.

These films and Zoe’s family journey invites the question: is this really parenting: disaster style? Or an inspirational celebration and appreciation of a neurodiversity-affirming familiy.

Decide for yourself and take a look at the films here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=39wjNj5F5_c&pp=ygUYZGlzYXN0ZXIgc3R5bGUgcGFyZW50aW5n0gcJCcUKAYcqIYzv

Join Zoe Hart and her husband, Maxime Turgeon, as they share wild nature and sport with their sons, Mathais and Mika. Episode 1 of Patagonia’s new short film...

13/03/2026

The parent-teen journey; growing up doesn't mean growing apart.

We are pleased to highlight our featured retreat: The Mother-Daughter Retreat.

Our first weekend takes place 29th-31st May 2026.

Curious?
www.yourteenjourney.com/parent-teenretreats

08/03/2026

On this International Women’s Day, we honour the wisdom shared through threads of generations by mothers, daughters & grandmothers. Who with courage, patience, and compassion can powerfully shape our 'zest' in life and who we become.

Some of these threads can grow more fragile with time.

But memory is not the same as meaning.

Even when stories fade, the lessons remain in how we show up for one another, in the patience we learn, in the compassion we practice. The wisdom of one generation doesn’t disappear; it lives on in the next.

Today, we are especially grateful to the women who came before us and to those beside us now whose care, passion and advocacy continue to shape our world with true purpose.

Progress isn’t only what we create next.
It’s what we carry forward.

Join us and honour the women by ensuring their wisdom, their values, and their stories continue through us.

Photo Credit: Ukrainian Kateryna Hliznitsova

18/02/2026

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07/02/2026

This week acknowledged the power of a simple moment and sincere question…

is a gentle but powerful reminder to pause and really check-in; both with ourselves and with the people around us.

But this can be any day. A simple conversation can open the door to support, understanding, and connection. When we make space to talk (and to truly listen), we help break down stigma, ease the weight someone might be carrying, and remind each other that no one has to navigate tough moments alone.

Sometimes the smallest “How are you, really?” can make the biggest difference.

Who can you check-in with today?