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Ep 15. Rites of Passage: The Missing Piece Our Teens Desperately Need

In this episode I explore why intentional rites of passage are critically missing in today’s youth culture, and how parents can guide their young people into these powerful experiences. 

🎧 What You’ll Hear in This Episode

  • The why behind rites of passage: what happens when teens don’t receive a ritualized transition and what happens when they do.
  • A breakdown of the three phases of a rite of passage: separation, challenge (threshold), and incorporation.
  • What these phases look like in real life, especially in a wilderness setting.
  • How parents can help their teens plug into authentic initiatory experiences, and how community, mentorship, nature and ritual combine to support growth.
  • Details on two upcoming summer wilderness quests for teens:
    1. Middle School Quest (incoming or exiting 7th/8th grade, ages ~12-14)
      – Dates: June 16–20
      – 5 days, 4 nights in the Marble Mountains, including a 6-hour solo.
    2. High School Girls’ Quest (ages 15-18)
      – Dates: July 8–14
      – 7 days, 6 nights in the Marble Mountains, including a 24-hour solo.

🔗 Resources & Links

 

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Kerrick Gooden

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Kerrick was raised in the Hill Country of Austin, Texas where he studied at the University of Texas. After some travel, he moved to the Rogue Valley of Oregon with a vision to farm and support youth. He completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Applied Cultural Anthropology with Honors in 2004 at Southern Oregon University, and devoted over a decade supporting youth and their families navigate  local and state social service programs. During this time, he and his partner cultivated a food forest at their home and founded Verdant Phoenix as an educational mini-farm in 2016.

Verdant Phoenix Farm became an expression of a way of life for Kerrick. He is interested in the relationships between humans, soil, microbes, plants/trees/shrubs, food, culture, time, and the web of life. As these elements inform his horticultural practice, Kerrick enjoys supporting landscapes, gardens, farms, and their people who are interested in belonging to the land.