Lon Woodbury interviewed Randy Russell, the cofounder of InnerPathWorks, on The Woodbury Report radio show on K4HD.com. Randy, who has more than 40 years experience working with young adults, mentoring them into soulful adulthood, runs a transition program to help adolescents grow up.
As an independent educational consultant, Lon has worked with both families and troubled youth for three decades. Today, he is the author of a number of books on parenting teens, as well as the founder of Struggling Teens and the Woodbury Reports.
About Randy Russell
Randy Russell has been helping young people since 1974, when he started a mentoring program for college students. He earned his Master's degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in Recreation & Leisure. When he was growing up, he was trained and initiated into adulthood by wise parents, mentors and "Elders".He has spent a life-time exploring the benefits of Deep Nature Connection and his Native American roots.
The Difficult Journey to Transition to Adulthood
When a young adult had matured in moral and physical ways and could take care of himself or herself as well as raise a family, they had transitioned to adulthood, said Randy.
Beyond physical maturity, a deeper maturity was connecting with the spiritual element of their lives. This could be called "a soulful adulthood." It included deep self-awareness, acceptance of their personality, and the selection of a life purpose.
A mentorship support system was something parents could do to help their children transition to adulthood. This chosen circle could be close relatives, like uncles and aunts. Older people were able to show teenagers how to take care of themselves, solve problems, and connect with the spirit of mother nature.
Mentors and elders help young people discover their own unique gifts and understand their own song.
At this point, parents have to step aside to let the elders mentor the children. A teenager will hear these mentors and not tune them out. They will listen to wise, mature adults. Teenagers habitually tune out their parents to hear better, and they have been tuning out parents since they started school so that they could listen to their teachers.
The purpose of a formal transition was to help young people find their own unique talents and to explore their own interests.
A Rite of Passage was a way for a young person to discover their unique abilities in life. This experience had to be orchestrated by parents and mentors working in collaboration.
As an independent educational consultant, Lon has worked with both families and troubled youth for three decades. Today, he is the author of a number of books on parenting teens, as well as the founder of Struggling Teens and the Woodbury Reports.
About Randy Russell
Randy Russell has been helping young people since 1974, when he started a mentoring program for college students. He earned his Master's degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in Recreation & Leisure. When he was growing up, he was trained and initiated into adulthood by wise parents, mentors and "Elders".He has spent a life-time exploring the benefits of Deep Nature Connection and his Native American roots.
The Difficult Journey to Transition to Adulthood
When a young adult had matured in moral and physical ways and could take care of himself or herself as well as raise a family, they had transitioned to adulthood, said Randy.
Beyond physical maturity, a deeper maturity was connecting with the spiritual element of their lives. This could be called "a soulful adulthood." It included deep self-awareness, acceptance of their personality, and the selection of a life purpose.
A mentorship support system was something parents could do to help their children transition to adulthood. This chosen circle could be close relatives, like uncles and aunts. Older people were able to show teenagers how to take care of themselves, solve problems, and connect with the spirit of mother nature.
Mentors and elders help young people discover their own unique gifts and understand their own song.
At this point, parents have to step aside to let the elders mentor the children. A teenager will hear these mentors and not tune them out. They will listen to wise, mature adults. Teenagers habitually tune out their parents to hear better, and they have been tuning out parents since they started school so that they could listen to their teachers.
The purpose of a formal transition was to help young people find their own unique talents and to explore their own interests.
A Rite of Passage was a way for a young person to discover their unique abilities in life. This experience had to be orchestrated by parents and mentors working in collaboration.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his Woodbury Reports radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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