We guide and inspire girls to love themselves, appreciate their bodies, express their emotions, and uplift one another. These life-changing skills are easy to learn within Circle, because the girls are practicing together and having so much FUN!
MAGIC happens in these Thriving Girls Circles!
Girls learn…
- to love their bodies.
- how to express their emotions.
- how to calm their feelings of anxiety.
- self-confidence and self-respect.
- that menstruation is to be celebrated and not shamed.
- how to support and uplift one another.
We are running Circles at the following schools for the 2024/25 school year:
- Sudie Williams TAG Academy (Dallas, TX)
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- Elementary Girls Circle (grades 4-5)
- Middle School Girls Circle (grades 6-8)
- Elementary Guys Group (grades 4-5)
- Middle School Guys Group (grades 6-8)
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- Withers Elementary (Dallas TX)
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- Elementary Girls Circle (grades 4-6)
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- Dealey Montessori (Dallas TX)
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- Elementary Girls Circle (grades 4-5)
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Learn more about our Thriving Guys Groups!
Want to bring Girls Circles and/or Guys Groups to your school, church, or neighborhood?
Contact us!
What Girls Are Saying About Girls Circles!
Girls Circle is so fun and engaging. It has helped teach me that I don’t need to feel insecure. This is the best club I have ever been in. It has helped me stay calmer and embrace things I might not have wanted to before.
I love Girls Circle because it allows me to learn about my emotions and growing body. The information is given to me in a safe and comfortable environment where I allow myself to open my little shell and express myself.
What Moms Are Saying About Girls Circles!
She talks a lot about hearing from other girls in the circle and how those perspectives help her feel more understood and connected. She is much less concerned about getting her period and feels more confident facing some of the changes that come with puberty.
She is now confident in overall spotlight group activities and doesn’t fade into the background as much as before (ie: modern band performances, soccer drills).
This experience has definitely made her more confident and she feels “safe” with her own feelings, which in turn made her feel not alone and a happier person on the outside. As parents, we have noticed a huge stride in her emotional feelings. We are no longer wondering if something is wrong or if she is ok. She is more open to us and the best part is her affection toward us, which makes us want to scream with joy!
Here’s What We Cover in these Magical Girls Circles!
Typically each circle lasts for 90 minutes and is held after school approximately once a month. There is a total of 10 circles, and this takes the group through an entire school year. For groups outside of school (churches, neighborhood groups, etc.), the schedule is flexible and the ten 90-minute sessions can occur at a time that works best for the organization.
CIRCLE #1: Meet Your Inner Guru
- Feel the physical effects of your personal energy field. You’ll be amazed!!
- Experience first hand the effects of negative thoughts on your physical body.
- Learn that you have an inner wisdom that you can access at any time for guidance!
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #2: Integrity
- What does it mean to act with integrity?
- Discuss how girls can act with integrity even when the social implications are hard.
- Identify your top positive character traits that make you uniquely you.
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #3: Sisterhood
- Learn about the long history of women gathering in circles.
- Learn how to connect with and feel the energy of another person.
- Build positive self image through affirmation statements with each other.
- Participate in a drum circle and experience the healing energies that come from this ancient practice!
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #4: Releasing Trapped Emotions
- Learn about the different vibrations of each emotion, from fear & anger to love & joy.
- Learn about the Feelings Wheel and the deeper emotions that linger underneath anger, fear, sadness, and joy.
- Learn the Swamping technique to release fear, sadness, and other tough emotions.
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #5: Managing Stress & Anxiety
- Learn the physical causes of stress / anxiety (bad food, lack of movement, lack of sleep).
- Learn the mental / emotional causes of stress & anxiety.
- Learn breathing techniques to immediately put you into a more relaxed state.
- Receive a short audio recording to help reduce feelings of stress & anxiety whenever they arise.
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #6: Understand & Embrace Your Body
- Understand the female anatomy in an age-appropriate and comfortable way.
- Learn about the beautiful bodily changes that come with puberty.
- Intro to the menstrual cycle. Could it actually be something to look forward to?!?
- Elementary: Take home a copy of the book: The Care and Keeping of You 1: The Body Book for Younger Girls
- Middle School: Take home a copy of the book: The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #7: Embracing the Menstrual Cycle
- Learn how to predict (approximately!) when your first period might begin (if you haven’t started yet).
- Learn how to predict when your next period might begin (if you have already started menstruating).
- Understand what happens in the body during each phase of the monthly cycle and how this impacts your mood and energy levels.
- Learn the basic anatomy of boys and how they are changing during puberty.
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #8: Cake Walk to Show Your Mastery of All-Things-Female
- Participate in a FUN Cake Walk to show off your knowledge of your body and how the menstrual cycle works!
- Earn a cupcake for correct answers to fun but important questions / scenarios!
- Understand the role of hormones in your monthly cycle (at high level!).
- Middle School: Learn how to harness the cycles of the moon to help create and manifest your desires!
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #9: Digital Safety & Healthy Body Image
- Learn how to foster a positive body image in an age of social media and airbrushed models.
- Discuss the importance of loving and respecting yourself, and experience deep relaxation during a body-based guided meditation.
- Texting, Sexting, and appropriate digital communications (age-appropriate discussion)
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
CIRCLE #10: Special Menarche Ceremony
- Reflect on our sisterhood and discuss how the girls have changed from being in this Circle.
- Participate in a special menarche ceremony to honor the girls who have already started their cycles.
- Prepare “first period” kits for girls who haven’t started their cycles yet, so they will be prepared when it happens.
- Celebrate where each girl is in her own stage of development.
- Eat snacks, play music, dance, do fun arts & crafts, & have FUN!
PLUS: Lots of Arts & Crafts & FUN!
- We learn best when we feel relaxed and safe, and that’s why we do FUN arts & crafts throughout the retreat!
- Shhhhh … don’t tell the girls … but they will actually be learning a ton about themselves & their bodies without even realizing it, because they will be too busy HAVING FUN!!
- The girls will decorate personal journals, make beaded chokers, make breathing beads, make “period” kits, customize diffuser bracelets with their preferred essential oils, bejewel themselves for a special menarche ceremony, and more!
The Girls Circles Also Include Neuroacoustic Sound Therapy!
These soundtracks incorporate a sound technology called binaural beats, which gently entrains the brainwaves to various states of consciousness for particular effects. Delta brainwaves are known to improve sleep, Theta brainwaves help facilitate emotional processing and boost creativity, and Alpha brainwaves have been shown to help reduce anxiety and improve focus. Each soundtrack is 30 minutes and your daughter can listen any time of day or night. Most people enjoy listening as they are falling asleep at night because the soundtracks slow down your brainwaves and can help you fall asleep more easily.
All members of the household are welcome (and encouraged!) to listen to these soundtracks! You will also receive a home listening protocol and instructional videos. Note that these soundtracks are contraindicated for those with epilepsy (diagnosed and undiagnosed) as well as those with severe mental illness.
Listen to short samples of Deep Sleep, Emotional Freedom, and Mental Calm.
Want to bring Girls Circles and/or Guys Groups to your school, church, or neighborhood?
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More Testimonials
Girls Circle is a completely safe and loving space. No one will judge you. They can always turn something you think is weird into something fun. They help you have a better perspective of yourself. Before, I was ashamed of how I looked. Now I love the way I look. Before, I was scared. Now I speak up for myself.
Girls Circle is calming, relaxing, and fun. As soon as you join you have 10 new friends because everyone is like a best friend. I used to laugh & feel uncomfortable but now I don’t feel awkward about periods and growing up. Girls Circle has helped me so much!!!! I have so much more self esteem now! Miss Heather & Miss Candace are amazing!!
I just officially became a maiden during the menarche ceremony, and I hope all little girls get to experience this. It made me appreciate growing up and for the first time really connect with all my sisters, older and younger. Thank y’all so much!
Girls circle has changed me so much. I learned to love myself and to not be ashamed of my body. I became closer with all the girls in my circle. I now know that I am not alone.
I love Girls Circle because everybody is so nice and inclusive of each other! They make sure everybody feels comfortable. I can now love myself even in hard times. I can embrace all emotions and move them through my body.
Girls Circle Creators and Leaders
Hi! I’m Heather Shover, proud mama of an 11 year old girl and a 14 year old boy! I am the founder of myHealthTorch and co-founder of NeuroTonz.
In my private health practice I help kids and adults release trapped emotions, manage anxieties, reduce stress, and improve self image. I am trained in Neuroacoustic Sound Therapy, Functional Medicine coaching, and various modalities to release trapped emotions from the body.
I have led Women’s Healing Circles in my home for years, and in 2023 I began leading monthly Girls Circles for 4th – 6th grade girls at my daughter’s school. The Girls Circles were so impactful that we expanded to include middle school circles, weekend retreats, and Guys Groups too!
I’m Candace Moss. My passion is creating safe, fun, nourishing spaces for women and girls. For two decades I’ve been practicing and teaching holistic healing, women’s empowerment, and conscious movement. In my private practice, I help people transform anxiety, depression, and chronic illness via nervous system regulation.
I especially love helping girls and women: get to know and love themselves; befriend their body and nervous system; and build strong relationships with each other.
With two grown daughters and a teenage niece, I know what it’s like to try and cover all the parenting bases. No one does it perfectly, and none of us can do it alone.
It takes a circle!
