Moana and Harry Potter: Reframing adolescence as the heroine’s journey

<p>The stories of fictional characters like Moana and the Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy can help your daughter reframe her adolescent challenges as a normal part of her heroine’s journey and to relax and enjoy the process</p> <p align="left">Every adolescent girl must embark on this journey to discover new depths of courage, strength, hope, and resolve within herself that she can draw upon to overcome the challenges of growing up</p> <p><strong>Won’t grow in protected environments</strong>; growth as response to demands/ challenges of experience</p> <p><strong>Favorite books</strong><strong>: Spinning straw into gold, Original fairy tales, Sound of a silver horn, She, The witch must die, Joseph Campbell’s The power of myth & The hero with a thousand faces, Women who run with wolves</strong></p> <p><strong>Call to adventure</strong> is a summons to <strong>leave old beliefs</strong>; Dorothy called to a larger life beyond her outmoded situation in Kansas; Rapunzel, Little mermaid, Cinderella yearn to break loose from home even at the risk of losing their life</p> <p>Our heroines usually meet a <strong>mentor</strong> who guides and encourages them on their quest. Mentors like Moana’s grandmother, Professor Dumbledore for Harry Potter, the good witch Glinda for Dorothy, Gandalf for Frodo and Bilbo; all saw more in our heroines before they could see it in themselves</p> <p>Fictional young heroines must confront their deepest fears and face a series of dangerous encounters that tests their strength & resolve; must gain the strength and resources to survive & be ready to face the adult world</p> <p>Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, girls must pull back the curtain of her limiting beliefs and conditioning and look inward to find her power and innermost resources.</p> <p>Your daughter must learn to <strong>get quiet and go inward</strong> to find her own truth and strength. She must learn to stop giving away her power just as Dorothy learned to hold onto her ruby slippers. And like Dorothy, girls must become aware that they ha