About The Self Project

Today’s teens face challenges unlike ever before, which makes it all the more important that the adults in their lives know how to help equip them with the social-emotional and critical thinking skills they need to guide them through the difficulties they encounter. Harnessing the incredible potential of these years is vital to developing resilience and the behavior and thought patterns that will serve them for decades to come.

The SELF Project offers tools and curriculum that are practical, honest, engaging, and data-driven so that you can help the adolescent(s) in your life take advantage of the unique development happening during these years.

You can help them improve their relationships, communicate effectively, develop a strong sense of identity, and create a community where they feel valued and safe.

Teenagers are Kari O’Driscoll’s favorite people.

The founder of The SELF Project, and mother of two created a science-backed curriculum that you can easily use right away in your home or classroom to foster better communication, active student-driven discussions and exercises to build resilience, community, social-emotional intelligence, and understanding.

Resources for Educators Resources for Parents

Curriculum

Foundation

Our curriculum, books, workshops, and trainings are designed to help adolescents explore and share ideas about mindfulness, empathy, compassion, gratitude, self-worth, fear, and anxiety through well-researched practices informed by:

Mindfulness research and studies
Adolescent brain development science
Non-violent communication methods
Emotional/psychological health research
Hands-on parenting experience

Philosophy

Our mission is to help adolescents develop resilience and a strong sense of self, as well as foster a positive, dynamic sense of community. By engaging in discussions about challenging issues, adolescents gain a greater, more comprehensive perspective of the complexities involved in those issues, as well as a deeper understanding of others. Having those discussions in a safe environment, rooted in acceptance and curiosity leads to a profound understanding of our diversity and collective strength.

Guiding Principles

Our guiding principles are rooted in the “Rules of Cooperation:”

Abundance – There is enough for everyone’s needs if we all cooperate.
Equal Rights – Everyone has an equal responsibility to cooperate and everyone’s rights are respected as equal to everyone else’s.
Peace – We will keep our bodies to ourselves, modulate our voices, be equal participants in critical discussions. When we feel strong emotions, we will let them pass through us so as not to come from a place of fear or anger, and we will engage with each other wholeheartedly and authentically.
Personal Boundaries – We will only help others when it feels good to us to do so and we do not expect praise or payback.
Vulnerability – We agree to tell each other what we are feeling, especially if we are angry or afraid.

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