KELLY TISDEL, CLC
Mentor, Educator, Coach
SoulFire guides teens on a journey to help them reignite
the truly unique, gifted person they are and what it can mean to their world.
SoulFire Passage
Tending One's Unique Fire
For Teens Anywhere
All-Genders
This 18-week online program can be taken per 6-week session or in its entirety.
It is designed for youth to locate, ignite, and cultivate their individual wisdom,
as well as their path ahead.
Each one of us is made of soulfire... our unique essence and passions. So often, and especially during the teen years, circumstances and intensities bombard us, causing us to defend, minimize, depress, shelter, or abandon ourselves.
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Imagine a place that counters these tendencies of self diminishment. Imagine a container that holds each student on their unique path of becoming, while fanning their soul-fire as the most important gift to offer themselves and the world. Imagine our youth being skillfully, intimately mentored as they navigate the questions of,
"Who am I?" and "What are the gifts I am here to bring?"
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That is the premise of this program.
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18 Weeks: A Journey Through Three Gates
January 19th - May 24th, 2025
FIRST GATE: Finding Center and Intuition
January 19th - March 1st (6 weeks)
SECOND GATE: Coming Home to Self
March 2nd - April 12th (6 weeks)
THIRD GATE: My Place in the Web
April 13th - May 24th (6 weeks)
Within these sessions (also known as Gates), subject-matter will be offered pertaining to that theme. Through inquiry-based discussion, art projects, creative engagement activities, and self-reflection exercises, we deepen our understanding of the gate we are exploring. Each session, or Gate, will come with weekly practical skill-building activities to bring concepts into daily life.
~ You can sign up for individual seasons/sessions or
sign-up for the entire program for a discounted rate. ~
(Tuition and scholarship information is at the bottom of the page.)
Gate One
January 19th - March 1st
Finding Center and Intuition
How do I access my truth?
During the first gate, we explore
how to live within a bustling world and still be able to access a quiet, unwavering, place within us. From here, we learn, we can still be productive and get things done.
This calm center diminishes anxiety and an overactive mind. During the program we will practice asking ourselves: What tools can I use to come back to center? For instance, What happens when I drop my attention down to the heart or gut level? How do I pause, take a breath, and come into curiosity? How can I bring myself back to this moment? During the first gate, we will learn how these questions can help direct us towards the deeper practices.
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Some of the Areas of Focus
~ How to calm the nervous system and regulate emotions
~ The power of my attention and beliefs, and how they affect my experience of the world
~ Quick practices to center and ground myself anywhere I go
~ Where are the different centers of my body and how can I use them to help stabilize my experience of reality?
~ My senses: How do I uniquely take in the world?
~ Locating Resources: Finding what in my life helps me feel empowered...
from the simple tangible, to the Earth,
and/or to the Sacred.
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Gate Two
March 2nd - April 12th
Coming Home to Self
The Little Self and Big Self
Who am I, really?
During the second gate we focus on our unique SoulFire.
What lights me up? How do I find and use my voice in varying situations? What is my innate gift for the world? And, what boundaries help me to come back to my center more easily?
Through guided self-reflection and safe expression, we take the journey to each discover our unique self. We will study our different sensory learning styles and other
well-known modalities that are helpful for
self-discovery (astrology, attachment styles, Enneagram, Gene Keys, etc.).
​Some of the Areas of Focus
~ Internal vs. external referencing
~Journaling, creative expression, and
self-inquiry
~ Locating what lights me up and learning how to own it in the world
~ Setting goals while staying in the moment every step of the way
~ Implementing boundaries to avoid becoming overwhelmed
~ How to take care of the body, mind, and heart
~ Locating Resources: Finding what in my life helps me feel empowered...
from the simple tangible, to the Earth,
and/or to the Sacred.
Gate Three
April 13th - May 24th
My Place in the Web
Where is my authentic place in the
web of community?
During our third gate, we explore how to authentically engage with our world.
What family dynamics operate without our even noticing? What needs to be explored with our relationship to our parents? How do we help heal our little child who needs love?
How can I use my voice to engage my truth?
As the relationship to ourselves and family is tended, we can then turn towards our larger community to find our authentic place in the web.
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Some of the Areas of Focus
~ Conflict resolution and strategies
~ Reflective listening and mirroring techniques
~ Making healthy social boundaries and cultivating deeper friendships
~ Becoming more aware of patterns and habits that
do not serve and keep us stuck
~ Using one's voice: Communication skill-building
~ Helping support and discover
vocational passions and innate gifts
~ Locating Resources: Connection with the Earth and the Sacred
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Photo Credit: www.earthaltars.com
Structural Elements of SoulFire
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Introduction Zoom call with Teens and Parents embarking on the entire SoulFire Journey
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One Zoom Call every other week (All Teen Participants) (With exercises, games, sharing/reflection, activities, skills, and tools pertaining to the gate/theme of the week.)
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One Mentoring Session per Week (Remote or in Person) (During the week we have Zoom, there will be a 20 minute check-in online or by talking on the phone. On the other week, we will have a longer 45 minute mentoring session online or an hour session if able to be in-person.)
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Weekly Videos to accent the curriculum
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Weekly Audio with tools, visualization, or breath-work to help guide the individual back to center (Designed to listen to before bed or as the need arises)
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One Coaching Call with Parent and Teen together during the Third Gate, "My Place in the Web"
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One Zoom Parent Council per Gate/Session (A circle with a themed focus on parenting teens with time to share and skills to use in every day life.)
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Closing Zoom Circle w/ Parents and Teens that have completed the entire SoulFire Journey
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The Three Main Elements of SoulFire​
BI-WEEKLY ZOOM CALLS
WEEKLY MENTOR MEETINGS
PARENT COUNCIL
ZOOM CALLS
* Bi- Weekly 45 minutes - 1 hour
Whole Group Teen Council *
These calls occur every other week and will highlight various facets of the particular gate we are exploring. Creative expression, activities, discussion, and/or reflective contemplation will be offered as a way to deepen the topic and theme over the course of the two weeks in-between these group calls.
* Weekly 1:1 Personalized Teen Mentoring and Check-In*
Once a week, I will meet with each participant (online or in-person) to check-in with them about how they're doing, what is surfacing, and offer space for them to reflect. During Zoom weeks, the check-ins will be about 20 minutes long. On the other week without Zoom, we will meet for 45 minutes - one hour. This is the time when I connect with each person in a unique, individual way... holding areas that need tending and supporting what is coming alive.
* 60-90 minutes
Parent Council Zoom
Call per Gate/Session *
"The waters in which they swim."
You, parents, are going through a Right-of-Passage right alongside your teen person. You do not have to do this alone.
This offering provides you with group support. We will meet three times over the course of the entire program. You will gain tools, resources, and be invited into the healing of your own inner-child. Indeed, when you are balanced and coming from a more resourced place, not only you, but your whole family benefits.
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*As part of the SoulFire program, Parent coaching comes at a discounted rate.*
Julie Schochet, NM
2022/23 SoulFire
Cheylah Schochet, NM
2022/23 SoulFire
Elizabeth Bretko, OR
2022/23 SoulFire
Questions to Keep the Flame Alive
For Teens:
What lights me up?
For Parents:
Where do I judge my teen's fire?
For Teens:
Where can I truly be me?
For Parents:
Where do I assert my agenda on my teen?
For Teens and Parents:
When was the last time I stopped and focused on my breath?
Take a moment.
Take a breath.
For Teens:
Can I locate the place within me that does not change or move?
For Parents:
Do I view my teen as a representation
of me?
Tuition for SoulFire Passage
Sign-up for each session as a stand alone offering
or
Sign-up for the ENTIRE SoulFire Passage
for up to a $150 discount.
All costs are on a sliding scale.
Financial Aid is Available
(See more details below.)
FIRST GATE : $224 - $400 (6 weeks)
SECOND GATE: $224 - $400 (6 weeks)
THIRD GATE: $224 - $400 (6 weeks)
The ENTIRE SoulFire Passage Experience (All Three Gates)
$660 - $1050 Total (a savings of up to $150)
​​How to Recieve Financial Assistance
The importance of this program for these times is invaluable.
Because of this, if you are feeling the call and financially aren't able to make it possible, I will find a way to make this work for your family.
I am operating from a place of integrity, trust, and finding the energetic exchange most in alignment for all. If indeed you are able to pay more,
this will balance other families who need the support.
Please contact me to begin a conversation.​​
SoulFire Scholarship Fund
SoulFire Passage is able to meet the needs of families from all income levels because of passionate folks who donate to the scholarship fund. Last year, with this generosity, five families were able to attend who otherwise would not have been able to.
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I am deeply grateful for this true experience of Village. The mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being of our kids is essential to their development and future.
If you feel moved to support youth and families through this program, please follow the link below to Venmo (@Kelly-Tisdel) or PayPal (kellytisdel24@gmail.com).
In the memo, simply put, "Scholarship Fund."
You may also send a check, made out to SoulFire,
and send to 2025 Tolman Creek Rd., Ashland, OR, 97520.
All money donated goes directly to youth and families needing scholarship.
Thank you so much!
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