Faith Focus Haven™

Workshop and Curriculum Map

Fun‑first, faith‑grounded practice for real‑life Connection, Coping and Choices.

The goal: help girls, teens and parents understand what is happening, keep a hard moment from becoming identity or automatic reaction, and practice a useful next choice before the stakes are higher.

What FFH builds

  • Connection, Coping, Choices. The 3 things every workshop strengthens.
  • Healthy relationships and belonging
  • More than one way to handle hard moments
  • Agency when not everything is controllable

How participants practice

  • Stories and real-life scenarios
  • Pause, Check, Choose, Reflect. Stop, look at what is really happening, pick one next move, then see how it went.
  • Separate facts from assumptions
  • Try a response, reflect, choose a useful next step

How it should feel

  • Fun and creative, not a lecture
  • Useful in real life
  • Faith-grounded, never tacked on
  • Educational and skill-building, not therapy

The practice labs

Four workshops, one shared approach

  • Identity, friendship, courage

    Tina & Tilly™

    • Girls 11 to 14

    Separate what happened from who she is. Build healthier friendship judgment, stronger connection and one small brave next step.

    What girls do

    • Stories and discussion. A real middle-school moment, talked through together.
    • GIRLS™ and The Declaration™. Who she already is: grateful, imaginative, responsible, loving, strong. God declares it, she agrees with it.
    • GIFTS™. The daily habit she practices: grace, imagine, focus, thank, share.
    • Friendship Net and Real Friend Finder™. Two questions about a friendship: how connected are we, and is this connection healthy?
    • Storm Cloud™ and Peaceful Path™. Name the loud thought you are having, then ask where it is taking you.

    "I know who I am, what healthy friendship can look like, and one brave next step."

  • Ridiculous villains, real choices

    Petty Powers™

    • Girls and families

    Turn frustrating everyday moments into funny creative distance so girls can see blame, consequences and the choices they still have.

    What girls do

    • Problem to Villain to Power. Something annoying happens, invent a villain for it, give them a ridiculous superpower.
    • Villain League Lab. The live workshop where girls build their villain together.
    • Would You Rather. Funny either-or questions that get a quiet group talking.
    • Draw, name and power cards. She draws the villain and fills in its powers.
    • Comics and scenarios. Short strips showing how the payback plan backfires.

    "A hard moment does not have to decide what I do next."

  • First jobs, better judgment

    Workplace Foolishness™

    • Older teens, first jobs
    • In development

    Practice awkward, unfair and confusing first-job moments before the stakes are high, so teens build judgment, communication and self-advocacy.

    What participants practice

    • Real workplace scenarios
    • Written vs unwritten rules
    • Expectations vs reality
    • Rights, Needs, Responsibilities, Privileges
    • Feedback, communication and help-seeking

    "I can read the situation and make a practical next move."

  • Connection, conversation, practice

    Parent and Caregiver

    • Parents and caregivers
    • Working pilot

    Notice what you are modeling, stay connected through hard conversations, and support growing independence without fixing or fighting everything.

    What adults practice

    • Hold Up the Mirror. Notice what you are modeling, because kids copy the tone, not the lecture.
    • Adopted Actions and Reactively Reject. The parenting we repeat from our own childhood, and the parts we swing hard against. Look at the fruit either way.
    • The 4H conversation check. Was that happy, helpful, healing or hurtful? A hard conversation is not the same as a hurtful one.
    • Test-drive the girls’ exercises. Parents do the same activities their daughters do.
    • Repair, safety and asking for help. What to do after it already went badly, and when to bring in someone else.
    • Optional F.A.I.T.H.™ and TGIFF™
      Two of Dee’s adult faith practices: Fear and Anxiety Into Trust plus Hope, and Thanks, Grace, Intent, Faith, Focus.

    "One calmer, clearer, more useful way to respond at home."

Shared approach. Across FFH, participants practice Connection, Coping and Choices through Pause, Check, Choose, Reflect. Branded tools vary by audience so each workshop stays simple, memorable and useful.

For hosts and partners

Bring a workshop to your group

Faith Focus Haven workshops use stories, creativity, discussion and scenario practice. Formats can be adapted for churches, schools, homeschool groups, youth programs, parent events and community partners.