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Jack Canfield
Director of Self-Esteem Seminars
Co-author of the best-selling Chicken Soul for the Soul series (1996)
“At long last - a much needed guide for the adolescent journey to adulthood. The Heroic Journey: A Rite of Passage Program is a powerful new tool to assist young people in developing high self-esteem, responsibility, and social skills necessary for survival in today's intense world. It reconnects young people with their community and provides a much needed dynamic mentoring process. Every young person deserves the chance to participate in such a healthy program. Seeing this powerfully positive curriculum was Chicken Soup for my soul!”
Jean Houston, PhD
Director, Foundation for Mind Research (New York)
Consultant to the United Nations and UNICEF
Author of 15 books on the dimensions of human potential (1996)
"With a happy coincidence of lucidity and light-heartedness, four extraordinary educators pattern mythic structures into a rite of passage for our besieged adolescents. Their meticulous, detailed blueprint affords hope for a future charged with values and vision. I recommend The Heroic Journey to all who celebrate story and ritual as a pathway to the larger life."
Patrick Schifano
Public School Administrator
New Jersey (1996)
“In a time of increased teenage violence, suicide, and the following of false heroes, The Heroic Journey curriculum offers practical teaching strategies to help students cope with their social, physical, psychological, mental, and moral issues. The diversity and comprehensiveness of this curriculum can be incorporated into any content area. I encourage all schools to make The Heroic Journey part of their existing curriculum.”
Leland D. Nagel
Superintendent of Schools for Total Catholic Education
Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin (1996)
“The Heroic Journey is an excellent compliment to the curriculum of any school that is concerned with the development of the whole individual. Catholic schools and youth groups of all denominations should pay particular attention to this curriculum. The program is extremely flexible and stimulates the creativity of teacher/facilitator and students. It reinforces the life skills that are essential in the working world. I highly recommend this curriculum to anyone who is interested in an interdisciplinary approach to human growth and development.”
John B., Michigan
Montessori Middle School Teacher for 20 years
"I would recommend the HJ program to anyone who is interested in helping adolescents navigate one of the more challenging stages of life. The program's design is aimed at creating an atmosphere where students can feel confident in character development."
Middle School Teacher, Michigan
"The HJ Program helps develops a much deeper understanding of a typical rite of passage, both historically and in contemporary society, and offers a perfect compliment to help students develop their identity so they are better equipped to handle the emotional ups and downs of adolescence."
Mary Orlando, Phoenix, AZ.
Retired Montessori Middle School Educator and Administrator
"The Heroic Journey program has become the signature feature of our Montessori middle school. It provides a masterful curriculum that addresses the key questions and learnings vital to an adolescent's healthy development; and does so in engaging, ingenious ways. It offers countless opportunities for each student to develop their own unique sense of identity, experience and own their growing sense of agency and expand their awareness of the value and significance of interdependence within their community. This program is stellar in its ability to develop both the intra-and interpersonal intelligence within the student while providing a map, a vocabulary, and a confidence for navigating the journey that lies ahead in life. I can truly say that in my fifty years of being a Montessori educator I have never seen or worked with a program that is as important and impactful as this one."
Christian Hicks
Administrator and Educator
The Heroic Journey Program instills the most important life lessons and awakens the adolescent soul! It stirs our young people to accept the challenge to develop and bring out the best version of themselves. If every young person was able to participate and engage in this program, I truly believe there would be less suffering through the teenage years, and far less instances of traumatic events that are often experienced during adolescence.
I have witnessed how this program has transformed the lives of young students and set them up for successful relationships and experiences in the future. It has been the single best teaching tool I have used in my 23 years of education.
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