This week’s podcast is all about the girls with the founder of Rites For Girls, Kim McCabe, an organisation who’s mission is to change the world – one girl at a time, Rites for Girls mentors girls right through their adolescence they also run the Girls Net course a six-week journey for girls equipping them for times of challenge and change. We also talk to a Girl’s Net Mentor, Naomi Scholger and find out how the sessions help girls and how they are run.We have our Book Collective with Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent and discover a first menstrual ritual when entering The Red Tent.There’s fun with our WI the Cock and Mocktails, did we manage to serve up a new cocktail?There’s fashion and make-up news for the over 50’s (!) and we find out why an MP in England believes people living in poverty can’t cook…! And there’s also the Collective’s lovely comments. If you have teenage girls or remember the anxiety and angst about being a teenage girl back in the day then you will understand why our guest Kim McCabe founded and is a Director of Rites for Girls since 2011 and is a home-educating mother of three. As originator and facilitator of Girls Journeying Together programmes, she offers year-long groups for girls with simultaneous support for their mothers. Kim believes that supporting and celebrating the female pre-teen and teenager gives girls the tools and understanding for life. In Girls Journeying Together groups of preteen girls prepare for puberty and learn how to take charge of their emotional, social, and mental well-being. This guidance continues through their teenage years. Facilitators also support their mothers as the girls journey through this pivotal phase. Girls’ Net provides guidance and camaraderie through times of challenge to small groups of same-age girls (aged 8-18) in weekly online sessions. Mentors offer tools for coping well and the girls access their inner resources while also realising that they’re not alone. Kim aims to make growing up for girls an easier, safer, and better supported journey.We also meet Naomi Scholger who has recently trained as a Girls Net Mentor and is currently running her first online group for 15 year old girls. She talks about the similarities of teens and menopause, saying menopause is like a second adolescence. You can find out more from the Rites for Girls courses & book here https://www.ritesforgirls.com/ The Book Collective have read up to chapter 3 of Anita Diamant’s The Red tent, we get to know Jacob and how men were polygamous. Rachel cannot marry until she has her first bleed, and when she does we learn the rituals of the women in The Red Tent and the first moon blood of a virgin is a powerful libation for the crops. Next week we read to the end of part one. Our WI Cock and Mocktail making goes fizzingly well with a zesty duo using lime, oranges, ginger and mint.Jinty’s mocktail - The Rebel without the Sauce, & Lou’s _ Moginto (or should it be MoGintea?)Rebel without the sauce- 1 part Ginger extract, 1 part freshly squeezed orange juice, topped up with Rose Nozecco, garnished with a slice of Orange Moginto- fresh raspberries, crushed mint, 1 part gin, 1 part ice and mint cordial topped up with sparkling water. Our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon is moving closer but we still need signatures on our petition: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOr to send your testimonials please email us: menopauseclinicdc@gmail.comAnd finally, if you would like the templates to send to your MP or CCG please visit our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.