1. Journey Through the Teen Years
August Workshop
Centered for Life
2018
*fill out the personality assessment while you wait for the workshop to begin-- you can help each other!

2. Welcome! Fall Groups offered at C4L
Breaking Free- Women’s Group lead by Debby Temmer (Starts August 29th)
Wednesday 12-2pm OR Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm
Breaking Free- Men’s Group lead by Steve Temmer (Starts August 28th)
Tuesday 6-8pm
Middle and High School Girl’s Journey Group lead by Megan delaRosa
High school- Monday 4:30-6pm OR 6:30-8pm (Starts September 10th)
Middle school- Wednesday 4:30-6pm (Starts September 5th)
Why Sign up for a Group?
Build Community
Personal Growth
Freedom from Codependency
Healing from the past
Discovering your Family of Origin
Increased Relational Harmony between family and friends

3. Teen Years-- Identity is Key
WOUNDING
WIRING
Painful experiences
Dysfunction in Family of Origin
Personality

4. Teen Years-- Identity is Key
Painful experiences
Dysfunction in Family of Origin
Teen Years-- Identity is Key
WIRING
WOUNDING
Personality
When we have a better understanding of our wiring and wounding AND the wiring and wounding of people in our lives (i.e. friends and family), we gain better understanding for others, we can offer more grace, and our compassion increases.

5. Why it is important to know who you are...
“75% of teens with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities such as disordered eating, cutting, bullying, or smoking, or drinking when feeling badly about themselves…”
“Seven in ten girls believe they are not good enough or do not do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members.”
“18% of boys are highly concerned about their image, mainly physique and are at increased risk for depression, and more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors such as binge drinking and drug use.”
“Teen girls that have a negative view of themselves are four times more likely to take part in activities with boys that they have ended up regretting later.”
*All statistics were found at:

6. Wiring- our personality, our temperaments, how we were created
Personality is derived from the Greek word, Persona, which means mask
Personality represents the overall profile or combination of characteristics that capture the unique nature of a person as they react and interact with others
Temperament = our basic “hard wiring”, one of the filters through which we interpret the world
Often a predictor of how we tend to relate to others and life situations

7. Personality Assessments offered at Centered for Life
Personality Plus
Spiritual Gifts
Myers Briggs
Enneagram
Love Language
Harman’s Code
Strengths Finder

8. Let’s try it out! Personality Plus
Let’s do it MY way
Let’s do it the FUN way
Let’s do it the EASIEST way
Let’s do it the RIGHT way
Review desires and emotional needs.
*We need song to play here…

10. Wounding- our painful experiences from our childhood
Greek word for trauma means to wound or damage
What is trauma?
Not just severe circumstances (i.e. physical abuse, death or natural disasters)
Moving
Divorce
Switching schools
Bullying

13. What God declares is True about you in Christ!
I am accepted and worthy Romans 15:7
I am never alone Hebrews 13:5b
I am adequate Cor. 2:5, 6
I have been chosen and set apart Eph. 1:4
I have strength Daniel 11:32
I am perfectly loved Eph. 2:4-5; 5:1
I am totally forgiven Hebrews 10:7
I have wisdom Proverbs 2:6, 7
I lack nothing Phil. 4:19
I have comfort John 15:6; 16:7
I am seen as perfect Col. 2:13
I am a new creation Cor. 5:17

14. The Parent Perspective
Painful experiences
Dysfunction in Family of Origin
The Parent Perspective
WIRING
WOUNDING
Personality
Parenting different personalities.
The Value of “I’m sorry”

15. Resources