Parenting Consultant

With 20 years of working with children between the ages of 4 and 24 and raising two daughters (now in their 30s), Tes can provide personalized individual and group consultations and experiences for parents and their families to help them grow in healthy ways. How do we keep up with the times, and the constraints of social norms without losing ourselves? Tes believes the antidote is a return to the wild. Learning how to take care of oneself in the natural world, face and overcome challenges, and use newly acquired skills, helps grow inner strength and perseverance, and builds character and self-worth. Over the decades Tes has helped hundreds of young people to find their voice and inner strength through a nature-based lens: that respect for all living things helps each of us navigate the overscheduled modern world.

TESTIMONIALS

“Tes showed our family that stepping outside our comfort zone and reconnecting to the wild helped us find the pieces of ourselves that we had lost. Being challenged to make a fire in soggy conditions and cook the food we learned to find in the woods, brought my teen and I together in ways I could have only dreamed of. Guided by Tes we learned new skills that we now share as a family and we make time to hike and camp together as often as possible. We are so thankful for having found Tes and her magical way of empowering those around her and always having fun! She is a passionate and inspiring teacher.” “As a camper and then a counselor, I learned a lot from Tes. She taught me outdoor skills like making shelters and starting a bow-drill fire but most importantly Tes showed me that it was ok to be a little weird! Whether we were camouflaging ourselves with mud or telling ghost stories around a fire, I always felt included and encouraged. Looking back, I’m so grateful that I got to grow up going into the woods with Tes.”

CONTACT ME FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION AND SIGNING UP: tesreed01230@gmail.com