About UPGiRL

 

UPGiRL encompasses a range of empowerment programs, classes, workshops and special events designed specifically to support, uplift and inspire girls. Offerings include confidence coaching & mentoring, yoga, The Write Fit (yoga/movement/team-building games/ journaling), and other events for both individuals and groups.

Every UPGiRL experience promises to empower girls to make life decisions that best serve their emotional, mental, physical and social well-being—achieving personal goals that result in joyful satisfaction and accomplishment.

I believe every girl has a voice. Not the sound that comes out of her mouth, but the knowing that resides inside her gut. That’s the voice that matters most, and the one that is often ignored. I’ve witnessed too many girls quiet their inner voice and replace it with a bunch of “shoulds.” As in, “I should be smarter/faster/prettier/better.” Many girls do not realize that their gut instinct—that inner voice—is 100% right, 100% of the time.

You think with your brain. You feel with your heart. You KNOW with your gut.
UPGiRL connects girls to their knowing.

I encourage girls to listen to their bodies. This is a learned practice for girls; it does not come naturally. How do you trust yourself when you’re not sure who you really are? Or when your self seems to be changing every day? One moment friend X is your bestie; the next moment she drives you crazy. One day you feel proud and accomplished; the next you’re a sad sack of tears. This is ok. Because your goal isn’t to feel happy all the time.

The goal is for girls to simply FEEL. Every emotion. The pleasures, the pains, the disappointments, the joys… All of it.

Mission

To cultivate the emotional and physical well-being of girls and young women, so that they feel confident, powerful and worthy.

Some of the benefits of UPGiRL programs are:

  • Building connection with self, with others and with community.

  • Feeling seen and heard.

  • Establishing accountability to self.

  • Developing emotional intelligence.

  • Fostering stronger relationships.

  • Energizing inspiration and ideas.

  • Sharpening leadership skills.

  • Building self-awareness.

  • Encouraging body positivity.

  • Learning tools to calm and focus.

  • Developing routines of self-care.

  • Creating better communication with parents.

  • Improving general outlook and attitude.

  • Establishing more restful sleep.

  • Feeling grounded and sturdy.

  • Realizing that all you ever need is already inside of you.

Meet Naomi

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Hi! I’m Naomi, a passionate advocate for girls’ physical and emotional wellness.

As a teen, I wanted what all teen girls still crave: the freedom to be like everyone else. I would pore through the pages of glossy teen magazines, lamenting everything that made me different than the perfectly curated images I studied. Everything that made me, me.

Years later while working in marketing at one of those beloved glossy mags, I decided I had a choice: contribute to the unrealistic standards, or flip the script. I realized then that my passion was to lift girls up, fill them with confidence, and change the narrative that they should be anything other than exactly who they are.

Much like the girls I work with, I’m a mish-mosh of opposites. I love pushing myself physically, but also yearn for the quiet of yoga. I love hip hop, but I’m a sucker for ‘70s yacht rock. I’m the first to scrape up my knees, but I’m just as happy in a dress. 

I believe in questioning the roles we play, the stories we tell ourselves and the labels placed on us.  You won't find “girly girls” or “tomboys,”  “jocks” or “princesses”  at UPGiRL – here girls learn to explore every single part of who they are, and with that knowledge, unapologetically step into their lives.  I am so glad you are here.   

 

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Why Naomi?

*Relatable *Relevant *Resourceful *Role Model

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