

How to Build a Better Relationship with Your Teen - Part 3 of 4
What can you do if you don't have a great relationship with your teen? Can it get better? Is it too late?

How to Build a Better Relationship with Your Teen - Part 2 of 4
What separates the people we listen to and the people we’d rather not get advice from? How does that relate to why some teens don’t listen t

How to Build a Better Relationship with Your Teen - Part 1 of 4
I've heard parents resign to the supposedly reality that the teenage years "are a phase."
At Orenda, we are convinced this i

Orenda Week 12 Presentations of Learning
Over the past 12 weeks, Orenda has held an incredible program that taught students to become more confident, self-aware, and responsible...

Orenda Week 8 Social Fluency Pt. 2
During our Week 8 workshop, we built upon last week’s topic of social fluency. Last week we covered frameworks and techniques around how...

Orenda Week 7 Social Fluency Pt. 1
In Week 6 of Orenda’s group session, we conducted a workshop for our Orenda parents to teach them a technique called motivational...

Orenda Week 6 Motivational Interviewing
“What advice would you give to your 15-year-old self?” That is one of 27 questions we answered during Week 5 of Orenda’s group session....

Orenda Week 5 Panel for Parents
In Week 4 of Orenda’s group session, students learned about a technique developed by Stanford Professor BJ Fogg that can help them turn...

Orenda Week 4 Tiny Habits
In Week 3 of Orenda’s group session, students thought, reflected and shared about what their core values are. Students participated in an...

Orenda Week 3 What are My Core Values?
During Orenda’s last group session, we asked students to dive into some of the most important questions they could ask themselves: what...