Adulting 101 | Budgeting

For our second session, Jasmine Lopez, our Co-Founder and Executive Director, led the Adulting 101 youth cohort through all things budgeting. First, Jasmine talked about categorizing the youth’s finances through PocketGaurd, a budgeting app, or Google spreadsheets. After, Jasmine said although it may be hard to look at your spending habits, it is good to start seeing where you spend more or less which would help them create their budgets. Right after, Jasmine started helping everyone create their own budgets. Then, with whatever money was left over for savings, Jasmine helped create a plan for saving toward those dreams that were previously identified in the money-healing workshop.

Thank you Jasmine for leading the first half of our first Adulting 101 cohort. Your knowledge and grace will continue to impact our community.

Adulting 101 | Money Healing

One of TFD’s pillars to complete our mission is education about financial wellness. In a community where 26k is our average income, we want to create opportunities for youth to learn good financial habits now to achieve financial freedom in the future. Along with this goal, we asked our youth what they wanted to learn before starting adulthood. Hence, Adulting 101 was started.

This workshop, Jasmine Lopez, Co-founder and Executive Director led the youth through a money-healing workshop. The purpose was to reframe your thoughts about money in order to achieve “limitless dreaming”. Jasmine talked about creative provision as well, which is using resources around you and faith that one day you will receive what you wish for. Then, the youth made limitless goals of what they wanted. Some stated traveling, building their own business, and living in beautiful houses. Check out the pictures below for the full story!

Thank you so much Jasmine for continuing to be vulnerable with your story to show others and our youth how success is anything you put your mind to.

Breathwork With Kathy Khang

Video Credit: Kevyn Tapia

Another awesome workshop from our Mental Health Intensive this past month was Breathwork with Kathy Khang! Follow along in this video as Kathy demonstrates various techniques for breathwork. You will learn exercises like Box Breath, Box Breath for sleep, breath awareness, awareness meditation, body scanning, and Lion’s Breath. Each exercise has its own purpose and they are easy to follow for beginners, so feel free to save this video to incorporate into your day!

A big thank you to Kathy for partnering with TFD to make this awesome resource video! Be sure to follow her on Instagram @mskathykhang.

Panel Discussion | Mental Health

Video Credit: Kevyn Tapia

This past month, we hosted a series of mental health workshops in honor of Mental Health Awareness May. The first of the 5 workshops was our Panel Discussion! This panel discussion was led by our Executive Assistant, Maya, and included community members, Jasmine and Marquan, and Spring ‘22 Alum, Tracy. Maya led this discussion with a series of questions about each storyteller’s journey through mental health and the importance of incorporating that into their lives. Follow along in this captivating conversation with the video above and enjoy!

The Art Of Therapy | Dana Harris

Photo Credit: Amie

This past Saturday, Dana from Paint on Purpose came back to TFD! Dana teaches art to people of all ages. She finds joy in guiding others through something so therapeutic. As we move through Mental Health Awareness Month, we have seen community members arrive excited to learn new things and find a moment of peace in their busy lives. A few members joined us on Saturday to relax with some smooth jazz music in the essential oil-filled air while painting. Dana guided them through painting beautiful cherry blossoms, which signify change in the seasons of our lives. Everyone enjoyed the peaceful environment and left with incredible artwork!

You can find more on the work Dana does on her website!

Photo Credit: Amie