Spring and Summer Camps for Teens and Mom's Too!

Register for Summer Camp before
May 31, 2009
and be entered to win
2 tickets to see the
Jonas Brothers
at GM Place June 30, 2009

Featuring FOUR Distinct Programs:

1. CHICs for Girls – camps for 8-10 yrs, 10-12 yrs, 12-14 & 11-14 (see schedule)
2. CHICs for Mothers and Daughters – Girls ages 11-14
3. Transitioning to High-School – Boys and Girls in Grade 7
4. Backstage Pass ‘Your Ticket To Fun’ afternoons!

At Nanaimo Parks Recreation and Culture ~ Oliver Woods Community Centre:
Tues. April 21 – June 9, 2009 from 5-6:30pm: Girls ages 11-14
CHICs at Nanaimo Parks, Recreation, and Culture to register call: 250-756-5200 click on the link to view the Lesiure Guide write-up:
http://www.nanaimo.ca/assets/Departments/Parks~Rec~Culture/Leisure~Guide/LGteen.pdf

Cost: $120 for 8 sessions

July 6 – 10, 2009 from 9am-3pm: Girls ages 11-14
CHICs Summer Camp at Nanaimo Parks Recreation and Culture to register call: 250-756-5200 click on the link to view the Leisure Guide write-up:
http://www.nanaimo.ca/assets/Departments/Parks~Rec~Culture/Leisure~Guide/LGteen.pdf

Cost: $250.00 for the week

At Greater Vernon Parks Recreation and Culture:
Fri. April 17- June 5, 2009 from 4:30pm – 6:30pm: Girls ages 10-14
CHICs at Greater Vernon Parks Recreation and Culture to register call:
250-545-6035 ext. 0 or click on the link to view the Leisure Guide write-up:
http://www.greatervernonrecreation.ca/youth/index.html#new

Summer Camps:

From 9am-12pm summer camps will feature Esteem Services workshops featuring CHICs for girls; Transitioning to High School for grade 7 boys and girls; and a Mother- Daughter CHICs camp. Backstage Pass Events will do a supervised lunch from 12pm-12:30pm and sponsor “Your Ticket To Fun’ afternoon events each day from 12:30pm 3:00pm. You can register for half-day or full-day week-long camps ~ see pricing below. Be sure to read the letter to Parents and Guardians for details on our Esteem camps in this package.

July 13-17, 2009 from 9am – 3pm: Girl’s ages 10-12 years old
9am-12pm – CHICs
12:00-3pm – Backstage Pass Events – ‘Your Ticket to Fun’ afternoon events

July 20-24, 2009 from 9am – 3pm: Girl’s ages 12-14 years old
9am-12pm – CHICs
12pm-3pm – Backstage Pass Events – ‘Your Ticket to Fun’ afternoon events

July 27-31, 2009 from 9am – 3pm Mom’s and Daughter’s ages 11-14
9am-12pm – CHICs for Mother’s and Daughter’s - *see pricing and registration
12pm-3pm – Backstage Pass Events – ‘Your Ticket to Fun’ afternoon events

August 17-21, 2009 from 9am-3pm: Girl’s ages 8-10 years old
9am-12pm – CHICs
12pm-3pm – Backstage Pass Events – ‘Your Ticket to Fun’ afternoon events

August 24-28, 2009 from 9am-3pm: GRADE 7 BOYS AND GIRLS
9am-12:00pm – Transitioning to High School
12pm-3pm – Backstage Pass Events – ‘Your Ticket to Fun’ afternoon events

FEE SCHEDULE:
•CHICs camps - $200
•Mother/Daughter camp - $250 plus $50 for each additional daughter
•Transitioning to High School: Grade 7 Boys and Girls - $100

Register before May 31, 2009 and be entered to win 2 tickets to the Jonas Brothers concert at GM Place June 30, 2009. Draw June 1, 2009 winner announced in CHIC Chat e-news (sign up by clicking here)

To register or more info call Backstage Pass at 250-753-2323 or e-mail: angela@esteemedchics.com or check out www.esteemedchics.com

Negative Self-Esteem Attract Negative Experiences

Low self-esteem attracts negative experiences and when you work on self-esteem you work on changing your experiences. Have you ever heard the expression 'you create your own reality' or 'like attracts like'? Well it is true. Think about it...if you are walking around in life feeling sorry for yourself, hating your parents, friends, family, or life what do you expect to see in the outside world? You are creating what you want to see because you are looking for the hate you are thinking about. You also start to choose things in the outside world that will help you validate that you hate yourself, life, family etc. For instance, if you are smoking, drinking, experimenting with drugs or sex or even thinking about getting involved in any of these things - you are in a mind set of low self-esteem. No one is expressing love for themselves if they are thinking about or doing any of the things I mentioned. How could you! You are harming your body, your mind, and your relationships with people who care about you. If you believe you have low self-esteem or are doing anything that goes along with low self-esteem (this includes talking about people behind their backs, bullying, or back-talking to your parents) and want to change that - you need to change the way your think about yourself. So how?

I have talked about self-care, changing your thoughts, and the attitude of gratitude in the past and these truly are the roots of changing how you feel about yourself. High self-esteem starts with believing you are worthy of loving yourself! Not worthy of other people's love but loving yourself. Stand in the mirror and say 'I love and accept myself' and pay attention to how that feels, how you are making eye contact with yourself - or are you...what your thoughts are about yourself immediately after you say 'I love and accept myself'. If it is awkward, or you can not quite look at yourself, or maybe you have a negative self-talk comment coming into your mind - good! That is normal if you are moving from low self-esteem to high self-esteem. It takes practice to love and accept yourself. Especially if you have spent a great deal of time hating yourself. So, practice this mirror exercise daily until it becomes more comfortable. This is called a daily affirmation. Practicing daily affirmations helps to root information into our unconscious thought patterns. Changing our thought patterns from negative to positive is necessary to change our life habits.

You need good life habits to have high self-esteem. An affirmation that I currently use is 'clean thoughts make clean habits'. It's written on my bedroom mirror so that each night when I go to bed and each morning when I wake up it is the first thing that I see. It helps to remind me to love myself for who I am and to honour that I am a great person. Positive affirmations is one way of nourishing your inner person. There are lots of ways that we can nourish ourselves. If this idea does not fit for you - make a list of what nourishes you - what makes you feel good about being you - and then implement some of those things into your daily life. It may feel or seem awkward at first but with practice and perseverance - that low self-esteem can quickly change to high self-esteem!

Happy practicing:) and remember...nobody is perfect so be gentle with yourself...