Awakened Generation

01/20/2026

🎨 We warmly welcome you to our Open House
Homeschool Cooperative
🗓️ Wednesday, February 4th
⏱️ 9:30 AM
📍 Stanhope, New Jersey

Awakened Village Collaborative exists to raise a generation of confident, capable creators by bringing learning into real life and empowering the whole family.

Education shouldn’t be removed from lived experience and reduced to memorizing facts in a classroom. Nor should children be pulled into endless scrolling and passive consumption. Here, children learn by doing—exploring, building, testing ideas, and engaging in meaningful projects with real-world application and personal purpose.

Our kids dive into hands-on projects, guided by mentors, including:
👑 Entrepreneurship / Business
👑 Construction / Architecture
👑 Photography & Editing
👑 Film Production
👑 Self-Defense / Mind-Body Connection
👑 Art & Design
👑 Critical Thinking & Debate
👑 Future Economics & Decentralized Platforms
👑 Regenerative Farming
👑 Holistic Health Foundations
👑 Music Production
👑 Farm-to-Table Growing & Cooking
👑 Robotics
👑 Hospitality & the Sharing Economy
👑 Online Sales / Drop Shipping
👑 Survival Skills
👑 Emotional Intelligence
👑 Family Empowerment
👑 Beekeeping
👑 Real Estate

These projects spark creativity, confidence, and growth within a supportive village.

Curious to see if this environment is right for your child?

👉 Tours are limited and by reservation only.
Visit https://www.awakenedvillage.com/ to book your tour.
🤗🖍️ Please reserve your spot—spaces are limited.

Legal Note: Awakened Village Collaborative is a Private Ministry Association, guided by our Bylaws and Ecclesiastical Law. Membership applications are available upon request. All transactions are private and part of membership.

12/10/2025

Last Call For Vendors! We have 2 tables left ! Free Professional Pics with Santa!

02/06/2024

Key Insights from The Power of Showing Up by Dan Siegel & Tina J Bryson

1. The Importance of Showing Up: The central thesis of the book is that the simple act of consistently showing up for your child, both physically and emotionally, has profound and lasting effects on their well-being. The authors discuss how consistent and responsive parenting helps build a secure emotional foundation for children.

2. Four S's of Parenting: The authors introduce the concept of the "Four S's" – Safe, Seen, Soothed, and Secure. These represent the key elements contributing to a child's sense of security and emotional well-being. Parents are encouraged to create environments where children feel safe, acknowledged, comforted, and assured of their emotional bonds.

3. Present Parenting: The concept of being "present" is highlighted throughout the book. It involves not only physical presence but also emotional attunement to a child's needs and feelings. This presence fosters a strong parent-child connection.

4. Secure Attachment: Secure attachment is emphasized as a fundamental building block for a child's healthy development. When caregivers consistently provide a secure base, children are more likely to explore the world confidently.

5. Neuroscience of Parenting: The book explores the neuroscience behind parent-child interactions. It explains how positive parental engagement shapes the child's brain architecture, influencing emotional regulation and social skills.

6. Repairing Relationships: The authors stress the importance of repairing ruptures in the parent-child relationship. When conflicts or misunderstandings occur, the ability to repair and reconnect is crucial for maintaining a secure attachment.

7. Consistency and Predictability: Consistency in parenting is seen as vital for creating a sense of predictability and safety for children. Establishing routines and responding consistently to a child's needs contribute to their emotional security.

8. Emotional Regulation: The book explores how parental presence contributes to a child's emotional regulation. Responsive parenting helps children learn to manage their emotions, fostering resilience and coping skills.

9. Long-Term Impact: The authors discuss how the effects of showing up extend into a child's future, influencing their ability to form healthy relationships, navigate challenges, and regulate emotions throughout their lives.

10. Balancing Independence and Connection: The book encourages finding a balance between allowing children to explore and fostering independence while maintaining a strong, supportive connection with parents. This balance contributes to a child's overall development.

Book: https://amzn.to/3SK3Teb

You can get the Audiobook for FREE after you register for Membership Trial through the link above

The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired

03/28/2023

Seeing a brain scan like this should cause you to stop spanking.
Childhood maltreatment affects the development of the hippocampus (central to learning and memory), corpus callosum (largest white matter structure in the brain and responsible for inter- hemispheric communication and other emotional and cognitive processes, cerebellum (motor functions and executive functioning), prefrontal cortex (emotional, behavioral, and cognitive regulation), an overactive amygdala (threat detection), & abnormal cortisol levels, just to name a few.
I had thought that spanking would stop my child's "bad" behavior" but it only exacerbated it. His brain and body literally could not calm down, regulate & learn.
I had been conditioned to believe that punishment and
"discipline" were good for my children's souls, but when I saw what it was doing to their brains and recognized what it was doing to their hearts and spirits, I couldn't stomach it anymore. After years of justifying hitting in the name of love, I stopped completely the day I saw a graphic like this.
That doesn't mean I became a peaceful parent overnight!
I just knew I had to take punishment, abuse, fear, and disconnection off the table so my children and our relationship could heal. My first baby step was simply to try to DO NO HARM by controlling myself instead of controlling my children.
If you're a parent who is still caught in patterns of hitting, yelling, and other punitive strategies, hope today is the day you decide, "No more."
You can do it.
Dm me if you would like more support in making the shift.

03/11/2023

“Morality is doing what’s right, no matter what you’re told. Obedience is doing what you’re told, no matter what’s right.”-H.L. Mencken

Which do you want your kids to learn?

02/15/2023

11/13/2022

10/11/2022

In this weeks episode Omar and Sal are talking about all things mindset.

Click the link for the full video 📺
https://youtu.be/ss5TJMSGyz0

10/10/2022

Watch/listen with your children on the way to school 🤙🏼

Mindset is such an important conversation for all of us 🙌🏼

https://youtu.be/ss5TJMSGyz0

10/05/2022

We had such an overwhelming response with our first episode of the High Vibe Kids Podcast 🙌🏼

If you have young people in your life i think they will really enjoy this.

I know I’m always looking for positive things for my kids to watch.

If you like it, please subscribe and pass it along 🙏🏻 We are trying to do one episode a week.

https://youtu.be/4HchkUlcIWI