Phases | Girls’ Groups

A bit about the facilitator, Fae Hagerty:

Hello, I’m Fae!

I grew up on the west side of the Oregon Coast Range; raised by farmer folk, and by the forest, rivers, and ocean. Today, I fill the roles of daughter, sister, friend, neighbor, auntie, and teacher; I aspire to become a greater mentor, ceremonialist, holder of wisdom, and a mother. I am also a humble creature of the earth, in loving and reverent relationship with the wider earth community - a small thread in the great tapestry, working to fill my place well. 

My professional work has largely been in the field - & stream, garden, forest, etc! - of outdoor education. I also have experience in wilderness therapy & rites of passage, early-childhood education, school behavior intervention, and small organic vegetable farming. Along the way, I have learned a lot about how to hold an effective container, share knowledge in accessible and engaging ways, facilitate connection with nature, and support growth through healthy conflict. My personal pursuits include traditional crafts, cooking, gardening, folk herbalism, sewing/mending, writing, ceremony & ritual, animal husbandry, animal processing, backpacking, and more recently learning to play music and catch songs. 

An important central thread in my story has been seeking, reclaiming, feeding, and adapting the Old Ways of being human upon the earth. What began as a reaction to the deep well of grief that opened for me in adolescence, has grown into purpose and mission: to meet the deep cultural and environmental poverty we’ve inherited with love, hope, and determination to shift it for those who will come after us and those who came before. I believe our hope lies in learning to weave traditional wisdom into our modern context and in remembering how to grow ourselves into initiated adults, all in service to life on Earth. 

I have many years of experience working with younger children, and have felt increasingly called to support their healthy development into adolescence. I have been on a year-long journey of mentorship with Johannah Reimer of Wakeful Nature, alongside other women called to the work of becoming skilled ‘aunties’ in their communities. Together, we have gone back to tend our ancestry and our own childhood/adolescent woundings, gained frameworks for understanding soul-centric human development with its various gifts and tasks, and moved into the present of weaving nests in which to hold girls in our communities as they make their journeys into adolescence. This work has married beautifully with my personal work, over the past several years, of sitting in circle and holding ceremony with other women, as we move to find our own ways in these ancient practices.

I feel delighted and honored to use what I’ve learned (and continue to learn) to offer a space for girls to come together in circle to learn, grow, and become more rooted. I hope you’ll join me in this labor of love.