Shift Happens is a podcast for adults, parents and teachers who want to help young people build in their care to build confidence. Each episode reveals how young people – in their own words – found their way and what made a difference.
Like many young people today, Iram suffered from anxiety and was crippled with shyness when she came to Jamie’s Farm aged 14. Having grown up in care, she says that many decisions about her life were made by others and that she hadn’t learned to speak up for herself. This held her back at school because she didn’t have the courage to ask for help, and often truanted from lessons. She describes how – with the help of staff at the farm, her best friend and some teachers at school – she managed to find her voice.
In Shift Happens, psychotherapist, former teacher, and Jamie’s Farm co-founder Tish Feilden is in conversation with young people we hear a lot about but don’t often hear from; raw, moving accounts of teenagers who were not succeeding within the school system, only to turn their lives around. She explores with them exactly what it was that made the difference.
Join Tish to understand the inner workings of the teenage mind to equip yourself on how to build the confidence of the young people in your care or education setting.
Follow Tish on instagram @cultivatingchangeuk
Jamie’s Farm is a charity headquartered near Bath that provides young people with a transformative 5-day residential programme and follow-up support. It has seven farms around the UK. You can find out more about our unique methodolody here.
Music: Mythical Score Society / I Can See the World From Here / Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.
