Empowerteen

Empowerteen Teen Holistic Wellness Program

Classes, workshops, retreats, socials and more events for teens.

Peer fun designed to enhance mental-physical-social-emotional health, while creating community, confidence and connection. Empowerteen is Social-Mental-Physical-Emotional wellness and prevention program for adolescents to prevent personal and societal conditions in a way that relieves stress and encourages fun! We give teenaged girls and boys skills to develop a powerful awareness of strength in s

elf, and tools to become happy, healthy, integrated and productive members of society. Topics covered in the program include building self-confidence, positive self-talk, effective communication, cultivating healthy relationships and conflict resolution skills, increasing body image, nutrition, disconnecting from technology to connect mind to body, developing mindfulness, empathy, living with gratitude and purpose, and rising above self-disserving labels. Lessons are cultivated using the latest understanding and research in biology, sociology, biochemistry, neurology, endocrinology, quantum physics, anatomy, physiology, psychology, and other behavioral sciences as tools to develop these skills. These tools are developed to help give teens the opportunity to build and create their future, connect to each other and their community with loving kindness, and prevent or manage many of the mental challenges adolescents face, such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, attention fatigue, inability to focus, fear of missing out, suicidal ideation, self-harm, addiction, toxic relationships, abuse, and the search for their sense of belonging. The Empowerteen program is led by Naturopathic Doctor, and former High School teacher and Teen Group Home counselor, Dr. Paula Pilcher, and has thus far taken on different avenues of exploring and practicing these skills including a once-a-week 8 week series, a semester-long daily High School class curriculum for health credit, week-long intensive summer retreats, an after school program, weekend workshops, socials, field-trips, guest-speaking at multiple venues, internships, charity events and volunteer opportunities.

📸 we give you: the 2026 Empowerteen High School Retreat! 😝 Scholls Valley Lodge
07/26/2026

📸 we give you: the 2026 Empowerteen High School Retreat! 😝

Scholls Valley Lodge

📝 “When you flick your thumb upwards, scrolling to the next TikTok, the creator has three seconds to capture your attent...
07/25/2026

📝 “When you flick your thumb upwards, scrolling to the next TikTok, the creator has three seconds to capture your attention. They speak fast and use eye-catching visuals, starting with a question you’ve always wondered about or a brief preview of what the rest of the short video will show you. This strategy is effective. It takes advantage of one of the keystones behind social media addiction—the average attention span is shrinking, so our brains are more attracted to bright, quick-moving content that ensures we don’t have to focus for more than half a minute.
Attention span refers to the amount of time we can focus on an activity before we get distracted. Even beyond high school, it’s hard to find anyone who’s exempt from the massively decreased attention spans, making any project that requires concentration seem much more daunting than it might have in the past. I believe that this is part of the reason that so many students have turned to ChatGPT for their essays and schoolwork. We’re losing our ability to think deeply, and thus turn to whatever resource can do the work for us… at the cost of increasing our stress levels.
How can we break free of the chains that social media has cast on us? You’ll often hear a solution—connecting with nature—but few bother to explain why that’s such an effective strategy. Here, we will peer into why a connection with our natural surroundings is so effective for clearing our minds of the deceptive algorithms and flashing colors of the online world.
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🔗 LINK: https://www.empowerteen.org/empowerteen-writer/doomscrolling-vs-nature-strolling-how-nature-has-decreased-my-screen-time/

✍️ Written by our Student Journalism Intern, Daryan Cem

07/25/2026

👀 trust and communication exercises get wobbly at the 2026 teen summer retreat 🫣

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07/25/2026

🪘Meet our retreat teacher, Craig Carney! Craig is a Music Teacher who teaches Middle School in the Beaverton School District. He will be at the Middle School Summer Retreat. 🥁

We are so grateful to Craig for coming out and donating his time and energy to help the teens thrive in their lives and get a head start on healthy stress management, and how it all connects to mental health. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!!! 💚

Want to know more about Craig and the summer teen retreats or grab the last spot?
🔗 Visit empowerteen.org/events(or go to the linktree in our bio)

07/25/2026

😍 Walking around the beautiful Scholls Valley Lodge property is such a treat! Scholls Valley Lodge

07/24/2026

🧘‍♂️“what scares you about slowing down and being still?” Yoga and meditation are just some of the many fun activities we do at an Empowerteen Summer Retreat to melt away our stresses 😌🪷

We love learning about mindfulness and connecting to our bodies from the foundation of health perspective and finding all kinds of ways to think about how to be present in the moment and the health of our bodies and minds. 🧠

Have you tried yoga before? Have you signed up yet?

🔗 LINK: empowerteen.org/events
(or click the Linktree in our bio!)

07/24/2026

🧟 DIY skin care can be a bit drooley bringing sad skin back to life at the high school Empowerteen summer retreat! 😂

👏 We are honored to introduce our Video Game Coding student intern for 2026, Janice Lachan! Janice has been working hard...
07/24/2026

👏 We are honored to introduce our Video Game Coding student intern for 2026, Janice Lachan! Janice has been working hard on coding for Empowerteen’s new video game, bringing design, animation, writing, music, and battle scenes together. We can’t wait for you to see her work when the video game releases on the website!

Get to know Janice better:

What’s Your Background?

“Hello! I’m a junior at the California Polytechnic University at Pomona. I’m currently majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Data Science. My dream is to become a software developer! I’m born and raised in California. I enjoy learning about art and new technology.”

What Else Do You Do?

“I’m a video editor for my Game Development Club and I’m currently involved with undergraduate research underneath my professors. I enjoy watching birds and playing games with my friends when I’m not studying.”

Thanks for all of your great work, Janice!

To learn more about our interns, visit our website!
🔗 in our bio

07/23/2026

🧑‍🍳 bringing out the meals carefully tailored to the orderer’s individual specifications… bon appétit! 🥘

Making food for others can be a little scary, and these teens stepped outside of their comfort zone to nail it! 😅 🍽️

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3800 SW Cedar Hills Boulevard, Suite 105, Beaverton
Portland, OR
97005

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Tuesday 10:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 7:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 7:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 7:30pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm

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+15032076284

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