Renée Trudeau & Associates

Advocates for Balanced Living - Coaching, Training and Workshops

Facilitators

"The RTA Training really helped prepare me emotionally and logistically to lead the best PRGs I can, and to create a richer experience for the mothers in the group. It gave me the confidence and experience to enthusiastically step in to my role as PRG Facilitator..." {More}
— Rachel, freelance web designer/developer

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Why Get Trained?

Renee's Revelations and Why She Developed a Training Program

"Originally I had envisioned women around the U.S., picking up the Guide and very naturally and effortlessly starting Personal Renewal Groups without any training, much like the way women now use and lead groups around author Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way."

Two things happened that changed my perspective.

First, I witnessed some former PRG members start Personal Renewal Groups on their own, without the support/guidance/tools/resources we now offer. Often, the groups would fizzle out, become purely social or would fall apart due to lack of leadership or structure. I began to realize, there is truly an art and science to facilitating groups (something that happens to be an innate talent of mine) and when the key elements are in place, magic happens!

Secondly, I remember how strongly some of the women reacted to one of the early exercises I introduced during a PRG meeting several years ago. I asked each woman to write a letter to her thirteen-year old self, reflecting on a photo she had brought to the meeting. This brought up a wide range of unexpected feelings and emotions for many. It soon became clear to me that each woman is showing up at her PRG with her own unique and fragile "Pandora's Box" (her life stories and childhood experiences, her own insecurities and fears, and her personal feelings/emotions around motherhood and parenting, etc.). Because of this, it is the responsibility of the Facilitator to create a safe and supportive environment for the members, be available to offer them support resources AND be cognizant and sensitive to how powerful this material can truly be--particularly if PRG members are new to personal growth work. This is why we spend a great deal of time in Facilitator Training on what I call 'The Inner Work'-it's really all starts with you."

Renée Peterson Trudeau, founder of the Personal Renewal Group experience and author, "The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal"

Please note that under United States and international copyright laws if you charge members to join a Personal Renewal Group but are not officially trained through Renee Trudeau & Associates, this usage of the book constitutes infringement upon the intellectual property rights of the author. To clarify, you are welcome to lead free/no charge groups around the book, however, if you desire to charge group members for their participation, you must be officially trained through Renee Trudeau & Associates.

Learn more about the benefits of getting trained to lead a Personal Renewal Group.