HOW Inspire is a unique, exciting membership hub for teenage girls between 11-16 yrs
"Exposure to role models, intergenerational and peer to peer mentoring is the most powerful way to inspire the next generation; building confident, forward thinking, innovative and passionate young people"
Dr Jo Watkins, co founder The HOW People
A safe, fun, community, connecting girls to other girls of the same age all over the world. Bringing role models, mentors, experts and coaches into weekly, interactive live Zoom calls.
We use the pillars of The HOW People (Happiness, Opportunities and Wellbeing) to create the framework for our everything we do at The HOW People.
Our signature digital membership for teen girls HOW Inspire consists of Weekly LIVE calls on Zoom (Thursday 7pm) with co founders Polly and Jo.
Featuring a combination of:
HAPPINESS
Mentoring Calls or Pow Wows
OPPORTUNITIES #likeTEDtalksforteens with guest speakers
WELLBEING
The Know HOW framework of life skills and wellbeing
These are inspiring, relaxed, inclusive and most of all FUN!
We talk to all sorts of people and bring some amazing content to your teens. Bringing young role models along with older experts, we focus on personal development, mentoring, positivity and enjoyment. You will learn from others about their path in life. Their struggles. Their advice.
You will support each other and make new friends around the world.
We reach out to speakers and experts from all walks of life: their career path, things they'd do differently and what advice they would give to their teenage self.
Happiness
Mentoring Calls
- Mentoring calls or newly called Pow Wows kick off the month
- Facilitated by co founders plus HOW Researcher Emma Clift, a secondary PHSE Teacher and previous Year 7 form tutor
- Sessions start and end as a group with co founders and all the girls
- Games, chats, open forum time for discussions around important topics
- Smaller group work for ages 11-13 yrs and a focus on mentoring for 14-16 yrs
- Discussing weekly wins, goal setting, any issues, together
- Encouraging peer to peer support
- One session a month
Opportunities
TED talks for teens
- A special guest is invited to chat about their role, their journey, their advice to their teenage self
- Covering all sorts of careers and role models
- Learning from people who you wouldn't meet in everyday life
- Be inspired by role models who are passionate about their subjects
- Encouraged to ask questions with mic or in chat box
- #likeTEDtalksforteens
- Two sessions a month
Wellbeing
The Know HOW
- The building blocks of teening and adulting: our own framework
- Run as a discussion with Q&A
- These sessions will take a subject from The Know HOW course and stimulate a discussion
- Sleep, nutrition, worry, social media, connection, friendship, body confidence, self confidence
- Positivity, breathing, journalling, stress, entrepreneurship and more
- Co founders will lead and invite a guest, if suitable, for the subject
- One session a month
Here is a sneaky peak into our HOW Inspire membership calls with guests Caroline Millington, Ria Chatterjee and La Chun Lindsay
What advice would you give your teenage self?
This is a question we put to all of our guests
This is something that has given us some brilliant answers over the last year
Surround yourself with good people
Just have a go
Build up the other people around you
Don’t try so hard
Don’t worry about the things you can't control
Celebrate the little things
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Be yourself and don’t change for anyone
Know you are good enough just the way you are
IF THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING THEN KEEP READING
Does any of this sound familiar?
#1
You sometimes worry about your teen and hope that she is able to talk to and open up to teachers and other parents or friends
#2
You know she needs the influence of mentors and other adults in her life. You wish she was inspired and excited about life ahead but realise that it is so hard
#3
You feel she needs to gain confidence to help her lead a successful life ahead and would benefit from some outside support from mentors and experts
Behind the scenes at HOW HQ and a preview of HOW Inspire membership with co founders Jo and Polly
and this is what our guest actress Aimee Barrett had to say about chatting to the girls
WHAT ABOUT A SUPPORT NETWORK?
Mentors, coaches and networks are for business people and sportspeople, right?
If you are a parent of a teen, one of the most important things for you will probably be the education and future for your children.
Unfortunately, most parents rely solely on the education system to inspire and encourage their teens. Schools are focused on passing exams, jumping through hoops and are limited in what they can teach by the National Curriculum. This can lead to people leaving school feeling uninspired, disinterested and unsure what is out there for them in the world, whether they do well in school exams or not.
Things are expected to change but for now, the full focus is on GCSE’s and a results based system.
There is another way.
This is not just something which is only available to private school students.
You can look outside of the traditional school system to open up a network of support for your daughter.
That’s why we created the HOW Inspire membership programme.
We find inspirational people and invite them to talk to girls about their journey, their story and their advice.
We believe that exposure to role models and intergenerational and peer to peer mentoring is the most powerful way to inspire the next generation and build confident, forward thinking, innovative and passionate young people.
You can know that your daughter has the tools and support system of peers, mentors and coaches to guide her through these teenage years.
You know that you are supported for those times when you just need advice from an expert or someone who has been there. You have someone to ask.
Know that no matter what, your daughter has a network she can contact when she is feeling up or down, never having to worry that she might be struggling.
You have to see it to be it.
Those people ahead of you can show you the way and light up a path you didn't know existed.
HOW Inspire is now open for new members until 6th May at 6pm
HOW Inspire connects teenage girls between 11-16 yrs to role models, mentors, coaches and a community.
Growing confidence and resilience while inspiring girls to carve their own path with the help of mentors and role models.
The first of its kind in the UK, founded during lockdown after cancelling all their live events. GP, flexi-schooling mum of four, Dr Jo Watkins and mum of two, design, strategy and design queen Polly Crook deliver sessions via fun, interactive, weekly LIVE calls (Thursday 7pm) which are recorded and stored exclusively for members in easy to use software. "Like a weekly digital hug"
"The confidence you have given the girls, the way you both treat them as important individuals with voices that will be heard and the bonding you encourage between them is fantastic. This is a tricky age when they are on the cusp of being a teenager as well as discovering who they are. I remember feeling so socially awkward at this age, difficult to know where your place is.
Anna, North London. Mum of 12 year old HOW founding member
“I’m not sure where to start with ‘general’ feedback - I’m so thankful that both my girls have been a part of The HOW People. I think that this is going to be life altering for so many young girls. At this tricky time when self esteem is being formed, you are showing young girls that there really is more to life than the fake reality that social media is creating."
Rhian, South Wales. Mum of twin 13 year old girls, HOW founding members
This all sounds great. What do I do next?
WHAT EACH OF THE SESSIONS GIVE OUR TEENS
Every Thursday 7-8pm is HOW time
These Pow Wow sessions bring the fun and the connection. A safe space to share, to watch, to listen, to get involved or to just be. Connecting with other girls from all over the country and the world, some your age, some similar to you, some completely different, some older, some younger, but all without pressure, without assumption, without judgement.
11-16 is a big age range so we will be using one session every week for mentoring and small group work within the age groups.
This gives the older girls the space to discuss different things and access a mentoring hub of role models as we move towards the next academic year.
We will start and end the Pow Wow sessions as a group, introducing topics to discuss, finding out what we have coming up and then debriefing at the end together. The older girls really help the younger ones come out of themselves as they have that little bit more confidence to get involved. Sometimes, the opposite is true. That is the beauty of it, no week is the same.
Breakout rooms
Looking at our wins, our struggles, our plans and goals
Group mentoring 14-16 yrs (chat re exams, stress, revision, work experience, time management, possibly looking at topics like body image, consent etc. in time).
These sessions are how it all began back in April 2020.
With no live business due to Covid we launched into the online space with our Digital Life Stories/#likeTEDtalksforteens bringing role models and speakers from all walks of life to our online home. This went well (and we raised £1800 for charity in the process) so we launched the membership after many requests to keep going.
We have had so many incredible women from different walks of life join us. A soil scientist, a journalist, an Olympic hockey player, an entomologist, a marine biologist, some entrepreneurs and many more. We want to feature doctors, teachers, lawyers and more traditional careers too but our speciality is bringing people into the world of our members that they wouldn’t normally come across or have any idea about what these people do.
You have to see it to be it.
The future world of work is going to look very different for our children. So many of the jobs they will do have not been created yet. The education system needs to catch up with this huge shift but we are there and we want to show these amazing young minds that anything is possible.
There are some building blocks in life. Some fundamentals that we all need to nurture and skills that will serve us all very well if we have a better knowledge and understanding of their importance.
These are the core blocks of our starter course that will be released as a 12 wk programme in October. We are also offering Spotlight courses with coaches on some of these topics. We already run a Self Confidence Club with small group workshops and will be releasing several more in the future.
Every month we will have a session discussing one of these topics. Sometimes with co founders, a guest, an expert or using a recorded interview, but always focusing on one of these subjects:
Sleep, fear and adventure, nutrition and food, social media, activity and exercise, the outdoors, anxiety, positivity, periods, intra and entrepreneurship, taking notice and breath work, self confidence, body confidence and more.
LET'S WRAP IT ALL UP
Here's what she'll get when you join
1 x Mentoring 'Pow Wow' LIVE Zoom call
(1 hour)
Fun, small group work, intergenerational and peer to peer support and mentoring with co-founders Jo and Polly. The first Thursday of the month 7pm GMT on Zoom.
2 x #likeTEDtalksforteens LIVE Zoom call (1 hour)
An interactive session with co founders Jo and Polly plus a guest from a different walk of life. A role model, young woman talking about her career path. The second and third Thursday of the month.
1 x 'The Know HOW' LIVE Zoom call (1 hour)
The Know HOW is a digital course written by The HOW People co-founder Dr Jo Watkins in collaboration with Psychotherapist Joanna Williams. This stand alone course delivers better physical and mental wellbeing using recorded and live content. RRP £97. One aspect will be covered each month on the last Thursday of the month.
FREE access to any HOW Buy One Give One Teen Workshops RRP £15
Our expert coaches will be giving workshops to our teens on a huge variety of topics from building resilience to "Worry Well."
These happen every few months in the membership and any workshop we deliver will be free for members to attend.
Be part of a progressive, helpful and inspiring network of women
Intergenerational mentoring and support is key. Do you want to make sure your daughter is getting the most out of her teenage years? You are in the right place. Your daughter will feel part of an inspiring and developing tribe of awesome women and girls that will grow with her through her life.
Back catalogue recordings of over 50 inspiring sessions
6 mth and 12 mth only: Exclusive access to our full library of recorded content. Coaching calls, panel calls, role models from all walks of life, from Ecology to Architecture, Design to Olympians.
12 month only: MONTHLY small group or 1:1 extra mentoring throughout the year
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We want you to have a great time and enjoy your membership. Try us out for 1 month and if for any reason you no longer want the membership, send us an email and we will refund 100% of your money.
Yes that's right, if you and/or your teen are not satisfied you have 30 days from purchase for a FULL REFUND.
*Cancel anytime
Have any further questions? Email [email protected] and we would love to speak with you.
MEET YOUR HOW FOUNDERS
Hey there, we are Jo and Polly.
Here is a little more about us...
JO WATKINS
Co founder of The HOW People, freelance GP, Mum of 4, Home/World/Flexi schooler. Lover of road trips, travel, friends, start up businesses and the great outdoors. Jo knows how important role models are to her own daughter and how they influenced her own path in life.
Happiest in the mountains or by the sea with husband Davey and the kids. She wants to see as much of the world as possible with her family.
One of her daughters is 13 yrs old. She is a lover of adventure, her friends and TikTok. Like every teenage girl.
Jo understands exactly what goes on in a teenage house!
Passionate about making and taking opportunities, Jo is excited about all the HOW plans. "HOW is having a really positive impact on the girls we have worked with so far and we are so excited to continue building on this."
POLLY CROOK
Co-founder of The HOW People with a background in design, a career in sales and strategic development for a global sports brand and currently working in development for a charity in the 'Sport for development' sector. Polly is a beach obsessed Mumbles native, with two small children who are never happier than when slightly feral and exploring rock pools.
Polly and her husband Dan try to be as environmentally conscious as possible, whilst teaching their kids how they can have a positive impact on the world.
Polly is the first to admit that growing up, education was her Kryptonite. People are always shocked when they find out that the incredibly ambitious, confident spreadsheet queen they know today, actually left school with only three GCSE's!
After finding out she was dyslexic at an early age, those school years were pretty tough. No matter what anyone told her, she always felt like a bit of a 'thicko'.
Everything changed for Polly when she met an unlikely mentor in sixth form who saw straight through her outer shell and taught her the difference between being confident and having no self confidence. This pivotal moment gave Polly the confidence to resit her GCSE's and finally go on to University to study design. Something she thought a 'thicko' like her could never achieve.
That is the reason that Polly believes in the incredible impact that a mentor or role model can have on the lives of young people. Because for her, it was the moment she began to believe in her abilities. That you don't have to be great at spelling to achieve great things.
"Tell me I can’t do something. I dare you.
Some might call me a bit bossy, but I like to think I’m being assertive! I can’t argue with the people that say I talk a lot.
My Dad’s mantra about his children growing up was ‘Give them roots, and give them wings’ That’s why I’m doing this. I love making things happen."
STILL HERE?
Good, because there's something
Laurene needs to tell you.
"I am incredibly impressed with what Jo and Polly have managed to create with How People digital membership in such a short time. Mentoring young women to dream, to act and to connect with others are essential elements to building strong women of the future.
I enrolled my daughter in The How People digital membership, hoping that her confidence would improve. It seems to be working! She has benefitted from inspiring speakers and practical workshops on many different topics: from personality types, creating a purposeful vision board, to becoming more social media savvy.
She has consistently been introduced to energetic, successful, and authentic female role models, (entrepreneurs, scientists, interior designers, environmentalists) and for that I am so grateful!
Jo and Polly honour parent involvement with timely communication and are appreciative of parent feedback. The How People’s mission is to “Encourage happiness. Take opportunities. Look after your wellbeing” and that is exactly what I want for my daughter. Thank you, How People!"
- Laurene Head, Calgary, Canada. Proud mum of a 16 year old, HOW Membership founding member
HAVE A QUESTION?
Frequently Asked Questions
We are busy enough already and sick of Zoom. Why would we do this once our kids are back to school?
Did someone say BONUSES?
What is the weekly commitment?
How much content will we get weekly?
How can you make sure you only have teens in the membership?
How long is my commitment for?
What if my teen can't ever make the live sessions? Is it worth it?
What about BOYS and under 11s?
What if we miss a week?
What if my teen is not on social media?
Are your experts CRB checked?
I see you have a guarantee, how do I cancel if I am not happy?
What will you do if one of the girls is distressed or upset?
What should I do if there is something I'm concerned about?
Ready to secure your daughter's spot on the HOW Inspire digital membership?
This is our real life.
Life can be messy and wonderful and scary and changing all the time. We embrace the chaos, and turn it into memories and conversations that our children will remember their entire lives.
Honest. Funny. Driven. Inspirational. Ridiculous.
Apparently, these words describe us both very well.
With very different stories to get us to this place.
A place where we are here, doing this, together.
Both following our passions and loving every minute of what we are doing.
Our stories. Our paths to get here...
Intertwined in strange ways along our lives despite growing up 200 miles apart.
We will tell our stories along the way, and try and paint the picture of what got us to now.
We get by on crazy work hours, maternal guilt, silly sleep hours and wondering if we are getting it all 'right'.
Well, if you have read this far, and you are thinking this is it, then please do get in touch with us [email protected] for more information or join the waiting list. Membership will reopen for a pop up over the next few months at some point!
LET'S WRAP IT ALL UP
Here's what she'll get when you join.
1 x Mentoring 'Pow Wow' LIVE Zoom call
(1 hour)
Fun, small group work, intergenerational and peer to peer support and mentoring with co-founders Jo and Polly. The first Thursday of the month 7pm GMT on Zoom.
2 x #likeTEDtalksforteens LIVE Zoom call (1 hour)
An interactive session with co founders Jo and Polly plus a guest from a different walk of life. A role model, young woman talking about her career path. The second and third Thursday of the month.
1 x 'The Know HOW' LIVE Zoom call (1 hour)
The Know HOW is digital course written by The HOW People co-founder Dr Jo Watkins in collaboration with Psychotherapist Joanna Williams. This stand alone course delivers better physical and mental wellbeing using recorded and live content. RRP £97. One aspect will be covered each month on the last Thursday of the month.
FREE access to any HOW Buy One Give One Teen Workshops RRP £15
Our expert coaches will be giving workshops to our teens on a huge variety of topics from building resilience to "Worry Well."
These happen every few months in the membership and any workshop we deliver will be free for members to attend.
Be part of a progressive, helpful and inspiring network of women.
Intergenerational mentoring and support is key. Do you want to make sure your daughter is getting the most out of her teenage years? You are in the right place. Your daughter will feel part of an inspiring and developing tribe of awesome women and girls that will grow with her through her life.
Back catalogue recordings of over 50 inspiring sessions
6 mth and 12 mth only: Exclusive access to our full library of recorded content. Coaching calls, panel calls, role models from all walks of life, from Ecology to Architecture, Design to Olympians.
12 month only: MONTHLY small group or 1:1 extra mentoring throughout the year