Learn 3 Practical Ways to Build Healthy Friendships!
An Empowering Event for Grades 4-12

Dr. Karyn has spoken to more than 200,000 youth across Canada and has seen firsthand how choosing friends can be one of the most important decisions they make. She has seen how healthy friendships can build confidence but also how unhealthy and cruel acts among “friends” can destroy a person’s sense of self and purpose. Friendships have an enormous power in the life of a youth.

FRIENDSHIPS UNPLUGGED is a close-up look at the often confusing world of friendships among youth. Dr. Karyn begins the workshop with a 5-minute video revealing what celebrities have to say about friendships. She then turns the assembly into her popular mock talk-show format, pulling 4 volunteers from the audience (already decided by teachers in advance) to play 4 different friends. This short but powerful skit helps students to identify with one of the different characters.

Specifically in this 45 minute workshop,
your students will learn:  

“dk - you spoke at my school today at 2:30. Yours was the single most relevant presentation I have ever heard at our school. Usually speakers talk from the parent’s point of view or will give scientific reasons or statistics for the way we are. You truly identified with probably each and every single person in that room.”
Female, Age 17

"(dk’s) comments about different friends and the way they treat you really hit home. I’m going through my own dilemmas with a group of friends. I’m working on it and, hopefully, taking your advice, something positive will happen."
Male, Age 15