A Brave Space for Young Voices
Welcome to the Rise & Shine Tribe
The Rise & Shine Tribe is a safe and supportive circle for teens and young adults to share, heal, and grow. For 14 days, we’ll meet online to explore mindfulness, creativity, movement, and honest conversations. This is a judgment-free space where every voice is heard and every story matters.
Rise & Shine Tribe Mission Statement
The Rise & Shine Tribe exists to create a safe, nurturing, and empowering space where young people ages 12–25 can release their pain, share their truth, and reclaim hope. Our mission is to break the silence around mental health and suicide by offering community, healing practices, and authentic connection.
We are committed to:
Providing tools for emotional resilience and self-expression.
Building a brave space where every voice is heard and every story matters.
Empowering youth to transform fear, shame, and isolation into strength, self-worth, and belonging.
Together, we rise from the shadows of struggle and shine as a community of healing, courage, and light.
Rise & Shine Tribe Vision Statement
Our vision is a world where no young person feels invisible, silenced, or alone in their struggles. We envision a generation rising with resilience, connected through community, and shining with the confidence to live fully and authentically. The Rise & Shine Tribe aspires to become a global movement of healing and belonging, where creative expression, mindfulness, and shared strength replace cycles of silence and despair. Together, we are building a future where every young voice is valued, every story is honored, and every life is protected.
Rise & Shine Tribe – Guiding Values & Principles
Together, these values create the foundation for the Rise & Shine Tribe: a brave, compassionate community where healing is not just possible — it’s shared.
Safety First
Every voice deserves a safe place to be heard. We honor confidentiality, respect boundaries, and create an environment where youth can share without fear of judgment.
Compassion Always
We meet each other with kindness, empathy, and understanding. Healing begins when we feel seen and valued.
Empowerment Over Shame
We focus on tools, practices, and conversations that build strength, self-worth, and confidence. Shame has no home here.
Authenticity Matters
Every story, every struggle, and every victory is welcome. We celebrate honesty and realness — even when it’s messy.
Belonging Through Community
No one heals alone. We grow stronger together, honoring each person’s uniqueness while building collective support.
Creativity as Healing
Art, music, movement, and expression are more than activities — they are pathways to transformation and release.
Hope is Non-Negotiable
Even in the darkest times, we choose to hold on to hope. We believe every life matters, every soul has purpose, and every storm can give way to light.
Creator & Visionary, Thunderbird Rising
I am Thunderbird Rising, a name passed to me through blood memory by my great-great-grandfather of the Shinnecock Nation. This is not just a title—it is an awakening. A return. A resurrection. I once walked the path as Black Butterfly Goddess, holding space for survivors to heal, speak, and rise. But the Spirit called me deeper. The ancestors stirred. And I answered.
Thunderbird Rising is who I have always been—High Priestess, Sacred Strategist, Spiritual Midwife, Best Selling Author, and Speaker and Healer of Ancestral Wounds. I help women rise from the ashes of their trauma and step into their divine mission. My work is a fusion of Indigenous wisdom, trauma-informed healing, spiritual coaching, and sacred ceremony. Everything I offer—my women’s circles, summits, soul strategy sessions, oracle readings, and courses—is rooted in a single truth:
You were never broken.
You were always becoming.
Through this sacred rebirth, I’ve created a home for the powerful ones who were once silenced… a sanctuary for the women and children who were burned, buried, or forgotten… a spiritual ecosystem for those ready to rise—not just in name, but in power, purpose, and divine identity.
This is my soul’s work. This is my lineage’s legacy.
This is Thunderbird Rising.
Healing doesn’t have to be lonely
Relief for the storms. Tools for the triggers. A tribe for the silence. Register now for free and save your spot in the Rise & Shine Tribe.
Rise & Shine Tribe Manifesto
We believe every young voice deserves to be heard.
We believe pain is not a weakness, and silence should never be the only option.
We believe healing is possible when compassion meets community.
We stand for:
- Safety — because no one should fear being themselves.
- Compassion — because every story deserves kindness.
- Empowerment — because shame has no place here.
- Authenticity — because realness is stronger than perfection.
- Belonging — because no one should heal alone.
- Creativity — because art, movement, and music set the soul free.
- Hope — because every life has meaning, and every future is worth protecting.
We are the Rise & Shine Tribe.
We rise from silence.
We shine through struggle.
We heal together.
This is our pledge. This is our brave space. This is our tribe.