Shaping the Spirit of Boys

A look at the many challenges boys face in the 21st Century and how we can raise them to be honorable, purpose-filled men.

Educating Boys to Thrive

Implement-now, brain-based, research-backed strategies for helping boys thrive and succeed in the classroom.

Protecting Our Boys from Sexual Vulnerabilities

Early Learning Environments

Exploration of the social-emotional development of young boys and their vulnerability to Preschool expulsion.

Michael Gurian is a marriage and family counselor and the New York Times bestselling author of 32 books including: Saving Our Sons: A New Path for Raising Healthy and Resilient Boys; The Wonder of Boys; The Minds of Boys; and Boys and Girls Learn Differently. He is co-founder of The Gurian Institute and a pioneer in the fields of family development and education. His work brings brain-science into homes, schools, churches, corporations, and public policy. Appearing on Today, Good Morning America, Fox News, NPR, the 700 Club, Focus on the Family, and in the New York Times, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek, Michael is credited with sparking the modern boys movement. Michael does a weekly podcast with Tim Wright: “The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting”.

Tim Wright is the co-host, along with Michael Gurian, of the weekly international podcast The Wonder of Parenting: A Brain Science Approach to Parenting. He has written several books including his two newest ebooks: Raising Sons in a #MeToo World and Raising Daughters in a #MeToo World. He has co-created with Michael several rites of passage programs for secular and faith-based families. Tim has been a Lutheran Pastor since 1984, currently serving as the pastor of Community of Grace in Peoria (Phoenix) AZ, which he founded in 2005.

Eva Dwight, BA, MEd, ACC, CPDT worked for 12 years as a teacher and 20 years as a junior high counselor in Mesa, AZ. In addition to her work in the schools, Eva is a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer and an Associate Certified Coach. She has facilitated workshops for hundreds of parents over the last decade, teaching strategies for growing connection with their children and helping them experience a more joyful family life. In her private practice, she offers parent coaching and personal coaching for adults and teens. Her parenting articles can be found on her blog. As a trainer for The Gurian Institute, Eva draws on her experience and passion to inspire her audience as she has been inspired, motivating parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to be catalysts for change, so that children who think that they can’t…learn that they can!

Alycia earned her Master’s Degree in International and Comparative Legal Studies from the University of London. She completed her Juris Doctor at University of Minnesota Law School with a focus in International Human Rights Law. She has been working with at-risk-youth for the past 8 years.

Gilbert Romero-Mewharter is a supervisor of early childhood mental health consultants in AZ. He has a masters in counseling degree and is a licensed associate counselor in the state of AZ. Gil also has a masters of education in special education with a specialization in early childhood. Gil has a special interest in understanding, and teaching others about, the unique challenges of fatherhood and the social-emotional development of boys.

Dr. Eva Marie Shivers is a nationally recognized researcher on issues related to culture, community, and family and child development. Prior to relocating to Arizona and founding the Indigo Cultural Center, Dr. Shivers was a faculty member in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her Ph.D. from UCLA’s Department of Education, Psychological Studies in Education. Dr. Shivers also holds a law degree from Howard University School of Law, and a BA in English Literature from Arizona State University.