Helping Girls Love Themselves

It’s so hard to watch girls be so self-critical, harsh, and mean to themselves. The can quickly judge their performance or undermine their own success. When girls are unkind to themselves, they disconnect and they grow further from their true selves. How do we help girls? By teaching them 5 ways to practice self-love (especially when it’s hard or they just don’t want to). To grab my free handout, click here. To get your copy of my ebook Wild About You, click here.…

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Cultivating Connection

This is one of my favourite things to talk about and to teach. Why? Because creating a close connection with your daughter can be so hard. So I love to help! Disconnection is all to easy as both you and your growing girl are busy, tired, and distracted by screens and social media. Yet, cultivating connection is essential for growing girls to feel seen, heard, and validated. That is why I created a handout for you available in the resources section. It’s a free PDF! Download your copy here!…

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Some Ways to Feel Happy

If you are feeling low mood, low energy, or even simply sad, I have an idea. Try my newest tool 101 ways to feel happy or happier. I believe that there is always something we can do to feel better – healthier, happier, more energized, and more hopeful. Meet yourself where you are at and then take some action steps to see what can happen!…

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Science and Self-Worth

Girls learn to measure their self-worth by their appearance, their grades, their friends, and the number of followers they have on social media. They strive to measure up yet they can feel not good enough. Some girls will push harder to prove their worth; others will give up and give in. If you want your daughter to learn new metrics for self-worth, I’m offering my newest course called “A Girl’s Worth”. Girls need to learn how to shift their focus to define their self-worth by their confidence, bravery and risk taking, authenticity, boundary setting…

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Shame Spiraling

It is so easy for girls to make a mistake and then feel ashamed. Quickly and easily they can fall down the shame spiral – recalling every mistake they’ve ever made, criticizing themselves, and feeling terribly and alone. Would you like some quick ideas for how to help your growing girl out her shame spiral? First, teach her to meet herself where she is at: “I am feeling ashamed about XYZ and I will be here for myself in this moment (even though its so uncomfortable and I want to avoid it)”. Second, help…

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From “Why me?” to “Why not me?”

So often, girls can ask, “Why me?” As in, why am I going through difficulty, or why do bad things happen to me, or why is life not going my way. These are good questions to think about but they are not helpful. Instead, girls can ask this question, “Why not me?” Girls should expect that they will go through hard things, they will have bad days, and they will experience difficult emotions. And, as they move through these growing pains, they will also learn to become more confident, strong, and resilient. To learn…

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10 Crazy Simple Rules for Girls

This YouTube video dives into the 10 crazy simple rules that can help girls feel happy, healthy, and confident when they are actually feeling overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, lost, lonely, and left out!   We will unpack these 10 crazy simple rules: 1. Take to check in and take care of you 2. Work hard and hustle 3. Cheer yourself on and be your own champion 4. Choose people who are “best fits” for you 5. Do more of what you love 6. Take social media breaks 7. Create your support circle 8. Embrace the…

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