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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5 Tools for Empaths
Is your daughter an EMPATH? I can’t wait to share my 5 Tools for Empaths. So many girls I work with are empaths: Deeply feeling Deeply thinking Highly creative and imaginative Desire to care for and help others a lot Oversensitive to what others think of them Easily feel hurt and disappointed Have difficulty setting boundaries Filled with ideas and passions Need time to unwind, restore, and rejuvenate Sense other people’s moods and energies In this YouTube video, we will explore 5 tools for empaths to help girls turn what they see as a…
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She is…Ready
Girls can be ready: ready for greatness, ready to step into their power, and ready for the 21st Century. But, they need to prepare. Girls will need skills for the future, especially social skills, technology skills, and thinking skills. They will also need to be creative, flexible, open-minded, open-hearted, and ready to think big and dream bigger. To prepare, girls can take time each day to think about who they want to be and what they want to do. They can envision what their future self will be like, look like, and feel like.…
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She is…Resilient
Girls can be resilient: resilient to changes and challenges, tough life stuff, and disappointments. Resiliency requires some struggle – whether it is a struggle with finding friends to trust, navigating social media, loss and letting go, or her own sense of self and security. Yet, when girls go through struggle and persevere, they become and they know they can get through anything. They realize they can be strong and resilient, no matter what comes their way.…
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She is…Rooted
Girls can be rooted. How? By focusing on who they are and who they are becoming. So often, girls can be who others want them to be. They please and placate; they change into what they think we expect; they fear disappointing everyone. They lose themselves. Rooted girls can turn inward, dig deep, and spend time cultivating the values that best describe who they are such as: generous, humorous, optimistic, caring, compassionate, and joyful. Rooted girls then become strong and secure, from the inside out!…
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After School: Conflict and Confusion
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you pick her up from school and greet her with “How was your day?”. You hear her barely whisper “fine” accompanied with a big sigh. You ask her if she wants to talk about it – she says nothing. So you explain she needs to make her bed and then walk the dog. You reach home and as soon as she enters the front door, she yells and screams, and slams her bedroom door. Not 5 minutes later, she comes running to you and in her sweetest little…
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Girls and Social Media
Snap. Tweet. Post. Repost. Like. These are the social media verbs that you’ve probably heard mentioned on a daily bases. Girls are fascinated and obsessed with social media. If you ever want to connect with her and don’t quite know how to enter her world, ask her about her online life. She’ll light up as she shares what she’s been posting, how many ‘likes’ she’s getting, and the length of her Snapchat streak. Social media and connecting through Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook has become popular beyond measure and a growing girl’s best friend. Around…
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