As we approach the back-to-school season in the northern hemisphere, Maria reflects on friendships and peer dynamics among girls. On this episode she dives into the unique challenges faced by girls with strong value systems. Inspired by recent experiences with her daughter, she’ll explore why she’s struggling with certain peer groups and how her values play a crucial role. Maria discussed how friendships can evolve and sometimes fade as personal goals and interests change. For parents aiming to break generational cycles and cultivate meaningful relationships, this episode is packed with insights. Join us as we redefine what it means to have healthy peer relationships and celebrate the strength in being selective about who we allow into our circles. Don’t forget to check out our comprehensive workshop on girls and friendships at raisingapowerfulgirl.com for more in-depth guidance.Tune in to learn how to support your daughter in navigating her social world with confidence and clarity. 

This week on the podcast Maria emphasizes the importance of teaching resilience and the value of failure to her daughters. She explains how failure, seen as the "first attempt in learning," is embraced in her home. Maria shares her experiences with her daughter, who initially struggled with anxiety and new experiences but has since become more resilient through repeated exposure and guidance. She stresses that children need to learn to handle big emotions and discomfort to build resilience, highlighting that these skills are not innate but developed through experience. By allowing children to face challenges and supporting them through these experiences, parents can help them become confident and capable individuals.

In this podcast episode, Maria shares her profound insights into intentional parenting, emphasizing the transformative impact on her relationship with her daughters. Through personal anecdotes, she discusses the power of questioning societal norms and fostering individuality in children. The episode highlights the importance of declaring intentions, embracing curiosity, and creating an environment where daughters can thrive. Overall, it's a compelling exploration of intentionality in parenting and its positive effects on raising empowered and resilient girls.

Today on the podcast we are joined by Asha LeRay


Having allergies can be isolating but when we remember there are thousands of ways to view ourselves as different...we can also remember we're all human we all have our own stories! It's important to teach this to young kids early on in their lives. The person next to them has a story just as they do. Asha LeRay is the founder of Food Allergy Unboxed and help families learn to thrive with food allergies. As a parent of a 10 year old daughter who lives with multiple severe food allergies, She has lived through and learned from plenty of life's obstacles. This journey has not only taught her to live with food allergies but also helped them both transform from insecure and anxious to becoming fierce advocates for themselves in all aspects of their lives. Now she wants to help others do the same! Asha believes if families can learn to plan well - eat safely - and communicate clearly, they'll be living their best lives in no time!

Beyond being a food allergy parent, Asha is an occupational therapist working in an urban inclusion school where kids of all learning abilities learn together. She is also an avid outdoors-woman and Pixar animation fan! For more information on Asha you can find her at www.foodallergyunboxed.com

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com and make sure to join our facebook group called MOMS RAISING POWERFUL GIRLS, we look forward to seeing you there!

Today on the podcast we are joined by Dr. Kimberley Palmiotto

Dr. Kim has worked in the field of psychology and education for over 20 years. She is an educational psychologist and art therapist that focuses on education and awareness around emotional intelligence. She has made it a point to introduce and support families understand brain-based learning and how it influences a child's development and learning. Dr. Palmiotto has worked in both public and private school settings as well as in private practice with children, teens, and families helping them to learn techniques to create a more peaceful, fulfilled life at school and home.

Her most recent book is focused on relational aggression with girls; helping tween and teen girls understand how the social language of others can impact friendships to ultimately increase more self-awareness and confidence in themselves. She is a mom of 4 girls herself and currently works as a coach and counselor to help families through parent training and coaching programs for the whole family.

For more information on Dr. Kim you can find her at Marigoldgirls.com

De’Nicea saves uteruses and makes babies as a Holistic Period & Fertility Strategist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine certified in Oriental Reproductive Medicine (ABORM.) She is known for her multi-faceted perspective of the menstrual cycle that shatters the belief of what has been accepted as “normal” for what is healthy.

You can catch De’Nicea working with women virtually or at her Holistic Reproductive Health clinic or on her podcast, Sisters of Flow. As founder of The Fertility Effect™ and The Fertile Collective™, De’Nicea inspires women seeking holistic methods to support their quest not only for period relief or positive pregnancy test, but for a more aligned and empowered whole Self.

While women have been searching all over for the answers to her questions about her period and fertility health, De’Nicea helps her see that the answers have been within her the whole time. She just needs to know how to access and interpret it.

From this new perspective, she begins to create a life FOR her instead of allowing things to happen TO her, taking a more active role in her healthcare and well-being.

De’Nicea leads women to shift their relationship with their cycle to one of Self-Guided Direction – detecting cues and listening to messages of what her Mind, Body and Spirit are saying she needs.

There are common misconceptions about menstrual cycles where girls and women are taught to accept certain symptoms as "normal" when really they're messages of health - holistically. Providers quickly prescribe birth control which can have major side effects on a growing girl's body and some stay on it for decades after. Or, parents/guardians are unfamiliar with how to help young ladies who begin menstruating, especially if they're nervous to talk about the possibility of pregnancy. Today our listeners will learn what are some of these common misconceptions about the menstrual cycle and what can be done to encourage girls to have a healthy relationship with her cycle. They'll also learn how to begin key steps to beginning to interpret the messages her cycle is telling her about her health and well-being.

It's important that girls become cycle aware and develop a relationship with their cycles. The relationship she develops begins with how she is taught. Girls who know more cycle awareness, grows more confident and her esteem increases. Also, this positions her to set different standards for herself and those she allows in her life.

For more information on De’Nicea you can find her at http://www.deniceahilton.com

Allana Robinson​believes that​t the​ ban on rough and tumble and war, weapon, and superhero play is generally in place because of a misguided feminist conviction: if we stop children from using pretend violence we can curb the rate of real violence towards women when they're adults. But the research refutes that and actually shows that children who are prevented from playing with pretend violence never learn to deal with frustration, violence impulses, and anger effectively and repress it- and in extreme cases this can lead men to acting out violent fantasies in reality because they don't know how else to process those thoughts. The research also shows that in environments where this play is accepted girls become more confident, more resistant, and more vocal as they aren't getting the message by proxy that compliance and quiet is the gold standard. In a world where children are spending more and more time in educational institutions,​ we can support both boys to become non-violent men and girls to become strong, resistant, vocal women by getting rid of zero tolerance.

Allana Robinson is a parenting coach for parents of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. She provides the tools for parents who want to raise capable, confident, independent children without yelling, shaming, or enforcing disconnected consequences of their children. For a decade Allana worked with children with special needs in the capacity of an early childhood educator and developmental specialist doing early intervention. She has spent countless hours reading the latest child development and behavior psychology research, which she then uses to create targeted behavior and intervention plans.

For more information on Allana you can find her at www.AllanaRobinson.com

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com and make sure to join our facebook group called MOMS RAISING POWERFUL GIRLS, we look forward to seeing you there!

22% of teenage girls say they posted nude or semi-nude photos or videos of themselves online
Only 15% of parents are “In-the-know” of their kid's social network habits, and these behaviors can lead to cyber-bullying
Girls are more likely than boys to be targets of cyber-bullying
69% of tweens and teens regularly receive online communication from strangers and don't tell a parent or caretaker
Approximately 89% of sexual solicitations of youth were made in chat rooms or through instant messaging
Join Founder Maria Fuller as she explores these and other startling statistics as well as talks about how to Empower Girls to use their voice, social media and technology to not only empower themselves, advocate for others and help to change the world for the better. For more information on out Online Digital Citizenship Course please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement.com

Laura Lynn LaPointe is a wife, mother of one son, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and entrepreneur! She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Theology in 2011 from Benedictine College and spent three summers working for Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Missouri) for the Summer Treatment Program for children with ADHD.

It was at the Summer Treatment Program where she fell in LOVE with training parents on effective behavioral strategies and working with children who exhibit behavioral issues. After working for a private school for two years, Laura Lynn returned to the classroom to pursue a graduate degree in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Laura Lynn earned a Masters of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis and Developmental Disabilities from Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in 2015.

Laura Lynn currently hosts The Parenting Clubhouse Podcast and runs an online parenting membership site to educate and train parents on effective behavioral strategies. Today she comes on the podcast to share some common strategies parents can use to manage and navigate their child’s behavior because let's face it at some point or another we will face behavior issues during our parenting journey!

For more information on Laura Lynn and her work you can find her at www.lauralynnpointe.com for information on her parenting site check out our blog at www.raisingapowerfulgirl.com/blog You can also find information inside of our private Facebook​ group “Moms Raising Powerful Girls”

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com we look forward to seeing you there!

An accountant turned creative Jane Harbison is a perfect example of how tapping into your natural strengths and doing what you love can reward you multiple times over.
Raising confident creative girls is important to Jane and she has built a business around it.

At school,​ Jane felt she had to be able to support herself. She didn’t want to be reliant on her parents. They had already worked so hard to give her amazing opportunities and put her through school.

Jane knew accounting was a good option – you can always use accountancy and get a job with it. So she made subject choices at school that she thought would help her get a good TE Score – maths, chemistry, French. Problem was she was really good at art, home economics (particularly clothes design/fabrics) and history.

She likes to talk with girls about the importance of combining what they love and what they are good at in order to be successful in the world.

Jane is the founder of Dreaming Big for Little Girls where she uses creativity to teach the creative process. The creative process is a clever problem-solving tool.

She has been interviewed by The Australian, ABC Radio and other city and regional newspapers and business groups on her unique initiatives for girls.

She has been involved in the governance of independent schools for nearly 15 years. She is also passionate about advancing rural women and girls and is past Chair, Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women.

For more information on Jane and her work you can find her at www.dreamingbigforlittlegirls.com for information on her journal for girls check out https://www.dreamingbigforlittlegirls.com/teen-girl-journal/ref/RaisingAPowerfulgirl/ You can also find information inside of our private Facebook group “Moms Raising Powerful Girls”

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com we look forward to seeing you there!

Meenal Patel is an artist, designer and author based in San Francisco, California. She is inspired by family, childhood wonder, strong women, textures in nature, and her Indian-American heritage. When she’s not making art, she loves reading to her nieces, cooking chana masala, eating ice cream, visiting her home state of Minnesota and being in the beautiful outdoor spaces of California.

Much of my Meenal’s art focuses on representing strong women and girls. She believes that it's critical for women and girls to be surrounded by imagery of strong women – as inspiration for themselves and as reminders of their own strength. Meenal also believes that representation and diversity in art is important especially for kids. Coming out of making her first children’s picture book she felt even more strongly about the importance of diversity and representation in imagery. All children deserve to have exposure to a variety of imagery and stories – ones where they can see themselves reflected and ones where they are exposed to many kinds of people who are different from them. Kids need opportunities to see themselves as heroes, to celebrate what makes them unique and to feel connected to other people.

For more information on Meenal and her work, you can find her at www.meenalpatelstudio.com for information on her book check out our blog at www.RaisingAPowerfulGirl.com/blog . You can also find information inside of our private Facebook​ group “Moms Raising Powerful Girls”

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com we look forward to seeing you there!

Pelvic Dysfunction is a  silent epidemic that hijacks the happiness of over 30 million women in the U.S. alone.  That means 1-in- 3 women listening to this are experiencing this devastating pain and dysfunction. The really shocking news, this is even affecting our young girls and they don’t even realize it!

As for the medical establishment?
It tells women to have a glass of wine , see a psychologist, or worse have invasive (and completely unnecessary) surgery. For girls, well, girls don’t even know the issues they are having are normal, in fact for many girls they don’t even know they are having issues until it really starts affecting their extracurricular activities like running, soccer and most especially dancers and gymnast.


Some of the treatments that don’t work are:
* Pelvic organ prolapse mesh surgeries, which do more harm than good and often require a re-fix

* Bladder slings that don’t resolve the urine leaking, but can lead to self-catheterizing or worse erode into the vagina.
* Hysterectomies that could have been avoided - most are conducted for benign reasons. 

* Botox injections in the vaginal walls that are not necessary.

* Prescriptions with severe side-effects that don’t even alleviate the pain or leaking.


But there is hope! Today, meet Isa Herrera. Isa is a licensed physical therapist as well as an expert in integrative pelvic floor therapies in the field of women’s health. She developed her expertise in diagnosing and treating pelvic pain by helping over ten thousand women in her NYC based healing center Renew Physical therapy since 2005. She spent years as an adjunct professor at Hunter College in NY teaching pelvic floor techniques to 3rd-year doctoral level physical therapy students. She is the author of 5 books, 4 being on the topic of pelvic health and she has lectured nationally on the topic of Women’s Health. Isa has personally helped close to 15, 000 women suffering from Pelvic Dysfunction. Today’s conversation is an eye opener and a look into how society has taught us to believe what is an is not normal in terms of pelvic health and how even young girls are being affected today. If you are a woman or a parent to a girl this is a MUST LISTEN to conversation!


For more information on Isa’s Free Master class please visit http://bit.ly/PelvicEmpowerment or our blog at www.RaisingAPowerfulGirl.com/blog to get registered! You can also find information inside of our private Facebook​ group “Moms Raising Powerful Girls”

Jolene Burch is a pediatric occupational therapist and owner of a holistic Alternative Therapy Center for Children, located in Shelton, CT. She published her first children's book, Bee Free, which is a playful adventure book about mindfulness with exercises that are scientifically proven to calm the nervous system and enhance one's body/brain connection. The book is dedicated to her daughter and was written for very personal reasons to live a more balanced lifestyle after experiencing early career stress and burnout. She also saw the need for her clients to connect with their children and be more present in a fast-paced world that has so many modern-day distractions. Her mission is to share tools, educate, and support families. Jolene provides nutritional and mindful parenting consulting as well as teaches innovative neuro-developmental techniques to overcome physical and mental roadblocks among all ages. On today's episode, Jolene talks about her book, her motherhood journey and how incorporating mindfulness and other skills helped her to be more present with her daughter and decreased everyday stress and pressure and so much more.
For more information on Jolene,​ you can find her at www.IntegrativeTot.com and check out the noted on our blog for more information on her book and where you can buy it!

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com and join our facebook group called “Moms raising powerful Girls” we look forward to seeing you there!

In the latest podcast episode, Maria reflects on the challenges and chaos of the past year, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection during tough times. Maria shares a personal experience with her youngest daughter, highlighting the difficulties of raising a powerful girl and the importance of understanding and addressing their emotions. The episode delves into a poignant moment where the daughter expressed feeling unseen and insignificant, leading Maria to explore her role in the experience and how to support her child better. Maria emphasizes the power of owning one's part in challenging situations and the necessity of self-care and energy management for effective parenting. As Maria navigates the complexities of motherhood, she encourages listeners to approach the new year with curiosity, examining their mindset and understanding the lessons within their challenges. The episode provides a raw and authentic perspective on the struggles of parenting while promoting self-awareness and growth.

Miriam Schulman has made her living as a professional artist for over 15 years. In addition to selling paintings, she also teaches her techniques through her online site, the Inspiration Place and is the host of a top-rated podcast of the same name. Schulman abandoned a hedge fund career after witnessing the devastation of 911 to work on her art full time. Rejecting the starving artist myth, her watercolor and mixed media paintings have been seen on NBC, published in art magazines & home decor books and collected worldwide. In addition, New York museums have carried her artistic accessories in their gift shops. She has been published in art magazines such as Art of Man, Art Journaling Magazine by Stampington and is a regular contributor to Professional Artist magazine. She is a host of her own podcast, The Inspiration Place, a podcast for artists to learn how to market and sell their art; and for other people who want to become artists quiet their inner critic and reconnect with their lost creativity. On today's Podcast Interview we talk about why we have to stop telling our daughters that they can’t make a living doing what they want to do! Miriam’s daughter is pursuing a degree in music education and neither of them listened when naysayers said that she should pursue a liberal arts degree instead. Miriam talks about how if you have a daughter who wants to become an artist the best thing you can do is help her develop the skills she needs to pursue that. We also talk about how the stories and criticisms we hear early in life become our limiting self-belief.
For more information on Miriam,​ you can find her at theinspirationplace.net

To find out more about how to empower the girl in your life please visit www.EmpoweredGirlMovement. com and join our facebook group called “Moms raising powerful Girls” we look forward to seeing you there!

Today's episode I am chatting with Jennifer Roth of Gaia Dawn studios in NJ. Jen is not only an incredible photographer and yoga instructor but she also coaches women on a variety of issues from self-esteem, body image, confidence and more. Jennifer joined our team at the empowered girl movement as one of our ambassadors running empowered girl experience days in her community. Today's conversation we talk about

How important it is that we model self-love and a positive body image of ourselves to our daughters so that they do not feed into the societal standards and views on what women are "supposed to look like". This toxic cycle is what creates low self-esteem and self-hatred​ and it is our power and responsibility to break that cycle and teach our daughters how to love themselves as they are... We must do it for ourselves first.

In 1998 Tanya Fox she started her own Accounting and Bookkeeping company in Ottawa, Ontario specializing in startup and small businesses. In 2005 she got news she was waiting years for! She was expecting her first child. She left her career behind to focus on being a full-time Mom. After 1 year her family begged her to go back to work as she was driving everyone nuts with knitted and crocheted items. She again, stepped into the President role at her accounting company and opened its first western branch in Camrose Alberta. She also stepped back into her role as Vice-President of Fox TaeKwon-Do Schools a 28 year old company owned by her husband. Her biggest passion is as a Speaker, Motivator, Podcaster and Collaborator who specializes in business education and how sharing your legacy can change your life and others.

Tanya Believes In raising powerful girls we also need to raise knowledgeable boys. Having an only child and a son has made Tanya want to be sure that she send him out into this world truly understanding that no matter what your background, race, or gender nothing should stop you from reaching your dreams but in that we also need to be the champions to help those that are struggling on the path and lift them up along their journey for one day we may need that hand up also. That it is not ok to only know what is right but that we must be willing to stand up and speak up against those that do not.

Teri Yuan is a social entrepreneur, feminist business consultant, and the host of the weekly podcast, en(gender)ed, which explores the systems, practices and policies that enable gender-based violence and oppression and the solutions to end it. The podcast uses gender as a lens to better understand power and oppression and its impact in the private realm, so as to better recognize and confront it in the public sphere. Teri's journey as an intersectional feminist began in college, where she studied feminist film criticism, post-colonial pedagogy and cultural criticism. Along the way, she has added to her identity--survivor and survivor advocate. She believes that by developing a cultural literacy around power and abuse of power, we can reclaim how we define liberty in relationships and in civic life and solve many of our most urgent social (justice) challenges.

Stephanie Nichols is a first-time author from Milwaukee
She is known for her passionate personality and telling it like it is. She is a strong believer in the ripple effect. She believes that if we moms can do the work it takes to find that calm and heart-centered place inside ourselves, we can make a difference in the lives of our children. We can raise children who value their true selves and find worthiness in who they are as people, simply because they have moms who are fully committed to the same.

Her mission as a Life Coach is to help overwhelmed moms learn how to take back their lives without feeling guilty in the process. She's working to create a world where moms stop judging and comparing and start living their best lives.

Join us on this powerful conversation where we share real truths of how to find moments of calm in the middle of parenting chaos, how creating calm in your life is a powerful force to combating todays mental health crisis and increasing anxiety in not only girls but boys today and how we can learn so much when we take time to reflect on those moments of chaos that make us often times feeling less than.

Marilupe de la Calle is the mother to two marvelous girls who inspire her to grow, be present and let go of fear every single day.
Very early on her parenting journey Marilupe found herself overwhelmed and lonely, oblivious of her own needs, and unsure about how to help her daughter with the intense emotions she was showing around the clock.
Then she discovered Hand in Hand Parenting and, with it, the good information, practical tools, and support she so desperately craved.
When laughter, sparkly eyes and healing for everyone in her family followed, she decided to become a certified instructor to share this gem with others and, since 2016, she enjoys empowering parents by sharing the beauty of the Parenting by Connection approach through online and in-person classes, consultations, talks and during rich, juicy conversations like the today

Emily Akins is an Editorial Director at Hallmark Cards, Inc. She is also the host of a podcast called The Beginning of Your Life Book Club, which explores the transformative power of children's literature and the magic of picture books. She loves books, coffee, local vegetables, crossword puzzles, and real mail with interesting postage stamps. She lives in Kansas City, MO with her partner, Sergio, and their daughters, Julia and Clara.

TO check out the infographic discussed during this interview you can find it at  https://readingspark.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/picture-this-reflecting-diversity-in-childrens-book-publishing/

homeschooling can be an empowering avenue for raising powerful girls.

Trained in nature-based coaching and permaculture design, Katie is passionate about homesteading and connecting with nature as a vehicle for living her own version of what Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes calls “the handmade life”. Katie on a mission to empower herself and others to create a sustainable, custom-made life that empowers every person in the family and sacrifices no one. These individual choices also end up helping build more sustainable, compassionate communities and a regenerative planet as well.

By designing our own hand-made live, spending our times on exploring curiosities and building on strengths instead of constantly focusing on deficits, discontinuing the pattern of hammering the square peg in the round hole, we create a new pattern and platform for our children to share their gifts and connect with the world.

More than just catering to her girls, Katie has found homeschooling to be a powerful vehicle for living life on her own terms as well, and making sure their life reflects and is aligned with their deepest values and intuition.

Althea Bates has worked in social services and workforce development for over 16 years. She is a Jamaican native, an entrepreneur, a professor/lecturer, a nonprofit leader and a champion for women empowerment issues. She received a Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Temple University, Masters of Science from Springfield College in Human Services with a concentration in Organizational Management and Leadership and is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Capella University.
 
Althea, is the CEO and Founder of A. Bates Consulting which provides a range of training -related consulting services to nonprofits/municipalities relative to topics and areas in youth development, case management, workforce development and human services practices. As well the CEO and Founder of Project Resiliency Movement one of the most fasting growing social movements to encourage and empower women of color in areas of resiliency and self care through conference, seminars , workshops and forums.

She also has recently helped her Mini Mogul daughter Sakinah Bates to launch a mobile doll spa party event business which teaches girls about healthy hair maintenance and positive self-identity through hair care tutorials sessions for girls ages 5-12 and their dolls.

When girls grow up feeling confident in their own bodies they can do important things that matter and change the world. Confidence is like a snowball effect. When we have more confidence we try more things, which builds confidence, etc. When we are pre-occupied by weight and food, we are less likely to go after (and get) what we want out of life, which is a snowball effect of its own.
Cassandra Padgett is a Health Educator, certified health and nutrition coach, pediatric health coach by day and owner of VivFitness after bedtime. (viv rhymes with steve).

She's passionate about helping moms be a healthy and confident example to their kids by teaching foundational nutrition principles (no diets here!) -but most importantly- she teaches women to learn to listen to their bodies by practicing intuitive eating, while saying goodbye to diets for good.

She's on a mission to help women show love to their postpartum bodies and feel comfortable in their skin... because our daughters will do as we DO!

Cassandra spends her days coaching families in a pediatric clinic, privately coaching women on the side, and loving on her little family by the beach in Sunny San Diego.

In today's engaging episode, we explore a vital life skill often overlooked – self-advocacy. Maria shares insights from her own experience with her daughters, emphasizing the shift from hard to soft skills in today's workforce. Drawing from real experiences, we witness the transformation of a hesitant teenager into a confident self-advocate.From handling college tech challenges to addressing concerns with coaches, the episode provides actionable tips for parents. The goal is clear: empower our daughters from a young age, fostering independence and resilience. Join us on this journey of self-advocacy, shaping the next generation of confident women. Stay tuned for empowering insights!

The best way to change the health of women is to start when they are girls! Stress from an early age is what led rebekah to suffering from adrenal issues in her 20s, which subsequently lead to a number of other health challenges. From the stress of school and activities to the pressures of maintaining and certain weight or image, girls are bombarded with ideals that they have to live up to. While this can push them and cause them to grow, it can also create an environment that leads to future mental and physical health issues. There are ways to support their mind and body to prevent future challenges.

Rebekah Fedrowitz is an integrative health speaker, writer, and consultant who helps strong, purpose-driven women restore their mental and physical health so they are free to live their lives to the fullest. Rebekah has experienced many of her own personal physical and mental health challenges so she understand and empathizes with what so many women go through. Rebekah is the founder of You Are Well and the host of the You Are Well Health podcast where she works to change the way women’s health is addresses so we can be better than just “okay.”

Some people seem to think that growing up means we need to become serious and stop playing around.
Danielle believes that the best thing we can do for ourselves as adults is to remember how to play. Playfulness is not an activity, it is a way of thinking. Danielle writes about how to have fun. Why?
Fun is motivating
Fun is universal
Fun is easy to understand
Fun is free
Fun is engaging
Fun is… funny

Danielle Radden is passionate about motivation especially in regards to fitness and mental health. She is a full time writer and mother in Colorado.
Danielle’s new book, Become A Streaker, is all about fun ways to motivate yourself to get outside and run. (And no it’s not about running naked)

Stephanie LaBonte is a wife, mother, author, and speaker. With over a decade of experience teaching in an inner city school, she found her passion in helping young girls find purpose in their lives.  She believes in bringing the community in to inspire and to be a support system for these girls.  She has seen great success with her girls empowerment rallies because of the relationships that are formed with other peers and the community.  She hopes that bringing these movement packages to schools will nurture the potential and instill a sense of belonging to girls all over.  Stephanie enjoys reading, writing, and spending time with her family, especially her two little girls, Hailee and Aubrey.  She is a co-author of #GirlConfident: Discover Your Most Confident Self workbook for girls. 

My daughter and I were playing. She was the doctor, and I was her patient. She pretended to give me a shot. I pretended to be nervous in anticipation of the pain. She gently put her hand on mine, whispering, “Don’t be scared. Be brave… Like a Girl!”
I was blown away. Only four years old, she hadn’t heard this expression before. It was one of those moments when you feel like you are just totally winning at the parenting thing. And it stuck with me for the greater picture of raising a girl. - This is an excerpt from Mark Loewens blog.


Mark Loewen is a psychotherapist and a dad. He was born in Asuncion, Paraguay and moved to the United States to pursue his counseling career. He met the love of his life shortly after finishing graduate school. A few years later, they became dads through open adoption. Becoming a father to a girl further opened Mark's eyes to the challenges many girls and women face in today's world. Mark is the founder of LaunchPad Counseling, a private practice in Richmond, VA. He also started Brave Like A Girl, a website that helps parents who are raising Brave Girls. With his book, "What Does a Princess Really Look Like?" Mark hopes to add more representation of diverse families in the kid's literature, by featuring two (gay) dads.

They often say that a dog is a man or in our case a girls best friend! Pets can provide an incredible connection for girls teach confidence, independence and responsibility. But sometimes the relationship between children and pets of all ages can become rocky, sometimes scary and dangerous.

Lots of dogs are relinquished to animal shelters because their families don't feel as if they can cope with parenting humans and dogs at the same time. Either it's too chaotic or it feels unsafe. But with adequate support from professionals, they can set up strategies and a training plan to help families regain peace of mind and keep their families safe. We can teach children to read dog body language so that they can learn to interact safely with all dogs, not just their family pet, and prevent problems before they escalate and become dangerous.

By learning to read dog body language and do basic training, girls can grow up to be confident with the family dog and other canines they may encounter in their lives. We can help to keep them safe, and they, in turn, can feel empowered by helping others learn the same life skills.

Michelle Stern is a San Francisco Bay Area native and currently lives in Marin County. She's a mom to a daughter heading to college next year, and a 16 year old son. She also shares her home with her husband, dog, service dog puppy and 4 mean chickens. After teaching high school biology and running a cooking school for children for 16 years combined, she has returned to her first true love. Dogs. Working with dogs also means working with their humans, which she adores. Michelle is a dog behavior consultant, a Licensed Educator for the Dogs & Storks®, and Dogs & Toddlers™ Family Paws programs and a dog training instructor for the Marin Humane Society. She is also a partner with The Family Dog, offering private in-home training lessons for whole families, kids included.

Girls are impressionable, especially when they're in their young adult years. Teaching them the value of self worth is one of the greatest gifts as parents and supporters we can give them. When you teach your girls that they are the most valuable asset they have, they treat themselves with respect and love. They will in turn share that with their friends and so on.

Krista Rizzo is a Certified Professional Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Author and the Creator of the #WhyAmIYelling? Brand. Known as the “Relationship Whisperer,” Krista’s passion lies in helping others overcome their fear of change, allowing them to become mindset masters, communication experts, and life balance achievers so they can ultimately step into their power by transforming their lives, careers, and relationships.

Honored with the distinguished “Emerging Leaders” award for her groundbreaking work and thought leadership in education from the prestigious organization, Phi Delta Kappa, Intl., Dr. Carroll teaches parents how to unglue their kids from video games and social media and participate in the real world again!
Dr. Carroll delivers actionable steps to parents in a simple format that even the busiest parents can follow and implement to make incredible progress in ending screen addiction at home.
Dr. Carroll has spent two decades in public education in New York State as a classroom teacher, elementary principal, director of literacy and assistant superintendent of schools.
She received the Elmer P. Schact Award for pioneering research in a doctoral program in the area of educational technology.
She was honored in Washington D.C. as one of the top 25 leaders in the nation for her innovative work in literacy and technology with secondary students.
Her new book reached #1 bestseller in 3 categories in 48 hours on Amazon this year:
Hooked on Screens: How to Get Your 5-14 Year Old to Put Down the Phones, Video Games and Electronic Devices and Pick Up a Book!
She is a sought-after speaker for summits, podcasts and radio shows, as well as national and international conferences in parenting and education.

Amanda Walker's mission is to empower women (mostly mother's) to have the confidence to love, trust and feel amazing in their bodies. Much of the work she does in her group and podcast stems from helping women take a stand for themselves in their health and mind. This is KEY to setting an example for the young women in their own lives.

Amanda is a health coach (and longtime fitness instructor) that teaches women how to take back their power from food and live a full life. So many women use food as a coping mechanism and they have no idea they are. I teach women to empower themselves by overcoming limiting beliefs and truly reconnecting to their bodies.

She loves to talk about the power of putting yourself first so it bleeds into all areas of life. How confidence in self and digging into the root cause of a poor relationship with food and self help create long term change.

The mother/daughter relationship is so powerful to create a future for our daughters. We must set an example for them from a young age so they learn to create the life they crave.

Jennifer tolls lives in Oxfordshire in the UK with her husband Ed, their daughter Rosie and dog Leo. She started Not Just a Princess when her eyes opened to gender stereotyping for babies and children. She wanted to create a business that addressed that imbalance.
 
Rosie her daughter has a dinner plate set with a fairy princess on it. Over breakfast one morning, she wondered why she didn’t have a plate with a scientist, surgeon or plumber on it. Research showed Jennifer that those visuals don’t exist in mainstream merchandise, and if they do, they usually show a man doing the job.
 
Next came the clothing. It’s all too easy to find messages like “When I grow up I want to be a mermaid” or “Princess” – but what about an architect, or a doctor? Messaging on girls’ clothing needs to be directly challenged and that’s what they are doing with their Not Just A Princess (NJAP) merchandise. Jennifer aims to expand their range with more aspirational messages, characters, careers and symbols that challenge gender stereotyping.
 
Jennifer wants her daughter to know that when she grows up, her gender won’t impact her career choice. More importantly, She wants her to understand that she doesn't have to be ‘cute’ or ‘sweet’ – she can be brave and ambitious.
 
 
Not Just A Princess is about raising the profiles of women who are already #notjustaprincess - they are pilots, firefighters, surgeons and often mothers too. They hope that girls, boys, parents and society understand that there are plenty of alternatives to being a pretty pink princess.

Michele Lamoureux is an entrepreneur, lifestyle coach, and mom. She is the author of "Design a Life You Love: A Woman's Guide to Living a Happier and More Fulfilled Life" which is a book about self-love as the gateway to all you that desire in life.

As the host of "The Good Life Coach" podcast she elevates the lives of women through inspiring interviews to awaken a woman to her full potential so she can create success on her own terms. A former corporate international brand director, Michele uses her certifications in personality type, health, and life coaching, to guide women to make the most out of this one precious life.

Todays podcast has us diving into the topics of the power of modeling behavior, the importance of love and self care. Michele and I also talk about removing expectations on what we think our girls should do and be like and allowing them to show us who they really are. We talk about the importance and power of fostering creativity in girls, living your passion and so much more. This candid and captivating conversation will leave you thinking and asking questions about who you are and what more you want out of life.

Step into the holiday season with a sense of ease and joy as we delve into practical tips and heartfelt insights on navigating this time of year. In this podcast episode, we explore strategies to manage expectations, avoid burnout, and create meaningful traditions that align with your family's values. Join us in a candid conversation about the importance of communication, especially with your children, as we share personal experiences and lessons learned. Discover the power of simplifying, setting realistic boundaries, and finding rest amidst the hustle. Whether you're a seasoned parent or a first-time listener, this episode is a gentle reminder to prioritize your well-being and make the most of the holiday season. Tune in for inspiration on creating magical moments that resonate with your family, fostering connection, and savoring the joy that comes with this special time of year.

Do you cringe when people start to talk about money? Is it one of those things that make you squirm in your seat, makes you uncomfortable and maybe even makes your stomach flop? For many people, women especially talking about money is a taboo thing but this can be a huge problem for your girls who begin to develop unhealthy money stories that can cause them some challenges later in life. Is there a correlation between your confidence and self worth and money?

Tina Marie is a Mindset and Success Coach. Also known as, The Numbers Ninja, she’s spent 12+ years in both the restaurant/bar industry and accounting world. She helps her clients empower themselves and take action with clarity and focus by creating a safe space and tools to gain confidence. She has studied and learned from successful millionaires, studied Neuro linguistic programing, Mindfulness Cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology to help her clients. She understands the importance of a positive and healthy money mindset for empowering girls.

What do you think of when you hear the term Olympic weight lifting? Would you think a team of cheerleaders hanging in a gym who can clean and jerk 141 pounds or how about snatch 112 lbs. Do you even know what this means?
Coming from a university degree in biology and biochemistry, Chandler walker has developed a practice devoted to creating unique opportunities for young girls to develop athleticism without specializing in sport starting as young as 6 years old in olympic weightlifting.
Chandler has the unique opportunity to mentor and coach young girls who desire to be strong and to be proud of who they are. Letting nothing hold them back!
He is the Co-Owner of StoneAgeFuel, a facility devoted to fitness for life and youth weightlifting and sports performance. In fact, StoneAgeFuel is one of only a handful of USA Weightlifting Community Training sites.

The concept of Emotional Intelligence is one that we talk about a lot over here at Raising a Powerful Girl and our new platform for girls the Empowered Girl App. I thought today I would do a quick podcast geared to parents of boys and girls on what emotional intelligence is, the importance and how you can foster it in your home!
With rates of anxiety, depression and even suicide rising for children these days a huge contributing factor is that children do not have the coping skills they need to manage the situations that arise in life and instead are left with these emotions bubbling and boiling inside of them with no way of being processed which can either lead to making poor choices as a reaction to the behavior or the child retreats, feeling “abnormal” or that there is “something wrong” with them leading to isolation.

But before we can even tackle giving children coping skills to manage stress and anxiety we need to start at the beginning and this is Emotional Intelligence.

Social media is ubiquitous in girls' lives. Too often, parents are not sure what parenting technique to use, opting for a to much or too little approach, or brush social media off entirely- demonizing it or tells their daughters it doesn't matter. These misunderstandings can cause friction between parents and daughters. Informing parents can only benefit them!


Lindsey Turnbell, founder of Miss Heard Media, wants to live on a planet with teen girls who feel understood and appreciated, coffee that comes from the kitchen tap, and an endless supply of macaroni and cheese.
As a girl advocate with close to ten years experience, Lindsey has helped hundreds of girls embrace their most confident, competent selves through the Young Women Leaders Program at the University of Central Florida and MissHeard Media. Using her background in history and leadership development, Lindsey uses her research, writing, and presentation skills to create media and workshop experiences for teen girls that Huffington Post said “chang[es] the global narrative for women.”  Her ultimate goal is to help teen girls shape the world by encouraging empathy and global savvy.

Join Founder Maria Fuller as she shares her story of NYC paramedic turned Entrepreneur and how over 10 years of work with women and girls and her own journey has led her to the creation of the Empowered girl. She talks about the mental health crisis affecting children younger and younger these days, prevention strategies and how her own mental health journey has helped to cultivate some of the materials inside of the app. Maria talks about the importance of teaching girls vulnerability through storytelling as the first step to opening lines of communication and how her platform​ is an incredible way for parents to engage in healthy conversations with their girls. Don't miss this one!

We all have a set of default questions we ask - "how are you" or "what do you do" or "how was school" - and it's important to realize that the questions we ask shape the answers we get. On top of that, we need to teach girls that relationships are a cornerstone of their happiness, and that they're responsible for helping to nurture these relationships. If we want to raise happier, stronger, more authentically connected girls, we need to, first, make them aware that lots of default questions get very superficial answers, and second, encourage them to ask more meaningful questions that lead to conversations that they can build relationships on.


Sara Blanchard helps communities build connection through conscious conversations. As a writer, facilitator, TEDx speaker, and happiness consultant, Sara holds a safe space for a loosely associated group to connect authentically. Having worked at Goldman Sachs and taught positive psychology at Harvard, she speaks the language of traditional accomplishment, but for over 10 years, Sara has also pursued the science and techniques of well-being as a life coach, mother, and author of Flex Mom. She now bridges the gap between the serious mission of supporting success, and the lighthearted yet impactful actions that build quality relationships, meaning, and happiness in our lives.

Did you grow up reading the classic fairy tales of the princess being saved by the prince or kissing a frog to find their true love? Or how about how in most fairytales either the mom dies or you are stuck with a nasty step mother that locks you up or tries to kill you? Well not in this fairy tale and not this princess.

Jody Smith is a first-time author and longtime believer in fairytales. A former interior designer and store owner, this now present mama, dreamer and explorer is telling stories just outside of Mpls, MN. She loves watching her two charismatic girls use their imagination, grit, smarts and whimsy to navigate this world. It inspired her to write a book for all the princesses who are capable of saving themselves and for all the mindful mothers who revel in raising strong daughters.

Being multilingual can make a world of difference at any age. From understanding games on the playground, to navigating a crowded airport and communicating in the global workforce.
Learning a foreign language has been linked to higher test scores, better executive functioning and overall advances in IQ. It’s a resume builder, but more importantly, a confidence booster.


Caryn Antonini ’s mission is to see that our future generations become multilingual and
globally aware. Caryn began speaking foreign languages from a young age and has always been
fascinated with language acquisition and other cultures and customs. Her
passion led her to the Georgetown University School of Languages and
Linguistics where she graduated with high honors. It was there 
that she cultivated her understanding of how children learn languages and its connection
to their cognitive development. When Caryn had her own child and wanted to
teach him foreign languages at a young age, she found nothing on the market
that put into practice what she had learned. That inspired Caryn to embark on
developing a comprehensive program, the end result being the award-winning,
innovative Early Lingo Learning System.

Caryn works with underprivileged schools in the United States, and In
2013 she partnered with a private trust to bring the Early Lingo English Language
Learning Initiative to Fiji and is working with organizations in the South Pacific to
bring the English language to school centers in the region. She has recently
partnered with independent schools along the East Coast who use the Early
Lingo Language Learning Apps. Early Lingo also works with various foundations
that serve to improve early childhood education for disadvantaged children.
On a global scale, Caryn has created The Young Global Citizens Campaign,
which educates children on how to become empathetic, responsible and
productive members of society in our increasingly interconnected world.
Caryn speaks 5 languages, is a member of the World Forum Foundation, sits on
the Advisory Board of Global Chamber and is a Global Citizen Resource Group
Chair at a CT independent school. She resides in the greater New York area with
her family.

Many of the business skills that women in business learn on their entrepreneur journey that have a large impact on their success can also be used in raising confident, independent and empowered girls! Find out how this mompreneur once "boy mom" who recently had a girl is seeing not only herself but her business in a new light!

Allison Hardy is a Business Strategist for Mompreneurs. Through infusing their business with a hearty dose of automation, authentic social media driven by Facebook Live, and stepping into the role of an influencer through email marketing, Allison helps women raise their businesses while they are raising their families, so that they can live life by design.

Allison is the creator of the Life by Design Podcast, a Huffington Post Contributor, have been featured in YFS Magazine​ and was named one of Washington, D.C.'s most influential professionals under 40 by Washington Life Magazine.

She's also wife to Teer, and mom to four-year-old Camden and her infant daughter Nora.

To Raise a Powerful girl we need to teach her to not only know who she is but also how to use her voice and in a manner that people will receive her message, these are leadership skills critical for a girls success later on in life and we are going to dive in deep during todays interview.

Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother of three, dog owner, and advocate for those without a voice. She started blogging as an outlet for her grief after the loss of one of her twin daughters to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) and now uses the blog to advocate for those without a voice (katbiggie.com). She is also the founder of LoseTheCape.com, and is the editor and publisher of the Lose the Cape! anthology series. She has written and/or edited and self-published numerous books of her own and for other authors through her hybrid publishing company, Kat Biggie Press. She uses that hard earned publishing knowledge to support other writers and small businesses in completing, publishing, and marketing their books through her company Write.Publish.Sell (writepublishsell.co). She spends her free time writing about children's and maternal health topics and survival strategies for busy moms. 

This weeks podcast episode Maria discusses the development of the prefrontal cortex in teenagers and its impact on executive functioning, impulse control, working memory, and emotional regulation. It highlights the challenges teenagers face in decision-making, peer influence, and emotional regulation. Maria provides tips for parents to support their teens.

Her daughter was that baby who you didn’t want to talk to much about because it felt like bragging. She walked early, talked early and it was clear she had a brilliant mind so when this brilliant little girl started kindergarten and totally flopped and was kicked out of school in the middle of first grade what was her mom to think?

Meg Brunson is a former Facebook employee, who left the corporate world to be a more present mom to her 4 young daughters. An entrepreneur at her core, she's since launched a successful Facebook marketing agency and her own podcast - plus she's mentoring her children through their own entrepreneurial adventures. She loves sharing her knowledge and experiences from the stage, within workshops, through podcast interviews, and more. She's the founder of EIEIO Marketing, and host of the FamilyPreneur Podcast

Knowing your authentic self is so important but with the layers and masks put on us by society and our own upbringing it can be hard to uncover who we really are at our core? So how do we raise girls to really know what hey are and not allow these layers and masks to be put on in the first place?


Belkis Clarke-Mitcham is a motivational speaker and spiritual life coach who helps women over 25 who have lived through trauma to identify their prisons, break free, and unleash their unique light. A survivor of sexual abuse, Belkis has risen from a place of attempted suicide to success. In more than a decade she has helped many individuals.
 
Belkis holds a bachelor's in English and a minor in Communication and an M. A. in Human Communication. Now she spends her time helping sexual abuse survivors move past the trauma to rediscover value and purpose. She also help many women who have experienced other trauma to break free of what imprisons them and live in their freedom boldly and apologetically.  When she is not helping women find their happiness and authenticity after trauma she is helping other women transform their lives by finding clarity, discovering purpose and learning to love and live who they truly are. AS a mother to a little girls herself Belkis is an expert on helping women to unmarks and unleash their true authentic selves and provides incredible insight on how she is raising her daughter freee of masks.
 

The hunt for the perfect College or University can be a stressful one for parents and girls. Trying to navigate between big name schools or the lesser knowns, large universities or small, how do you find the perfect fit? 1 in 3 college students transfers at one point of their college career. Find out what your child should be looking for in a school and hear this one insiders tip on the one thing that can set your application apart from everyone else’s!

Shannon Evans is not your run-of-the-mill educator. With more than 17 years as a teacher and coach under her belt, she’s worked as an academic and admissions counselor for multiple colleges including University of Maryland, University of Oklahoma, Mississippi State University, East Mississippi Community College, and Utica College.
 
Shannon holds a Masters of Education in Measurements of Human Learning and Statistics. She conducts workshops for students and parents with her Decision Matrix™. Her passion is helping students develop communication, autonomy, and “adulting” skills that will serve them as they go off to college to explore the opportunities and experiences that await them. 
 
In 2017 Shannon founded the Scholar Coach Academy to help families understand the college recruiting process for athletes and to teach them to leverage their athletic and academic skills so that they can get in the college that’s best for them with the best financial package possible. She focuses on helping families minimize the possibility of student debt for their child while helping kids pursue their passions.
 
Shannon is a published author and has been featured in Seattle Women’s Magazine, Rotary International, The Huffington Post, and The Commercial Appeal.