Raising a Powerful Girl – Details, episodes & analysis

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!