RAISING CONFIDENT TEEN DAUGHTERS | Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Mental Health Education, Parenting, Friendship, Comparison

Do you ever feel like you’re walking on eggshells, changing plans to avoid a meltdown, or hesitating to say no because you already know how she’s going to react?

In this episode, we’re talking about what can happen when anxiety, rigidity, and/or big emotions start controlling the whole family, and how to support your tween or teen daughter during, after, between, and beyond the storm. 

I know how overwhelming and exhausting this can be… and there’s also hope that things can get better. 🧡

xo, Kristen 

 

Mentioned in this episode:

- Join me for my free Raising Confident Girls Workshop where I’ll walk you through simple ways to stay calm, confident, and connected with your daughter.

You can register here:
https://meanttobeme.org/workshop

Can't wait to see you there! September 15th 10 AM Az/Pacific

- FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day

 

My Resources:

- Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more!

- Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters

- My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident

- One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching

- Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10%

- Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Are you living the life you actually want… and are you helping your daughter do the same? As intentional moms, it’s so easy to get caught up in the busyness of parenting and everyday life without stopping to think about what matters most to us in this season.

After celebrating another birthday last week and experiencing some really hard reminders lately of just how precious life is, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on how I’m spending my time, what I value most, and what I want this next season of life to look like.

In today’s episode, we’re doing a confidence reset together!

I’ll walk you through some of my favorite questions to help you (AND your tween or teen daughter) reflect on your strengths, passions, values, and goals… and make sure the way you’re actually living lines up with the person you want to be.

Grab your journal (and save this one to do again with your daughter!) and let’s do a little reset together. 🧡

xo, Kristen

 

Mentioned in this episode:

🧡 Confidence Map Episode: How to Build Your Confidence Map - Choose Your Adventure Style

🎉 MY BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY! 🎉

I’m celebrating my August birthday by giving away THREE prize packages filled with some of my favorite things for raising confident, connected girls…and a few fun treats for you too! 

🥇 FIRST PRIZE (Value: $460)

Meant to Be Confident Online Course

My favorite marker pens to use with the course workbook

$50 Target gift card

🥈 SECOND PRIZE (Value: $120)

Private 1:1 coaching session with me for you OR your daughter

One of my favorite parent-child connection journals

$25 Amazon gift card

🥉 THIRD PRIZE (Value: $50)

My Back-to-School Confidence Boost Guide

My favorite parenting book, Good Inside

$10 Starbucks gift card

HOW TO ENTER:

Leave an honest rating + review for Raising Confident Teen Daughters on Apple Podcasts.

Take a screenshot of your review and DM it to me on Instagram @meanttobe.me 

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Giveaway closes Sunday, August 16 at 11:59 PM AZ time!

Three winners will be selected and announced after the giveaway closes. Good luck, friend, and THANK YOU for celebrating my birthday with me and for helping more girl moms find this podcast! 🧡

Friendships can change quickly, especially at the start of a new school year.

Whether your daughter's best friend has drifted away, she's feeling left out of her friend group, or she's struggling to find her place, changing friendships can be one of the hardest parts of growing up.

In this episode, you'll learn how to support your tween or teen daughter through friendship struggles without trying to fix everything for her. You'll learn practical ways to help her build confidence, emotional resilience, and stronger connections as she navigates the ups and downs of friendships.

xo, Kristen 

 

Mentioned in this episode:

- My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident

- Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more!

 

My Resources:

- FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day

- Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters

- One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching

- Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10%

- Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Our girls don't learn confidence because life always goes according to plan... they learn it by watching how we respond when life doesn't. 🧡

In this episode, I'm sharing the confidence and emotional resilience lessons our family learned these past few months through my husband's job transition. From taking risks and facing failure to managing anxious thoughts and remembering our strengths, this season reminded us that the tools we teach our girls are the very same tools we need as adults.

If you've ever wondered how to help your daughter become more confident and emotionally resilient, this episode will encourage you to start by modeling those skills yourself.

xo, Kristen 

 

Mentioned in this episode:

- My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident

- FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day

 

My Resources:

- Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters

- One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching

- Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10%

- Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Life has a way of bringing storms we never saw coming, and our girls will have their own to navigate too. 

In this episode, I'm sharing what's been happening in our family's life lately and the reminders it's given me about how we can support our daughters through life's hardest moments. Whether she's facing anxiety, a friendship breakup, grief, disappointment, or another difficult season, our job isn't to help her avoid the storm... it's to help her walk through it with confidence, connection, and hope.

xo, Kristen

 

Mentioned in this episode:

- FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day

- My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident

 

My Resources:

- Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms! 

- Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters

- One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching

- Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10%

- Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!