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• Talking to Girls Who Don’t Want to Talk

  🖇️💌 Does the question “How was your day?” elicit a one-word reply? Do you find it difficult to connect with a girl you care about? For expert guidance we turn to Ann Muno, a girls’ rights advocate and acclaimed author of Powerful Girls: Raising Strong, Just and Compassionate Young Women. In this easy-to-digest episode, she shares how adults can build trust, model vulnerability, and ask questions that invite dialogue with the girls and young women in their lives. National Coalition of Girls' Schools

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• Why Body Confidence is a Big Deal

  🪞💅 Research tells us that up to 80% of girls will struggle with body confidence. But this is about much more than just looks. It’s a belief in what their bodies can say, do, and be, as they move through the world. What do the experts say we should do about this crisis? Join us as we explore nuggets from our podcast and further afield and learn strategies on how to talk to the girl in your life about her body – and yours. 🙋‍♀️ National Coalition of Girls' Schools

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• Why – and How – We Need to Talk to Teen Girls about Their Phones

  🤳Nearly half of U.S. teens say they are online almost constantly. Compulsively tapping, scrolling, swiping. What is the appropriate response for adults to this reality – or is it a crisis? Banning devices at school or social media completely seems the simplest approach, but experts argue it might not be the best. So what do we do instead? Join us as we explore nuggets from our podcast to hear how to talk to your child about their phone and social media – so that you can really listen. Their lives may depend on it. 💌 Read the Social Institute’s 7 standards for students here: https://thesocialinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/Seven-Social-Standards-1-Pager.pdf Social Institute’s 7 standards for students

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• Building Resilience through Spirituality with Dr. Lisa Miller

  “For a girl, spiritual life is even more important as the mooring, the deep embedded compass through which she guides and governs her life.” - Dr. Lisa Miller Spirituality is often misunderstood and ill-defined. Yet those who have studied it through the lens of brain research and understand the scientific truth behind its role in our lives offer compelling data of the power of developing our “spiritual brain.” Especially for girls, a spiritual core—which is separate and distinct from the practice of religion—shapes a sense of meaning, purpose, calling and connection. In fact, a girl’s relationship to her spiritual core is a substantial tool in her arsenal of well-being strategies. Skeptics may find the evidence supporting this claim too compelling to ignore. In "Building Resilience through Spirituality," learn about the game-changing role spirituality can play in a girl’s life from Dr. Lisa Miller, founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Columbia University. A foremost scientist on spirituality across the lifespan, her research has focused on the quantifiable effects of spirituality on our lives, and she has evidence that “children who are raised with a robust and well-developed spiritual life are happier, more optimistic, more flexible and better equipped to deal with life’s ordinary (and even extraordinary) traumas than those who are not.” She urges us to engage on this journey with the girls in our lives. International Coalition for Girls Schools · Dr. Lisa Miller · Spirituality Mind Body Institute · Spiritual Child · National Coalition of Girls' Schools

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• Becoming Body Confident with Dr. Phillippa Diedrichs

  “What we know from the research is that up to 80% of girls will struggle with body confidence.” - Dr. Phillippa Diedrichs It is estimated that young girls are exposed to nearly 600 media images per day, unable to escape the barrage of messages about the perfect look, the perfect weight, the perfect size, the perfect skin tone. Research tells us they are internalizing these images, likely to start believing their body image defines who they are. Far too many girls are held hostage by their own negative body image issues and need powerful counter messaging that reminds them they are so much more than their weight on the scale. In this episode, Dr. Phillippa Diedrichs, a professor of Psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, in Bristol, England, shares research-based strategies to build body confidence in girls. Dr. Diedrichs, who delights in smashing beauty stereotypes, is the Founder of Everybody Consulting, a global consulting group of thought leaders and social scientist experts in body image, appearance diversity and mental health. She believes we all play a role in helping girls become “body confident” and offers an abundance of resources to empower us. International Coalition for Girls Schools · Dr. Phillippa Diedrichs · The Body Confidence Book: Respect, accept and empower yourself, Phillippa Diedrichs · Centre for Appearance Research · National Coalition of Girls' Schools

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