Raising a Powerful Girl

There is a great quote, if you think you can or your can’t you are right. In parenting this goes even further. If you tell your daughter she can be anything and do anything if she puts her mind to it, my first question to you is are you LIVING this truth? The reality is and science shows us that it doesn’t matter what we SAY to girls is what we DO! So if we truly want girls to believe this we need...

To have a world of Empowered Women we need to Raise Empowered Girls. Join us on this enlightening episode with one of the co-founders of the Girls Rule Foundation Dena Patton on how to Raise Empowered Girls today. Talking about issues such as media, body image, money, mindset, self esteem and more this episode is chock full of insights on how to empower your daughter everday!

To have a world of Empowered Women we need to Raise Empowered Girls. Join us on this enlightening episode with one of the co-founders of the Girls Rule Foundation Dena Patton on how to Raise Empowered Girls today. Talking about issues such as media, body image, money, mindset, self esteem and more this episode is chock full of insights on how to empower your daughter everday!

Over 80% of 10 year old girls are afraid of being fat! 53% of 13 year old American Girls are unhappy with their bodies and this number grows to 78% by the time girls reach 17. By middle school 40-70% of girls are unhappy with 2 or more parts of their bodies. Around 30% of 10-14 year olds are actively dieting. Join us on an educational conversation on how to foster healthy eating habits to increase...

Over 80% of 10 year old girls are afraid of being fat! 53% of 13 year old American Girls are unhappy with their bodies and this number grows to 78% by the time girls reach 17. By middle school 40-70% of girls are unhappy with 2 or more parts of their bodies. Around 30% of 10-14 year olds are actively dieting. Join us on an educational conversation on how to foster healthy eating habits to increase...

More teens than ever (especially girls) are experiencing symptoms of anxiety.  As a society our goal should not be to get rid of a child's anxiety or the experiences that create fear; instead we should be teaching them how to tolerate ALL of their feelings and to be more resilient.   It is possible to understand how fear operates in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and what actions can...

More teens than ever (especially girls) are experiencing symptoms of anxiety.  As a society our goal should not be to get rid of a child's anxiety or the experiences that create fear; instead we should be teaching them how to tolerate ALL of their feelings and to be more resilient.   It is possible to understand how fear operates in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and what actions can...

Self-awareness is defined as “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires.”  When looking at this statement from a business or career perspective,  this sounds rather soft – something relevant if your professional aspirations are to be a psychologist or HR professional, but certainly not as critical as the “hard stuff” like experience, skills or credentials after your...

Self-awareness is defined as “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires.”  When looking at this statement from a business or career perspective,  this sounds rather soft – something relevant if your professional aspirations are to be a psychologist or HR professional, but certainly not as critical as the “hard stuff” like experience, skills or credentials after your...

“You’re always … [uncooperative]!”. “You never … [pick up your clothes]. How many times a day do you find yourself saying or thinking these kinds of things about your kids? Or these kinds of things about yourself: These are examples of what communication experts call dis-empowering language: negative thoughts or words we may take for granted as part of our everyday vocabulary. It’s a type of langu...

“You’re always … [uncooperative]!”. “You never … [pick up your clothes]. How many times a day do you find yourself saying or thinking these kinds of things about your kids? Or these kinds of things about yourself: These are examples of what communication experts call dis-empowering language: negative thoughts or words we may take for granted as part of our everyday vocabulary. It’s a type of langu...

Raising girls to be powerful includes giving her permission to design her own life and create some of her own rules (within reason!). It is important for girls  to develop emotional intelligence through emotion identification, understanding needs and how to develop coping skills and awareness. During this interview we dive into topics such as modeling self care, emotion identification, modeling pe...

Raising girls to be powerful includes giving her permission to design her own life and create some of her own rules (within reason!). It is important for girls  to develop emotional intelligence through emotion identification, understanding needs and how to develop coping skills and awareness. During this interview we dive into topics such as modeling self care, emotion identification, modeling pe...

Parenting as a leader means developing the leader in you and overcoming your own worries about your child’s future to empower them to  to learn and grow through challenges. As a child becomes a teenager, it is natural and important for them to try things on their own, if parents are too involved, it's difficult for the child to develop decision making skills, independence and/or find their own int...

Parenting as a leader means developing the leader in you and overcoming your own worries about your child’s future to empower them to  to learn and grow through challenges. As a child becomes a teenager, it is natural and important for them to try things on their own, if parents are too involved, it's difficult for the child to develop decision making skills, independence and/or find their own int...

When mothers are willing to take a compassionate and honest look at their relationship with their own mothers, it creates awareness, around dysfunctional patterns that may have been passed down. Without that awareness, women will often parent "in resistance" to the way they themselves were mothered ("I will never treat my daughter the way my mother treated me," or "I'm doing the opposite of what m...

When mothers are willing to take a compassionate and honest look at their relationship with their own mothers, it creates awareness, around dysfunctional patterns that may have been passed down. Without that awareness, women will often parent "in resistance" to the way they themselves were mothered ("I will never treat my daughter the way my mother treated me," or "I'm doing the opposite of what m...

Money, Money and more Money! Studies show that imprinting on money beliefs occurs by the age of 7! Join Maria Fuller and her guest Deborah Daniel, a 25 year CPA running a multi-million-dollar company, for an enlightening conversation on how to educate and create a healthy money mindset in girls. By teaching girls to work their "money muscle" we empower them to view money as a necessary tool in lif...

Money, Money and more Money! Studies show that imprinting on money beliefs occurs by the age of 7! Join Maria Fuller and her guest Deborah Daniel, a 25 year CPA running a multi-million-dollar company, for an enlightening conversation on how to educate and create a healthy money mindset in girls. By teaching girls to work their "money muscle" we empower them to view money as a necessary tool in lif...