Can I Handle This? A Powerful Mindset Shift for Teen Athletes Recovering From Injury When something difficult happens (like an injury), it’s natural to ask ourselves all kinds of questions. Often they begin with what if…  What if I can’t play again…. What...

Your Feelings Are Not Who You Are: A Different Way to Navigate Injury Recovery Those words rang in my ears as I listened to an interview with Jay Shetty and Joe Dispenza: “The way you feel is not who you are.” As a psychologist who works with...

When Injuries Keep Showing Up: Looking Beyond the Physical Why do some teen girl athletes struggle with repeated injuries?  When we talk about injury for teen girl athletes, we usually focus on the physical. A muscle was overworked.The hit jostled the...

Teen girls often subscribe to judging themselves harshly to motivate change in academics, their looks, & how they fit in. There’s a belief a lot of us grow up with: That if we want to change… we have to be hard on ourselves first. It’s true...

One of the most common (and understandable) fears I hear from parents is this: “If she’s feeling overwhelmed, I’m afraid of where that might lead” This fear is especially present when your teen daughter is recovering from something like an eating disorder, an injury, or...

If you’re raising a teen girl today, you’re raising her in a world where her phone is not just a device, it’s a classroom, a social lifeline, a mirror, a distraction, a diary, a performance stage, a comfort object, and a portal to every possible feeling on earth.If it feels...

Understanding Social Media Anxiety in Teen Girls: A Parent’s Guide As I reflect on nearly a month since deleting my social media apps, I’ve noticed just how much they were affecting my own mental health. Most teens, however, are active on these platforms...

Empowering girls to communicate Have you ever seen your teen daughter start to say something, then swallow her words? Or maybe she lights up with an idea like hosting friends, making a handmade gift, sending that text but then pulls back, saying, “Never...

Teen Empowerment Journey Imagine this: A morning without tension, your daughter casually sharing something that made her laugh, a quiet confidence in handling a tricky friendship situation, and her choosing time with real, supportive people over constant...

The Happiness Path Program Myths A lot of teen girls tell us the same thing before joining The Happiness Path (THP). They are thinking: “What if people judge me?” or “Does joining a group like this mean there’s something wrong with me?”. One of the biggest...