The power of presence Recovery asks a lot. Whether your teen daughter is navigating an injury, managing anxiety, rebuilding her relationship with her body, or working through a difficult season in sport, the path forward can feel overwhelming. We often...

Her Emotions. My Emotions. Because sometimes parenting a teenage girl feels like living in a jungle. One minute she’s laughing in the kitchen, telling you a story for approximately 147 minutes. The next, she’s slamming a door. Then she wants a snack, but...

When Self-Criticism Is Her Motivation How do you support your teen daughter without taking away her drive? If you have a teen daughter who is in sport, performance, or competition of any kind, you may have thought this more than once: “She is so hard...

What Is The Happiness Path, Anyway? If you’ve heard me talking about The Happiness Path lately and wondered, “Okay… but what actually IS it?” Fair question. The Happiness Path supports teen girls to feel more confident, connected and resilient. By...

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...

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...

The Side of Sports Injury Recovery No One Talks About Recovery is so much more than healing the body.  And for teen girl athletes who love their sport for all it brings to their lives like friendships, confidence, and a sense of identity, recovery feels...

Staying Positive During Injury? Maybe That’s Not the Goal. “How do I stay positive during recovery?” Such a common question I hear from teen girl athletes working through injury, performance anxiety, and even eating disorder recovery. Even when they’re not...

I Don’t Want Sympathy. I Want to Feel Like Me Again. “If I hear one more ‘I’m so sorry,’ I’m going to lose it.” What?! As an elite teen girl athlete, It’s not that you’re not grateful to have people who care when you’re recovering from an injury. On the...

The Power of Deciding: What to Do When You Feel Stuck, Unmotivated, or Lost If you’ve ever thought: “I feel stuck and I don’t know how to get out of it”“I have no motivation lately… what’s wrong with me?”“I know I want things to change, but I don’t know...