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...

When Friendships Change: Supporting Your Teen Through Friendship Loss The moment so many parents have, sometimes totally blindsiding you,… when you watch your teen move through a friendship breakup. Maybe she’s quieter.Mentions the drama…...

Many teen girls are incredibly good at keeping the peace. When they tell themselves they are Fine. They:Stay in friend groups even when they’re often excluded.Don’t make a fuss when the group chat lights up without them.Quietly...

From the outside, many teen girls look “fine.”They go to school. They clean their room (sometimes). They laugh with friends. They keep going.But inside, a lot of them are carrying far more than they let on.I hear it in my work with teen girls all the time, the things they don’t...

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...

Training Tips for Teen Girls I’m on a rest day today, so I’m feeling pretty good, a little eager to run again, and a little tender in some spots. As I train for my half-marathon, it’s got me thinking a lot about the mind training aspect....

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...

Stress From School Expectations The other day, a teen girl told me that if her grades slipped below a certain mark, it would ruin her whole winter break. Just the thought of her upcoming exam made her feel sick. Stress so intense it was paralyzing. And I...

Star-Spangled Perspective As a psychologist and teen life coach, I have some of the best conversations with teens every day! They are sometimes raw and full of emotion. They are witty and contradictory and they are also some of the most hilarious...