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Girls Helping Girls

You don’t have to look very far to get a glimpse of what’s wrong with girls today. Pick up any magazine, peruse your local bookstore, google “teen girls” or turn on the television and view the vast array of in-your-face perspectives of the dark side of growing up girl in today’s image-obsessed culture. Shows, magazines and even the very self-help experts themselves, portrayed as counter-culture saviors to assist today’s young women maneuver their way through the pitfalls of adolescence, all focus more on the problem and what’s wrong vs. the solution and what’s right with girls today. All of this can be very overwhelming and there are days that I feel like throwing my hands up in the air and asking “What’s the use?” Last week, like an answered prayer, I got the shift in perspective I had been asking for and I was filled up with hope watching two [...]

By | 2017-03-07T14:49:22-05:00 October 30th, 2009|

Teen Halloween Alert: Scary Trick

Contemplating what to dress up as for Halloween? How about a lollipop? A recent ad for Ralph Lauren has sparked a huge controversy all over the internet. The image displays the already thin model, Philippa Hamilton wearing the latest of Ralph’s fall designer duds, but the photo has been digitally altered to the point where her waist is actually smaller than her own head! And yes, she actually looks like a human lollipop!   Mothers scrambling to find the latest L'il Lollipop costume for their daughters! “NO! you say, “Not Ralph too?” Yup – even Ralph. But wait, it gets worse, Ralph actually sicked his lawyers on the sites that first commented on this travesty. The blog Boing Boing, who was the first to bring this to light received copyright infringement violation notifications – but would not back down. Boing Boing editor, Cory Docktorow wrote “So, to Ralph Lauren, GreenbergTraurig, [...]

By | 2017-03-07T14:50:20-05:00 October 14th, 2009|

The Quest for the Perfect Breasts

  It’s October and time again for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I am all for finding a cure for breast cancer and any kind of cancer for that matter, but what I am not all for is focusing on the disease itself. The Law of Attraction states that whatever you focus your attention upon is returned to you multiplied. So if that is true, why on Earth would we want to set aside a whole month placing all of our focus on the disease of breast cancer? (But no, if you focus on that picture above, you will not grow bigger boobs – that’s not how the Law of Attraction works!!) So I’m proposing “Love Your Boobs Month!” As a matter of fact, another teen empowerment specialist, Jess Weiner just wrote a fabulous article this month in Seventeen Magazine about Making Peace with Your Boobs! (Great minds think alike apparently!!) [...]

By | 2017-03-07T14:50:41-05:00 October 7th, 2009|

Teen Girls: Making the List

Last week at New Jersey’s top-ranked Milburn High School, senior “it” girls circulated their annual “Slut List” of incoming freshman girls. A dozen or more names are written on a piece of notebook paper along with vulgar descriptions and are copied and circulated around the school.   Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy One might assume that this is just another awful example of girl bullying, but in this case, you’d be wrong. According to William Miron, the principal of Milburn High, this has been going on for a decade and said “We’ve had girls obsessed that their names are on it, and girls who were upset that they didn’t make the list.” That’s right, some girls actually are disappointed if they don’t make the list! Is this really what girl power is all about? Seriously? As a Confidence Coach, I help girls learn [...]

By | 2017-03-07T14:51:47-05:00 September 29th, 2009|

Teen Girl With the Weight of the World on Her Shoulders

A Response to Jayleene what can you do when the world’s weight is on your sholders? i feel like i might just break down completely…and then end up Back in Rehab..but instead of outpatient in will be Inpatient…my problem is something that you spoke about when you came to my school..thou it’s not somthing you talked alot about..i guess it’s hard for people to understand what i do..and i don’t feel like saying cause i get judged. or called crazy. so whatever. but i guess i just need help..i need to know what to do so i can help myself..to stop my hurting. Hi Jayleene – thank you so much for reaching out to me. That is a HUGE accomplishment and it is like your soul is tugging on your sleeve trying to get your attention to wake up and discover your true power. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing [...]

By | 2009-04-09T10:42:19-05:00 April 9th, 2009|

Daring to Disagree: Taking the Sting Out of Queen Bees & Wannabees

For most of my life, I was a people pleaser; afraid to rock the boat and speak my truth. But thankfully because I walk my talk and practice what I preach, I have dared to go deep within and have found my voice and my true power. As a result, I am no longer willing to acquiesce to the opinion or acclaimed wisdom of others when I just don’t agree – even if that other person is a best-selling author and her book was the basis of a hit movie. I recently attended a program by the author of Queen Bees & Wannabees who spoke about girls and bullying. I walked out of the auditorium feeling uneasy and the energy in the room was palpably heavy. The woman I went with, who also works in this field, took voracious notes and loved it. I wrestled with these feelings for days [...]

By | 2009-01-28T11:14:15-05:00 January 28th, 2009|

Heal Our Young Women ~ Heal the World

While millions of Americans journied to our nation’s capital to be a part of history in the making, while workers watched the inauguration online through CNN & Facebook, while people from around the world observed the 44th President of the United States of America take his oath of office and pledge his allegiance and service to our great nation, many girls across the country still were unable to shift their focus away from their own inner battles to embrace the power of this day. In the middle of watching the streaming video from CNN in partnership with Facebook, I received not one, but five emails from teen girls who were all asking me advice on how to be thin, how to be more confident, how to get a guy to like them, how to stop being so shy and quiet – and basically how to be anyone else but who [...]

By | 2009-01-20T11:16:39-05:00 January 20th, 2009|

We Are One ~ Yes We Can!

I am in awe of the entire inauguration. My hope is that parents use this as an opportunity to open up meaningful communication with their kids and will focus on the underlying message of love and faith that was so clearly demonstrated throughout each speech, song and prayer. My greatest concern and greatest hope for our nation is in the hands of the young women of our country. It astounds me that during the inauguration I still received emails from teen girls who are struggling with inner conflict. Until we help these young women to heal, there is no possible way for them to espouse what is to me the greatest quote of today’s proceedings, “love your neighbor as you love yourself.” I watched part of it through CNN and Facebook and am astounded by this new technology which allowed me to be part of something bigger than just me [...]

By | 2009-01-20T10:17:42-05:00 January 20th, 2009|

Teen Girls: Claiming Your Place & Power in the World

Hey Girls… in the archives of this blog, there’s an article I wrote about how to create your own Sacred Space or meditation area/room. Well, now that I’ve gone high tech and have become a You Tuber, I created a video and give you a glimpse of my own Sacred Space. In this crazy world of BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER, MORE it can be very challenging to sit still and listen to your own inner truth. You may be tempted to just say “Screw it” and take short cuts or do what everybody else says you “should” do. But when you take the time to create an actual place where you’ve carved out to be still and listen, and then go there often and just sit and listen, you’ll eventually get really good at trusting your gut and you’ll intuitively know how to be and what to do in any situation. [...]

By | 2017-03-07T14:57:47-05:00 July 28th, 2008|

Teen Girls: Body Image & Self-Confidence

This video is a response to a girl named Ashley who is 19. Ashley wrote: Dear Kathleen, I have always taken pride on my amount of confidence compared to other people. But I noticed lately that I’ve been gaining a lot of weight and now I feel unsure of myself. How do a I get out of it? View my response to Ashley and learn a powerful tool called a Vision Board that will help you attract what you want.

By | 2017-03-07T14:58:40-05:00 July 20th, 2008|
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