Confidence & Self-Esteem Programs for Teen Girls

Remember who you used to be before the world told you who you should be?

Like most little girls, I was fearless and never doubted that my dreams would come true. I was bold and unapologetic, and always had something to say. The workbench in my daddy’s garage became my stage as I regaled our neighbors with skits and stories. I even charged admission and donated all of it to a local hospital!

But somewhere in the life of every little girl, we begin to doubt ourselves and our dreams. After all, that was only make-believe and it’s time to grow up! For today’s young girls, the pressure to look and act older is greater than ever.

But for me, it wasn’t the media that forced me to grow up fast. When I was ten years old, my dad died. A widow with five kids, my mother spiraled into a deep depression and life as we knew it was over. Then six years later, the unthinkable happened—my mother died during open heart surgery. My last memory of her was of the two of us arguing the night before her surgery. I can’t even remember what we fought about, but I vividly recall muttering, “I hate you” under my breath as I stormed out of her hospital room. I had no idea that it would be the last time I would ever see her, nor that it would become the very thing that set me on a career path to help mothers and daughters strengthen their sacred connection. I know firsthand that the mother daughter relationship can dramatically affect the way a girl approaches life and can prepare her to either soar or struggle.

To say I understand teen girls and adolescent angst is an understatement. I know what it’s like to look for love in all the wrong places and to go through life wearing a mask, pretending to be someone I’m not so that no one would see my fear and insecurity. I consider it my soul’s purpose to guide and encourage young women to believe in themselves and to know that they are worthy and capable of making their dreams come true. I learned all my lessons the hard way so that you and your daughter won’t have to.

This website and blog is like my very own workbench and I still have lots to say—especially about empowering young women.

Professionally Speaking... From Leotards to Lavaliers

My entire career has been in the field of personal development and began in the health and fitness industry back in the days of “feel the burn” and “no pain – no gain.” As a BE FIT certified personal trainer and AFAA accredited fitness instructor, I was most passionate about heart health especially after losing my parents to heart disease when they were both only fifty years old. As a program director of several fitness centers, I raised thousands of dollars to benefit the American Heart Association through community outreach and my renowned “Dance for Heart” aerobathons. The AMA soon took notice and hired me to speak at local companies about starting (and sticking with) a fitness program and to local high school students on the dangers of smoking (both my parents smoked). Unbeknownst to me and without so much as a business card or a strategic plan, my childhood passion reemerged and my speaking career had officially begun.

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Legit Street Cred & Professional Bio

Kathleen Hassan is an author, motivational speaker and professional life coach who offers mothers and their teenage daughters heart-centered solutions to transform anxiety and insecurity into unshakeable confidence and empowered self-worth. For over two decades she has helped thousands of girls break free from the trap of perfectionism and learn how to love and accept themselves – just the way they are. Author of the soon-to-be published YA novel, The 9 Lives of Kat, Kathleen has also co-authored three other books; The Burning Heart of a Difference Maker, a collaboration of twelve youth speakers, Square Peg Round Hole, a body-image book for pre-teen girls and Life by Heart, an award-winning publication for writers. Creator of the Girls Voices Good Choices self-esteem curriculum and Buried Treasure, a social emotional program for middle school girls, Kathleen’s after-school programs teach life skills to prepare girls to be strong, brave, bold and resilient. Kathleen was trained in Co-Active Coaching through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and certified in hypnosis and the science of the mind through the South Shore Center for Hypnosis and has studied energy healing and integrated wellness through various training programs in Boston. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts and most recently graduated in 2019 with a second Bachelor Degree in Theology from Life Christian University. Since then, Kathleen has launched Mad Love Ministries, an international, faith-based outreach that equips and empowers women and girls to walk boldly in the love of God as His beloved daughters. She has served in Medellin, Colombia empowering young mothers to provide for their families and loving and healing girls that had been rescued from human trafficking. Also this year, Kathleen founded Madly Loved: A Conference for Mothers and Daughters, with plans to take it nationally to communities and churches around the country.