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If you could teach your daughter just THREE things about confidence, what would they be? After years of teaching and coaching tween and teen girls, I've learned a few things about what really helps them the most. In today's episode, I'm sharing three of the most important things I want every girl to know. These are also three of the foundational lessons I teach inside all of my classes, both local and online. I hope this gives you a few things to think about and talk about with your daughter this week! 🧡 xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn the simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer sessions for moms and girls!  Send me an email at [email protected].  - Join my Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

What if helping your daughter feel stronger physically could also help her feel more confident on the inside? In this episode, I’m joined by Shannon Johanson, personal trainer and founder of Barbells and Braids, to talk about the powerful connection between physical strength, body image, and confidence in young girls. We chat about helping our daughters move away from comparison, develop a healthy relationship with food and exercise, and focus on what their bodies can DO rather than how they look. xo, Kristen   Mentioned in this episode: - Shannon's Program for Girls: Barbells and Braids - Instagram: @barbellsandbraidsaz - Instagram: @ladywarrior   My Resources: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn the simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer sessions for moms and girls!  Send me an email at [email protected].  - Join my Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

In today's episode, we're talking about the emotional roller coaster of parenting teen girls, especially when they make choices we don't agree with. I'm sharing some encouragement and practical perspective to help you manage your own emotions, respond instead of react, and stay connected with your daughter through the hard stuff. My favorite parenting quote ever: "The goal of parenting isn't raising a child who never makes mistakes. It's being a safe place for them to land when they do." 🧡 xo, Kristen   Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn the simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer sessions for moms and girls!  Send me an email at [email protected].  - Join my Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Come hang out with me for a life-lately catch-up! I’m sharing a little about a recent mother-daughter trip that had me thinking about motherhood from a different perspective... not as the mom, but as the daughter. We’ll talk about playing the long game with our girls and remembering that we’re not just raising girls… we’re building relationships with the women they’re becoming. I’m also sharing what I’m reading right now plus a beautiful moment that came up in a coaching session this week.  And if there’s something happening with your daughter that you find yourself needing support with, I’d love to help you work through it. Reach out to me about private coaching and tell me a little about what’s going on. 💕 xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer sessions for moms and girls!  Send me an email at [email protected].    My Resources: - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Have you ever had one thing your tween or teen daughter does send your brain into a complete spiral? In this episode, I’m sharing one simple tool to help you slow down, notice the story you’re telling yourself about your daughter’s behavior, and respond more intentionally instead of reacting from worry or frustration. This tool never fails me and lays the foundation for confidence too! xo, Kristen    Missed my Raising Confident Girls Workshop? You can still watch the replay FREE through Sunday! Simply register for the workshop below and I’ll send it straight to your inbox. Get the replay here! And if you’re ready for more support, I'd love to have you join me inside Meant to Be Confident and save $100 through Sunday night. Learn more and join here 🧡 My Resources: - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Have you ever had one of those moments when your daughter is struggling and you just don’t know what to say or do to help? I had one of those moments recently, and in this episode I’m sharing what helped me and a few things I want you to remember the next time your daughter is going through something hard. And if you’ve ever wished you felt a little more calm, confident, and connected as you navigate these tween and teen years, I’d love to have you join me for my FREE Raising Confident Girls Workshop! 🧡 Save your free spot here: Workshop We’re going to get practical about what it looks like to build your confidence with parenting, manage your own emotions, and stay connected through the hard stuff. See you there! xo, Kristen    My Resources: - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more! - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Are you noticing that your tween or teen daughter is worrying more about what other people think of her lately? Maybe you remember how challenging these years can be, and you’re worried she may be struggling with low self-esteem. You want to know what you can actually do to help. 🧡 After years of studying confidence and self-esteem, I put together this list of 5 simple ways to build your daughter’s self-esteem in just 5 minutes a day... and I promise you, it’s a game changer. Time and time again, moms tell me that it really does work, as simple as some of these things may sound. Try it today! xo, Kristen  Mentioned in this episode: - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join me for my free Raising Confident Girls Workshop where I’ll walk you through simple ways to stay calm, confident, and connected with your daughter. You can register here: https://meanttobeme.org/workshop Can't wait to see you there! September 15th 10 AM Az/Pacific   My Resources: - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more! - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

In this episode, we’re talking about how to help your tween or teen daughter navigate mean-girl behavior and friendship conflict without jumping in and taking over. We’ll talk about: - How to tell normal friendship conflict from an unhealthy pattern - What your daughter really needs from you when she’s hurting - The simple Listen → Validate → Ask approach - How to help her build friendship discernment and boundaries - When to let her work through it, and when it’s time for an adult to step in And even though it’s so hard for our mom hearts to watch… our goal isn’t to solve every friendship problem for our girls. It’s to help them become confident enough to recognize healthy friendships, speak up for themselves, and know they always have a safe place to come home to and talk about the hard stuff. 🧡 xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - Join me for my free Raising Confident Girls Workshop where I’ll walk you through simple ways to stay calm, confident, and connected with your daughter. You can register here: https://meanttobeme.org/workshop Can't wait to see you there! September 15th 10 AM Az/Pacific   My Resources: - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more! - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Do you ever feel like you’re walking on eggshells, changing plans to avoid a meltdown, or hesitating to say no because you already know how she’s going to react? In this episode, we’re talking about what can happen when anxiety, rigidity, and/or big emotions start controlling the whole family, and how to support your tween or teen daughter during, after, between, and beyond the storm.  I know how overwhelming and exhausting this can be… and there’s also hope that things can get better. 🧡 xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - Join me for my free Raising Confident Girls Workshop where I’ll walk you through simple ways to stay calm, confident, and connected with your daughter. You can register here: https://meanttobeme.org/workshop Can't wait to see you there! September 15th 10 AM Az/Pacific - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more! - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Are you living the life you actually want… and are you helping your daughter do the same? As intentional moms, it’s so easy to get caught up in the busyness of parenting and everyday life without stopping to think about what matters most to us in this season. After celebrating another birthday last week and experiencing some really hard reminders lately of just how precious life is, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on how I’m spending my time, what I value most, and what I want this next season of life to look like. In today’s episode, we’re doing a confidence reset together! I’ll walk you through some of my favorite questions to help you (AND your tween or teen daughter) reflect on your strengths, passions, values, and goals… and make sure the way you’re actually living lines up with the person you want to be. Grab your journal (and save this one to do again with your daughter!) and let’s do a little reset together. 🧡 xo, Kristen   Mentioned in this episode: 🧡 Confidence Map Episode: How to Build Your Confidence Map - Choose Your Adventure Style 🎉 MY BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY! 🎉 I’m celebrating my August birthday by giving away THREE prize packages filled with some of my favorite things for raising confident, connected girls…and a few fun treats for you too!  🥇 FIRST PRIZE (Value: $460) Meant to Be Confident Online Course My favorite marker pens to use with the course workbook $50 Target gift card 🥈 SECOND PRIZE (Value: $120) Private 1:1 coaching session with me for you OR your daughter One of my favorite parent-child connection journals $25 Amazon gift card 🥉 THIRD PRIZE (Value: $50) My Back-to-School Confidence Boost Guide My favorite parenting book, Good Inside $10 Starbucks gift card HOW TO ENTER: Leave an honest rating + review for Raising Confident Teen Daughters on Apple Podcasts. Take a screenshot of your review and DM it to me on Instagram @meanttobe.me  ✨ WANT BONUS ENTRIES? +1 — Join my private Facebook community +1 — Follow me on Instagram +2 — Join my weekly email  +2 — Share the giveaway to your Instagram Stories + tag me +3 — Share your favorite podcast episode to your Instagram Stories + tag me Giveaway closes Sunday, August 16 at 11:59 PM AZ time! Three winners will be selected and announced after the giveaway closes. Good luck, friend, and THANK YOU for celebrating my birthday with me and for helping more girl moms find this podcast! 🧡

Friendships can change quickly, especially at the start of a new school year. Whether your daughter's best friend has drifted away, she's feeling left out of her friend group, or she's struggling to find her place, changing friendships can be one of the hardest parts of growing up. In this episode, you'll learn how to support your tween or teen daughter through friendship struggles without trying to fix everything for her. You'll learn practical ways to help her build confidence, emotional resilience, and stronger connections as she navigates the ups and downs of friendships. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more!   My Resources: - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Our girls don't learn confidence because life always goes according to plan... they learn it by watching how we respond when life doesn't. 🧡 In this episode, I'm sharing the confidence and emotional resilience lessons our family learned these past few months through my husband's job transition. From taking risks and facing failure to managing anxious thoughts and remembering our strengths, this season reminded us that the tools we teach our girls are the very same tools we need as adults. If you've ever wondered how to help your daughter become more confident and emotionally resilient, this episode will encourage you to start by modeling those skills yourself. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Life has a way of bringing storms we never saw coming, and our girls will have their own to navigate too.  In this episode, I'm sharing what's been happening in our family's life lately and the reminders it's given me about how we can support our daughters through life's hardest moments. Whether she's facing anxiety, a friendship breakup, grief, disappointment, or another difficult season, our job isn't to help her avoid the storm... it's to help her walk through it with confidence, connection, and hope. xo, Kristen   Mentioned in this episode: - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident   My Resources: - Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms!  - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

After spending two weeks with several amazing tween girls at my local Confidence Camp, I'm sharing the three biggest lessons I brought home: what helps girls open up, why confidence can absolutely be taught, and the powerful role we play as moms in shaping the way our daughters see themselves. If you've ever wondered how to help your daughter build lasting confidence before life gets hard, this episode is for you. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms!  - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

Wondering what to say when your daughter starts asking questions about periods and body changes? In this episode, I'm chatting with menstrual cycle educator Briana Villegas to talk about how to make these conversations feel less awkward, when to start them, and why understanding their bodies can help girls feel more confident. Whether your daughter is already asking or you're wondering how to begin the conversations, this will give you practical ideas and encouragement to help you navigate this important stage together. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms!  Briana's Bio & Links: Briana Villegas is a certified menstrual cycle educator and integration coach who supports teens and women in understanding and embracing their cyclical experience. Through the Period Prep Workshop, she supports teens start their cycle with confidence and self-trust. Through integration coaching, she supports women in reintegrating the parts of themselves they may have been suppressing or villainizing so they can rewrite their relationship to their cycles and themselves. With a decade of personal and professional experience in the menstrual health space, Briana brings a deeply embodied and trauma-informed approach to everything she does.    Free Parent Guide: https://brianavillegas.com/parentguide  Website: https://brianavillegas.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianavillegascoaching/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrianaVillegasCoaching    My Resources: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!