Without doubt, I know that girls lack confidence. So, how do we cultivate confidence and a positive self-efficacy -that “I can do it” attitude? The easy answer is competence. Confidence is the natural outcome of competence and skill development. The more girls put in the time and practice developing their skill set – whether it’s baking and cooking, ice skating and swimming, or computer coding and web design (or all of these skills), the more they experience that – with time and effort – they can get better at skills and they can do…

Girls smiling when they are genuinely happy and proud of who they are…doesn’t this sound amazing? So often I find girls are quick to smile but a smiling face doesn’t always truly reflect how they are feeling on the inside. For example, they may have had a bad day when they were left out of a conversation, experienced an embarrassing moment when they were bold enough to answer a question in class but answered the wrong question, or they may be feeling “not good enough” about themselves when they didn’t make the volleyball team.…

Loving others can seem so much easier than loving herself. You may have noticed how much comfort and care she can extend to a friend who has had a bad day and, yet, she will be the first to reprimand herself for the slightest “oops” or error. If love is not in this order – you first, then others, I feel she is going to set herself up for disconnection, emptiness, and loneliness. Loving yourself has become so cliché these days. “Just love yourself”, people say. What, exactly does that mean and do we…

It’s time…to let you know my book, Growing Strong Girls: Practical Tools to Cultivate Connection in the Preteen Years is now published and will be officially released on September 1, 2017! In the meantime, you can pre-order it on Amazon. AND, with every pre-order of my book on Amazon, you’ll receive a complimentary copy of the e-book a month before it goes on sale. Simply email Paris Spence-Lang at LifeTree Media at: info@LifeTreeMedia.com   If you are wondering what it’s about…here is a sneak peak: Girls today face incredible pressure to grow up fast and…