Raising a Powerful Girl

To have a world of Empowered Women we need to Raise Empowered Girls. Join us on this enlightening episode with one of the co-founders of the Girls Rule Foundation Dena Patton on how to Raise Empowered Girls today. Talking about issues such as media, body image, money, mindset, self esteem and more this episode is chock full of insights on how to empower your daughter everday!

To have a world of Empowered Women we need to Raise Empowered Girls. Join us on this enlightening episode with one of the co-founders of the Girls Rule Foundation Dena Patton on how to Raise Empowered Girls today. Talking about issues such as media, body image, money, mindset, self esteem and more this episode is chock full of insights on how to empower your daughter everday!

Over 80% of 10 year old girls are afraid of being fat! 53% of 13 year old American Girls are unhappy with their bodies and this number grows to 78% by the time girls reach 17. By middle school 40-70% of girls are unhappy with 2 or more parts of their bodies. Around 30% of 10-14 year olds are actively dieting. Join us on an educational conversation on how to foster healthy eating habits to increase positive body image and self esteem and more. 

Over 80% of 10 year old girls are afraid of being fat! 53% of 13 year old American Girls are unhappy with their bodies and this number grows to 78% by the time girls reach 17. By middle school 40-70% of girls are unhappy with 2 or more parts of their bodies. Around 30% of 10-14 year olds are actively dieting. Join us on an educational conversation on how to foster healthy eating habits to increase positive body image and self esteem and more. 

More teens than ever (especially girls) are experiencing symptoms of anxiety.  As a society our goal should not be to get rid of a child's anxiety or the experiences that create fear; instead we should be teaching them how to tolerate ALL of their feelings and to be more resilient.   It is possible to understand how fear operates in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and what actions can help strengthen our inner calm and help children to thrive.    

More teens than ever (especially girls) are experiencing symptoms of anxiety.  As a society our goal should not be to get rid of a child's anxiety or the experiences that create fear; instead we should be teaching them how to tolerate ALL of their feelings and to be more resilient.   It is possible to understand how fear operates in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and what actions can help strengthen our inner calm and help children to thrive.    

Self-awareness is defined as “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires.”  When looking at this statement from a business or career perspective,  this sounds rather soft – something relevant if your professional aspirations are to be a psychologist or HR professional, but certainly not as critical as the “hard stuff” like experience, skills or credentials after your name. Right? Wrong!  As a former Critical Care Paramedic turned entrepreneur and leader I have learned that  in the hierarchy of factors most important to career success, self awareness would rank number #1 Our guest for this interview is Gens Johnson. As a Mindset Success Coach her primary focus is helping people learn how to THINK accurately. Gens believes Everything starts in our minds. The quality and success of our lives is directly related to the quality and accuracy of our thoughts. To raise a powerful girl, we must be a powerful women. It is our example that the girls in our lives will follow.  We can "say" anything we want to say but if our actions do not align with what we speak the girls in our lives will not do what we are instructing.They will do what we do. Science has proven this over and over again with multiple studies.

Self-awareness is defined as “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives and desires.”  When looking at this statement from a business or career perspective,  this sounds rather soft – something relevant if your professional aspirations are to be a psychologist or HR professional, but certainly not as critical as the “hard stuff” like experience, skills or credentials after your name. Right? Wrong!  As a former Critical Care Paramedic turned entrepreneur and leader I have learned that  in the hierarchy of factors most important to career success, self awareness would rank number #1 Our guest for this interview is Gens Johnson. As a Mindset Success Coach her primary focus is helping people learn how to THINK accurately. Gens believes Everything starts in our minds. The quality and success of our lives is directly related to the quality and accuracy of our thoughts. To raise a powerful girl, we must be a powerful women. It is our example that the girls in our lives will follow.  We can "say" anything we want to say but if our actions do not align with what we speak the girls in our lives will not do what we are instructing.They will do what we do. Science has proven this over and over again with multiple studies.

“You’re always … [uncooperative]!”. “You never … [pick up your clothes]. How many times a day do you find yourself saying or thinking these kinds of things about your kids? Or these kinds of things about yourself: These are examples of what communication experts call dis-empowering language: negative thoughts or words we may take for granted as part of our everyday vocabulary. It’s a type of language that leave us feeling more like pawns in someone else’s game, rather than masters of our own destiny. Often when we use dis-empowering language, it’s a direct reflection of dis empowered feelings we may have, which commonly arise under stress. Although the statements above might seem harmless, dis-empowering language can have a profound effect on the feelings and behaviors of our children and ourselves.

“You’re always … [uncooperative]!”. “You never … [pick up your clothes]. How many times a day do you find yourself saying or thinking these kinds of things about your kids? Or these kinds of things about yourself: These are examples of what communication experts call dis-empowering language: negative thoughts or words we may take for granted as part of our everyday vocabulary. It’s a type of language that leave us feeling more like pawns in someone else’s game, rather than masters of our own destiny. Often when we use dis-empowering language, it’s a direct reflection of dis empowered feelings we may have, which commonly arise under stress. Although the statements above might seem harmless, dis-empowering language can have a profound effect on the feelings and behaviors of our children and ourselves.

Raising girls to be powerful includes giving her permission to design her own life and create some of her own rules (within reason!). It is important for girls  to develop emotional intelligence through emotion identification, understanding needs and how to develop coping skills and awareness. During this interview we dive into topics such as modeling self care, emotion identification, modeling personal struggles and so much more. 

Raising girls to be powerful includes giving her permission to design her own life and create some of her own rules (within reason!). It is important for girls  to develop emotional intelligence through emotion identification, understanding needs and how to develop coping skills and awareness. During this interview we dive into topics such as modeling self care, emotion identification, modeling personal struggles and so much more. 

Parenting as a leader means developing the leader in you and overcoming your own worries about your child’s future to empower them to  to learn and grow through challenges. As a child becomes a teenager, it is natural and important for them to try things on their own, if parents are too involved, it's difficult for the child to develop decision making skills, independence and/or find their own interests and passions. The risk is a young girl disempowered by going into early adult years doing and being what others say she "should" be, and not finding their stride early on to be who they want to be.

Parenting as a leader means developing the leader in you and overcoming your own worries about your child’s future to empower them to  to learn and grow through challenges. As a child becomes a teenager, it is natural and important for them to try things on their own, if parents are too involved, it's difficult for the child to develop decision making skills, independence and/or find their own interests and passions. The risk is a young girl disempowered by going into early adult years doing and being what others say she "should" be, and not finding their stride early on to be who they want to be.

When mothers are willing to take a compassionate and honest look at their relationship with their own mothers, it creates awareness, around dysfunctional patterns that may have been passed down. Without that awareness, women will often parent "in resistance" to the way they themselves were mothered ("I will never treat my daughter the way my mother treated me," or "I'm doing the opposite of what my mother did"), and this can have unintended consequences. Being willing to look within, understand, honor ourselves and our experiences is one of the most powerful things we can do. Modeling that process for our daughters is critical to raising them to be powerful girls.