Welcome to “Raising Daughters”, my podcast that will provide information, awareness, practical tools, and inspiration to parents and other adults who work with girls of all ages.We’ve all been through a point in our lives when we seemed to be at a crossroads and we don’t know which road to take. We’ve all been afraid we would screw up big […]
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There are tons of life’s clues scattered along your journey that reveal the way towards achieving happiness. And sometimes, they are found not in the adult’s way of life but in the simple stories
Being young should be the time for freedom, fun, and self-exploration. Unfortunately, in today’s competitive environment, kids as young as grade schoolers already worry about their futures. Tim Jordan, MD has seen this during a
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If you’ve ever been bullied in your childhood, you’d know just what a quagmire the hallways of middle school are for kids. No matter how much you want to protect your daughter, there is
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Show Notes: Digital wellness expert Dawn Wible discusses programs for keeping kids safe on their devices and social media. Who is most vulnerable to the harmful effects of devices? Dawn shares who is most vulnerable
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Show Notes: Mariana Alessandri, author of Night Vision, discusses the need to normalize all of our emotions and to educate girls to listen to what they have to teach us. How the culture has conditioned
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Show Notes: Gynecologist Dr. Maggie Abraham discusses how to educate girls about the physical changes from puberty and about menstruation management. When should you start talking to girls about puberty? Dr. Maggie Abraham is a board-certified
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Show Notes: Girls often respond to toxic friends with tend & befriend behaviors instead of moving on for fear of being alone. Understanding the importance of girl’s friendships Dr. Jordan describes how important friends are
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Show Notes: Health coach Marnie Dachis Marmet discusses the many ways girls & parents can practice regular self-care, including sleep, nutrition, yoga, and mindfulness. Why girls don’t practice regular self-care Marnie shares the reasons why
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Show Notes: The most beneficial diet for adolescent girls includes social-emotional and mental health items, not calories. Perhaps there is a different, healthier kind of diet plan that would better suit the developmental and social-emotional
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Show Notes: What do you mean by the “soul’s code?” The book, The Soul’s Code, offers a way to see thru children’s misbehaviors for the deeper meaning behind them, i.e., clues about their character and
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Show Notes: Intentions for running weekly family meetings: Running weekly family meetings results in more closeness, increased cooperation, kids who feel empowered & heard, & who learn many crucial life skills. Here are some of
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Show Notes: Women don’t scream or fight back during sexual assaults and rapes due to protective brain responses and cultural conditioning. Soccer player Jenni Hermoso’s story of sexual assault In this podcast, listen to the recent
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Show Notes: Reasons kids engage parents in power struggles Dr. Jordan many reasons why kids engage us in power struggles including: feel disconnected from distracted parents, intense & powerful temperament, autocratic parenting style, being tired
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Show Notes: Learn how to handle calls from homesick college freshmen to empower them to learn how to cope, problem-solve, and grow in confidence. Why young adults aren’t prepared to take care of themselves Many
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Show Notes: Dr. Jordan discusses how girls can reframe past experiences & scars into healthy stories Turning scars into beauty exercise Dr. Jordan describes an exercise he did with his high school campers where they
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Show Notes: Creating a lot of down time at our camp allows kids to take initiative & create their own fun and games. The benefits of unsupervised, down time In this podcast, Dr. Jordan describes
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Show Notes: In this podcast, learn the benefits and the tools for forgiving others. Research on the harmful effects of not forgiving others Research on the negative effects of not forgiving others: increased stress, anxiety,
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Show Notes: The following are 5 ways we are sucking the heart and soul out of our children’s lives and with great cost: Down time for self-directed play Value the arts 2. We don’t value
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Visit the Camp Weloki website for detailed information about our upcoming Summer camps and weekend retreats for girls in grade school, middle and high school.
