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Hi! I'm Chantal, a Registered Psychologist and teen life coach specializing in supporting elite teen girl athletes through injury recovery. Each week, I share practical psychology, inspiring stories, and evidence-informed tools to help teens, parents, coaches, and mentors build confident, resilient young women with strength that extends far beyond sport.
is often connected to something painful from the past. Ever watched your daughter have a surprisingly big reaction to something that seemed relatively small? A comment from a friend. A disappointing grade. Being left out. Feedback from a coach/teacher. What looks like an overreaction in the present is often connected to something painful from the past. I like to think of these experiences as emotional sore spots. Just like a sprained ankle can hurt from even the gentlest bump, past...
It wants you to stop chasing it. Do more. Achieve more. Be more productive. And then… finally be happy? 😅 This message is so toxic for our young women. What happens when they have a bad day or take some downtime... Are they failing? I've been questioning that whole idea lately, and I’m discovering something pretty wonderful: happiness seems to show up more often when I stop chasing it and start actually living my life. Join me on a journey of living, with a few simple practices to help you...
is a trap? We just completed week 5 of The Happiness Path group, which is totally one of my favourites. We dive into how to handle heavy and difficult emotions. Yesterday one MEGA insight that came through was: If the goal is just to be happy, you are sure to feel like a failure. For sure we all like to feel happy, calm, cool, and collected. But when it's the goal to always feel that way, any time we don't is going to feel like we've missed the mark somehow. When I stopped making happiness my...