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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.
Why doesn't she believe it ? Hello Mom raising a teen daughter (or two, or three...)! You tell her she's beautiful. She brushes it off. You tell her you're proud of how hard she worked. She immediately starts listing everything she did wrong. You remind her she's funny, kind, talented, capable… And somehow, she still doesn't quite believe you. As moms, I think this is one of the hardest parts of raising teen girls. It's not that we don't tell them enough. It's that confidence isn't something...
...Well this is awkward*** Hello Mom raising a teen daughter (or two, or three...)! So she's doing pretty well. She has friends. She's satisfied at school. She loves her sport (or dance, or theatre, or art, or whatever her thing is). She laughs. She has fun. She seems happy. You might be wondering.... Why would she need something like The Happiness Path? And my answer is: She doesn't have to NEED it. She can simply Thrive. We don't wait until our daughters are struggling to teach them how to...
is getting a little crowded. One of the things I hear from teen girls again and again when I ask if they talk to their trusted people about what they're going through is: “They won’t understand. They have their own stuff going on.” Translation: “I’m alone in this.” Maybe it's friendship drama. Toxi comparison. A confidence dip. Big emotions. Wondering where she fits. Wondering if she's enough. The details might be different, but the feeling can be surprisingly similar. “Is anyone else...