RAISING CONFIDENT TEEN DAUGHTERS | Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Mental Health Education, Parenting, Friendship, Comparison

Kristen Arnett - Parenting Coach, Life Coach, Confidence Coach
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Do you ever worry about your daughter losing her spark? Are you unsure how to parent in this new tween or teen season without passing down your own insecurities or accidentally saying the wrong thing? Maybe you’re watching her navigate anxiety, friendship drama, or even bullying, and you’re not always sure what to say, how to help, or when to step in. Parenting suddenly feels less physical and much more emotional, and you just want to stay connected while doing this stage right. If you’ve ever thought, “I just want her to be herself and actually open up to me,” you’re in the right place. Welcome to Raising Confident Teen Daughters, the podcast that helps you connect with your daughter so she can thrive.  Each week, you’ll learn practical, research-based ways to support your daughter through confidence dips, big emotions, friendship struggles, and the messy, beautiful work of growing up. We’ll talk about what to say in the hard moments, how to stay connected as she changes, and how to grow your own confidence as her mom. I’m Kristen - former educator, confidence coach, and mom of three teen girls and one little boy. I know how heavy it can feel when your daughter is struggling. I’ve watched my own girls navigate this stage, and I’ve felt that same, “I don’t know what to do” panic so many moms feel. For a long time, I did what came naturally - freaking out, giving advice, and trying to fix things when it all felt too big. But I learned that supporting her starts with slowing down, stepping back, and parenting with more calm and clarity, even when things feel hard. Now, I help moms do the same. If you want to feel more equipped, be able to respond with confidence, and stay deeply connected as your daughter grows, this podcast is for you. So grab your drink, take a breath, and let’s walk this season together. You’re not alone. And even through the hard times she can learn to thrive, with you by her side. xo, Kristen Learn - https://meanttobeme.org/ Connect - https://www.instagram.com/meanttobe.me/

  1. 1d ago

    109 - Feel Like You’re Being Bullied by Your Tween Daughter? What to Do When EVERYTHING Turns Into a Meltdown

    Do you ever feel like you’re walking on eggshells, changing plans to avoid a meltdown, or hesitating to say no because you already know how she’s going to react? In this episode, we’re talking about what can happen when anxiety, rigidity, and/or big emotions start controlling the whole family, and how to support your tween or teen daughter during, after, between, and beyond the storm.  I know how overwhelming and exhausting this can be… and there’s also hope that things can get better. 🧡 xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - Join me for my free Raising Confident Girls Workshop where I’ll walk you through simple ways to stay calm, confident, and connected with your daughter. You can register here: https://meanttobeme.org/workshop Can't wait to see you there! September 15th 10 AM Az/Pacific - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more! - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

  2. Aug 12

    108 - Are You Living the Life You Want? Top Questions for a Confidence Reset With Your Daughter

    Are you living the life you actually want… and are you helping your daughter do the same? As intentional moms, it’s so easy to get caught up in the busyness of parenting and everyday life without stopping to think about what matters most to us in this season. After celebrating another birthday last week and experiencing some really hard reminders lately of just how precious life is, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on how I’m spending my time, what I value most, and what I want this next season of life to look like. In today’s episode, we’re doing a confidence reset together! I’ll walk you through some of my favorite questions to help you (AND your tween or teen daughter) reflect on your strengths, passions, values, and goals… and make sure the way you’re actually living lines up with the person you want to be. Grab your journal (and save this one to do again with your daughter!) and let’s do a little reset together. 🧡 xo, Kristen   Mentioned in this episode: 🧡 Confidence Map Episode: How to Build Your Confidence Map - Choose Your Adventure Style 🎉 MY BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY! 🎉 I’m celebrating my August birthday by giving away THREE prize packages filled with some of my favorite things for raising confident, connected girls…and a few fun treats for you too!  🥇 FIRST PRIZE (Value: $460) Meant to Be Confident Online Course My favorite marker pens to use with the course workbook $50 Target gift card 🥈 SECOND PRIZE (Value: $120) Private 1:1 coaching session with me for you OR your daughter One of my favorite parent-child connection journals $25 Amazon gift card 🥉 THIRD PRIZE (Value: $50) My Back-to-School Confidence Boost Guide My favorite parenting book, Good Inside $10 Starbucks gift card HOW TO ENTER: Leave an honest rating + review for Raising Confident Teen Daughters on Apple Podcasts. Take a screenshot of your review and DM it to me on Instagram @meanttobe.me  ✨ WANT BONUS ENTRIES? +1 — Join my private Facebook community +1 — Follow me on Instagram +2 — Join my weekly email  +2 — Share the giveaway to your Instagram Stories + tag me +3 — Share your favorite podcast episode to your Instagram Stories + tag me Giveaway closes Sunday, August 16 at 11:59 PM AZ time! Three winners will be selected and announced after the giveaway closes. Good luck, friend, and THANK YOU for celebrating my birthday with me and for helping more girl moms find this podcast! 🧡

  3. Jul 29

    107 - Back-to-School: How to Help Your Daughter Navigate Changing Friendships

    Friendships can change quickly, especially at the start of a new school year. Whether your daughter's best friend has drifted away, she's feeling left out of her friend group, or she's struggling to find her place, changing friendships can be one of the hardest parts of growing up. In this episode, you'll learn how to support your tween or teen daughter through friendship struggles without trying to fix everything for her. You'll learn practical ways to help her build confidence, emotional resilience, and stronger connections as she navigates the ups and downs of friendships. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - Want to help your daughter start the new school year with confidence? Download my Back-to-School Confidence Boost guide for conversation starters, confidence-building activities, role-play ideas, fun printables, and more!   My Resources: - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

  4. Jul 23

    106 - How to Build Emotional Resilience in Your Daughter by Modeling Confidence Yourself

    Our girls don't learn confidence because life always goes according to plan... they learn it by watching how we respond when life doesn't. 🧡 In this episode, I'm sharing the confidence and emotional resilience lessons our family learned these past few months through my husband's job transition. From taking risks and facing failure to managing anxious thoughts and remembering our strengths, this season reminded us that the tools we teach our girls are the very same tools we need as adults. If you've ever wondered how to help your daughter become more confident and emotionally resilient, this episode will encourage you to start by modeling those skills yourself. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here →Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

  5. Jul 17

    105 - Life Lately: Helping Your Daughter Navigate the Storms of Life (Anxiety, Friendship Struggles, Grief & More)

    Life has a way of bringing storms we never saw coming, and our girls will have their own to navigate too.  In this episode, I'm sharing what's been happening in our family's life lately and the reminders it's given me about how we can support our daughters through life's hardest moments. Whether she's facing anxiety, a friendship breakup, grief, disappointment, or another difficult season, our job isn't to help her avoid the storm... it's to help her walk through it with confidence, connection, and hope. xo, Kristen   Mentioned in this episode: - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident   My Resources: - Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms!  - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

  6. Jul 1

    104 - 3 Powerful Confidence Lessons I Learned From Working With Tween Girls This Summer

    After spending two weeks with several amazing tween girls at my local Confidence Camp, I'm sharing the three biggest lessons I brought home: what helps girls open up, why confidence can absolutely be taught, and the powerful role we play as moms in shaping the way our daughters see themselves. If you've ever wondered how to help your daughter build lasting confidence before life gets hard, this episode is for you. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day   My Resources: - Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms!  - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

  7. Jun 24

    103 - The Period Prep Conversations Every Girl Mom Needs to Have: Helping Your Daughter Feel Confident About Body Changes

    Wondering what to say when your daughter starts asking questions about periods and body changes? In this episode, I'm chatting with menstrual cycle educator Briana Villegas to talk about how to make these conversations feel less awkward, when to start them, and why understanding their bodies can help girls feel more confident. Whether your daughter is already asking or you're wondering how to begin the conversations, this will give you practical ideas and encouragement to help you navigate this important stage together. xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: Local Period Prep Workshop - July 22nd  - Join us for an interactive workshop focused on body and cycle literacy for tween and teen girls (ages 8-14) and their moms!  Briana's Bio & Links: Briana Villegas is a certified menstrual cycle educator and integration coach who supports teens and women in understanding and embracing their cyclical experience. Through the Period Prep Workshop, she supports teens start their cycle with confidence and self-trust. Through integration coaching, she supports women in reintegrating the parts of themselves they may have been suppressing or villainizing so they can rewrite their relationship to their cycles and themselves. With a decade of personal and professional experience in the menstrual health space, Briana brings a deeply embodied and trauma-informed approach to everything she does.    Free Parent Guide: https://brianavillegas.com/parentguide  Website: https://brianavillegas.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianavillegascoaching/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrianaVillegasCoaching    My Resources: - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

  8. Jun 17

    102 - Why Your Daughter Is Still Thinking About That Hurtful Comment (And 3 Ways to Help)

    A hurtful comment can stick with a girl for a long time. Whether it was about her appearance, something she did, or anything else, it can be heartbreaking to watch your daughter struggle with the impact of these words. In this episode, I'm sharing about one of the most popular confidence lessons I teach - a powerful way to help girls understand why hurtful comments seem to stick and what they can do instead. 🧡 xo, Kristen    Mentioned in this episode: - Local Summer Confidence Camp! - My Confidence Program for Girls/Moms: Learn simple tools that help your daughter build confidence and strengthen your connection... without you having to figure it all out alone. I’ll guide you step-by-step. Join here → Meant to Be Confident - FREE GUIDE: Join my email insider list and start building her worth and confidence today → Five Simple Ways to Build Your Daughter's Self-Esteem in Five Minutes a Day - Join my NEW Facebook Community: Raising Confident Teen Daughters   Resources: - One-on-One Coaching: If you’d like more personalized support, I offer 45-minute sessions for moms and girls!  You can learn more or book a session here: Coaching - Hand Lettered Design’s Workbooks: One of our favorites in our home. They make it easy (and fun!) for girls to strengthen their mental health daily. Check them out here → Use code KRISTEN to save 10% - Connect with me on Instagram @meanttobe.me for more tips and behind-the-scenes!

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Do you ever worry about your daughter losing her spark? Are you unsure how to parent in this new tween or teen season without passing down your own insecurities or accidentally saying the wrong thing? Maybe you’re watching her navigate anxiety, friendship drama, or even bullying, and you’re not always sure what to say, how to help, or when to step in. Parenting suddenly feels less physical and much more emotional, and you just want to stay connected while doing this stage right. If you’ve ever thought, “I just want her to be herself and actually open up to me,” you’re in the right place. Welcome to Raising Confident Teen Daughters, the podcast that helps you connect with your daughter so she can thrive.  Each week, you’ll learn practical, research-based ways to support your daughter through confidence dips, big emotions, friendship struggles, and the messy, beautiful work of growing up. We’ll talk about what to say in the hard moments, how to stay connected as she changes, and how to grow your own confidence as her mom. I’m Kristen - former educator, confidence coach, and mom of three teen girls and one little boy. I know how heavy it can feel when your daughter is struggling. I’ve watched my own girls navigate this stage, and I’ve felt that same, “I don’t know what to do” panic so many moms feel. For a long time, I did what came naturally - freaking out, giving advice, and trying to fix things when it all felt too big. But I learned that supporting her starts with slowing down, stepping back, and parenting with more calm and clarity, even when things feel hard. Now, I help moms do the same. If you want to feel more equipped, be able to respond with confidence, and stay deeply connected as your daughter grows, this podcast is for you. So grab your drink, take a breath, and let’s walk this season together. You’re not alone. And even through the hard times she can learn to thrive, with you by her side. xo, Kristen Learn - https://meanttobeme.org/ Connect - https://www.instagram.com/meanttobe.me/

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