self esteem

MaKayla Williams – Bonding and Building Leadership Skills

By at November 23, 2010 | 12:12 pm | 2 Comments

This week's High Achiever is Makayla Williams of Round Rock, TX. I found out about Makayla from one of our wonderful supporters, Mrs. Christine Williams of Noah's Ark Animal Workshops.  Mrs. Williams is a Party Leader for the workshops and Makayla, her daughter,  is a great assistant for Mrs. Williams!  Here's what she had to say about Makayla. "During the

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Girls Empowerment Network – Austin, TX

By at July 16, 2010 | 4:27 pm | 0 Comment

Website: www.genaustin.org Telephone: (512) 841-4093 Mission GEN's mission is to foster healthy self-esteem in girls by engaging them to explore and define their personal values and to build skills that empower them with confidence and courage to make wise choices. Values GENaustin girls will Identify important values in their lives and make decisions that are

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Stir Up Your God Given Gifts and Talents

By at July 17, 2009 | 6:16 pm | 2 Comments

Stir Up Your Gifts by Elaine Bryant, Executive Director Sharing & Caring, Inc. Do you remember being wide eyed and excited watching your mother mix ingredients into a bowl to bake brownies?  In goes the sugar, flour, eggs and your mom would take a large spoon and stir up all the ingredients until they were well mixed together.  Then she would let you lick

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Share Your Positive Affirmations for Women and Girls!

By at June 6, 2009 | 8:50 am | 3 Comments

 Just as you are what you eat, you are what you think, speak, and believe. As a teenager, I struggled with peer pressure, family pressure and every other pressure.  There are so many people in the world today who are hurting and will lash out to hurt you and to inflict pain on everyone they meet.  Their darts of anger and hostility bounce off of strong well

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Help Your Teen Daughter Develop A Healthy Body Image

By at May 24, 2009 | 12:00 pm | 3 Comments

By Aurelia Williams, Author of Understanding Your Teen   I'm fat!" "I'm ugly!" "I have nothing to wear that doesn't make me look gross!" Despite all your pep talks and positive reinforcement, you can't seem to get through to your daughter. She's unhappy with her appearance and convinced that everyone else is looking at her with judgment. You're sad that

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Ways to Improve Self-Esteem In Teen Girls

By at May 20, 2009 | 10:13 am | 3 Comments

The following article provides several tips that may help build and improve the self esteem in African American teen girls. Super-SizingYour Teen's Self Esteem  Your teenager may go through times where their self-esteem goes up and down; especially if they’re being teased by their peers. You may want to find ways of raising your teen’s self-esteem to a higher

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Science Club For Girls – Cambridge, MA

By at March 18, 2009 | 12:26 pm | 1 Comments

Name: Science Club for Girls Website: http://scienceclubforgirls.org/ Telephone: (617) 391-0361 The mission of Science Club for Girls is to increase the self-confidence and science literacy of K–12th grade girls belonging to groups that are underrepresented in the sciences, through free, after school programs that provide experiential learning,

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