Raising Girl Shaped Flames

Aaaaaand we’re back!

This teaser looks ahead to Season 2 of the Raising Girl Shaped Flames Podcast, including upcoming topics such as Stop ‘fixing’ and Start Having Fun’, Negative Thinking, Convincing her to Try New Things, and the 5 key Areas of Courage Every girl needs – to name a few!

If you’re a parent, aunt, grandparent, educator or just anyone who cares about the confidence and self-worth of a tween or teen ...

For today’s edition of the Podcast I am joined by Dana Malstaff

Today’s topic will take a dive into the impact that a working mum’s confidence can have on her daughters confidence development

We sat down to gain deeper insights into:

• Women’s personal journeys and confidence blocks
• What impact can a mother’s confidence in herself have on her daughters confidence
• Reflections on Dana’s personal experiences with her young daughters conf...

For today's extra special edition of the Podcast I am joined by Courageous Mums: Cheryl, Stacey and Petra.

These incredible women are parents like you, right in the thick of it all. Each with their unique experiences and courageous parenting stories to share.

We sat down to gain deeper insights into:

• How it feels to be a mother to a teen in the 21st Century
• How it has personally affected their journey
• Reflecting on their expect...

In today's episode, I am thrilled to be joined by teen cake artist, the very talented Ceara from Ceara Bakes.

Ceara courageously reached out to me to be interviewed for this podcast. It wasn't just her cake creations or karate skills, but her drive and determination blew me away from the get go.

Her passion for baking brewed in the classroom when science taught Ceara about chemical reactions along with her Grandmother'...

In today's episode, I am absolutely thrilled to speak with our first ever international guest, Irene Bangwell from Raising Girls in Nigeria.

Irene and I connected over our respective Facebook groups, Raising Girl Shaped Flames and her Parenting Champions Community. We instantly connected over our shared values, beliefs, and of course, our hopes and dreams for young girls in each of our countries, myself in Australia, and Irene ...

We’re doing things a little differently in this week’s episode. We are absolutely still covering confidence, but from an angle that might not spring to mind straight away.

This week, I discuss with our special guest William Wadsworth, how stress, pressure and overwhelm affect the girl’s confidence. 

William is a memory psychologist, an independent researcher, and a study skills coach. He helps ambitious students to study smarter, not...

In this week's episode we take a sneak peak at Madonna King's newest (soon-to-be-released) book Ten-ager. Available from the 27th January from Booktopia, Dymocks, QBD and all good book stores.

The book looks into what we all are starting to see firsthand in everyday life, which is, teenage-hood is starting a lot earlier than it used to. And we're now starting to see the characteristics of teenage development is actual...

In this week's episode we look at the the relationship between CONFIDENCE and COMMITMENT. 

It's easy to think that an ultra marathon runner is going to be some kind of "alternative human being", who's unflappable, focused on an invisible horizon that we 'regular people' can't actually see! 

But speaking with Jacqui in this episode was exactly as I had hoped.  It revealed that an athl...

In this week's episode we look at the the relationship between CONFIDENCE and CREATIVITY. 

Now as a creative person, myself, it's actually been really powerful to reflect on the idea that confidence might actually have an impact on something that's perceived to be quite innate or natural within certain people and personalities. 

This week's discussion with my special guest, Racheal Sarra - an indigenous artist fro...

This week we're hearing from the GIRLS! One of our absolute most favourite things at Girl Shaped Flames is to connect with the girls themselves as regularly as we can, so we sent our resident Grade 12 Girl Shaped Flame Charlotte out into the playground to unearth what's on their mind when it comes to all things CONFIDENCE. 

And we loved what we heard!!

Tune in this episode to gain some fantastic insights...

In this episode of Raising Girl Shaped Flames we’re deep-diving into the relationship between confidence and social media for teenage girls, and I can’t stress enough how comprehensive and informative the discussion I had with Dr Kristy Goodwin was for this episode!

In this discussion we look at SO MUCH – but the highlights certainly were: 

//  How Kristy developed from a shy introvert to an award-winning public speaker
//  The a...

In today’s episode we’re speaking with The Iconic’s CEO and mother of 3, Erica Berchtold, about the role confidence plays in setting boundaries for teenage girls.

Erica shares with us insights into her own experience setting both personal and professional boundaries, and looks back on own youth to determine whether she was intentional about devising her boundaries or whether they were ‘circumstantial’. 

Straight afterward, Dr Diane H...

Assertiveness is a topic that comes up a LOT when I’m speaking with parents of girls I work with. They know their daughter has interests and passions, but when it comes to speaking up, sharing an opinion, pursuing something important to them, something often holds them back.

Some parents worry that ‘you’re either born with it, or you’re not’, and others worry that their daughter could be perceived as ‘bossy’ or unlikable if she demo...

In episode 3 of the Raising Girl Shaped Flames podcast, we are talking about the relationship between confidence and happiness.

When we surveyed over 100 parents last year, we asked the question: "If you could have one hope for your daughter's future, what would it be?" And not surprisingly, over 85% of the respondents answered with, you guessed it: happiness.

So bringing it back to what we focus on at Girl Shaped Flam...

In episode 2 of Raising Girl Shaped Flames this week we're talking about the relationship between CONFIDENCE and RESILIENCE, and particularly how it pertains to teenage girls. We have a fantastic special guest, Michelle Mitchell - Educator, Author, & Speaker, and during the chat that I had with her, we touch on:

• The concept of resilience as 'adaptability' versus 'bouncing back'
• How confidence helps gi...

In the first 'official' episode of Raising Girl Shaped Flames, founder Tanya Meessmann takes listeners on the personal journey she experienced and how key aspects of her youth set the foundation for confidence, courage and self-belief to grow.  This journey would be what led her to start Girl Shaped Flames, a social enterprise dedicated to developing the strongest, most confident and empowered generation of girls the worl...

It's my fundamental belief that every girl has a fire in her belly and confidence is the oxygen to those flames. If you're the parent of a teenage girl who could do with a confidence injection, listen in as we deep dive into the relationship between confidence and the areas of your daughter's life it directly impacts, such as happiness, resilience, communication, connection, and much more. I aim to leave you inspired...