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Top 10 Ways to Preserve Girls’ Self-Esteem, Part 1

Research shows that girls experience a significant drop in self-esteem around puberty — often during the middle school years. They internalize negative messages they hear from others and the media. …

Why Teens are Ill-Equipped to Self-Monitor Social Media for College

In this guest post, Alan Katzman explains in detail exactly why today’s teens are ill-equipped to self-monitor their social media in preparation for the college application process. (February 8, 2014)…

Critical Thinking Skills: Tools Your Daughter Needs for College

Critical thinking can be traced to the Socratic method of Ancient Greece. It is a process of asking questions to trigger a deeper level of thinking and understanding. It is…

Redirecting Parental Concern Over Teen Social Media Use and College

In this guest post by Alan Katzman, parents are encouraged to redirect their concerns over teen social media use by asking not what their teens are doing online but rather…

Is Your Daughter Prepared for College and Beyond… Emotionally?

So your daughter is heading to college this fall. Congratulations! For parents and high school seniors alike, this is an emotionally charged and bittersweet time. It is a time to…

Self-Esteem Influences All Areas of Your Life

I find it interesting — yet sad — that many women and girls I work with in my counseling sessions have an expectation that their self-esteem should be higher; and…

So how’s your self-esteem?

So how is your self-esteem? Answering this question feels almost too personal – as if you were being asked your age or weight or about the most embarrassing moment in…

Moving on After Divorce

Why is it so difficult to move on after divorce? Well, this may seem obvious but there are many women who feel that the expectation is to move on –…

Stop Making the Same Mistake

As a counselor and empowerment coach to women and girls, clients come to me with problems in their relationships. More often than not, these ladies feel as if they are…

Relationships are Complicated; So are Divorces

Divorce is never easy. It involves a lot of emotional pain. It exposes hidden insecurities. It brings up a whole host of questions for which there seem to be no…