613: Eliza Reynolds: How To Do Your Own Inner Teen Work In Order To Show Up For Your Teen Girl(s)

Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 6 a.m.

Eliza Reynolds is a best-selling author, speaker, and professional big sibling who keeps it real. She\u2019s spent the last 15 years creating space for preteen and teen girls to be their authentic selves, and now offers online mentorship programs teaching emotional intelligence, embodiment, body literacy, and more for big-hearted preteen and teen girls who are tired of faking it at Badass Girls.\xa0\nI have a number of friends who have teen girls.\xa0I\u2019m learning a lot about this world and - WOW - there is a lot to learn.\xa0I\u2019m so grateful to Eliza for her generous work.\xa0And I\u2019m very inspired to work on my own inner teen work.\xa0I didn\u2019t realize that I had some stuff to heal until Eliza pointed it out.\xa0I hope you\u2019ll join me in this venture, as I think it could be critical to our parenting.\nListen in to hear Eliza\n\nThe importance of doing our own inner teen work in order to support teens in our lives\n\nThe importance of socializing girls to trust themselves\n\nWhy we need to talk about the most intense parts of being a teen openly rather than shying away from it - like we probably did back when we were teens\n\nHow we can heal our own inner teen in order to help the teens in our lives\n\nHow to self regulate as a mom so you can\xa0respond rather than react\xa0in hard moments of parenting\n\nThe steps of moving from dependence to interdependence to independence in parenting\n\nThe 3 S\u2019s of toxic mean girl culture\n\nHow toxic mean girl culture is still alive and well among grown women - and why it exists beyond the teen years\n\nWhy #girlpower is a weary anthem that we need to replace with actual action steps to dismantle systems of oppression and build actual self trust\n\nWhy performative confidence is dangerous and damaging\n\n3 ways for any mom to show up for preteen and teen girls in your family and community\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\nSign up for my\xa0Plan & Prep Pajama Party\n\n\nConnect with Eliza:\xa0me\n\n\nBook:\xa0Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Kids by Gordon Neufeld\n\n\nEliza on IG: @badassgirls.parents and @badassgirls.me\n\nFree Resource:\xa0Badass Girls\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices