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Raising Girl Shaped Flames

I'm Tanya Meessmann and this is the Raising Girl Shaped Flames Podcast. 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. This podcast aims to leave you inspired by new ways to build your daughter's self-belief and nurture her flame from a flicker into an inferno. All right, all right. Enough of the fire puns already... Let's strike the match!The Raising Girl Shaped Flames podcast is for parents looking for support and advice on how to encourage stronger self-confidence and courage within their own daughters, so as to positively affect their daughter’s life outcomes, livelihood and day-to-day happiness. A variety of guests are interviewed by GSF Founder, Tanya Meessmann, and together they discuss topics regarding the relationship between CONFIDENCE and courage, setting boundaries, assertiveness, language, stress management and much more. Each episode, Tanya is also joined by Dr Diane Harner for a ‘9 Minutes of Neuroscience’ deep dive into the selected topic.For more information, head to girlshapedflames.com

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Raising Girl Shaped Flames

A Personal Journey Through Confidence, Courage and Self-Belief, with Tanya Meessmann

May 03, 2020 • Tanya Meessmann • Season 1 • Episode 1

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 world has ever seen.

[1:40] An Amazing Life, filled with wins, adventures and high fives.

[6:00] Or was it? A deeper dive into what went wrong along the way...

[12:00] Why Tanya shares this story with the teenage girls that she works with.

[13:00] Three key aspects of Tanya's youth that contributed to her confidence

[16:00] How Tanya's parents and role models shaped her self-belief.

[24:04] The beginning of Girl Shaped Flames

[25:30] 9 Minutes of Neuroscience with Dr Diane Harner

[34:40] Conclusion

Course mentioned in this episode: "Stronger Than You Know" online course for Teen Girls

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