A Letter For Your 15th Birthday

Another author I love, Deborah Reber,  who also writes books for teens and founded Smart Girls Know, had a very interesting post.  It’s the 25th anniversary of her 15th birthday so she wrote a letter to her younger self.  I loved it and I think you’ll love it too, whether you are about to turn 15 or are getting ready to graduate from high school, it has great reminders for the teen in all of us!  You can read it here.

Tip 5 From Carrie: Be Fit and Stay Fit

This is one of the top tips Carrie reveals in her new book Secrets Girls Keep. 

It’s so easy to miss out on sleep, get carried away with junk food, and not take good care of yourself.  But, Carrie shares some simple ways you take better care of yourself. 

Simple things like drinking more water, sleeping 8 hours a night, and eating less junk food and more fruits and veggies can go a long way in helping you feel better!  The key is to do this consistenly, not just try it a few times and then get back to old habits.

Tip 4 From Carrie: Find Courage & Confidence

This is one of the top tips Carrie reveals in her new book Secrets Girls Keep.  Take a look at your confidence and courage.  If you had to rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being great, what would your overall score be? 

What about your confidence when faced with peer pressure?  Academics?  When your around your friends?  How does your score change?  If you want to find out more about how you can have more courage and confidence, watch Carrie talk about this tip on Girls With Dreams TV.

Have You Heard of Girl Talk?

Recently, I was fortunate to meet the founder of Girl Talk, Haley Kilpatrick.  I was totally inspired by how Haley’s dream is now helping thousands of girls!  At only the age of 15, in 2002, Haley started Girl Talk.  She believed that if girls’ emotional needs where addressed, they would excel academically.

Girl Talk is a student-to-student mentoring program that pairs middle school girls with high school girls who serve as mentors. Weekly meetings are held before or after school, during which the high school “Leader” conducts valuable lessons that address issues middle school girls face every day.

Today, Girl Talk is one of the fastest growing nonprofit mentoring programs in the country. It has reached more than 30,000 girls in 36 states. Currently, Haley is working hard to ensure that Girl Talk has a Chapter in all 50 states by 2010.

If you want to bring a chapter to your school, visit the Girl Talk website to find out how!

Amazing Teen Interview with Taylor Swift

Whether you are a Taylor Swift fan or not, you won’t want to miss an amazing interview Jordan did for the Oprah Show. Through her interview with Jordan as well as other pieces they shared, I loved so many points Taylor Swift shared. Here are a few you might like.

• Taylor talked about how she doesn’t need a boyfriend. When she is dating someone, she wants to be totally into him.
• Taylor dealt with being left out when she was around 10 or 11. She talked about not knowing if kids at her school would talk to her.
• Oprah said she thinks it’s really cool when people can think a dream and then have that dream come true. She talked to Taylor about her dreams of singing and how she’s made it. Watch Taylor talk to Jordan on Oprah to find out more!

Tip 3 From Carrie: Who You Hang With Matters

You’ve heard the expression, you are what you eat, well the same expression applies to who you hang out with!  Who are the 5 people you spend the most time with?  Do they build you up or pull you down?  If they build you up, great.  It sounds like you’ve got great friends.  If they are pulling you down, you might want to take another look at your friends.

You can hear me talk more about friends on Girls With Dreams TV.

Stevie Recommends Having Alone Time

There is so much going on in this world and we go through life never taking a minute to spend time with ourselves.

As girls, we are important and if we get to busy and can’t take a minute to step back and give ourselves alone time then we shouldn’t be doing anything else.

Go take a walk, or hang out in your room…Just you and yourself. Put away your phone, turn off the television, and log out of facebook [Or girls with dreams :)]

Taking time out for yourself shows you care about yourself and you have self control. Try doing it on a daily basis. It doesn’t have to be for hours unless you want it to be, maybe just ten minutes of your night.  I think you’ll be surprised at the results when you can start to find small windows of quiet time.

Stevie Recommends Having a Girls Night

Take a Friday once a month or so and have a girls night with you and your closes friends. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy but just spend the night catching up on things and sharing your feeling. It’s good to let your emotions out and with your girls you know no one will tell.

Make it a tradition to do like every last Friday or Saturday of the month.

Do fun things like talk, bake, play games, have a pillow fight, do your nails, dress up, take pictures. It’s a good thing to do to create memories!  Remember just always have fun with what you do, and spending time with your friends gives you time away from boys, school, and the not fun stuff.

One-Of-A-Kind Dad

Today was my dad’s birthday, and I’ll be nice and not include what his age is. So we have a million traditions in our family, one being birthday dinner. Each year the weekend after your birthday you get to choose a restaurant of your choice (despite location and price) and we go to have dinner there. The birthday kid/parent gets to order what ever they want and we make a big deal out of it! I usually get over excited, make a huge announcement, and get most of the restaurant to sing to whom ever’s birthday it is. Silly I know, but to us it’s a big part of being part of our family.

This year we went to Chevy’s and they stole my thunder and made a big deal with singing and clapping. Not to be out done I made a short speech to the group about how cool my dad is (despite his wearing a man skirt/kilt). I was just messing around on the Internet tonight and was thinking about what I had said.

Do you ever let your dad know how much he means to you? Just because your a tween or teenager doesn’t mean you can’t still be daddy’s little girl. Dads need to know they are loved, that the are appreciated. So the mission I want to send all of you out to do is: go find your dad where ever he is,and tell him in your own way how much he means to you. Call him up, go hug him, and just tell him that he means the world to you. Because dad’s, just like the rest of us, need lovin’ too.

How to Have More Fun This Halloween

If you’re looking for a great way to have fun with your friends this Halloween, be sure to watch our teens share some great ideas on Girls With Dreams TV.  They talk about everything from bonfires to going out with your friends.

If you’re still looking for the perfect costume, make sure you listen to our teens share tips on finding the best costume!

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