Girls With Dreams Shares Advice at O’Fallon Library
October 25, 2008
Girls With Dreams shared the Seven Secrets from “The Powder Box Secrets: 7 Tips to Help Teen Girls Achieve Success” with teens last night at the Middendorf-Kredell Branch Library in O’Fallon
Girls With Dreams teen advisors Aubrey Gohl and Sarah Henke joined editor and art director Kate O’Toole and founder Carrie Silver-Stock to discuss the book and issues that teens face.
Carrie Talks with Ingrid Vanderveldt of Club E
October 9, 2008
Find out more about Carrie’s entrepreneurial journey with Girls With Dreams when she talks to Ingrid Vanderveldt, founder of Club E Network and host of CNBC’s American Made. Visit www.powderboxdreams.com for more information about Girls With Dreams and Carrie Silver-Stock.
Girls With Dreams featured in St. Louis Post Dispatch
July 29, 2008
Check out the most recent article featuring Girls With Dreams, published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Teen Workshop Set
July 19, 2008
Latest News from the Edwardsville Intelligencer
http://www.theintelligencer.com/articles/2008/07/19/local_news/doc487b71c60f0c4858717927.txt
Friends + Dreams + Action
July 10, 2008
A lot of girls ask me why I started Girls With Dreams. In a nutshell, it comes down to 3 things: Friends + Dreams + Action. That is why we’re here. Let me explain a little more.
Friends: Our space is the best place to be yourself, meet other girls, realize you’re not alone in the issues that you face, and learn that we don’t need to compete with one another. We can accomplish so much more when we work together instead of put each other down!
Dreams: Our space is the best place to dream bigger, explore new interests, and find the tools to deal with the everyday stuff (peer pressure, friend problems, etc.) that gets in the way of living your best life.
Action: Get excited about taking action in your life and the world around you! It’s not always easy to take a stand for yourself and do things the way you want to, but that’s why we’re here! The other part of action is learning that we grow so much by giving, whether it’s reaching out to the girl who dropped her lunch or sending money to build schools in Africa. It’s all about getting outside of ourselves.
So do you think you could use more friends, dreams, or action in your life? We’re glad you stopped by and hope you’ll stay around, let us know what you think and tell your friends about us! If you really like us, contact us at info@girlswithdreams.com about all the ways you can get involved!
Welcome to Our Media Room!
June 17, 2008
Take a look at all of the published information about The Powder Box Secrets and Girls With Dreams. Look for Carrie’s bio, the book information sheet, major message points, press releases, interview information, and recent articles.
If you can’t find what you need, please contact us at info@girlswithdreams.com or (314) 374-5795. Thanks!
Meet Carrie!
June 16, 2008
Carrie Silver-Stock, MSW, LCSW, author of the award winning, Powder Box Secrets: Seven Tips to Help Teen Girls Achieve Success, and founder and CEO of Girls with Dreams.com, has a dream of creating an amazing global community of teen girls. Carrie’s forthcoming book, Secrets Girls Keep, published by HCI, best known for Chicken Soup and the Soul series, will be out in Fall 2009.
Carrie wants to start a movement and revolution for girls to not only stop putting each other down, but to design a safe place they can get new ideas and support for some of their toughest problems. The mission is simple: to create a place founded on friends, dreams, and action where girls will empower one another to build their best lives. Girls will learn how to be leaders and take action in their own lives and in the world.
Carrie has collaborated with organizations like Girls Inc. and the Girl Scouts. As a former radio talk show host, social worker, and life coach, Carrie has also appeared on Today in St. Louis (KSDK/NBC), ABC Radio, On the Road with IV, Guidelines for Mental Health (Cable TV), Women’s Media, CKOM radio, Working Women’s Show, numerous St. Louis venues, and has had articles published in a variety of media outlets. Carrie has taught at local colleges and presented workshops at University Missouri St. Louis. Carrie served as an advisory board member for the Go the Distance Project.
Carrie’s favorite activities are spending time with her husband, two boys, and two dogs and staying active. She especially loves walking, boating, water-skiing, pilates, and hanging out anywhere near a beach, even though her current home is in St. Louis, Missouri.
Inspire Girl Power.
May 7, 2008
just thought this article might be interesing. Melissa Chapman talks about Girls With Dreams and other organizations trying to inspire more girl power!
Tell us what does girl power mean to you. When do you feel the most strong?
What is Powder Box Dreams?
March 5, 2008
Well, here we go! This is the first official entry for powderboxdreams! I’m sure you’re wondering what this means and what we’re all about.
I really feel that as girls, we need a place that is safe where we can tell each other our secrets, express the way things really are and share what we’re dealing with. We also need a place where we can support each other to reach our dreams, our goals and our aspirations. I’m so tired of watching girls and women knock each other down as they try to climb to the top! What if we helped each other and used each other as support? Wouldn’t that ultimately make us better as individuals, but also more powerful as a group of women? Wouldn’t it allow us to tap into so much more potential and success? Wouldn’t all of us reach our goals sooner and with more grace, power and joy?
So, that’s what we’re trying to do here and I hope that you’ll jump in and share your stories and advice!
If you’re still wondering, “What in the world is a powder box?”, let me explain. The word actually came from a recent book I published called The Powder Box Secrets: 7 Tips to Help Teen Girls Achieve Success. It sounds like a really funny term, but it’s really a symbol for so many things!
The Powder Box …
… represents our connection to each other.
… is a symbol of our power, strength, femininity, and self-expression.
… is private, safe, and revealing.
… is the keeper of our secrets.
I’m so excited you’re here and I would love for you to join us! We need you, your fun ideas, your brain power, and your questions.
