http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog The Teen Confidence Coach Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:18:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey Girls... I'm writing a book for teen girls called "Loving the Girl in the Mirror: Reflections of Your True Self" and I NEED YOUR HELP!  I could very easily write this book based on my own "self" and how I transformed my life from troubled teen to teen mentor, but I ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/calling-all-girls-help-me-write-my-book/ Hey Girls... in the archives of this blog, there's an article I wrote about how to create your own Sacred Space or meditation area/room. Well, now that I've gone high tech and have become a You Tuber, I created a video and give you a glimpse of my own Sacred ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/teen-girls-claiming-your-place-power-in-the-world/ This video is an entry into a More Magazine Contest about your favorite F-Word! Jamie Lee Curtis proposed this contest to More Mag and there is an entire feature article about her in the June issue. In her More Magazine article, the author delved deep and asked Jamie Lee to explain her deep ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/my-favorite-f-word/ This video is a response to a girl named Ashley who is 19. Ashley wrote: Dear Kathleen, I have always taken pride on my amount of confidence compared to other people. But I noticed lately that I've been gaining alot of weight and now I feel unsure of myself. How do a I ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/teen-girls-body-image-self-confidence/ Today's video is about how to "attract" the right guy into your life. I want to thank Isabel who emailed me with her powerful question/challenge about boys. http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/teen-girls-how-to-attract-the-right-guy/ I'm so excited!! I have joined the ranks of millions of other "You Tubers" and am now the director of my own channel on You Tube!! I am also working with a new intern this summer and she has been a gift from heaven above. Her name is Eileen O'Neill and ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/kathleen-hassan-the-teen-confidence-coach/ One of the most powerful, if not the most important relationship in a girl’s life is the one she has with her mother. The way a mother and daughter interact and communicate affects and shapes a girl’s sense of self and often forms the basis for the way a girl ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/the-talk-before-the-talk/ Dear Kathleen,  As a teenage girl, I feel too much pressure to be beautiful, skinny, and fashionable. First of all, I know it is pretty normal to find faults with my body. The thing that bugs me about it is how much people look into it. Most of the time, the people ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/finding-your-voice-taking-a-stand/ Nothing can throw a teen off course quite like a breakup. All the energy that goes into this real-life drama can thwart academic progress and derail athletic performance as well. But pretending it didn’t happen isn’t the solution, nor is wallowing in the “if only’s.” The Breakdown Boy meets girl. Lust ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/the-breakdown-of-a-breakup%e2%80%a6-towards-a-new-breakthrough/ Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it… But Middle Schoolers? Say it isn’t so. When songwriter Cole Porter penned his memorable lyrics in 1928 he was talking about "falling in love" not “making love.” Apparently peer pressure was a factor even back then as the song implies, everyone ... http://www.kathleenhassan.com/blog/index.php/everybody%e2%80%99s-doing-it%e2%80%a6-why-not-middle-schoolers/