Feb
4

Are Cell Phones The New Junk Food

written by Mat Edvik

It is no secret that teenagers love their cell phones. If you had to guess, what would you think the average amount of text messages sent by teen girls is? Here is a hint… it is more than boys.
Find out the answer to this question and hear some of our thought about why some teen [...]

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Jan
14

What Guys Wish Girl Knew

written by Mat Edvik

Sometimes girls wonder what guys are thinking. This podcast will help to answer those quesions. We will be referring to a book written by John Hilton III and Laney called What Girls Need to Know about Guys; What Guys Need to Know About Girls.
We will be discussing one chapter of the book called What Guys Wish [...]

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Jan
7

Let Him Down Easy

written by Mat Edvik

So, how do you turn a guy down nicely? The reality is that telling a guy that you aren’t interested in him can be hard and scary. Today’s podcasts have some great suggestions on how to do it in the best way possible. There are also some great suggestions about setting up boundaries for dating [...]

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Dec
10

The Importance of Giving

written by Mat Edvik

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
Maya Angelou
Around Christmas time giving is on everyones minds. The quote above is an excellent introduction to our topic for today’s podcast. We talk about what giving means for us and why we feel it is important for us to give. [...]

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Nov
12

When Life Just Isn’t Working

written by Mat Edvik

Summer and I had a marvelous opportunity to speak at the 24th Annual Conference on Child Abuse & Family Violence. We want to thank those who made the presentation possible. We also want to thank those who chose to come to our workshop on helping teen girls develop a positive self-esteem.
We had a lot of [...]

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Oct
14

Foundations of Self Esteem with Rachel Part 2

written by Mat Edvik

We are happy to have Rachel back with us again. Last week Rachel talked about how she realized that the paradigm, or worldview that she was living by was not working for her and how she changed it. Today she joins us to talk about the importance of making choices that take you toward what [...]

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Aug
27

What Do Teen Girls Do to Compensate for Low Self Esteem

written by Mat Edvik

This is a topic that we could probbly do a few podcasts on. There are tons of ways that teen girls compensate for having low self esteem. One of the things that they do is to fish for compliments or try to get people to say nice things to you. This discussion talks about why [...]

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Aug
13

What the Efficacy?

written by Mat Edvik

We talk a lot about self esteem. We have never talked about efficacy. So, what’s the difference? Why is efficacy important? Mat and Summer answer those questions and discuss how efficacy and esteem are related.

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Jul
23

Making Journals and Diaries Exciting

written by Mat Edvik

Amanda does the intro today for the first time. She was nervous, but she does a great job. Summer treats us with a Tuned-In Moment. There are a lot of people who almost do an act of service for someone, but then they don’t follow through. Summer gives us an example of following through.
Today we [...]

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May
14

Dating Advice For The Ladies Again… We Need To Clarify

written by Mat Edvik

We want to thank Zoe. She is a listener who emailed us with a question about the Dating Advice For The Ladies episodes that we have previoulsy released. As a result of her email we wanted to make a clarification about those episodes. Thank You Zoe for setting us straight, or for helping realize that [...]

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