Toxic Friendships: Is She a Friend or a Frienemy?
Are you in a toxic friendship? Is your BFF actually a friend frienemy? It’s a question that many adults and adolescents ask themselves when thinking about those in their social circle. No, it’s not the movie Mean Girls. Sadly, its real life and it often doesn’t stop after you leave the halls of high school. [...]
Vlog on Feeling Confident in Social Situatons
Social anxiety and feeling insecure in new or uncomfortable situations can contribute to low self-esteem. With practice, skills and emotional regulation, you can begin to have an easier time in these situations. Whether you need to assert yourself, meet new people, or feel uneasy, the tips in this vlog can help you build your confidence. [...]
Eating Disorders and Self-Esteem
Self-esteem and eating disorders are linked. How? Our self-esteem, how much we like or approve of ourselves, plays a major role in prevention and treatment of eating disorders. As part of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, I thought we talk about this important relationship between ED and self-esteem. […]
My Five Things: Learn How To Take Five
Each week, it’s my goal to bring you 5 things and ideas that can inspire, excite, help you reach goals, and motivate you to feel your best. In my personal life, I have always relied on using five minutes, five things, five actions in order to motivate and feel just a little better. If I [...]
How-To Stay Healthy This Winter
Tis the season to be…Sick? Injured? Exhausted? Let’s hope not. As the chilly air approaches and the snowflakes begin to fall your immune system is up for a challenge. Winter is notoriously one of the most difficult times of the year on our health. Holiday stress takes a toll on us mentally and physically, add [...]
Helping Her Thive: My Interview on Girls Self-Esteem
With most of our girls headed back to school in the next few weeks, it is important to understand the connection between low self-esteem and girls. Research shows that by the age of 9, a girl’s self-esteem actually begins to decline. There is a shift in focus: outside appearances begin to take precedence over her [...]
Back-to-School Guidance
* * * * * Emily Roberts MA, LPC is The Guidance Girl. Her goal is to help YOU become the most confident person you know! Emily is an award-winning author Express Yourself: A Teen Girls Guide to Speaking Up and Becoming Who You Are, Psychotherapist, TV & Media Contributor, Educational Speaker, and parenting consultant. She [...]
Change Your Mood With Gratitude
Commuting in New York City this week was an excellent reminder of how simple and effective using the tool gratitude can be. Stuck in a subway, with thousands of other sweaty passengers, feeling the urge of a negative thought about my situation, or the “You should have gotten on a different car, rode the bus, [...]
Running on Empty: Women and Stress
Sarah Jessica Parker plays a woman many of us know all too well in I Don’t Know How She Does It, a movie based on what most of us are trying to achieve on a daily basis–“having it all”. She actually makes feeling stressed out look good, due to her hair and make-up team. This [...]
Making & Maintaining Friendships: Signs of a True Friend
Friendships take work, over the summer and during back-to-school, we are making and maintaining friendships. Keeping these guidelines on hand, can be helpful to any tween or teen I know (and even some adults I know too). Share them, remember them, and help our girls be a true friend. […]
