Confident Girls, Overcoming Debt, Recognizing Body Language, Paralympics, 5 Gratitudes, Fall Parties

Confident Girls  (0:00:00) According to reports, girls’ confidence and self-esteem peaks around age 9, and falls from there. We see it all the time, girls suddenly feel self-conscious of their appearance as their bodies change, they see women in the media and feel they need to wear makeup to get that airbrushed look, they hear gossip at sleepovers and feel they need to be the best at everything to stand out from the crowd and avoid being picked on. What can we do to help foster confidence in girls as they go through the difficult stages of middle school and high school? Here to talk us through it is Illana Raia: lawyer, lecturer, and CEO and Founder of Etre Girls, a mentorship platform for young girls. Overcoming Debt  (0:11:21) There is something nearly every American has in common, and unfortunately, that’s debt. We live in a spending culture and the average American has about 38 thousand dollars of debt, not including their mortgage. How do we get the motivation to even start digging ourselves out of this hole? Jen Smith, founder of Modern Frugality, understands this feeling all too well. She as her husband looked at paying off $78,000 of debt. Jen joins us to share how she and her husband found motivation to pay off their debt in under two years, and how that motivation is attainable for you. Recognizing Body Language  (0:28:43) Can we avoid threatening situations by simply learning body language? With as much as 80% of our interactions with others being nonverbal, learning to recognize potentially dangerous behavior through body language is a skill we all should develop. Whether it’s a suspicious person at the park, someone we’re dating, or even a child trying to be sneaky, body language can tell us exactly what we need to know about others’ motives. Former FBI agent and body language specialist Joe Navarro joins us to share how we can recognize potentially dangerous behavior in both strangers and people we know.  Paralympics  (0:48:54) Have you ever been inspired by the Paralympics or an athlete with