teen girls Archives - Shaylene King

January is Here!

January 27, 2023 by Shaylene King In: Books Tagged: body image, Girl Bullying, Girl tough, guided interactive journals for girls, identity, journals, journals for girls, journals for teen girls, Relational Aggression, teen girls

Hello January! It’s a NEW year and my newest book…. a guided interactive journal for girls, Girl Tough, Identity is here to help the teen girl in your life! This guided interactive journal was created to help girls better understand who they are so they can navigate girl world in a healthy way. From their friendships to insecurities, competition, and comparison with other girls to using social media responsibly, this journal is power packed with purpose! Download a FREE Chapter HERE! “When a girl is confident with who she is, she is less likely to mistreat other girls…

Girl, When You Doubt Who You Are…

August 16, 2018 by Shaylene King In: Uncategorized Tagged: believe, belong, christian, doubt, Faith, fall short, girl, girls, held, I am yours, identity, Lauren Dangle, love, loved, measure up, Not Enough, speaker, speaking, strong, teen girls, truth, victory, Who I Am In Christ, women, worth, you got this, You Say

Ever doubt who you are? Put your fingers to your opposite wrist. If you have a pulse, you have doubted who you are! And if you are female, there have been times (more than you might like to admit,) you’ve thought with your emotions, not your mind. It can be so easy to believe the lies we tell ourselves. We give into insecurities, or allow rejections to define us. We can be an out of control rampant hormonal tornado, causing damage and destruction to ourselves… and if we’re being real, sometimes each other. Identity crisis and comparison are…

Barbie vs Average 19 Year Old Teen, How Do They Measure Up?

July 8, 2013 by Shaylene King In: Body Image Tagged: Barbie, body image, CDC, Center for Disease Control, Demi Lavato, Girl Bullying, mean girls, Nicholay Lamm, normal, Scott Stump, teen girls, teens tweens, TODAY

The above picture is a 3-D model created using Photoshop and the Centers for Disease Control’s measurements of the average 19-year-old woman. What a fantastic representation of what is real and normal for a teenage girl. I love the article by Scott Stump which I have included in the link below because he sheds light on an issue and topic which is a very real for every teenage girl…body image. I have mentored teen girls for almost 20 years now and the biggest struggle is body image. And it’s not only teen girls. I believe we as women in general struggle…