I'm Tanya Meessmann and this is the Raising Girl Shaped Flames Podcast. It's my fundamental belief that every girl has a fire in her belly and confidence is the oxygen to those flames. If you're the parent of a teenage girl who could do with a confidence injection, listen in as we deep dive into the relationship between confidence and the areas of your daughter's life it directly impacts, such as happiness, resilience, communication, connection, and much more. This podcast aims to leave you inspired by new ways to build your daughter's self-belief and nurture her flame from a flicker into an inferno. All right, all right. Enough of the fire puns already... Let's strike the match!The Raising Girl Shaped Flames podcast is for parents looking for support and advice on how to encourage stronger self-confidence and courage within their own daughters, so as to positively affect their daughter’s life outcomes, livelihood and day-to-day happiness. A variety of guests are interviewed by GSF Founder, Tanya Meessmann, and together they discuss topics regarding the relationship between CONFIDENCE and courage, setting boundaries, assertiveness, language, stress management and much more. Each episode, Tanya is also joined by Dr Diane Harner for a ‘9 Minutes of Neuroscience’ deep dive into the selected topic.For more information, head to girlshapedflames.com
Season 2 is here and we're diving straight in with a short episode about a concept I've been mulling on recently. In this episode, I discuss an analogy of a parent's war on confidence enemies, and how we train ourselves and our daughters to fight them! I’d like to preface this quick episode with the following: in this episode I’m going to talk about war, however it is through a conceptual analogy and in no way meant to downplay the impact live and deadly wars are having on millions of people...
3 Jul 2022
RGSF is BACK! [Season 2 Trailer]
Aaaaaand we’re back! This teaser looks ahead to Season 2 of the Raising Girl Shaped Flames Podcast, including upcoming topics such as Stop ‘fixing’ and Start Having Fun’, Negative Thinking, Convincing her to Try New Things, and the 5 key Areas of Courage Every girl needs – to name a few! If you’re a parent, aunt, grandparent, educator or just anyone who cares about the confidence and self-worth of a tween or teen girl in their life, then go ahead and HIT THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON as we’re going...
14 May 2021
Confidence as a Working Mum with Dana Malstaff
For today’s edition of the Podcast I am joined by Dana Malstaff Today’s topic will take a dive into the impact that a working mum’s confidence can have on her daughters confidence development We sat down to gain deeper insights into: Women’s personal journeys and confidence blocksWhat impact can a mother’s confidence in herself have on her daughters confidenceReflections on Dana’s personal experiences with her young daughters confidenceAdvice for mum’s with daughters moving into the confidenc...
7 May 2021
Mother's Day + Courageous Mums
For today's extra special edition of the Podcast I am joined by Courageous Mums: Cheryl, Stacey and Petra. These incredible women are parents like you, right in the thick of it all. Each with their unique experiences and courageous parenting stories to share. We sat down to gain deeper insights into: How it feels to be a mother to a teen in the 21st CenturyHow it has personally affected their journeyReflecting on their expectations vs. the realityTouching on the fears they experience as they ...
7 Apr 2021
Confidence and Passion with Ceara Bakes
In today's episode, I am thrilled to be joined by teen cake artist, the very talented Ceara from Ceara Bakes. Ceara courageously reached out to me to be interviewed for this podcast. It wasn't just her cake creations or karate skills, but her drive and determination blew me away from the get go. Her passion for baking brewed in the classroom when science taught Ceara about chemical reactions along with her Grandmother's baking influence, but it's her self assurance and confidence that allows ...
24 Mar 2021
Confidence in Nigeria with Irene Bangwell
In today's episode, I am absolutely thrilled to speak with our first ever international guest, Irene Bangwell from Raising Girls in Nigeria. Irene and I connected over our respective Facebook groups, Raising Girl Shaped Flames and her Parenting Champions Community. We instantly connected over our shared values, beliefs, and of course, our hopes and dreams for young girls in each of our countries, myself in Australia, and Irene is in Nigeria. I can genuinely say that this was one of the most e...
1 Mar 2021
Exam Study Expert with William Wadsworth
We’re doing things a little differently in this week’s episode. We are absolutely still covering confidence, but from an angle that might not spring to mind straight away. This week, I discuss with our special guest William Wadsworth, how stress, pressure and overwhelm affect the girl’s confidence. William is a memory psychologist, an independent researcher, and a study skills coach. He helps ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace exams with less work, less str...
21 Jan 2021
Ten-ager with Madonna King
In this week's episode we take a sneak peak at Madonna King's newest (soon-to-be-released) book Ten-ager. Available from the 27th January from Booktopia, Dymocks, QBD and all good book stores. The book looks into what we all are starting to see firsthand in everyday life, which is, teenage-hood is starting a lot earlier than it used to. And we're now starting to see the characteristics of teenage development is actually starting as early as the age of 10. Madonna saw this and, and has utilise...
11 Jan 2021
Confidence and Commitment for Teen Girls, with Jacqui Bell
In this week's episode we look at the the relationship between CONFIDENCE and COMMITMENT. It's easy to think that an ultra marathon runner is going to be some kind of "alternative human being", who's unflappable, focused on an invisible horizon that we 'regular people' can't actually see! But speaking with Jacqui in this episode was exactly as I had hoped. It revealed that an athlete of her ability and stamina ultimately holds everything that they need within themselves in...
6 Aug 2020
Confidence + Creativity for Teen Girls, with Rachael Sarra
In this week's episode we look at the the relationship between CONFIDENCE and CREATIVITY. Now as a creative person, myself, it's actually been really powerful to reflect on the idea that confidence might actually have an impact on something that's perceived to be quite innate or natural within certain people and personalities. This week's discussion with my special guest, Racheal Sarra - an indigenous artist from Goreng Goreng Country, dives into exactly these things, as she...
25 Jun 2020
Confidence: Let's hear from the Girls!
This week we're hearing from the GIRLS! One of our absolute most favourite things at Girl Shaped Flames is to connect with the girls themselves as regularly as we can, so we sent our resident Grade 12 Girl Shaped Flame Charlotte out into the playground to unearth what's on their mind when it comes to all things CONFIDENCE. And we loved what we heard!! Tune in this episode to gain some fantastic insights about: What girls believe confidence 'is'What helps their confidenceWhat hinders i...
14 Jun 2020
Confidence + Social Media for Teen Girls, with Dr Kristy Goodwin
In this episode of Raising Girl Shaped Flames we’re deep-diving into the relationship between confidence and social media for teenage girls, and I can’t stress enough how comprehensive and informative the discussion I had with Dr Kristy Goodwin was for this episode! In this discussion we look at SO MUCH – but the highlights certainly were: // How Kristy developed from a shy introvert to an award-winning public speaker // The amplification of confidence challenges for girls i...
31 May 2020
Confidence + Setting Boundaries in Teen Girls, with Erica Berchtold
In today’s episode we’re speaking with The Iconic’s CEO and mother of 3, Erica Berchtold, about the role confidence plays in setting boundaries for teenage girls. Erica shares with us insights into her own experience setting both personal and professional boundaries, and looks back on own youth to determine whether she was intentional about devising her boundaries or whether they were ‘circumstantial’. Straight afterward, Dr Diane Harner and I dive into my favourite nine minutes of ever...
24 May 2020
Confidence + Assertiveness in Teen Girls, with Katura Halleday
Assertiveness is a topic that comes up a LOT when I’m speaking with parents of girls I work with. They know their daughter has interests and passions, but when it comes to speaking up, sharing an opinion, pursuing something important to them, something often holds them back. Some parents worry that ‘you’re either born with it, or you’re not’, and others worry that their daughter could be perceived as ‘bossy’ or unlikable if she demonstrates assertive behaviour. Today’s episode really fleshes ...
13 May 2020
Confidence + Happiness in Teen Girls, with Matt Lee
In episode 3 of the Raising Girl Shaped Flames podcast, we are talking about the relationship between confidence and happiness. When we surveyed over 100 parents last year, we asked the question: "If you could have one hope for your daughter's future, what would it be?" And not surprisingly, over 85% of the respondents answered with, you guessed it: happiness. So bringing it back to what we focus on at Girl Shaped Flames, the topic really had me wondering: is there a correlation between happi...
10 May 2020
Confidence + Resilience in Teen Girls, with Michelle Mitchell
In episode 2 of Raising Girl Shaped Flames this week we're talking about the relationship between CONFIDENCE and RESILIENCE, and particularly how it pertains to teenage girls. We have a fantastic special guest, Michelle Mitchell - Educator, Author, & Speaker, and during the chat that I had with her, we touch on: The concept of resilience as 'adaptability' versus 'bouncing back'How confidence helps girls take small steps to increase their resilience And the important role that communi...
3 May 2020
A Personal Journey Through Confidence, Courage and Self-Belief, with Tanya Meessmann
In the first 'official' episode of Raising Girl Shaped Flames, founder Tanya Meessmann takes listeners on the personal journey she experienced and how key aspects of her youth set the foundation for confidence, courage and self-belief to grow. This journey would be what led her to start Girl Shaped Flames, a social enterprise dedicated to developing the strongest, most confident and empowered generation of girls the world has ever seen. [1:40] An Amazing Life, filled with wins, adventur...
24 Apr 2020
000 - Welcome to the Raising Girl Shaped Flames Podcast
It's my fundamental belief that every girl has a fire in her belly and confidence is the oxygen to those flames. If you're the parent of a teenage girl who could do with a confidence injection, listen in as we deep dive into the relationship between confidence and the areas of your daughter's life it directly impacts, such as happiness, resilience, communication, connection, and much more. I aim to leave you inspired by new ways to build your daughter's self-belief and nurture her flame from ...
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