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Finding Her Brave

July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 - by Joanna Durham-Barnes

Shelley and I are at the pool watching our toddler girls play in the shallow water.  My two-year-old scrambles quickly up the stairs to the small water slide and whooshes …

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This Teen Went Medieval – Old School Combat Gets Teen New Skills

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 - by Joanna Durham-Barnes

Our InspireHer articles explore interesting, empowering, and unique ways that women and girls are living and loving their lives.  As I was thinking about interesting women to highlight, my niece …

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Growth Mindset: Using Children’s Literature to Raise Gritty Girls

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 - by Katie Schrodt

I have a confession to make. I have a fixed mindset. I first heard about Carol Dweck’s fixed mindset theory and its influence on growth when I was in graduate …

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Help Your Girls Foster Happiness

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 - by Shelley Groh

Happy is a habit, and science backs five ways to put it into practice Today was the kind of cold and rainy spring day when we all wish the weather …

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Encouraging girls to explore STEM fields

April 4, 2018April 11, 2018 - by Joanna Durham-Barnes

With the journey to Mars under design and self-driving cars taking to the roads, science is changing our world at a lightning pace.  Recent years have seen an increasing focus …

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Do feminists let their daughters wear makeup?

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 - by Joanna Durham-Barnes

She watches me intently as I moisturize, brush powder over my t-zone, and swipe my lashes with mascara.  For a moment, I feel guilty about the example I am setting.  …

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InspireHer: Megan Campbell is the Renaissance Woman

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 - by Shelley Groh

She sews. She races Half Ironmans. She is raising three girls. And she can teach us a lot about creativity, making time for our health and wellness, and keeping our …

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Rejected as a model, and turned out okay

January 15, 2018January 16, 2018 - by Shelley Groh

It’s funny how memory works. I’m not sure that everyone knows what a “lookbook” is, but looking back on my experiences exploring beauty as a teenager, it’s the first word …

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On nourishing my daughters (and myself)

January 8, 2018January 10, 2018 - by Caroline Madison

It’s the summer of 1986. The massive expanse of our blacktop driveway traps the Kentucky heat, making it at least a thousand degrees hotter on the surface than any other …

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Them, too?: Talking about #metoo with our girls

December 4, 2017December 15, 2017 - by Shelley Groh

In October 2017, women spontaneously joined a grassroots movement to post #metoo to their social media accounts, identifying that they are victims of sexual harassment or assault. The movement was …

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