A Smart Girl’s Guide to: Figuring Out Who You Are

American Girl: The Smart Girl's Podcast

American Girl / Talk to Jess / Cloud10

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.7 • 663 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, hosts Shay Rudolph and Jess Weiner chat about how we can all learn to REALLY like ourselves. We always hear how important it is to be confident. But HOW do you actually get there? Shay and Jess are joined by Nia Dennis, UCLA Gymnast and mental health advocate, who shares how she learned to build her confidence and challenge her own inner negative self-talk. She gives listeners great advice on how to avoid unhealthy comparisons in real life and online with social media! We are also joined by the Smart Girl’s Podcast’s expert, licensed social worker Katie Hurley, who answers your questions about confidence and self-esteem and gives advice on what YOU can do to develop more self-confidence. You can also watch full episodes of the show on The American Girl Podcast Network channel on YouTube and YouTube kids. Producers: American Girl Talk to Jess Shay Rudolph Cloud10

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0:00.0	You're listening to the American Girl Podcast Network.
0:10.3	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Smart Girls podcast. I'm Shay. And I'm Jess. And today we have an incredible topic.
0:17.5	Yeah, learning to really like yourself. And underlineline really. Really. Because we hear a lot of
0:23.7	messages about how important it is to be confident and have high self-esteem, but how do you do that?
0:29.7	Again, we were like super inspired by the Smart Girls book. This one's called liking yourself,
0:35.0	even on the bad days, which is really the point of this episode, which is like the secrets to trusting yourself, being your own best friend, and then never letting the bad days bring you down.
0:45.9	Oh, yeah.
0:46.4	Yeah.
0:46.7	There's so much to talk about.
0:48.7	We can't do it in one episode.
0:49.9	But I really, really believe that the relationship that we have with ourselves, Shea, is the most
0:55.3	important relationship we will ever make.
0:57.7	I completely agree.
0:58.5	Do you?
0:59.0	I completely agree.
0:59.9	I feel like additionally, the relationship we have with their self changes the relationships
1:04.4	we have with other people.
1:06.3	When you're negative about yourself, you're going to be surrounded by other people that
1:10.7	have that same energy, and then it just brings you lower down. But when you're going to be surrounded by other people that have that same energy,
1:11.6	and then it just brings you lower down. But when you're really happy with who you are and feeling
1:15.3	really good and positive, you're surrounded by those same people and it lifts you up even more.
1:20.7	Agree. I would also love to say that confidence is a journey. It's not just a destination.
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