Tag Archives: self-esteem

Create a Positive Affirmation List

Posted in General Health, Tip of the Week by

Why not design a new year’s resolution that’s healthy, manageable and helps promote positive self-esteem.  Create a positive affirmation list. All you need is a notebook or note pad and add one positive trait that you possess to the list daily. These can be physical qualities, as in liking your smile.  Or personality traits, as in thinking you are smart, funny, and/or friendly.  Also you can share talents, like singing or drawing as well as sharing acts of kindness like helping a brother or sister with his/her homework.  Before you know it, the list will grow and by the end of the year you will have 365 amazing qualities that you have realized about yourself and cannot forget. Get your friend’s involved and challenge them to create a list as well. This is a great activity for teens and tweens. I’ll do it too and post to twitter daily @drcarollanglois. If you like, you can share on twitter with me!

I think the first word for my positive affirmation list will be “determined.”

Happy writing.

My Journey Writing a Book Called “Girl Talk.”

Posted in Girl Talk: Boys, Bullies and Body Image by
Hi Everyone, This section of the blog will be dedicated to the progress I make on my book “Girl Talk.” It may at times read like a “Dear Diary” as I share with you all some of the highlights from my interviews with the teen girls I meet and share with you some of their thoughts and feelings as they relate to self-esteem. I am so fortunate to be working with many high schools and teens in San Francisco on my research for this book. Every school culture is different. So as you can imagine, so are the thoughts and feelings of the girls that I interview. I hope for this book to be about their journey through high school and many of the obstacles, and in some cases difficult challenges that they face as teens.

Too Pretty to Do Homework?

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As a promoter of teen girls and self-esteem, I was so happy to see the AAUW address this issue. I couldn’t agree more with the statement that it’s hard enough to be a teen girl in today’s society without all of the media outlets bombarding girls with how they should look, dress, and feel.

Did you know the caption next to shirt advertised online read: “Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Bieber album out? She’ll love this tee that’s just as cute and sassy as she is.”

Since the T-shirt has been addressed by many groups along with AAUW, recent events have occurred that like to share with you. A great organization by the name of change.org took a stand and contacted the CEO of JC Penney and requested that the T-shirts/sweatshirts be taken down. I greatly respect their decision to pull the clothing and make  a public statement saying that this is the wrong messaging to send to young girls.

Unless something significant is done, we will continue to see these messages find their way into our lives via TV, Internet, magazines and retail stores. How do we make a strong enough and positive contribution to stop this type of messaging?

Too Pretty to Do Homework? « AAUW Dialog.