This week Ava dives deep into her 7th grade feelings of needing approval from men, or validation from men in order to feel good about herself. She talks about her personal experience with these feelings, why she thinks (some) women in general feel the need to prove themselves/get approval from men, and how she has started to combat these feelings. Enjoy!

SONG RECOMMENDATION: If You Want To by: beabadoobee

MENTAL HEALTH LINKS:

Textlines/Phone Numbers:

- Crisis Textline: Text “GO” to 741741

- National Suicide Prevention: 1-800-273-8255

- National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-2433

- Trevor Lifeline (LGBTQIA+): 1-866-488-7386

- Trevor Text (LGBTQIA+): Text “START” to 678-678

Websites:

- Suicide Prevention Lifeline Website

- The Trevor Project Website (LGBTQIA+)

- It Gets Better Website (LGBTQIA+)

- The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide Website