What's The Lesson

In This Episode, We Chat About:

How we've personally grown - started from the bottom now we're here!

Choosing to do the work and show up ESPECIALLY during conflict as business partners.

Details for our upcoming Summer Camp!!!

Resources + Links:

Use Code PURSUE MORE for 10% off summer camp!

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/summer

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Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

Doing the work isn't easy! We're IN IT right along with the girls we mentor! In this episode, we're sharing what we're celebrating this Cinco de Mayo, fabuloso! While we're sharing wins, we're also peeling back the curtain on how we recently navigated a fight as business partners. Building a business isn't easy, relationships take SELF-work and communication! Luckily we have the tools we need to do the work, communicate, and move forward! The exact tools and skills we'll be teaching your girls at this year's summer camp! We can't wait to see you there!

02:30 How dumb sh!t we used to do has turned into how we mentor girls!

06:00 Ways our past has brought the two of us together as business partners.

09:45 How do you develop culture as a business?

13:30 Will your girl be joining us for camp?

15:00 How we're choosing to show up especially during conflict in our partnership.

20:30 How are you preparing your kids to navigate relationships now and as adults?

24:00 Stop the narrative that women are your competition.

26:00 Information for this year's summer camp!

In This Episode, We Chat About:

How to have strong female friendships.

Tips to find new friends.

Advice to Moms supporting their daughters.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Danielle Jackson on her website:

https://www.betterfemalefriendships.com/

Connect with Danielle on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@thefriendshipexpert?lang=en

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

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Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

Did you know that on average, we replace about 50% of our friends every seven years? Danielle Jackson is a former teacher turned Friendship Coach. We're talking about tips to build new friendships, why so many women and young girls struggle to maintain relationships, and what you can do to change that!

02:56 - Who is Danielle Jackson?

04:20 - Why do women have a more challenging time maintaining relationships?

06:50 - How to make friends.

07:40 - Why you should start with who you know.

08:35 - How to meet new friends.

10:00 - Who do you know that's great at making connections?

11:50 - Why is it so easy for women and girls to be mean to each other?

13:40 - How can we teach girls better with Social Emotional Learning?

15:50 - Advice for Moms to support their daughters in cultivating friendships.

17:50 - Why we need to model good behavior to our kids.

20:00 - Where to connect with Danielle.

In This Episode, We Chat About:

What Mary learned from her parents fixed vs growth mindset.

How to become self aware of your own mindset and how you're showing up.

Resources + Links:

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

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Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

How can I practice having a growth mindset so I can model that for my kids? In this episode, we're sharing some personal updates and how we've benefited from changes in our business by having growth mindsets! Did you have parents that modeled having a growth or fixed mindset? The foundation of how we think is influenced by our childhoods, but for us adults they don't have to stay the same AND we can help our kids have an even better foundation than we did! Tune in to hear how you can cultivate a growth mindset yourself, and show the kids you care about most how it's done!!

03:30 What it's been like for Mary to go Full time in the business this year!

07:15 Why we NEED a growth mindset because we'll never feel 100% prepared for the next level!

12:20 How are you responding to negativity in your life?

17:00 How do we support our kids to have a growth mindset?

21:15 Discipline: Your child is not their mistakes.

23:40 Is your daughter joining our growth mindset workshop?

In This Episode, We Chat About:

Life lessons Shay learned from setbacks in sports.

Making the switch from fixed mindset to growth mindset.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Shay

Instagram @shayhaddow

Check out Shay's book She the Confident

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

Join Girls Mentorship on Geneva

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Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

What does confidence mean to you? It's one of the biggest things the girls and families we work with say they want because we know we need confidence. The thing is most of us haven't defined it to know HOW to get it, or even know IF we already have it! In this episode, we're joined by fellow podcaster, author, and confidence coach for girl athletes, Shay Haddow! Shay personally knows what it's like to have setbacks from sports to anxiety. She shares the lessons she's learned to create a growth mindset, the lens she sees life through, and how she is helping girl athletes have the tools they need to be confident!

02:00 Meet former athlete Shay Haddow.

07:15 Stop playing the blame game and show up as your best self.

10:00 How do you go from having a fixed mindset to a growth mindset?

15:50 Tips to help girls work through stress, pressure, and negative thoughts.

19:40 What is the lens you're choosing to see your life through?

24:15 What is confidence beyond just knowing we need to have it?

30:30 The book and program Shay has for girl athletes.

34:20 What is your WTL moment?

37:00 It's ok to have sad and bad days, it's all about how we move forward.

In This Episode, We Chat About:

Strategies to reduce your stress! The power of communicating the things you're navigating with your

Resources + Links:

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

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Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Sadly you don't even need to walk out the front door to be bombarded with stress. It happens the second you unlock your phone, dive into work, or start to allow clutter to build up in your house. We read an article recently in the New York Times that talked about how your stress as a parent is affecting your kids. We're all going to face challenges and experience stress. It's all about how we walk the walk of minimizing stress, and communicate with your kids. Keep listening to hear the strategies for reducing stress!

02:00 The New York Times article about what is causing your kids stress.

05:40 How is technology stressing you and your kids out?

10:00 Ways to prioritize self care.

12:30 Are you looping your kids into the things you are navigating in your life?

16:15 How decluttering your space can relieve stress.

21:15 What do you have structured in your life to create freedom? 23:00 Which of these tips stands out to you most? What do you do to relieve stress?

In This Episode, We Chat About:

Making sure your actions are aligned with your values!

How to create a safe space for children to be able to ask for help!

Resources + Links:

Check out John's book

Run Toward The Roar

Learn more on John's website:

https://fortlog.co/

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

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Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Hey! Dinner is ready!! When was the last time you sat and had family dinner and actually focused on each other? In this episode of "What's the Lesson", we're joined by John Robertson, a father, husband, founder of Fort Log Services, author of "Run Towards the Roar", and a cultural alignment specialist. We talk about turning difficult moments into learning experiences, developing leadership from the inside out, and the negative impact of social media and cancel culture. We also dive into the importance of personal responsibility, aligning values with actions, and investing in children's potential as key aspects of great parenting. Tune in for everything from practical advice for parents, to emphasizing the importance of creating a safe space for children to call for help and focusing on people rather than meals during family dinners!

02:55 - Who is John Robertson and what is Fortlog Services?

06:00 - What is the impact of social media on young girls?

08:02 - The importance of focusing on what we are for, rather than what we are against.

09:29 - What's the difference between Discipline vs. punishment in parenting?

11:34 - What's the culture of the people around you and why is it important?

13:17 - Do your actions match what you say your values are?

15:11 - Personal Responsibility and Truth: the normalization of justifying lies as "my truth".

17:18 - How do you define success?

18:56 - How do you align your actions with your values?

21:30 - Are you encouraging your kids to do things that take courage?

24:50 - Why you need a good circle of people around you.

26:15 - You don't know how someone will react until they're in a pressure situation.

28:00 - Why you should teach kids to live up to their potential, not their expectations.

31:50 - Why it's important to define relationships and ask questions to understand each other's definitions.

37:10 - What's the difference between reacting and responding?

38:50 - Why it's important to be open about your mistakes.

45:00 - What's the difference between leadership and influence?

47:10 - How can we discipline from a place of love, rather than punishment and criticism?

In This Episode, We Chat About:

Skills Lyndal see's that executives are lacking as full grown adults.

The importance of networking and creating relationships.

Resources + Links:

Follow Lyndal on Instagram @larkinleadereship

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

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Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

You will become like the people you hang around! This is just as true for us as adults as it is for the teen and tween girls we mentor! Who do you want to be like, and who do you want in your corner as you navigate life and your business or career? In this episode, we're excited to dive into more of our Lessons from Leaders series as we welcome Lyndal Larkin on the podcast! One of her super powers we're talking about today is her ability to network and cultivate relationships. She shares experiences from her teen years, and skills she has seen lacking in executives as she's worked in corporate HR, and running her own business today! Listen to the end, because Lyndal happens to share something we've been preaching from DAY ONE!

05:15 Meet Lyndal and how she went from Pilot to Corporate HR, to Entrepreneur.

10:30 What 2 things do you want listeners to walk away with? 17:00 How knowing your values helps you make decisions.

19:00 The power of your network (one way or another).

22:15 The time Lyndal was kicked out of her friend group.

29:00 How has cultivating your network helped you in business and your personal life? 33:15 A lesson from Will Smith's grandma.

38:00 What skills do you see that are lacking in executives that you work with?

41:20 How important is self awareness to be an effective leader?

In This Episode, We Chat About:

Mary's birthday, and some Social Emotional Learning lessons as she's a year older and wiser!

What we learned from Jill's son vandalizing school property.

Resources + Links:

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

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Connect with us on Instagram:

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Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

We have a birthday in the house!!! Our very own co-host Mary just had a birthday, and with that added birthday wisdom we're sharing some lessons about something we all deal with…stress. Stress impacts every area of our lives and we're all human here, so we know it's going to be something we deal with in life. So it only makes sense to have a plan and some tools to identify and reduce stress as quickly as possible! Tune in for a couple stories and the reminder that you don't have Joe or Sally are doing in order to successfully reduce stress. Listen to what it is YOU need, and do so often so you can build up your social emotional learning muscles and recognize your needs.

02:00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY!

06:00 How do you even know you're stressed?

10:15 Ways mindfulness improves mental health and decreases anxiety.

17:00 How can I teach my kids to handle stress?

21:20 Just because someone else does something a specific way, doesn't mean you need to.

In This Episode, We Chat About:

Times in our own lives we lacked self confidence from working at a strip club to navigating parent's divorce.

How learning SEL skills will create better communication with your teen, and every relationship you have!

Resources + Links:

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

Join Girls Mentorship on Geneva

https://app.geneva.com/invite/4fbd7746-217d-497d-853d-50386b9a2ed2

Connect with us on Instagram:

Girls Mentorship | @girlsmentorship

Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

Let's go deeper! Yes, we love to have fun, yes we're your biggest cheerleaders, and yes we love our celebrity couple names (tune in and let us know your fav!) We ALSO know how to create the kind of self confidence that has the power to change your life. In a recent conversation with our business coach, they asked us to peel back the onion and go deeper. Why is it important to us to teach what we teach as social emotional learning experts? Tune in to hear both of us share times in our life from working at a strip club, to navigating parent's divorce where we lacked self confidence and SEL skills that would have changed the trajectory of our lives and relationships so much sooner!

02:00 Which of these is your favorite celebrity couple name?

05:15 What do you do as Social Emotional Learning experts? 07:40 Mary's story of working at a Strip Club and lessons from lack of self confidence.

12:30 What does lack of self confidence lead to?

16:00 Busting the myth that you can't have great communication with your kids during their teens.

19:30 Life skills and social skills are a necessity

In This Episode, We Chat About:

How work is the perfect place to practice the personal development skills you're learning.

Why soft skills are just as important as technical skills.

Why EVERYONE is a leader.

Resources + Links:

Connect with Jackie

Instagram @peopleprinciples

Podcast Oh Shit, I'm the Boss Now!?

Website peopleprinciples.co

Learn more about our coaching services & upcoming events:

https://www.girlsmentorship.com/

Join Girls Mentorship on Geneva

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Connect with us on Instagram:

Girls Mentorship | @girlsmentorship

Jill Petersen | @jillphxsen

Mary Frances | @msmaryfran

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Show Notes:

YOU are a leader! You're a leader in your home and amongst peers, a leader in your business or corporate job, and a leader of yourself! We're rolling out a new series here on the podcast called Lessons from Leaders, and couldn't be more excited to start this series with Jackie Koch! She is a friend, HR pro, and (like the two of us) Lululemon has also been part of her career journey! Jackie knows her stuff when it comes to hiring and having better communication at work! She drops some knowledge on why a growth mindset is so important, and ways to take ownership of your personal growth both in and outside of the workplace! I mean, it literally is called PERSONAL growth and development! Tune in for ways to develop team culture regardless of your title, because you have influence and you are a leader in so many ways!

02:00 Welcome to our Lessons from Leaders series!

05:40 What are 2 lessons you want listeners to walk away from this episode with?

08:00 Meet Jackie Koch, and how she went from network marketing to HR.

14:15 How much is it the company's responsibility to foster an environment for growth?

16:20 How to speak up and voice what you want!

21:00 Stop "quiet quitting" when it gets hard!

23:00 What can I do to improve company culture?

29:30 How are you seeing adults struggling to communicate, especially post pandemic?

33:20 Recruiting and finding team members with a growth mindset.

38:00

40:15 Remember you are showing up in RELATIONSHIPS with your team at work!