10 for Teens + Tweens
This is 10 for Teens + Tweens, a 10-ish minute podcast by Empowerful Girls that helps you grow curiosity, compassion, and confidence so you can take on the world!
Host Stephanie Valdez discusses positive themes and tackles tough topics, teaching girls how to handle them. She shares guidance on personal development, physical and mental health, relationships, and media literacy. She hopes every girl listening will accept and embrace herself (strengths and weaknesses), make stronger connections with friends and family, and be mindful with media. More than anything, Stephanie wants girls to know for themselves that they are enough.
Stephanie Valdez is the founder and director of Empowerful Girls. She has a degree in Communications and a background in Journalism. Stephanie is certified as a Girl Power Instructor, as well as in Social and Emotional Learning and Youth Mental Health First Aid. She has years of experience mentoring teens and tweens, and is also raising her own.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 137
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
136. Health Setbacks
Whether it’s a sports injury, food allergy, chronic illness, or something else, let’s talk about how to deal with health setbacks.
As a reminder, I am not a healthcare professional; I am not offering …
135. Your Energy
Your energy is a valuable resource–which is why you should selectively choose who you give it to. This past week, a certain podcast broke the internet (wasn’t mine–yet). Now even if you’re not a fan …
134. My Best Advice for 2025-26 School Year
Even if it’s the middle of the school year when you listen to this, I want to share my best advice that can help you all year long.
Just so you know, I’m not just giving YOU girls this advice, I’m go…
133. The Cost of Beauty
I’ve got a hot take about beauty, and some of you might not like it that much, for others it might not apply to you right now. But I hope you’ll still listen because it needs to be said. It’s somethi…
132. Get Ready With Me Redos
I imagine you girls have seen or at least heard of Get Ready With Me videos–maybe even created one yourself. Reflecting on my teen routines from the 90s and early 2000s, if I had made Get Ready With …
131. Surround Yourself With
One of the topics you gals message me about most is friendships. And I honestly understand why. Friendships have a huge impact on you, and they're a big and important factor throughout your tween and…
130. My Experience with Anxiety
I’ve received several requests for an episode on anxiety. Just like the ADHD episode 112, this topic is personal to me because I’ve experienced it. I will preface this by reminding you–I am not a hea…
129. Less Awkward with Dr. Cara Natterson
One of the most-requested topics--Puberty. So check out my chat with Dr. Cara Natterson from Less Awkward!
Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett created a host of resources to help teens/tweens…
128. Peer Pressure
Peer pressure can cause you to give in, go along with what others are doing, and make choices that don’t actually align with you. Let's explore some common peer pressure scenarios and help you strate…
127. Do It Anyway
You ever feel like, no matter what you do, you just can’t win? You're not wrong. And you're not alone.
So do it anyway.
. . .
To help you, I created a "Do It Anyway" poster. Get your printable in th…
126. You Matter
What do cassowaries, giant clams, or parrot fish have to do with you?
There’s something I want to share that connects how I’ve been feeling lately (and maybe you have too) with my recent trip to Aust…
125. Women's History: Inventions
To wrap up Women’s History Month, let’s recognize some women who made an impact with their inventions. Throughout history women who made an impact rarely received credit for it, and were often left o…
124. Women's History: Rights
In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m gonna share some women’s history with you. I know, this isn’t school, but I bet you’ll learn something new. Women’s rights have come a long way over the past tw…
123. Girls Mentorship with Jill + Mary
I can't wait for you to hear my conversation with Jill + Mary from Girls Mentorship!
Jill and Mary are mentoring girls to thrive as bold leaders, confident friends, and connected community members. We…
122. Your Online Safety
Because SO much of your life involves digital interaction, it’s important to know how to navigate it. Like I’ve said before, I want to add to your safety tool box because I know what it’s like to be …
121. Crushes + Ships pt. 2
I've lost count of how many times you girls requested Crushes + Ships pt. 2! So back by popular demand, this time we'll discuss what to look for in a crush, how to talk to your crush, what if your cr…
120. Love Yourself
A lot of voices are telling you otherwise, but you cannot hate yourself into loving yourself. For many of us, loving ourselves is not as easy as showing love to others. But you deserve the same love …
119. Imposter Syndrome
You gals may have heard of, or experienced, imposter syndrome--which makes you feel like you’re a fake who doesn't deserve your achievements, even though you earned them.
How do we deal with imposter…
118. Lessons from Silence
My very wise friend invited/gently challenged my friends and I to take a daily hour of silence. Initially I thought it sounded fairly easy.
I didn’t know I had so much to learn. I want to share my ex…
117. 2025 INs + OUTs
You’ve probably seen the INs and OUTs trend videos, so to kick off this year’s episodes, I’m gonna share my 2025 INs and OUTs for teen and tween girls. We’ve got the whole year ahead of us, and I hop…