"You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger.” We had an amazing opportunity to talk with Olympic Champion Aly Raisman, Captain of the “Fierce Five” & author of the bestselling book, Fierce. Hosted by Sacred Heart University, our super amazing fabulous brilliant college interns @kalikathrynn @meg_keane 💚 💚 interviewed @alyraisman proudly wearing their LiveGirl “Live Brave” t-shirts! 💪🏽 Swipe right to hear an excerpt From the interview. More on IGTV. Aly’s wisdom: On embracing failure: “If you won every competition, life would be boring. Set-backs keep you on your toes.” On kindness: “Always be kind. Remember that everyone is dealing with something.” On the importance of goal-setting: “I won’t let the Olympics be the highlight of my life. Always set goals and keep going." #alyraisman #fierce #strong #girlpower #girlempowerment #champion #mentor #powerofshe #futureisfemale #girlsleadership #LiveBrave #brave #nonprofit #sacredheartuniversity #ct
Last confidence challenge! ie. Last opportunity to enter our raffle for a free Confidence Code book! 📚 The challenge: to embrace being 100% fully, truly, utterly yourself. “When you listen to yourself above everybody else, you can hear your confidence, your inner voice, your confident self.” So, for this challenge, comment below 👇🏼one value (guiding light) that matters most to you and helps you decide how to act. This could be family, kindness, love, courage, etc. The point is to declare it and commit to making decisions based upon it! #confidence #confidencecode #girlsleadership #girlpower #girlempowerment #captureconfidence #nonprofit #ct #library
Another confidence challenge AKA another opportunity to enter our raffle for a free copy of the Confidence Code for Girls! 📚 It’s common for girls to sometimes get stuck in a negative spiral of overthinking. Did you know? “What we THINK creates what we FEEL, which shapes what we DO.” So, think positively and gain some confidence by making a list of your past accomplishments + things you’re looking forward to. Share one below (to be entered into our raffle, winners announced 9/27) & keep the full list by your bedside. Review when you need a confidence boost! #confidence #confidencecode #girlconfident #girlpower #girlempowerment #girlsleadership #nonprofit
“Keep close to people who feel like sunshine.” ☀️ We are oh so lucky to have THIS sunshine (@alison_jeh, LiveGirl Program Manager AKA Magic Maker 💫) in our office every day. Also, check out Alison’s fierce “Live Brave” LiveGirl t-shirt. (On sale $25 at our Confidence Code event & on our website soon! DM us if you want one!100% profits benefit LiveGirl programs & scholarships.) #sunshine #LiveBrave #brave #girlpower #girlempowerment #girlalmighty #futureisfemale
Who was it that left an indelible mark on your life? Who helped you see the power inside of you? (Comment below) “A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.” Pictured are some of the amazing adult mentors who lead our LiveGirlTalk after school mentoring groups. LiveGirlTalk creates a brave space for girls and is now offered in 16 locations across Connecticut. Register now for our next 10-week session that begins October 1st. #linkinbio "Emerging leaders need mentors to guide them, but they also need a network of peers to reassure them that they are not on the path alone.” -Alyse Nelson, President & CEO of Vital Voices This is LiveGirlTalk. PS. Please DM us if you’d like to bring LiveGirlTalk to your school or town. #mentor #mentoring #girlpower #girlempowerment #confidence #mentorship #afterschool #nonprofit #ct
🌟 Today’s confidence challenge: embrace failure. Yes, that’s right! Because Success is the result of learning from failure. Share a time that you took a risk and failed to be entered into our raffle for a free @confidencecodegirls book. 📚 🎨 @sophiewestfall #failup #confidence #confidencecode #girlconfident #girlpower #girlempowerment #girlsleadership #fail #nonprofit
We want you to know how awesome you are and to encourage you to lead a confident life, SOooo we are giving away free copies of the Confidence Code for Girls book! Over the next week, we will be offering a series of confidence challenges. Respond to the post or get creative and post a photo or video (tag us @goLiveGirl) to enter our raffle. Winners will be announced at our Confidence Code for Girls Book Event on September 27 📚 #linkinbio Ready? Today’s challenge: list 3 things you ❤️ about yourself (below). Go! "No one will love you until you love yourself." 🎨 @sophiewestfall 🎨 @confidencecodegirls #confidence #confidencecodeforgirls #captureconfidence #girlpower #girlempowerment #girlalmighty #nonprofit
We are thrilled to be featured in the latest issue of @strongmagazineforgirls. This amazing magazine provides great female role models & shines a light on ordinary girls doing extraordinary things! They interviewed Ranease Brown and Sophie Austin at Camp LiveGirl this summer. Check out the full story (#linkinbio) & subscribe at strongmagazineforgirls.com. (Excerpt from STRONG interview) Ray has been coming to Camp LiveGirl for three years, and it’s Sophie’s second year. Ray: “I first came in summer 2016 and I just fell in love with the camp. It’s so unlike any other camp because the main focus here is the girls. It’s about girls learning to be more confident, braver, and also empowering us to be future leaders of the world.” The week long camp is based in New Canaan, CT, and welcomes girls of middle school age from all over Fairfield County. Older girls who have graduated the program, like Ray, come back as counselors to help empower and inspire the younger girls. Each morning the girls hear from an incredible role model and speaker, and take part in empowering and team-building activities. On the day STRONG visited, a group of girls was taking part in a collaborative poetry workshop and another group was coding. In the afternoons the girls split into groups and take part either in performing arts or sports. Sophie: “I do the sports program in the afternoon. Each afternoon you do two things— for example soccer and basketball. It’s really good fun. We’re in teams so it’s competitive, but also just really relaxed and fun.” Ray: “We had Jessica Long, the Paralympic swimmer come in this week. She’s a bi-lateral amputee so she had lost both her legs. Her whole story was just amazing. She has won so many medals and just never let her disability get in the way of her dreams. Everyone here is just so inspiring.” Other speakers at the camp included Sarah Edwards—the female drag racer we featured in issue 5 of STRONG, a Rockette, and New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Oliver. “Lauren’s session was all about “How to Fail Better.” She talked about how failure is actually another word for practice because in order to get better you have to fail.
Confidence. It gives you the power to do everything you want. 💥 Join us on Thursday, September 27 @ 7pm link in bio to *Learn the Confidence Code for Girls. (risk more + think less + be yourself) *Register to vote with The League Of Women Voters. *Check out our new "Live Brave" t-shirts. “Girl power depends on self-confidence, but many girls struggle to see how awesome they really are. The good news is there are steps girls can take to build their confidence -not by twisting themselves into knots, but by gaining new mental tools and embracing their authentic selves.” - Sheryl Sandberg, COO Facebook and Founder Lean In and Option B #confidencecode #captureconfidence #girlconfident #girlpower #girlempowerment #girlsleadership #nonprofit
Live Brave. 💪🏽 #mondaymotivation #girlpower #girlempowerment #livebrave #girlsleadership #girlalmighty #nonprofit
The Wonder of Girlhood. ✨🧚‍♂️ Never let it go. We had so much fun today at Caffeine & Carburetors. It was a joy meeting so many powerful girls! Thanks to @zumbachscoffee for hosting and our high school mentors for being such amazing LiveGirl ambassadors + @katedmurphy our professional face painter. 👏🏼👏🏼 #girlhood #magic #caffeine #carburetors #girlpower #girlempowerment #girlalmighty #girlsleadership #nonprofit #spreadtheword #spreadthemovement
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