How to Empower Women : Strive for Girls: Recent Episodes

Colin Stroumpis

How do we empower young girls to become confident, independent, brave, and mentally and emotionally strong women? This is what we will discuss with a variety of guests: successful women, parents, educators, therapists and more.

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Strong, confident, driven, and passionate about the benefits of sports and health and fitness, Beth and Addie Spak share their stories of being life-long athletes and the influences that have made them who they are today.

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Nylah and Olivia are seniors in high school that grew up together and will both be playing basketball in college.  They have taken their own unique paths to get this point and share their stories and insights into being female athletes.  Nylah will be playing at Georgia College and Olivia will be playing at Princeton University starting Fall of 2023!  

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Nylah and Olivia are seniors in high school and have been friends their whole lives.  They have taken different paths, but both will be playing college basketball next year!  Nylah will be playing at Georgia College next school year and Olvia will be playing at Princeton University.  Listen as they share their journeys and insights they have gained along the way.

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This mother and daughter are great examples of young girls and women in sports.  They share their personal stories and experiences as females in sports and what and who has positively influenced them along the way. 

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These three ladies share their thoughts on the influences of sports, coaches, and social media on their young lives. Brooke is a freshman in college and Reagan and Summer are seniors in high school. These three young ladies played basketball together through middle and high school and are all very strong students and have some great insights for all of us.

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Jeno Marvel, a former Division 1 and professional basketball player in Europe and Japan in the 80's, shares her story of growing up with a single mom and moving and transitioning to new schools as a child and teenager over 20 different times.  Jeno and her wife Kim are the parents of three teenagers, and she shares some insight into how she lives and parents to help her children embrace the unique things about themselves.

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Les is a single mom of two teenage girls and a very successful entrepreneur and business owner of CB STRAT located in Atlanta, GA.  Les grew up on the westside of Chicago and shares her story of becoming the independent and strong woman that she is today and how she strives to instill the value of hard work and discipline in her daughters. 

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Kate shares her story of perseverance and strength to become the successful photographer, author, and entrepreneur that she is today. We discuss the importance of sports and soccer in her development as a young girl, throughout college and into her adult life. She is the mother of two girls and Kate shares her experiences and parenting strategies she uses to build their confidence and help them to value themselves from the inside out.