Ep 358: Badass Girls with Eliza Reynolds

Imagine a generation of young women who feel at home in their bodies and confident in who they are as women.

How would the world and our society change if teen and preteen girls were empowered to see their bodies as magical? If they instinctively built up other women? If they trusted their intuition and ability to make an impact on their world?

In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Eliza Reynolds, founder of Badass Girls and a pioneer in bringing embodiment practices to teens.

Eliza has been facilitating conversations with this age group since she herself was a teen. Her body of work,  Badass Girls, is a devoted online space for teens and preteens. This collection of resources promotes a positive peer community, body literacy, self-trust, and more. 

In this episode, we talk about the unique challenges of growing up in today’s world and why Eliza believes adolescence is the most sacred time of our lives. She and a highly trained group of mentors have created the Badass Academy as an intergenerational community that is so vital yet often missing in the lives of girls today. You can also listen in on her Be Real podcast and follow her on Instagram.

Join me in today’s episode as we discuss how we can better support girls on their way to adulthood and help them find their place in the greater community.

And if you have a teen or preteen girl in your life, be sure to check out everything Badass Girls has to offer in the links below.

Listen to episode 358 now!

In episode 358 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:

• [7:45] The ages the Badass Girls Academy is designed for and why
  
• [13:56] What inspired Eliza to establish Badass Girls and the mentorship academy
  
• [16:30] The unique difficulties of being a teen today and how the Badass Academy helps
  
• [25:48] Why Eliza views the preteen and teen years as sacred and vital to our growth
  
• [29:27] How many parents struggle with hyper-independence that keeps them from building community
  
• [35:15] What can happen when teens don’t experience adolescence as a sacred experience
  
• [42:45] What the Badass Academy is all about, and what teens and preteens can expec
  
• [55:55] The difference between secrecy and privacy, and the harm that secrecy causes to the self

For full show notes and resources, head to
https://untameyourself.com/podcasts/358

About the EMBODIED Podcast with Elizabeth DiAlto 

Since 2013 I’ve been developing a body of work that helps women embody self love, healing and wholeness. We do this by focusing on the four levels of consciousness - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

In practical terms this looks like exploring tools and practices to help you  tune into the deep wisdom of the body and the knowing of the heart, which I believe are gateways to our souls. Then we cultivate a new relationship with our minds that allows the mind to serve this wisdom and knowing and soul connection, rather than override it, which is what many of us were taught.

If you’ve been doing self help or spiritual development work for a while, these are the types of foundational things that often people overlook in pursuit of fancier concepts that often aren’t practical or sustainable. Here, we will focus on building these strong foundations so you can honestly and thoroughly embody self love. If you’re feeling it, subscribe to the show, and leave us a review wherever you listen from. You can also keep up with show updates and community discussion on Instagram here.