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10 for Teens + Tweens

by Empowerful Girls

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.

Latest episodes

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153. My Best Advice for 2026-27 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. • Overthink what might go right • Kee

Aug 27
10 min

152. Jealousy

Jealousy is often the source of conflict in books and in shows, but how do you deal with it in real life? .   .   . A full transcript of this episode is available in the

Aug 1
10 min

151. Friendship reason, season + lifetime

I once learned that friendships and relationships are in your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I'm gonna share some of my experiences to help you understa

Jul 1
10 min

150. Play

What comes to mind when you hear the word "play"? What does play mean to you or look like for you? Also, when was the last time you allowed yourself to play? Let's t

Jun 20
10 min

149. Sleep

Question for you–how’ve you been sleeping lately? Do you tend to stay up late doing homework, hanging out with friends, or scrolling through your phone–even on school nig

Jun 1
10 min

148. Jitters + Nerves

When you feel nervous before taking a test, or competing in a sport, or singing on stage or starting something new, it's called performance anxiety. The good news is

May 17
9 min

147. Study Strategies

What's your study strategy? How about instead of studying harder, you try studying smarter. I’m going to share multiple studying strategies, and you can decide which

Apr 29
10 min

146. Girls Changing the World pt. 2

As we wrap up March and Women’s History Month, remember that women and girls are still making history today and changing the world. I want to highlight a few modern shero

Mar 31
9 min

145. International Women's Day

Yesterday, March 8, was the 115th International Women’s Day! We've still got plenty of work to do for women to have the equality, rights, and support they deserve. H

Mar 10
9 min

144. When it's hard to Love Yourself

Sometimes it’s hard to love yourself, so let’s help make it easier. .   .   . A full transcript of this episode is available in the 10 for Teens + Tweens Ep. 144 show no

Feb 15
11 min

143. What Is Happening

I’m not gonna sugar coat it–there are a LOT of troubling things going on in the world right now. Like, more than usual. When you feel worried or weighed down by what you

Jan 28
10 min

142. New Year, New View

Did you know that most New Year's Resolutions fail? Clearly how we're making them isn't working, maybe we should do things differently? Here's my new

Jan 6
12 min

141. It's Giving Service

Sometimes when we’re asked to volunteer, we’re not exactly enthusiastic about it. But volunteering doesn’t only benefit the organization or group the service project is h

Dec 2 2025
9 min

140. Visualization + Goals

10 for Teens + Tweens just celebrated it’s 5th birthday! Honestly this podcast exists because of you girls, so with all my heart, thank you for listening. Have you ever

Nov 12 2025
9 min

139. Spilling the Tea on Secrets

Let's talk about the difference between secrets and things shared in confidence.  Plus--there are some things you shouldn't keep a secret. And what do you do if

Oct 21 2025
10 min

138. My Birthday Breakup

It’s been 20 years since I got the worst birthday gift I’ve ever received. I’m sure you wanna know what it was. I’m not just gonna spill tea in this episode, there’s a le

Oct 1 2025
10 min

137. Get Outside + Connect

Nature offers numerous benefits and relief. It’s there waiting for us to experience it. The world is so noisy and it’s drowning out nature, so we need to get outside and

Sep 17 2025
11 min

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 p

Sep 6 2025
12 min

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).

Aug 19 2025
9 min

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. • Be Present • Try a Grandma hobby

Aug 6 2025
11 min

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#22
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412
days in the top 50 since Jan 2025

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#44 ▲ 9 Education for Kids US

What listeners say

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i love this podcast so much! stephanie valdez talks about puberty, making money, friends, peer pressure, women’s history, and sooooo much more. stephanie valdez posts a new episode every couple of days and each episode gets better and better. i would 100% recommend this podcast to any girl who needs daily encouragement.

Lulu@adu · Jun 2025

Podcast helped me get through everything like when I think that I’m going downhill this podcast brings me back up and makes me think that I’m enough and it helps me see that it’s gonna be OK thank you Stephanie Valdez

E🎶📕🥰 · Feb 2025

This podcast has helped me a lot with my struggles! I really appreciated the ones about friendship and drama. Could you please do one about school and the stress from other things. For me that really makes me super stressed out and it is hard for me to focus on much else. From the moment I listened to the first episode, I felt so much better and KNEW that this podcast would help me a lot whenever I need it. It actually helped me realize that a therapist would be very helpful throughout my life. Thank you sooooooooooooo much!

Smiley face13! · Feb 2025

This is such a great podcast. I just finished the first episode and I am so glad I found this. Being a girl in middle school and having a voice in my head every day saying I am not good enough. Having boys telling me I am a freak and even some girls telling me that I don’t belong, makes my days worse.Then I found this podcast! Having a podcast that only gives positive feedback, and vibes really helps with my thoughts and my emotions.It helps a lot when I have mean thoughts or interactions I can just brush it off and move on with my day. I have learned that I am worth a lot more than I thought I was. Thank you so much! PS Could u please do an episode on healthy relationships.

Riley grace smith · Jan 2025

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