CG Podcast: Building Healthy Friendships with Rachael Gilbert

Friendship shapes our daughters more than we often realize—and it’s something we don’t want to leave to chance. In this episode of the Courageous Girls Podcast, hosted by Terra Mattson, we’re joined by Rachael Gilbert for a meaningful conversation about one of the most tender and formative topics in a girl’s life: friendship.

Together, we explore why friendship matters so deeply to the hearts of girls, how it connects to identity and belonging, and how we can intentionally guide our daughters toward healthy, life-giving relationships rooted in truth, grace, and courage. With honesty, wisdom, and warmth, Terra and Rachel talk about the beauty and complexity of friendships—and how God meets our girls right in the middle of it all.

Key Takeaways:

🔹 Why friendship matters – How relationships shape confidence, identity, and emotional health in girls.

🔹 Healthy vs. unhealthy friendships – Learning to recognize red flags, boundaries, and life-giving connection.

🔹 Courage in relationships – Helping girls navigate conflict, rejection, and change with wisdom and grace.

🔹 Faith-filled friendships – Encouraging relationships that reflect God’s love, truth, and belonging.

Our heart is to raise girls who know they are never alone—and who have the courage to pursue friendships that help them become who God created them to be.

Website: https://rachaelgilbert.com/

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Courageous Girls' motivation is to see a generation of women who are navigating trusted relationships, are confident in who God says He is and who He made them to be and are resiliently moving through the peaks and valleys of life. A generation of women who are rooted in grace and free from the performance-based treadmill we are enticed with every day.

CG answers this goal by providing clear and trusted Biblical, clinical and relational wisdom for moms. With the long-term goal in mind, lessons are created as building blocks and encouraged to unfold within community.

Not only does a CG community provide the perfect place to practice the art of relationship, but it also allows the moms to share the load which provides a diversity in leadership. All the while nurturing a trusted connection with the first model in a daughter’s life, her mom. 

Groups provide a safe place to focus on God’s word rather than the competing influences in the world. Instead of competition, comparison and judgment… groups strive to grow in gratitude, joy and acceptance. CG is an intentional choice to equip ourselves and our daughters to love others well and to live from a place of wholeness and grace. 

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Websites

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Resources

Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace

Helping Moms Raise Confident Daughters Courses

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