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Encouragement, resources, and truths to support you in raising your courageous daughter!

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CG Podcast: Helping Girls Build Healthy Friendships with Linsey Driskill and Jonathan Pitts

Friendships can be some of the sweetest and hardest relationships our girls experience. From navigating boundaries and belonging to handling rejection, comparison, and changing friendships, our daughters are learning what it means to love others well—and what it means to be loved well. Terra Mattson sits down with Linsey Driskill and Jonathan Pitts from For Girls Like You Ministries to talk about how we can help our girls practice healthy friendship, develop discernment, and find their identity in Christ rather than in how many friends they have.

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CG Podcast: Breaking Free From Comparison with Lee Nienhuis & Shannon Popkin

Comparison is something we all wrestle with—but what if the struggle goes deeper than simply wanting what someone else has? We sit down with authors Lee Nienhuis and Shannon Popkin to explore how comparison impacts our identity, relationships, and faith, especially for teen girls growing up in a world shaped by constant measuring and comparison. 

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CG Podcast: Rooted in Grace with Brittany Sawrey-Coulson

In this episode of Courageous Girls, we sit down with pastor, author, and teacher Tara Beth Leach to talk about cultivating meaningful time with God and why the first moments of our day can shape everything that follows. Drawing from her book The Great Morning Revolution, Tara Beth shares how a season of grief, caregiving, and spiritual exhaustion led her to rediscover the life-giving practice of meeting with God each morning.

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