Painful breakups can have profound effects on the body and mind. — Rachel Simmons Body Copy Share Image
It never hurts to tell your teen they matter more than their looks. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Jealousy is unavoidable - it's part of the price we pay for intimacy. — Rachel Simmons Intimacy Copy Share Image
When your child believes you really respect what he's feeling, he'll be much more likely to trust you. — Rachel Simmons Child Copy Share Image
From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority. — Rachel Simmons Adolescence Copy Share Image
Teaching girls to agitate over every problem implies that relationships, and people, can bend to our will. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, most parents have more in common with their teens than they realize. Let's retire the bootstrap… — Rachel Simmons Child Copy Share Image
Our friends are barometers of our own lives: We look to our BFFs to better understand how we're doing ourselves. Our friends… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
In the age of girl power, we're loath to send a message of surrender to our girls. To the contrary: we've doubled… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
If smart phones had been around for women in the 1950s, 'The Feminine Mystique' might never have been written. The depression and… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Classroom discussion is where you learn how to debate an idea and stick with an opinion, even when others don't agree -… — Rachel Simmons Debate Copy Share Image
Sadness, irritability, fatigue, and distractedness are among the most common side effects of grief while parenting. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Oversharing online can make you feel connected to someone in the moment, but when the moment is over, the only thing that… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a… — Rachel Simmons Challenges Copy Share Image
In the so-called age of girl power, we have failed to cut loose our most regressive standards of female success - like… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
Social media forces girls to bear witness to painful realities of relationship that were previously hidden from view. It is a new… — Rachel Simmons Girl Copy Share Image
Secrecy is hardly new on Planet Girl: as many an eye-rolling boy will tell you, girls excel at eluding the prying questions… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
There are times in every friendship when you or your friend are too busy to call or are more focused on other… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
The meteoric rise of the 'wellness' industry online has launched an entire industry of fitness celebrities on social media. Millions of followers… — Rachel Simmons Diet Copy Share Image
What teens share online is dwarfed by what they consume. Pre-Internet, you had to hoof it to the grocery store to find… — Rachel Simmons Celebrity Copy Share Image
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for a while, and give us a deeper understanding of… — Rachel Simmons Learning Copy Share Image
A healthy friendship is one where you share your true feelings without fearing the end of the relationship. It's also one where… — Rachel Simmons Friend Copy Share Image
Girls must understand not only their moral obligation but their power to be allies to each other at parties and other potentially… — Rachel Simmons Allies Copy Share Image
Taking full advantage of all that college offers can be tough for teens facing a major life transition under pressure to perform.… — Rachel Simmons College Copy Share Image
“Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail… — Rachel Simmons Child Copy Share Image
Raising your hand when you're not sure you have the right answer helps you take risks with your ideas and put yourself… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
I've spent years in therapy excavating my endless, often fruitless drive to overachieve. I have learned that being successful hasn't made me… — Rachel Simmons Drive Copy Share Image
Many of us endure pain in the service of beauty every single day. We rip off our hair with hot wax, jam… — Rachel Simmons Beauty Copy Share Image
“Many teachers, especially those in more affluent communities, believe they are treated no better than a customer-service representative at a store.” — Rachel Simmons Education Copy Share Image
You can give them the opportunity to thrive, but when it comes to finding happiness or success, kids are really on their… — Rachel Simmons Child Copy Share Image
When girls can be honest with each other, they can make mistakes on their own terms and discover through experience - and… — Rachel Simmons Experience Copy Share Image
Isn't prom just a fun dance that hardworking students deserve? Sure, but it's also an event where girls internalize damaging cultural messages. — Rachel Simmons Dance Copy Share Image
Just like people date and break up, friends break up, too. 'Best friends forever' rarely ever happens; it's just that no one… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
If more students use self-compassion to reframe their failures, they may discover more nourishing sources of motivation and healthier strategies to pursue… — Rachel Simmons Compassion Copy Share Image
We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Before I became a parent, I was a bestselling author and speaker pounding up the escalators of a different airport every week. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex… — Rachel Simmons Aggression Copy Share Image
To teach their children how to show themselves grace in the face of a challenge, I coach parents to model self-compassion in… — Rachel Simmons Children Copy Share Image
