The True Girl Momcast

Our nation has suddenly gotten excited about health and wellness. And that's great. Being physically and emotionally healthy enables us to serve the Lord and enjoy the abundant life He provides for us. But let's not forget that spiritual health matters, too. In fact, the BIble says it matters more than physical and emotional wellness. In this episode, Dannah kickstarts your summer by achieving three magnificent things in one simple mom+daughter challenge. Get tickets to the True Girl Pop Up PartyGet the True Girl Subscription Box

A reporter recently asked True Girl founder Dannah Gresh, “Is there any evidence that the Bible actually makes a difference in the lives of tweens?” Dannah did a deep dive. The research is clear: when kids engage with Scripture, it transforms them. But there's one detail you need to know to really feel the impact. Dannah shares compelling data and teaches from Psalm 1 to equip you to guide your daughter into God's Word.Become a Freedom PartnerGet tickets to the True Girl Pop Up PartyGet the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair Tour

Did you know that a mom's emotional regulation can directly impact her child's ability to handle stress and big feelings? When you stay steady, you create a ripple effect of peace in your home. But let's be real—keeping your cool in the chaos of motherhood isn't easy. Today, Shani's unpacking how to model emotional regulation in a way that helps your child feel safe, secure, and empowered. Whether it's handling meltdowns (theirs or yours), navigating sibling fights, or responding to daily stress with grace, we've got practical tips to help you lead with calm confidence.Your peace is powerful. Let's learn how to pass it on.Become a Freedom PartnerGet tickets to the True Girl Pop Up PartyGet the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair Tour

How can a gentle word transform your relationships and leave a lasting impact on your home? In this episode of the True Girl MomCast, Dannah Gresh unpacks the biblical power of kind and gentle speech, showing how it can bring healing and reflect God's heart. Tune in for practical wisdom and encouragement to help you and your daughter speak life into every conversation!Get the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair TourLast chance to register for Our Upcoming Online Bible StudyListen to The Power, Wisdom, & Reward of a Gentle Word series by Dannah Gresh aired on Revive Our Hearts

Did you know that 41-48% of girls experience relational aggression monthly? Mocking and teasing—often about appearance—peak between ages 8-12. In this episode, Dannah and Shani explore how to help your daughter navigate and counter the mean girl mentality with Christlike kindness.Get the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair TourWatch Dannah's interview with Shaunti Feldhahn on Revive Our Hearts

This powerful episode tells the story of a woman, Laura Perry Smalts, who lived as a man for ten years before boldly stepping into the truth of who God created her to be. You'll hear how she broke free from a false identity and rediscovered her worth as a daughter of the King. It's an inspiring reminder to guide your daughter to embrace God's truth with confidence and boldness. Get the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair TourRegister for Our Upcoming Online Bible StudyAccess the Talking to Your Kids About Gender parenting workshop

Did you know that between the tween and teen years, girls' confidence in being liked drops by nearly half? That pressure is stealing their joy and silencing our daughters. But Proverbs 28:1 reminds us, ‘The righteous are bold as a lion.' Today, Shani McKenzie is here to unpack what that means for your daughter. She'll help her trade insecurity for unshakable confidence—not from what others think, but from who she is in Christ. Get the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair TourRegister for Our Upcoming Online Bible Study

Mom, are you ready to face one of the toughest conversations of our time? Your daughter is being bombarded with lies about gender.  If you're not the loudest voice in her life, someone else will be. Today, Dannah Gresh is bringing the truth—biblical truth—straight to you. She'll share three must-know foundational facts about gender. Get the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair TourRegister for Our Upcoming Online Bible StudyAccess the Talking to Your Kids About Gender parenting workshop

Dannah and Shani share the one thing that could lead to a happier girlhood for your daughter.  It's not a trend, a gadget, or even a self-help plan. Today we'll explore ten age-appropriate tools & tips to get your girl into her Bible and to get her Bible into her.Get the True Girl Subscription BoxGet tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair TourRegister for Our Upcoming Online Bible Study

Today you'll learn how to reflect on 2024…in community!Here are the Reflection Questions Janet offers in the episode:Was a relationship healed?Did something get paid off?Was a new job provided?Did God provide peace in the midst of a trial?What new friends did you meet?What fun things did you create or make?Did you discover a new hobby or skill?Was a baby born?Was anyone's physical illness healed?Did God give you courage when you were scared?Was a scripture given to you by the Spirit at just the right moment?Is there a worship song that carried you through the year?Get the True Girl's Guide to the New Year!Give towards our end of year Deep Roots campaign!Subscribe HERE!A Mighty Fortress by Christy Knockels

On today's MomCast episode, all three of your hosts do a tag team teaching about the Holy Spirit's role in our lives. You'll walk away with tools and excitement to introduce your daughter to this beautiful and powerful Person of the Trinity.Give a gift and receive Clothed in Dignity.Get Janet's book for moms HERE.See the Instagram reel the girls mention in this episode.Get the SuperHero box!

We want our girls to flourish in good times and bad times, but we also don't really want them to have to go through those bad times. Being a mom is tricky sometimes, isn't it? Today Dannah breaks down a valuable lesson from Psalm 92 that helps us and our girls not just survive, but thrive.Become a Freedom Partner and receive Dannah's newest Holy Girl Walk book on Psalm 92 as a thank you gift! Get tickets for the True Girl Pop-Up Party!Study Esther with us online!Your daughter will love the newest season of the True Girl Podcast!

In celebration of the release of Dannah's newest Bible study for tween girls, Esther: Becoming a Girl of Purpose, we're talking about how God sometimes prepares our daughters for their purpose during seasons of waiting. Come to the True Girl Pop-Up Party Weekend in DC!Do the Esther online study with Dannah and her friends!Subscribe and get the Esther box while supplies last!Have you heard about our newest parenting workshop?

Here's a question for you: Can your daughter show her work? Meaning, just like we had to show how we got an answer in math class, can your daughter defend why she believes what she believes? Shani McKenzie is coming in with a ton of wisdom about equipping our girls to defend their faith in her teaching on today's episode. Register for the Let's Talk About Sex! parenting workshop with Dannah Gresh and Dr. YuanGet the Esther box!Have you seen our fall line-up of events??? Join the fun!

The girls get deep in this one! Right off the bat, they lay the foundation that they're NOT advocating for the existence of aliens. However, they ARE talking about how followers of Christ are “aliens and strangers” in this world. We currently live in the world, but it's not our forever home. Hallelujah! And they discuss how helping our girls understand that can give them peace about their “itchy feelings” of not fitting in.Scripture support:Aliens and strangers - 1 Pet. 2:11Eternity in our hearts - Ecc. 3:11Angels in battle - Rev. 12:7-9New Heaven and Earth - Rev. 21Man and angels not the same - Psalm 8:4-5, Heb. 2:5-8Kids' questions about Heaven via Focus on the FamilySubscribe to the True Girl Subscription box TODAY!

Anxiety sure is a hot topic these days and it's not a strange word for many of our girls. There are lots of different reasons and remedies for anxiety. Today Dannah is sharing one powerful tool she uses to gain victory over anxious thoughts.Follow Dannah on IG or FB and join the Holy Girl Walk!Get Dannah's newest book!Get your Out of This World subscription box!Find Jennie Allen's books HERE.

If you're a mom, you're dealing with someone's emotions almost all the time. Her emotions. His emotions. Your emotions. It truly can feel like a wild, unpredictable rollercoaster ride, can't it? On today's episode, Janet breaks down a familiar scripture in a fresh, powerful way to help you talk to your daughter about emotions. Let's teach our girls how to not let emotions boss them around. Get the Emoji Box while supplies last!Here's the Graticube!Check out the Lies Girls Believe on-demand study and books!Listen to Janet's testimony and two teachings about anxiety on the Revive Our Hearts podcast HERE and HERE.

Lots of people are vying for your daughter's attention. So many voices calling out to her:“Buy this!”“Listen to this!”“Eat this!”“Do this!” “Write this!”On today's episode, Dannah, Shani, and Janet talk about how to help our girls understand the differences between a Godly influencer and an ungodly influencer. Listen to Incredible Influencers on the True Girl Podcast!Check out books from The Goodbook Co!Get those Crazy Hair Tour tickets!The Emoji Subscription box will help your daughter manage her emotions!

Here's a question for you: What does the Bible really mean when it says “Turn the other cheek”? Today on the True Girl MomCast, Shani walks us through helping our daughters with bullying and mean girls. Here's the Pew Research Study Shani mentions.Buy the Best Friends and Mean Girls book.Get the BFF*s Workshop! Attend FLOURISH with Dannah Gresh, Erin Davis and Stephanie Martinez!Subscribe HERE!Go to the Crazy Hair Tour!

We know that persevering through trials produces fruit and strength in our lives, but do you feel the same way about motherhood? Being a mom isn't consistently hard for everyone, but everyone goes through hard times as a mom. Today you're invited to look at those hardships in a different way.Register for the Lies Moms Believe about Motherhood one-night online event HERE!Get the FREE DOWNLOADABLE for moms!Join Dannah in person at a FLOURISH event!Get that Fox Box!Want tix to the True Girl Crazy Hair Tour? 

This episode can be summed up in one made-up word: “pre-penting”. (Don't worry - Shani will break that down for you.) Lots of messages are flying around about grace in our Christian cultural hotspots and it is likely confusing our girls. Join the True Girl MomCast moms today as they talk about what grace is for those who don't follow Christ and what is for those who do.Register for the Lies Moms Believe workshop HERE!Get your True Girl Crazy Hair Tour tickets HERE!Interested in that fox box? Click HERE.Find out more about Heather Holleman, author of This Seat's Saved, HERE.

If you or someone you know struggles during the holidays, you'll definitely want to listen to this one. Christmas is full of joy, friends, family and delight. And…it can be full of sadness, hard reminders and loneliness.Today Janet dives into two big words that have helped her through debilitatingly hard Christmas seasons. Special thanks to Copperlily for the music!Get your Let's Taco ‘Bout Jesus box HERE!Black Friday sale: Get 30% off + free US Media Mail shipping all weekend long!Cyber Monday: Get 50% off the first month of your monthly subscription and a FREE diary! If you purchase an annual subscription, you'll receive the free diary PLUS a Mystery Grab Bag worth $40! (Makes for great stocking stuffers!) Start your Christmas shopping at mytruegirl.com!

None of us want our daughters to be selfish, right? On this episode of The True Girl MomCast, Shani McKenzie breaks down how sometimes God provides FOR His people THROUGH His people. The girls wrap up the episode with the practical things they've each done to cultivate generous hearts in their own kids.Get Born To Be Brave tickets for your husband and son!Register for The BFFs* Mom+Daughter Workshop!Sign up for the True Girl subscription today!Financial Peace University for kidsOperation Christmas Child

On today's episode, Shani, Dannah, and Janet bust open the good, the bad, and the ugly about current self-care messages for women and girls. You'll hear answers to questions like: “How do I help my daughter recognize God's comfort?” “Are bubble baths and massages entirely irrelevant?”“Does biblical comfort tell us to just ignore the pain?”Join us for the 6-week Mary study HERE.How about that Friendship Workshop?Need tickets to the True Girl Crazy Hair Tour?Subscribe today!

Perfectionism. How does that word strike you? Today Dannah, Shani and Janet are talking about how a mom's bend towards perfectionism can affect her kids. Also, Dannah breaks down three expecatatons about perfection according to God, and they get real about their own strengths and weaknesses as moms.Register for our mom+daughter 6 week livestream Bible study about Mary  HERE!Get your True Girl Crazy Hair Tour tickets!Learn more about the True Girl subscription HERE!You can get Janet's book for moms HERE!

How do you define “success” when you talk to your daughter? Today Shani breaks down how we can't really help our girls conquer the fear of failure if we don't first solidify what true, biblical success looks like.This episode's resource highlights:Join the Mary: Becoming a Girl of Faithfulness LIVE online Bible study HERE!Get the Perfectly Imperfect Box! Get your tickets for the Crazy Hair Tour TODAY!Want to know more about Bible 2 School? Check THIS out!

This fourth and final episode of Lies Moms Believe with Dannah Gresh and Janet Mylin might step on a couple of toes... Let's dive in!You can purchase the newly recorded and produced Lies Girls Believe on-demand study right HERE. Please don't forget to use code FREEDOM to get 10% off!

This is bonus episode number 3 of the Lies Moms Believe mini-series with Dannah Gresh and Janet Mylin. Has your kid ever asked you a question and you are entirely caught off guard? You're telling your face to remain unshocked but on the inside, you're mid-level freaking out? Let's talk about that today.The Lies Girls Believe on-demand study can be found HERE. Code FREEDOM will get you 10% off!

In this second message from Dannah Gresh about Lies Moms Believe, we'll dive into the emotional roller coaster that is Motherhood! Don't forget to check out our newly recorded Lies Girls Believe on-demand study and use code FREEDOM to get 10% off!

HURRAY FOR BONUS EPISODES!You're about to hear the audio from a recent four-part video series Dannah Gresh and I did together called Lies Moms Believe and the Truth that Sets them Free. We're releasing each of the teachings from those four videos here on the True Girl MomCast over the next four days. The impact of a mom who's walking in freedom is huge for her and her children.Today you'll learn how to detect when you believe a lie in your #momlife. Get the Lies Girls Believe on-demand study HERE. Don't forget to use code FREEDOM to get 10% off!

We want our girls to be courageous for Jesus. We want them to speak God's Truth in love. We want them to go against the flow for the glory of God. But what about the attacks that come along the way? Today Janet, Shani and Dannah discuss walking our girls through a biblical view of persecution.Download and print your prayer bookmark HEREGet Janet's book HEREGet your tickets for the Crazy Hair Tour TODAY!Read The State of Theology hereDo the Lies Girls Believe study this summerClick if you want to know about Bible2School!

Mom, we help our girls navigate hard things like how to deal with mean girls. But, how do we make sure they don't BECOME the mean girl? In this episode Janet, Shani, and Dannah provide some spiritual insight and practical tips for talking to your daughter about being consistently kind at home and with others. Get the Lies Girls Believe on-demand study HERE!Read Dannah's blog about mean girl moms HERE!Learn more about Bible2School HERE!Join the True Girl Subscription HERE! Order Dannah's newest book for married women: Happily Even After!

How do we, as moms, navigate the confusing conversations around gender? Can it be done in an age-appropriate way for our girls? In this episode Janet, Shani and Dannah provide some spiritual insight and practical tips for talking to your daughter about being the kind of unique girl she is. By the end, you will be shouting, “Hooray for girls!”Learn more about this episode's sponsor Bible2School HERE!Register for True Girl Global HERE!Join the True Girl Subscription HERE! Listen to our podcast just for tween girls and their moms HERE!Order Dannah's newest book for married women: Happily Even After!

How do we, as moms, navigate the confusing conversations about gender? Can it be done in an age-appropriate way for our girls? Join us for this episode of The True Girl MomCast as the ladies provide spiritual insight and practical tips for talking to your daughter about being a girl. They'll explore the glory of being a girl!If you're wondering about the song we mention in this episode, it's “You are the Sun” by Sara GrovesGet your virtual tickets for True Girl Global! (Everyone who registers will receive a recording of the event the very next day, in case you can't join us live.)Get tickets to attend the True Girl Pajama Party tour in-person HERE!Join the True Girl Subscription HERE! Special thanks to our very FIRST SPONSOR! Learn more about Bible2School!

Are you ready for an honest, raw story of hope and healing? Please note: This episode is not meant for younger ears.Register for the Living Happily Even After Online Workshop HERE.Follow Dannah on Facebook HERE.

When you think about your own story, what do you feel? Gratitude? Curiosity? Joy? Or maybe you feel shame? On today's episode, Shani comes in powerfully with truth about NOT letting shame hold you back from sharing your story with your daughter. You'll learn how, why and when to tell that story to your kids in a way that's appropriate and timely.Shani mentions When Strivings Cease by Ruth Chou Simons.Sign up for the True Girl subscription here and get the Glow and Tell box while supplies last!Register for the How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography Workshop HERE.Join the Living Happily Even After workshop for couples HERE.Want to see the True Girl Pajama Party Tour this Spring? Get your tickets!

Today Shani, Janet and Dannah take you on a new journey through a possibly familiar scripture about parenting. Register for the How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography workshop HERE. (If you can't join us LIVE on March 2nd, don't worry! You'll receive the recording of the workshop the very next day.)Order Dannah's newest book Happily Even After.Sign up for the True Girl Subscription HERE and get your Glow and Tell box in March!

It is hard to DO something that's right, good and strong when we don't FEEL like it. And for our girls, prayer can fall into that category. How do we teach them to lean into prayer and dependence on God when their feelings are directing them to do otherwise? Join us for this episode of The True Girl MomCast as Janet, Shani and Dannah provide some spiritual insight and practical tips for raising prayer warriors in our homes who believe in Truth, even when they don't feel like it.Get the 2023 True Girl Power-Packed Prayer Calendar HERE for a gift of ANY amount!Pre-order Dannah's newest book Happily Even After Join the True Girl Subscription HERE! Listen to our podcast just for tween girls and their moms HERE!

As moms, our stress can greatly affect our kids' enjoyment and love of the Christmas season (or any season). On today's episode, Shani gives us three ways to let go of that stress and run towards hope. Make sure you stick around until the end to learn how to help True Girl meet our end of year financial goal as we continually work to plant deep roots of faith and Truth in the next generation!Join the True Girl Subscription HERE by December 10th, 2022 and receive the Power-Packed Prayer Box in time for Christmas!Contribute towards our Deep Roots end-of-year giving campaign HERE!

Are you up for a challenge? No-Grumble November Challenge is here and Janet, Shani and Dannah are talking all about it on this episode of the True Girl MomCast.  A whole month of NOT complaining or grumbling will help us “shine like stars in the world” as it says in Philippians 2:14-15. LET'S DO IT!Get your No-Grumble November Challenge Calendar HERE!Get in on the True Girl Subscription beginning with the November SHINE Box HERE!Register for the How To Talk to Your Kids about Gender livestream workshop HERE!

Matthew Henry's commentary on Proverbs 31:25: ‘Strength and honour are her clothing, in which she wraps herself . . . and in which she appears to the world. . . . She enjoys a firmness and constancy of mind, has spirit to bear up under the many crosses and disappointments which even the wise and virtuous must expect to meet with in this world; and this is her clothing”.Get your True Girl Pajama Party tickets HERE!Get in on the True Girl Subscription Box fun HERE!

The effects of negative peer pressure are pretty clear, right? But on today's episode, Shani gives three ways to reinforce positive peer pressure in our girls' lives. Recommended reading:Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our DaughtersAge Differences in the Prosocial Influence Effect - (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/desc.12666)Get tickets to attend True Woman ‘22 or watch the livestream HERE!The True Girl Pajama Party Tour might be coming to a city near you! Check the schedule!Subscribe to the True Girl Subscription Box HERE! 

The effects of negative peer pressure are pretty clear, right? But on today's episode, Shani gives three ways to reinforce positive peer pressure in our girls' lives. Recommended reading:Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our DaughtersAge Differences in the Prosocial Influence Effect - (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/desc.12666)Get tickets to attend True Woman ‘22 or watch the livestream HERE!The True Girl Pajama Party Tour might be coming to a city near you! Check the schedule!Subscribe to the True Girl Subscription Box HERE! 

Download the (Un)remarkable women book pdf HERE!Revive Our Hearts Sabina Wurmbrand episode: https://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/sabina-wurmbrand-radical-faithfulness-beautiful-fo/Revive Our Hearts Susanna Wesley episode https://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/susanna-wesley-a-hero-without-a-cape/Revive Our Hearts Pandita Ramabai episodehttps://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/pandita-ramabai-scholar-reformer-truth-seeker/While the True Girl MomCast is for every Christian mom, it's also a key part of the True Girl Subscription, your tween daughter's Bible study BFF! Learn more at mytruegirl.com/subscription!

Download the (Un)remarkable women book pdf HERE!Revive Our Hearts Sabina Wurmbrand episode: https://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/sabina-wurmbrand-radical-faithfulness-beautiful-fo/Revive Our Hearts Susanna Wesley episode https://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/susanna-wesley-a-hero-without-a-cape/Revive Our Hearts Pandita Ramabai episodehttps://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/pandita-ramabai-scholar-reformer-truth-seeker/While the True Girl MomCast is for every Christian mom, it's also a key part of the True Girl Subscription, your tween daughter's Bible study BFF! Learn more at mytruegirl.com/subscription!

Are you desperate to help your daughter overcome anxious thoughts? Using the familiar words of Philippians 4:6-7, Janet Mylin breaks down Spiritual, Emotional and Physical strategies for helping your daughter walk in God's true and lasting peace. (P.S. These strategies work for anxious moms, too!)Listen to Janet on the Revive Our Hearts podcastWatch Janet's message on Anxiety delivered to her home churchWhile the True Girl MomCast is for every Christian mom, it's also a key part of the True Girl Subscription, your tween daughter's Bible study BFF! Learn more at mytruegirl.com/subscription!

Are you desperate to help your daughter overcome anxious thoughts? Using the familiar words of Philippians 4:6-7, Janet Mylin breaks down Spiritual, Emotional and Physical strategies for helping your daughter walk in God's true and lasting peace. (P.S. These strategies work for anxious moms, too!)Listen to Janet on the Revive Our Hearts podcastWatch Janet's message on Anxiety delivered to her home churchWhile the True Girl MomCast is for every Christian mom, it's also a key part of the True Girl Subscription, your tween daughter's Bible study BFF! Learn more at mytruegirl.com/subscription!

Is your daughter intimidated by the Bible? Like, by the actual book? It's big! It's not all linear. Different versions don't feel like everyday language. It has tons of words in it and some of those words are unusual. We asked a focus group of moms this question: “Does your daughter have regular time in God's Word and prayer?”  30% of the moms said “yes.” The remaining 70% said either “No” or “I don't know.”Maybe it's because the girls think the Book itself is intimidating. Today's episode will help you make the Bible feel more approachable for your daughter (and for you!).Resources from this episode:Nancy Guthrie's podcastRoar Like a Lion devo for kidsLife Application Study Bible for girlsThe Bible Project VideosThe Ruth Bible study for tweensWhile the True Girl MomCast is for every Christian mom, it's also a key part of the True Girl subscription, your tween daughter's Bible study BFF! Learn more at mytruegirl.com/subscription.

Is your daughter intimidated by the Bible? Like, by the actual book? It's big! It's not all linear. Different versions don't feel like everyday language. It has tons of words in it and some of those words are unusual. We asked a focus group of moms this question: “Does your daughter have regular time in God's Word and prayer?” 30% of the moms said “yes.”The remaining 70% said either “No” or “I don't know.”Maybe it's because the girls think the Book itself is intimidating. Today's episode will help you make the Bible feel more approachable for your daughter (and for you!).Resources from this episode:Nancy Guthrie's podcastRoar Like a Lion devo for kidsLife Application Study Bible for girlsThe Bible Project VideosThe Ruth Bible study for tweensWhile the True Girl MomCast is for every Christian mom, it's also a key part of the True Girl subscription, your tween daughter's Bible study BFF! Learn more at mytruegirl.com/subscription.

Most moms say their daughter struggles to be obedient. Well, we wondered what the girls thought so we asked 1500 of them. 97% of them admitted that they struggle to obey. How can you help your daughter understand the importance of submitting to authority? We'll get practical today as we talk about the secret to cultivating obedience.

Most moms say their daughter struggles to be obedient. Well, we wondered what the girls thought so we asked 1500 of them. 97% of them admitted that they struggle to obey. How can you help your daughter understand the importance of submitting to authority? We'll get practical today as we talk about the secret to cultivating obedience.