Every mum can identify with finding body confidence. Watching their teenage daughter go through the same struggle, however, often leaves mums feeling helpless. They see their daughters grapple in an image-obsessed world. What this book reveals is that mums have a powerful opportunity to be the key influencer in helping their daughters to grow a healthy body image and to see beauty beyond what they look like. To shape and re-shape their daughter’s beliefs around what beauty is.

With over 10 years of impacting teenage girls, we gathered a few to share just how You Are has impacted their life. Listen as the girls talk about their journey, and how they learnt to overcome challenges using tools The You Are Conference equips them with.

Ten years ago, at the YOU ARE: For Teenage Girls conference, a group of 105 girls and women faced their fears and participated in a flash mob. They stepped out of their comfort zones and showed the world what they were capable of.

As part of challenging our teenage girls to put themselves out there this year, Dayelle Hill and her tutors from Dance Dimensions choreographed and taught the girls a dance ( 3 hours of rehearsals). Yes, there were some who could dance but there were a lot of us (including the adult volunteers) who were challenged and we took a big 'courage pill' to perform.