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Sharon West - Confidence Coach for Teens
🌱 Helping teens grow confidence
🧰 Mindset, resilience & friendship
💁🏼‍♀️ Teen coach + mom of 3
⬇️ Semesters + 1:1 coaching

10/30/2026

Walk Forward Coaching is hosting the North Peoria Turkey Trot again this year to foster community, connection and confidence!

This is the last weekend to register at the early registration discounted fee! If you register by the end of the day Sunday, November 1st, the registration fee is only $15/person and you get a free shirt!

Register today!

https://www.walkforwardcoaching.com/turkeytrot

We are also looking for volunteers to help hand out shirts, and help guide runners on the course. We have an updated course this year! 🎉 See link above to register to volunteer. Come and have a blast with us!

10/25/2026

Tonight in our semester group of Connected & Skilled we rode bikes and learned about BOUNDARIES.

The bike ride invigorated some, and showed some of the teens that they can do hard things. I love it when teens feel independent and can really push themselves by having a positive mindset- it’s so awesome!!

To wrap up the night, we gathered in our coaching circle and learned about setting boundaries. Each of the teens practiced verbalizing a boundary that is important to them. They are so awesome and growing so much! 🙌

If you want your teen to participate next semester, add them to the waitlist at www.coachsharon.net/in-person-waitlist

10/11/2026

Today our Connected & Skilled group volunteered at Sleep in Heavenly Peace Phoenix | SHP Arizona

We helped make beds for locals who currently don’t have beds to sleep on.

I do a lot of different activities with teens, and nothing quite compares to doing service and hard work. It was truly inspirational!

If you want to help your teen grow their confidence, take them to serve and work along side them doing something hard. ⭐️⭐️⭐️🙌

09/30/2026

This is what parenting looks like when we stop caring about our teen’s feelings.

Your teen left a mess. You’re frustrated. Maybe it’s the fifth time you’ve had to remind them to clean up.

It’s easy in that moment to say things like, “You’re such a slob,” or “You’re always so messy.”

But when your teen tells you that those words hurt their feelings, responding with, “Well, then don’t make a mess,” teaches them that their feelings don’t matter when they’ve done something wrong.

And that can be really damaging.

You can hold your teen accountable for their behavior AND care about how they feel.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is take a deep breath, let go of the initial frustration, and address the actual problem.

“Hey, this needs to be cleaned up. What can you do to get this taken care of?”

You don’t have to ignore the mess. You just don’t have to make your teen feel like THEY are the mess.

Correct the behavior without attacking their character.

Your teen needs to know that even when they make mistakes, their feelings still matter to you.

Want more support raising a confident teen?
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Or comment NEWSLETTER and I’ll DM you the link.

09/29/2026

This is what low confidence can look like in teens when they get in trouble at work.

One mistake. One correction. One difficult interaction with a manager…

And suddenly they’re thinking:

“I’m never going back.”

“I’m terrible at this.”

“They probably think I’m bad at my job.”

For a teen with low confidence, getting in trouble can feel much bigger than the actual situation.

Instead of seeing feedback as, “I made a mistake and now I know what to do differently,” they can see it as, “I’m bad at this.”

And that can make them want to quit before they ever have the chance to learn, grow, and realize that making mistakes is part of having a job.

This is where parents can help.

Instead of immediately saying, “You need to toughen up” or “Just go back tomorrow,” help your teen separate the mistake from their identity.

“You made a mistake. That doesn’t mean you’re bad at your job.”

“What happened, and what do you think you could do differently next time?”

“You can be uncomfortable and still go back.”

Confidence isn’t believing you’ll never mess up.

It’s learning that you can mess up, handle the discomfort, learn from it, and keep going.

🧡 Want more support raising a confident teen?
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09/23/2026

This is what it looks like to pressure your teen.

Your teen comes home and tells you they got a B on a test.

Instead of simply celebrating that they did well, the conversation quickly turns into college, their future, what they’re doing with their life, and everything they still need to figure out.

That might feel like motivation, but to your teen, it can feel like pressure.

When every little thing becomes a lecture about their future, they may start thinking, “Why even tell Mom?”

Teens need room to make mistakes, figure things out, and grow without feeling like every conversation is a reminder that they aren’t doing enough.

You can have high expectations for your teen without making them feel like they are constantly falling short.

Sometimes the best thing you can say is simply, “That’s great! How do you feel about it?”

Connection first. The bigger conversations can come later.

Want more support raising a confident teen?
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Or comment NEWSLETTER and I’ll DM you the link.

09/22/2026

Jealousy can show up in a lot of different ways for teens.

Sometimes it looks like being genuinely upset that a friend made the volleyball team when they didn’t. And sometimes, that hurt turns into putting their friend down because it temporarily makes them feel a little better about themselves.

But this is an important confidence lesson we can teach our teens:

You don’t have to bring someone else down to build yourself back up.

Instead, we can help our teens learn to acknowledge the disappointment, be honest about how they feel, and then focus on what they can do to build their own confidence.

Celebrate someone else’s success while still working toward your own.

Because tearing someone else down might feel good for a moment, but it doesn’t actually build lasting confidence.

Real confidence comes from learning to feel good about WHO YOU ARE, even when someone else is succeeding at something you wish you had.

Teach your teen to bring others up while also learning how to bring themselves up.

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09/17/2026

“Your sister always knows what she wants.”

It might seem like a small comment, especially when you’re comparing something as simple as choosing an outfit, deciding what to eat, picking an activity, or making a small decision.

But repeated comparisons can send a much bigger message to your teen:

“Something about me isn’t good enough.”

When teens are constantly compared to their siblings or other kids, they can start measuring their own worth against everyone around them.

And with siblings, it can create resentment, competition, and the feeling that they have to prove they’re just as good as their brother or sister.

Your teen doesn’t need to be better than someone else to know they’re doing well.

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09/16/2026

This is what low confidence can look like in teens when their friends disagree with them.

A friend having a different idea can feel like a personal rejection.

Instead of thinking, “They just want to do something different,” a teen with low confidence may hear, “My idea is stupid.”

When a teen’s confidence is shaky, disagreement can feel like criticism, rejection, or proof that they aren’t good enough.

One of the most important things we can teach our teens is that someone disagreeing with you doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you.

Different opinions don’t have to threaten your confidence. They can simply be different.

🧡 Want more support raising a confident teen?
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