Maturing Brodie

For girls 13 to 17. School, money, confidence, friendship, faith, boys, and knowing your own standard.

This section is for 13 to 17. There is no dating, no messaging strangers and no adult content anywhere in it. If anything here worries you, talk to a parent, a teacher or another adult you trust.

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Grad & Prom Guide. Go as a group, plan the costs, dress sharp on a budget and get home safe. A checklist you can print, too.

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The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

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GuideNina CastellanSep 29, 20266 min

Start a weekly pickleball game with your friends and keep it

You don't need to be sporty, rich or good at it. You need four people, two paddles, a free park court and a day of the week that's yours.

GuideNina CastellanSep 27, 20266 min

Grad day is won at rehearsal and remembered in the notes

The walk takes about ten seconds. The rehearsal decides how it goes, and a handwritten note is the part people keep for years.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideNina CastellanSep 27, 20266 min

The secondhand grad dress rewards time, not money

Borrowing, renting and thrifting can land you a modest dress you love. The catch is you have to start weeks earlier than everyone else.

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What your friends do after you say no tells you everything

Your standards aren't the hard part. The hard part is the second and third ask, and the people who keep making them.

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GuideNina CastellanSep 26, 20266 min

"Nah, I'm good" is a complete sentence

Saying no to a vape isn't the hard part. The reason you give and the ten minutes after it are where most girls get stuck.

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What did your first job teach you that school never did?

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GuideNina CastellanSep 26, 20266 min

The calm from vaping is borrowed, and you pay it back

Vaping feels like stress relief. It's really a fix for a problem the vape created. What it costs your lungs, skin and money, and how to get out.

GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

One active at a time, and give it longer than you want to

Most acne routines fail because they change every ten days. Pick one thing that actually works, use it properly, and stop punishing your face in between.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Four steps, twice a day, and hands off your face

A skin routine you can actually finish before the bus, plus the one habit that undoes all of it.

BRO TakeNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Being a girl isn't a thing you have to work around

The strongest woman you know is almost never the loudest person in the room, and you don't have to put down other girls to be worth something.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Always tired isn't a personality trait

Sleep fixes some kinds of tired. If two solid weeks of it hasn't fixed yours, something else is going on and it's worth checking.

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

How to spot an eating disorder and who to tell

The signs are mostly behavior, not body size, and the right move is telling a grown-up today, not watching for another month.

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What was (or will be) your first job?

GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Anxiety doesn't always feel like worrying

The stomachaches, the flat weeks and the 3 a.m. replays are part of it. What to watch for, and the exact words to use when you tell someone.

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What is the most expensive lesson your business taught you?

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

What vaping does to you, and how to quit if you've started

Nicotine is a lousy boss. Here's what it's doing to your body, your sleep and your mood, and a plan that actually gets you off it.

GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Why You Can't Fall Asleep At Ten Anymore

Your internal clock really did shift later, and it isn't in your head. Morning light does more for it than any bedtime rule ever will.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

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Eat enough to still be running in the fourth quarter

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What's normal for your period and when to tell someone

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The concussion you hide is the one that keeps you out longest

You don't have to black out to have a brain injury, and "I'm fine" is the sentence that costs athletes whole seasons.

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What to say when a girl is cruel and everyone's watching

Not the comeback you rehearse at midnight. The boring, flat answer that ends it in public and costs you absolutely nothing.

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Where do you actually get your homework done?

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