Confidence in Maturing Brodie

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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.

GuideNina CastellanOct 21, 20265 min

How to say no to a friend and still be friends Monday

The long, apologetic explanation is what makes a no go badly. Short and warm works better, and it keeps the friendship intact.

Take one night a week. These five dinners will carry you.

The recipes are the easy part. Getting everything hot at the same moment is the real skill, and these five meals teach it in order.

GuideNina CastellanOct 4, 20267 min

Check your own tires and oil in five minutes flat

The tire light on a cold morning, the dipstick nobody showed you, and the five-minute routine that means you never have to wait on anyone.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideNina CastellanOct 2, 20265 min

The group hangout is the upgrade, not the backup plan

One-on-one feels like the big move. For most of high school, a table of six tells you more, costs you less and keeps you safer.

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The phone-free Saturday works when you don't call it that

How to get your friends to put their phones in a basket for a day, what to actually do, and how to get through the weird first hour.

Poll

Best way to spend a Saturday?

GuideNina CastellanOct 1, 20266 min

Pick a hobby that keeps both your hands busy

Willpower loses to your phone. Flour on your fingers doesn't. How to pick something worth doing, and how to survive the month you're bad at it.

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What is the most expensive lesson your business taught you?

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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.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideNina CastellanSep 26, 20265 min

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.

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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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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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.