­

Get Smart Mentoring for Teens

Blog
Programs
Get Smart Girls
1304, 2015

Your Family vs. Your Dreams: Seven Questions You Need to Ask

Perhaps it’s about career choices: maybe you want to pursue an entrepreneurial or creative career, or don’t want to attend university. Or it could be about relationships: you might want to get engaged, or to [...]

604, 2015

Technology Takeover: How to Make Summer More Enjoyable

As I grow older, I notice that technology has become a much bigger presence than it ever was when I was growing up. Now, children at younger ages are more addicted to technology, and would [...]

604, 2015

Five Ways to Cure Wanderlust

You’re sitting in your room on the weekend, scrolling through Instagram photos to see the most beautiful places. Your feed is full of walks through Central Park, croissants in European coffee shops, and bright days [...]

604, 2015

Two Apps to Make Health & Fitness EASY!

Personally, I would rather order a pizza than go to the gym. However, this obviously does not help in my new mantra to be and feel healthy. So where did I go to try to [...]

2903, 2015

5 Tips from an Experienced Complainer

Go ahead, let it out… For some reason I find something very soothing about venting. There seems to be no easier way for me to release all of my stress and tension then to complain [...]

2903, 2015

How to Dress to Impress for a Job Interview

A first impression is the last impression. It is instant and takes a few seconds for a complete stranger to formulate a positive or negative opinion of you based solely on your appearance. People don’t [...]

2903, 2015

Drop the Term “Plus Size”

Personally, I have struggled with the way I perceive my body from the time I was allowed to choose my own clothes. This loss of confidence occurred the moment I couldn’t fit into the popular [...]

2403, 2015

Insecurities? Don’t Worry!

Insecurities. We all have them. It’s a completely normal thing. Especially in teenagers. I, being a freshman in high school, have many. Some very typical 15-year-old things, others not very common among people my age. [...]

2303, 2015

I’m a SURVIVOR!

Relay for Life happens at most universities, and in most towns once a year!  It is a night where people come together for a common cause: To help end cancer!  The worst sentence a person [...]

2303, 2015

Power Tools, Scaffolding, and Service: Making the Most of your Spring Break

Spring break has gotten a bad reputation of college-aged kids going south for warmer climates and heavy partying. This past spring break, I decided to partake in a different type of spring break tradition that people sometimes [...]