About Jeannie
and her journey
and the journey continues...
Our homeschool adventure began when I decided to stay home and care for our 3 kids. Here we were able to teach them what mattered most to us: faith, respect, responsibility, integrity, and a love of learning.
Raising Her Confidently podcast was born!! I wanted a wider reach to help moms globally. Soon I discovered lots of moms desired wanting to know what is going on with their daughters. The podcast was created to help moms have the open communication they so desire with their teenage daughters.
2009
2023
Married my best friend who I have been dating since we were 19!! (Nope, he’s not the mentioned gang member!) We have a happy home in sunny Southern California where we both serve at our church, enjoy traveling, playing golf and supporting our now young adult children
2000
Along came Rooted. This is where I taught live workshops on Zoom to help walk moms to understand their daughters and have a healthy relationship with them. This was the beginning of the Mother-Daughter ministry.
2020
I graduated college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies and quickly jumped into the Teaching Credential Program to become an Elementary Educator. I have always had a passion for kids and helping families.
God's calling shook me! I did a study on Identity which highlighted my 8th grade year. What would it have been like if I just leaned into my mom more? What would it have done to my confidence as a young adult?
This is where I knew I had to start the journey of tending the tween girl's heart through their mamas.
1996
2019
Awkward at 7th grade and the summer when me and my bestie dove our noses into the Seventeen and Teen Beat Magazines to work on our glow up
The year I almost flunked 8th grade
Friends, BOYS BOYS & BOYS were all that mattered to me. My first boyfriend was a literal gangster.
1986
I became a mom of TWEENAGERS!!
This was definitely a fun, yet testing season. Learned a lot about myself. Yikes!
Being a parent of teenagers was hard!!! My kids are very forgiving and have given me tons of grace!!
2016
Besides hosting a podcast and mentoring moms of teen girls, I have a blessed life with my husband of 25 years!! We’ve known each other since we were teenagers, and no he is not the mentioned gang member. Together we raised our now young adult children in sunny Southern California. We intentionally raised them differently from how we were raised, however, taking the parts we valued from our parents and culture and blended them into our style of parenting.
I have to say my kids are less scared of coming to us about big issues. If you were to ask any one of them, they would likely share how safe they feel around us. Maybe have to endure a few of our inspiring and encouraging conversations with them. LOL! But I believe we have raised them to know that communication is KEY in any healthy relationship.
Outside of my family, I enjoy coffee, walks outside with friends, traveling (a lot), reading good books, getting creative with a hand lettering pen or watercolor brush in hand. You’ll likely find me singing my head off at church, not on the worship team but down in the pulpit totally off key. However, you’ll always catch me ready to stop and say a prayer for you.
As a former teacher, my teaching roots came out by creating a course for moms who can be equipped confidently to connect with their daughters once again.
Today, I GET to help moms create open communication with their teenage daughters using my voice and experiences from both a mom perspective and that teenage daughter that has you up at night!
Xo, Jeannie
