Girls That Create with Erin Prather Stafford
The Girls That Create podcast is about parenting, creativity, and helping the next generation of creators become who they want to be.
Host Erin Prather Stafford launched the Girls That Create website to support the parents and caregivers of creative girls while encouraging greater female representation across the arts. In 2023, the Girls That Create podcast was launched in partnership with Word of Mom radio.
For more parenting resources for raising creative girls and supporting female representation across the arts, visit girlsthatcreate.com and follow them on Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. You can also sign up for the Girls That Create newsletter.
SEASON TWO
Episode 1: The Gift of Failure Author Jessica Lahey returns to share the hard-hitting yet warm and wise, The Gift of Failure is essential reading for parents, educators, and psychologists nationwide who want to help children succeed.
Episode 2: Psychological Safety Advocate Chelsey Goodan has a passion to explore humanity's potential for authenticity, liberation, and this commitment to empowerment permeates all of her work.
Episode 3: Stronger With Music Piera Van de Wiel is a fierce advocate for gender equality, and lifting up LGBTQ+ voices.
Episode 4: Empathy and Children's Mental Health Author and educational psychologist Michele Borba, Ed.D., to discuss how empathy is vital for children’s mental health and a crucial tool for preventing bullying.
Episode 5: MONOLITH and More Author Jess Rinker shares her book MONOLITH and Wandering Moth Press, as she understands that a writer's career doesn't necessarily follow a straight path.
Episode 6: Once Upon a Dance Teacher Terrel strives to share joyful movement, honor the beauty and discipline of ballet, and foster freedom of expression.
Bonus Episodes of Girls That Create
Bonus Episode 1: Clips of Wellness & Self-Care Enjoy this special episode of Girls That Create, bringing you a compilation of insightful clips from our previous episodes, all centered around wellness and self-care.
Bonus Episode 2: Raising Girls That Thrive Dr. Michele Borba shares realistic, research-based advice culled from a career working with over one million parents and educators worldwide.
Bonus Episode 3: Creativity and Community This bonus episodes features conversations with past guests sharing the power of creativity, fostering supportive communities, and embracing the inevitable missteps along the path to success.
Season One
Kick off Show Through the years WoMRadio founder Dori DeCarlo has shared Girls That Create and founder Erin Prather Stafford and her work to debunk the myth that girls can't have successful careers as creatives. This show kicks off the first season of the Girls That Create Podcast
Episode 1: Raising Girls Who Thrive Erin Prather Stafford welcomes her first guest, Dr. Michele Borba on the debut of Girls That Create. Dr. Borba is the author of "Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine."
Episode 2: No Ordinary Love Erin Prather Stafford shares award-winning filmmaker Chyna Robinson and executive producer Tracy Rector and their movie "No Ordinary Love".
Episode 3: The Addiction Inoculation For over 20 years Erin Prather Stafford's guest Jessica Lahey has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont.
Episode 4: Poetry, Songwriting, Creativity Julie Flanders is a sought-after Creative Consultant with expertise in leadership, trance states, and neuro-linguistics. Her clients include world-changers from the fields of culture, technology, thought authorship, and the arts.
Episode 5: Children and Screens Kris Perry has fought to protect children, improve and expand early learning programs, and increase investments in low-income children.
Episode 6: Surface Design, Illustration + As a mentor for multi-passionate creatives Rebecca Rueth cultivates community, coaches and mentors artists, and teaches online surface design courses to help creatives elevate their craft.
Episode 7 Discover and Embrace Personal Style Your Chic is Showing offers comprehensive styling packages and services that are designed to make fashion and style accessible and meet the unique needs of everyone!
Episode 8: Self-Care & Asking Yourself What You Need Renée Trudeau talks about self-care and why you should ask yourself what you need every day. Trudeau is an internationally-recognized transformational coach/speaker/catalyst and the author of two award-winning books.
Episode 9: Empowering Dancers & Creatives Erin Prather Stafford and her guest Emi Matsushita chat about dance as a career and how Matsushita is now a mindset and business coach for dancers.
Episode 10: First Phone: A Child's Guide Dr. Catherine Pearlman discuss a question all parents and caregivers must face: When should I give my child their first phone?
Episode 11: Women in Film & Documentary Body Parts Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary and experimental films have screened at the Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, and HotDocs film festivals and the Getty Museum.
Episode 12: Preventing Sexual Violence Dr. Nicole Bedera is a sociologist studying how sexual violence is much bigger than the people involved in a sexual assault.
Episode 13: Safe Space for Conversations On Parenthood Brea Schmidt is a Pittsburgh-based writer, speaker and photographer who aims to empower and connect women by creating a safe space to have conversation about the issues that weigh on their hearts.
Episode 14: The Color Snack Unleash Your Creativity and Quiet the Inner Critic with Volta Voloshin-Smith, Founder of Color Snack.
Episode 15: Paper Doll Communication Author Christine Horstman shares the pressure of achievement in children's lives, learned helplessness, encouraging children's interests, the importance of acceptance in parenting, and more.
Episode 16: From Teacher to Quiet Book Queen Kailin Carr is the Quiet Book Queen! I love to help parents and grandparents make their own Quiet Books in a super easy, more cost-effective way by organizing Quiet Book Swaps.
Episode 17: Unconditional A Guide to Loving Telaina Eriksen is the author of the Amazon bestseller "Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child," which won the 2017 Bisexual Book Award for Nonfiction.
Episode 18: The Live Side of Music Felicia Bennett is a tour manager, manager, and founder with over seven years of experience in the live side of the music business working for companies like Sony ATV, Sarm Studios, Live Nation, and now Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Arts Society.
Episode 19: Uncovering and Activating Kyla Martin used to believe that women with dream lives were lucky, brave -- or unicorns. Now Martin know those are just thoughts.
Episode 20: Dancing to Digital Marketing At Magnify Consulting, Julia Lumpkin and her team specialize in digital marketing consultant services.
Episode 21: How Creativity Rules the World ARTNEWS named Maria Brito "one of the innovators who gets to shape the art world." Find out why!!!
Episode 22: Harnessing the Power of Pop Culture Fan activist, writer, and award-winning digital strategist Sabrina Cartan on the Girls That Create
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Episode 23: Media, Marketing, Meditation and more Leah Frazier is an attorney turned media maven, marking and PR innovator at Think Three Media and, at Leah Heals, shares a one-stop destination for meditations, sound baths, holistic healing and wellness.
Episode 24: Seeds from the Sacred Feminine Andrea Menard is an influencer in Feminine leadership and was named one of WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner in 2020.
Episode 25: Tidy Revival Carly Adams knows that home organization is so much more than shopping for beautiful bins. It’s about giving people the tools needed to edit habits and create lasting change.
Episode 26: Changing Lives with Film Cynthia Salzman Mondell is an award-winning filmmaker and playwright who believes that films can make a difference in people's lives, and co-founded the non-profit organization Media Projects Inc.
Episode 27: Building Strong Networks Networking Expert Kelly Hoey knows that building strong people networks is a critical career and life skill – it’s how we reach professional milestones and accomplish big tasks.
Episode 28: Fearless Foundry Madeline Reeves, Founder and CEO of Fearless Foundry, supports you with soul-level strategy, creative coaching, and brand alignment to help you grow a business that will change the world.
Episode 29: Entrepreneurship and Doing the Right Work Frenchie Ferenczi knows you don’t need to do it all, you just need help figuring out what to do next to grow the type of business you want.
Episode 30: Gratitude and the Thank You Project Nancy Davis Kho knows no matter your age or walk of life, the science of happiness and gratitude shows that active appreciation of the formative people in your life can make a positive and lasting change in your happiness levels.
Episode 31: Claiming Space A transformational teacher, Eliza VanCort offers simple, bite-size solutions to that empower people to move beyond fear, take action, and become empowered.
Erin as a Guest on WoMRadio
Girls That Create If you would like to learn more about Erin and the mission she shares at Girls That Create, tune in for this past episode that gave Erin and Dori the idea that it was time for Erin to join the Word of Mom Radio family as a show host!