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Dreams And Spiritual Life Lessons For The Sacred Girl
Are you aware that an alarming number of young girls mature into women who are plagued with low self-esteem, depression, weight issues, relationship problems, and substance abuse? They are often self-medicate by using drugs and alcohol to quiet the chastising voices in their minds. To make matters worse, research and statistics show that the problems are growing, rather than diminishing, with every generation of women.
Kenya E. Aisssa and Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos discussed these topics on the Kat Kanavos Show.
Obesity and depression, conditions which have until recently been considered “adult” health problems, are now recognized as common conditions among youths. These two problems are the stepping stones which trigger low self-esteem that can lead to life-long relationship problems due to a lack of self-respect, love and a healthy belief system anchored in spirituality.
Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey estimates that:
17% of youths ages 2–19 years old to be overweight (1) compared to just 5% a few decades ago. Depression also impacts a large population of youths. Prevalence of major depressive disorder has been estimated to be 2% of children and 4–8% of adolescents (2). Note that in the following, “children” generally means up to 12 years…
