Fit Girl™
Building Strong Minds. Strong Boundaries. Strong Bodies.
A CBT & DBT–informed emotional fitness program for girls ages 8–13, designed to help them build resilience, confidence, emotional regulation, and healthy friendship skills before negative patterns become entrenched.
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What Parents Will Learn
- Why late elementary years are such a powerful window for emotional skill-building
- How Fit Girl™ helps girls manage stress, self-talk, friendship dynamics, and confidence
- What makes this program preventative, evidence-informed, and strengths-based
- How emotional fitness supports both present wellbeing and future resilience
Who It’s For
- Girls ages 8–13
- Parents who want proactive emotional skill-building
- Families navigating anxiety, perfectionism, comparison, or friendship stress
- Parents seeking something supportive that is not therapy
What Makes It Different
- CBT & DBT–informed emotional fitness training
- Mindfulness, movement, reflection, and real-life skill practice
- Athletic-inspired but not appearance-focused
- Built around confidence, boundaries, and healthy identity formation
Save Your Seat
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Fit Girl™ at a Glance
Fit Girl™ is emotional fitness training for real life. It helps girls build the inner tools they need before comparison, perfectionism, peer stress, and anxiety begin to shape identity.
You're In — Watch the Parent Training
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Inside This Training
- Why 5th grade and preteen years are such a critical developmental window
- How thoughts, feelings, and behaviors shape confidence and coping
- What girls will learn about emotional regulation, friendships, body confidence, and assertiveness
- Why Fit Girl™ is preventative emotional fitness, not therapy
- How the sessions are designed to feel active, supportive, and empowering
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Emotional fitness for real life. Built from the inside out. Confident girls start here.
A Preventative Emotional Fitness Program for Girls Ages 8–13
Created to help girls build resilience, emotional regulation, body confidence, and healthy peer relationship patterns before harmful patterns become identity.
Program Purpose
Fit Girl™ supports girls during a powerful developmental window when social comparison rises, identity formation accelerates, and emotional skills can still be shaped in a lasting way.
This is not therapy. It is emotional fitness training.
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Evidence-Informed
Built on CBT and DBT-informed concepts made accessible for girls in a strengths-based way.
Preventative
Supports skill-building before anxiety, perfectionism, and comparison become deeply entrenched.
Interactive
Includes mindfulness, movement, reflection, role-play, and real-life application.
Empowering
Helps girls develop confidence, self-trust, emotional vocabulary, and an internal coach voice.
Girls Learn To
- Recognize and reframe unhelpful thoughts
- Regulate intense emotions
- Tolerate distress without impulsive reactions
- Communicate assertively
- Build body confidence and self-trust
- Strengthen healthy friendship patterns
- Develop an internal coach voice
At Home, You May Notice
- Increased emotional vocabulary
- More thoughtful responses
- Improved boundary-setting confidence
- Greater awareness of comparison patterns
- Increased resilience after mistakes
Program Curriculum
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What Is Emotional Fitness?
Introduction to the CBT triangle, identity awareness, and normalization of emotional ups and downs.
Thoughts Are Not Facts
Automatic thoughts, thinking traps, and cognitive reframing practice.
Comparison & Social Media Literacy
Appearance-based distortions, separating identity from appearance, and body-neutral language.
Emotion Regulation 101
Emotion identification, intensity scaling, and pause skill training.
Distress Tolerance Skills
Grounding techniques, cold reset, opposite action lite, and coping toolbox creation.
Friendship Dynamics
Healthy versus unhealthy patterns, red and green flag awareness, and boundary recognition.
Assertive Communication
I-statement training, boundary scripts, and role-play practice.
Handling Conflict
Repair and apology skills, emotional validation, and reducing escalation.
Perfectionism & Mistakes
Growth mindset, shame resilience, and cognitive flexibility.
Body Confidence & Puberty Normalization
Body functionality focus, reducing comparison, and separating worth from appearance.
Self-Compassion & Inner Coach
Replacing the inner critic and developing supportive self-talk.
Integration & Celebration
Personal emotional fitness plan, strength reflection, and graduation recognition.
What This Is — And What It Is Not
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What This Is
- Skill-building
- Strength-based
- Evidence-informed using CBT & DBT principles
- Preventative mental health education
- Support for confidence, friendships, coping, and emotional resilience
What This Is Not
- Therapy
- Crisis intervention
- Pathology-focused treatment
- A program focused on appearance
- A lecture-based experience with little engagement
How You Can Support Her
- Ask what skill she practiced each week
- Encourage calm practice before stressful moments
- Model clear and respectful communication
- Reinforce progress over perfection
Why This Matters
We believe emotional strength is just as important as academic achievement. Fit Girl™ helps girls develop inner tools that support them in school, at home, in friendships, and in the years ahead.
Apply for Fit Girl™
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Parent Application Form
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FAQ
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Is this therapy?
No. Fit Girl™ is not therapy. It is emotional fitness training designed to build practical skills in a preventative, strengths-based format.
What ages is it for?
Fit Girl™ is designed for girls ages 8–13, with a core focus on 5th grade and the years surrounding that developmental transition.
What happens in a session?
Sessions include mindfulness or a short strength break, skill teaching, interactive application, reflection, and optional home practice.
Will this help with friendships and confidence?
Yes. Friendship dynamics, assertive communication, self-talk, body confidence, and handling mistakes are all core parts of the curriculum.
Suggested Funnel Emails
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Email 1: Registration Confirmation
Subject: You’re in: Fit Girl™ parent training access
Hi [First Name],
You’re officially registered for the Fit Girl™ parent training.
In this session, we’ll walk through why emotional fitness matters so much for girls ages 8–13 and how Fit Girl™ helps build confidence, resilience, healthy boundaries, and stronger coping skills.
Watch here: [Insert webinar link]
Warmly,
Ali Novitsky MD & Mark Novitsky MD
Email 2: Why This Age Matters
Subject: Why 5th grade is such an important window
Hi [First Name],
For many girls, this age marks the beginning of deeper social comparison, rising anxiety, and greater sensitivity around friendships, appearance, and identity.
That is why early emotional skill-building can be so protective.
Watch the training here: [Insert replay link]
Warmly,
Ali Novitsky MD & Mark Novitsky MD
Email 3: What Girls Learn
Subject: What your daughter will actually learn in Fit Girl™
Hi [First Name],
Fit Girl™ helps girls recognize unhelpful thoughts, regulate big emotions, handle friendship stress, speak up with confidence, and build a kinder, stronger inner voice.
It is practical, interactive, and designed for real life.
See the full program here: [Insert sales page link]
With care,
Ali Novitsky MD & Mark Novitsky MD
Email 4: Final Invitation
Subject: Last invitation to explore Fit Girl™
Hi [First Name],
If you want your daughter to develop emotional strength before stress, perfectionism, and comparison become identity, Fit Girl™ may be a beautiful next step.
Apply here: [Insert application or checkout link]
Strong minds build strong futures.
Ali Novitsky MD & Mark Novitsky MD