Episode #41. Nature, resilience and self-belief: empowering teenage girls with Sophie Storm Roberts
Have you ever wondered why so many teenage girls lose their spark for movement and activity? Adventurer and mindset coach Sophie Storm Roberts is the guest on this week’s episode of Make Movement Matter.
Sophie shares the deeper reasons behind this disengagement, from societal pressures to social media influences, and reveals her strategies for helping young girls reclaim their confidence. This is more than just a conversation about exercise—it's about unlocking potential, building resilience, and helping girls find joy in movement.
Sophie’s Trailblazers program is transforming lives, showing girls that they’re more capable than they imagine. From small daily habits to life-changing adventures, Sophie highlights how small steps lead to monumental shifts.
Whether you’re a caregiver, teacher or someone seeking inspiration, this episode will make you rethink how we empower the next generation and discover how we can all help teenage girls not just survive but thrive.
Chapters
05:55 Barriers to Physical Activity for Girls
11:48 The Role of Confidence in Movement
18:13 Building Self-Belief and Overcoming Challenges
24:12 Empowering Girls Through the Trailblazers Initiative
29:17 The Natural Order of Resilience
37:21 Transformative Stories of Change
45:50 Advice for Caregivers of Teenage Girls
About this week’s guests:
Sophie Storm Roberts
Mindset Coach, Adventure Athlete and Founder of TrailBlazers One Life, Live it!
Sophie Storm Roberts, aka ‘Challenge Sophie’, is seasoned adventurer, mindset coach and motivational speaker renowned for her extraordinary accomplishments and unwavering commitment to inspiring others. The only person to complete the 'Alpine Coast to Coast' expedition, Sophie has pushed the boundaries of human potential.
She helped build the UK’s fastest growing start-up that won the best place to work in the UK. I also founded TrailBlazers; a youth empowerment program for teenage girls designed to bridge the gap between what’s taught in schools and confidence, courage and tools we need to navigate the world.
Through Sophie's mission, 'To champion ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things,' she empowers individuals to overcome adversity and thrive, drawing inspiration and practical frameworks from her own experiences and adventurous spirit.
Connect here:
The only person in history to complete the 'Alpine Coast to Coast' an expedition to climb the highest mountains in the Alps and cycle between them
Challenge Sophie - http://www.challengesophie.com/
TrailBlazers - https://www.blazeyourtrail.co.uk/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/challengesophie/
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/sophieelizabethroberts
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More about your host, Wendy
Wendy (50) founded Reclaim Movement after a running injury at 40 turned into 4 years of chronic pain. In her search for answers and to reclaim her own movement again she discovered natural movement. The philosophy of training real life practical movements to be able to keep using them as we age, coupled with the benefit of using strengthening and mobilising whole-body movement patterns that are underused in today’s modern world made her realise she had found a way to move for life.
Wendy’s aim is to help people embrace a movement-rich life, at any age, to improve mobility, strength and confidence to keep moving well and doing the things they love for as long as they want.
MovNat Level 1 certified & Functional Range Conditioning certified, she coaches online group classes live & by replay in the Reclaim Movement membership as well as online and in-person private coaching in Oxford.
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