Michelle Minnikin
Why This Book Matters
Because being “good” is not the same as being safe, happy, or free.
From a young age, many girls are told to be polite, quiet, kind, helpful, and nice - no matter what.
But who does that really serve?
Good Girl Deprogramming – Teen Edition helps girls recognise the unspoken rules they’ve inherited, question where those messages came from, and start choosing their own values, voice, and boundaries.
47% of girls and young women aged 12 to 21 said that expectations about how girls and women should act, and what they should be, hold them back in life.
- THE STATE OF GIRLS’ RIGHTS IN THE UK 2024,
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What she’ll find inside…
❤️ Self-trust
Learn to listen to her gut and trust her instincts.
💬 Her voice
Understand how to speak up, say no, and be heard.
🛡️ Healthy boundaries
Know what’s OK and what’s not - and how to protect it.
One workbook for her.
One support guide for you.
Teen
Edition
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Written directly for girls aged 10-14
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Stories, questions, and journaling prompts
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Topics like boundaries, self-worth, shame, and people pleasing
Caregiver's Companion
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Written for parents, teachers, and mentors
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Tools for holding space and starting big conversations
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Reflections for your own unlearning, too
You don’t have to have all the answers...
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or youth worker, you play a powerful role in this journey.
The Caregiver’s Companion is your guide - with insight, conversation prompts, and reflection tools to help you support the girl in your life as she deprograms the pressure to please.
Together, the book and Caregiver's Companion help both generations unlearn, reconnect, and grow - side by side
Created by two women who lived it, studied it, and are raising children through it.
Michelle Minnikin and Caroline Bowmer are friends, collaborators and rebels with a cause - bringing together deep expertise in psychology and education, and a shared passion for raising girls who are free to be fully themselves.
Michelle Minnikin
Chartered Organisational Psychologist, coach and founder of The Deprogramming Company. Author of Good Girl Deprogramming (for adults) and mum to one human (and two rabbits).
Caroline Bowmer
Former teacher and founder of Alchemy Education. Tutor, parent, and fierce advocate for children’s voices, especially her daughter’s.
What readers are saying
We believe in raising girls who can speak up, take up space, and trust their own voice.
We believe in caregivers who support that - even when it’s messy, awkward or new.
We believe in unlearning what no longer serves us, and reimagining what growing up can look like.
This is more than a workbook. It’s a movement.
One that begins with curiosity and ends with freedom.