Life Skills for Confidence is a mother-daughter business located in Queen Creek, AZ. Both have relocated from Colorado, and partner with families who are dedicated to help teens & tweens embrace their unique personalities and feel confident.

Claudia Mead McBride created the curriculum for her grandchildren, which turned into a full course on helping Teens & Tweens to transition into young adults. Claudia, born in 1945, is a published author, has had entrepreneurial successes, a robust career in real estate sales, & has extensive education & travel.

After Addie Rausch, her daughter, completed her Applied Psychology degree at ASU she ventured off to advance successfully up the corporate ladder. On the weekends she volunteered to help with Life Skills "in person" Lessons, originally taught as a Charm School.

In 2016, encouraged by Addie, Claudia came out of retirement, and Addie, with her digital background & computer skills, quit her corporate job. Together they created impactful elements into short video lessons called the Life Skills for Confidence program for teens & tweens based on Claudia's original written course.

They developed a unique Teen Empowerment Program of video lessons, worksheets & challenges, along with a successful Teen Social Zoom group. They are dedicated to bringing Personal Development to Teens at a young age so it will increase their confidence, happiness, and their ability to be successful now an as adults.

For both Claudia and Addie, life has been the proving ground that those critical life skills include self-love with a sense of purpose, healthy living, communication skills, social skills, and coping skills. 

When you have those – Confidence follows!

Claudia grew up in a poor home, but she was the first in her family to go to college, regardless of zero money.  Claudia felt college was the answer to getting out of poverty, so in her teens she got a job, saved and diligently worked – putting herself through college. 

And as a result, Claudia landed in a career that gave her the ability to realize her next dream: international travel as a flight attendent, which later led to a career within the real estate industry, where she became a developer, a builder, and one of the top realtors in the brokerage.

Claudia’s journey through life was driven by determination – the determination to create a better life for herself, in spite of any odds that came her way.  She proved over and over that a clear sense of purpose and self-love, healthy living, effective communication, social skills, & coping skills were the key ingredients to support her quest to create a better life for herself, her family, and to help others.