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The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life

New insights and practical solutions for overworked and stressed-out girls and their parents.

In today’s achievement culture, many girls seem to be doing remarkably well–excelling in honors and sports and attending top colleges in ever greater numbers–but beneath the surface, girls are stressed out and stretched too thin as they strive to be “perfect.” In their efforts to juggle schoolwork and extracurriculars, family life and social lives, friends and frenemies, as well as relationships online and IRL (in the real world), many girls begin to lose sight of who they really are, and instead work overtime to please their friends, parents, teachers, and others.

The Myth of the Perfect Girl explores the changing dynamic of today’s culture of perfectionism, and offers practical, thoughtful solutions to promote the healthy social, emotional, physical and spiritual wellness of today’s young girls and women. The book is an  inspiring look at how we can help our youngest generations create their own blueprint for personal success and happiness.

With honesty, empathy, and a fresh perspective, The Myth of the Perfect Girl presents advice to empower both parents and girls themselves to discover what true success and happiness means to them — and how to work to achieve it.

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The Author’s Apprentice: Developing Writing Fluency, Stamina, and Motivation Through Authentic Publication

“What are we teaching our students about writing, if it isn’t what actual writers do?” This provocative question begins the journey Vicki Meigs-Kahlenberg takes us on in The Author’s Apprentice.
With the popular NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)—an event each November during which participants attempt to write a novel from start to finish—as her inspiration, she reinvents the writer’s workshop using an authentic and engaging “apprenticeship” approach that is based on the writing advice of middle grades and young adult authors students are currently reading.
The book integrates classroom practices from Kelly Gallagher, Ralph Fletcher, Lynne Dorfman, and Nancie Atwell with writing practices from authors such as Rick Riordan, Lois Lowry, Gordon Korman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix. Using the experiences of these successful teachers and authors, Meigs-Kahlenberg creates a classroom where student authors contribute their words to the world and gain the self-confidence to become independent writers who apply their skills to any writing task.
In Vicki’s classroom what she does goes beyond November as she pushes kids past the limits of what they thought was possible. It stretches and accelerates their growth as writers by developing their writing fluency and stamina. It grounds their learning in the real world and gives their reading and writing purpose that matters far beyond a test or grade.
The Author’s Apprentice provides a yearlong planning guide, weekly writing challenges, ideas for publication possibilities, step-by-step lesson plans, and hundreds of author quotes to motivate student learning. The ideas and lessons in this book are not a quick and easy journey, but becoming a better writer—an author—never is.
 

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PURPOSE: The Alignment Guide: 28 Days of Inspiration, Reflection, Intention and Creative Expression. (SPARK: The Radically Authentic Life) (Volume 1)

How are you responding to the changing world? Emotionally? Energetically? Physically? Mentally? Spiritually? Even Financially? Does the weather, the environment, the information, and the rapid acceleration of every aspect of life pull you away from alignment with Purpose and drain your life Spark? Discover a transformational tool and system supporting you now and into the future. Stop searching outside of yourself for Purpose and bring the process back inside. Learn how to align who you are now with what needs to emerge. Become more anchored in your knowingness, abilities, intuitions and gifts. PURPOSE: The Alignment Guide, as a standalone book or as part of Michelle Vandepas’s 9-month life Be-ing system: SPARK- The Radically Authentic Life, is a tool that helps to discern what is true in every moment of every day. Learn how to navigate this more connected, and yet rapidly changing world. This 28-day journey into PURPOSE reveals your essence by gently prodding a deeper internal inquiry using self-assessment exercises, daily reflections, journaling, coloring, doodling and exploring the creative process of self-discovery. It helps align the Soul Contract: what you’re here to do and how you get from here to there to do it. How are you responding to the changing world? Emotionally? Energetically? Physically? Mentally? Spiritually? Even Financially? Does the weather, the environment, the information, and the rapid acceleration of every aspect of life pull you away from alignment with Purpose and drain your life Spark? Discover a transformational tool and system supporting you now and into the future. Stop searching outside of yourself for Purpose and bring the process back inside. Learn how to align who you are now with what needs to emerge. Become more anchored in your knowingness, abilities, intuitions and gifts. PURPOSE: The Alignment Guide, as a standalone book or as part of Michelle Vandepas’s 9-month life Be-ing system: SPARK- The Radically Authentic Life, is a tool that helps to discern what is true in every moment of every day. Learn how to navigate this more connected, and yet rapidly changing world. This 28-day journey into PURPOSE reveals your essence by gently prodding a deeper internal inquiry using self-assessment exercises, daily reflections, journaling, coloring, doodling and exploring the creative process of self-discovery. It helps align the Soul Contract: what you’re here to do and how you get from here to there to do it.

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Awaken Your Authentic Self

Complete acceptance of our identity is central to our way of life, given every interaction emerges from our authentic self. The Dalai Lama said it puzzled him why so many people in the West suffer from low self-esteem and lack of acceptance. Our personal needs are met when we honour our authentic self. The media’s influence portrays a fictitious world that doesn’t meet our needs. We are inundated with information to convince us of a news story we can’t live without. Yet, we are no better off because we avoid realising our own authenticity. ‘Awaken Your Authentic Self’ is a book to reconnect you with the core of your essential self. It is a move away from whom you should be espoused by popular culture. The book invites you to reconnect with the deepest part of your being which knows who you are and how you should live. We are encoded with the DNA to thrive. Yet, through cultural conditioning and paradigms, we lose our place to the pull of our external environment. We subscribe to ideologies and beliefs regarding who we should be because we want to be accepted. This comes at a cost to our self-worth since we give up an aspect of ourselves and lose our authenticity. However, standing out has become a rite of passage insofar as the clothes one wears, hair colour, body piercings and decorations. It may be viewed as a show of defiance instead of a proclamation of distinction. You have more power than you realise. More genius than you can imagine. More wisdom and knowledge than you can ever access. This is not a patronising statement to seduce you into a false belief. You have unlimited power, and accessing that power is the basis to ‘Awaken Your Authentic Self.’ When you let go of the false belief that you are lacking or inadequate, in that moment you arouse your potential. Who you are today results from your beliefs, thoughts, and ideas of the world. Unless you challenge the status quo, you remain one of the masses. One has only look to mainstream culture to see the effects the media and marketing hype have on our society. We are drawn into a fictitious way of life at the expense of our sanity and earned dollars.

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Embrace Your Authentic Self 185 Ways: An Empowerment Guide For Women & Girls

Embrace Your Authentic Self 185 Ways, empowers women and girls to love and embrace themselves as they were created. To the women of the world, this book is dedicated to you with the intent that you may realize your true identity! May this book empower you that you may empower someone else!

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Unveiling the I AM: Discovering the Path to the Authentic Self

Unveiling the I Am is more than a book. It is a multisensory experience! It is an invitation to your soul to break free from a life burdened by the fear of not being good enough, and gravitate towards an unapologetic, harmonious life. It is an opportunity to take off the mask behind which so many of us hide under the illusion of safety. There is no safety in a life that lacks harmony between the inner and outer self. In Unveiling the I Am the author takes the reader on an evolutionary journey. She does so with the kind of self-compassion that will compel you to your own. You will not find any victim stories or sad tales of self-pity here; instead there is only a truth that leads to the awakening of a higher self. Imani uses more than twenty-five years of experience in personal development to offer concrete lessons that will propel you beyond theory and into action, on a foundation of unshakeable joy! This book beckons the authentic self to take center stage in your world. It permits the reader an inside view to Imani’s personal experiences that have led her from merely surviving to thriving beyond perceived limitations. No matter where you are in your life, success is only as good as your self-esteem will allow. Conversely, life’s challenges and difficulties are an effect of our humanity, but suffering is a choice of the unevolved ego. Unveiling the I Am is for wherever you are right now!

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The Woman Behind the Mask: Unmasking Your Authentic Self: 14 Women Sharing Their Journey of Unmasking

Are you ready to start living life authentically? Have you ever wondered what it means to be TRULY authentic in God? As women, being ‘masked’ is our “norm”. We don one mask for home, another for work, and yet another for time with friends. In a world where masking is deemed normal, it is easy to get caught up in the world’s agenda. It’s time to unmask and know the meaning of being authentic in Christ. In “The Woman Behind the Mask”, you will join 14 women as they take you on a transparent journey into their lives. Each story is authentic. Each speaks of pain to victory as they unmasked and learned who they truly are in Christ! This book will empower you as you realize your true identity. Be inspired to take charge of the process of being unmasked from anything in your life that is holding you back from walking in your God-given purpose. Unveil to the world exactly who God called you to be…NOW!

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Positive Thinking Affirmations Bundle: Law of Attraction Affirmations Collection for Authentic Happiness, Positive Psychology, Thought Therapy, Brain Training and Positive Life Changes

The law of attraction is more than trying to attract positive events into your life. It is about changing the very core of how you think. It is about reshaping and rewiring your thought patterns so that you can become the person you know you are destined to be.

This audiobook bundle is about practical application of the law of attraction. By embedding uplifting, positive affirmations into your psyche, you will make a habit out of positive thinking. It is no secret that optimistic people are happier than pessimists, yet the habit of negative thinking can be addicting. You don’t have to allow your habit of negative thinking to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

At any moment, you can change the way you think about everything. You can open doors for yourself that you thought were available only to other more worthy people. You are worthy, and you deserve to live your best life. This audiobook seeks to help you shape your thinking to reflect your most ideal self.

This bundle will help you:

Use the law of attraction to manifest good fortune Rewire your brain to automatically think positive Speak your truth, live authentically, and embrace your true self

The following audiobooks are included in this bundle:

1. Authentic Happiness: Law of Attraction Positive Affirmations to Train Your Brain and Heal Your Life
2. Positive Words: Life Changing Law of Attraction Affirmations
3. Positive Thoughts and Affirmations: Use Positive Thinking to Change Your Life Instantly
4. Positive Psychology: Train Your Brain with Positive Affirmations and Power Words

You can put the law of attraction to work for you by utilizing these powerful, positive affirmations. Allow yourself to benefit from positive thinking and become your best self through the power of thought. Today is a great day to start your journey toward genuine happiness.

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Discover Your Authentic Self: Be You, Be Free, Be Happy

Embrace your authentic self and let your soul’s light shine forth with guidance from 150 lessons meant to inspire, motivate, and teach. This empowering book helps you shed what is false and come to know, accept, and express your true self. 

With essays to uplift and engage you through personal stories, meditations, exercises, affirmations, and question prompts, Discover Your Authentic Self shows you how to live according to your passions and purpose. Explore a range of topics for self-discovery, including intuition, spirit animals, recognizing personal abilities as related to archetypes, living your purpose, spirit essence and energy (chakras and auras), and more. With this remarkable book, you’ll unlock your truth and set yourself free.