Author: Selina Alko
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375860924
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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A young girl imagines her own future as she puts on costumes and pretends to be great women from history, including Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Author: Carolina Petrosky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578509853
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Play Dress Up With Me illustrates the young, essential, and spiritual side of fashion inspiration. The girl is all of us as she strolls around and is captivated by what surrounds her to play dress up.
Author: Joey Graceffa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925184412
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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A confessional, uplifting memoir from the beloved YouTube personality. It’s not where you begin that matters. It's where you end up. Twenty-three year old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence (not to mention his sparkling eyes and perfect hair). Yet, Joey wasn’t always comfortable in his skin, and in this candid memoir, he thoughtfully looks back on his journey from pain to pride, self-doubt to self-acceptance. To his fans, Joey is that best friend who always captures the brighter side of life but also isn’t afraid to get real. In the pages of his first book, he opens up about his years of struggling with family hardships and troubles at school, with cruel bullying and the sting of rejection. He tells of first loves and losses, embarrassing moments and surprising discoveries, loneliness, laughter, and life-changing forks in the road, showing us the incalculable value of finally finding and following your true passion in this world. Funny, warm-hearted, and inspiring, Joey Graceffa’s story is a welcome reminder that it’s not where you begin that matters, but where you end up.
Author: Cecy Robson
Publisher: Cecy Robson, LLC
ISBN: 0997194707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Once he was broken beyond repair. Now this MMA contender is fighting to be a better man—for her. RT Book Reviews proclaims that the O’Brien Family series from award-winning author Cecy Robson “has the hottest brothers ever!” And in Let Me, it is Finn’s turn to discover how love can heal the deepest wounds. A mixed martial arts star on the rise, Finn O’Brien dismantles his opponents with brutal precision. And yet beneath his fierce persona, Finn is raw from a trauma he’s buried for years . . . until the day his deep-rooted rage erupts and lands him in court-mandated therapy. Finn’s not one to bare his soul, but if talking it out means meeting beautiful women like Sol Marieles, he’ll give it a shot. Sol is working toward her masters degree in psychology, and already she feels like she’s in over her head. With an important internship on the line and a scary family situation demanding her attention, the last thing Sol needs is Finn around to distract her. The man is ripped and seriously sexy yet it’s his troubled side that warns her to keep her distance. But their attraction is intense, and he clearly has the heat to see how far and fast their passion takes them. Alone, Finn and Sol have been fighting to find happiness in their lives. Together, there’s no stopping them as they face their greatest challenges—not in the ring, but in their hearts. Advanced Praise for Cecy Robson’s Let Me: "Confession: I'm a little obsessed with the O’Brien Family. Addicted, you might say. And this book? Fed my addiction. In the best possible way. I FLOVED Let Me." – Give Me Books "Cecy Robson hits the reader hard with Let Me. Her raw and edgy voice gripped me from page one, and Finn and Sol's journey was so intense and so real that it crushed me to watch them go through their larger issues while struggling to find themselves. This is a must-read!" – Marisa Cleveland NY Times Best-selling Author "...hands down my favorite book of [Cecy Robson's]” – JB's Book Obsession "Once again, a new Cecy Robson book wrecked my plans for a productive weekend. Let Me made me laugh, cry, and squirm in my seat (in a good way)—sometimes all at once."-- Teri Anne Stanley, Author of Accidentally in Love with the Biker and Drunk on You "Cecy Robson does it again! Super sexy MMA fighter Finn O'Brien really knows how to deliver a punch...but it's what happens outside the ring that will really knock you out! Finn and Sol will have you swooning in your ringside seat!"--Anne Marie Walker, Author of the Chasing Fire Trilogy
Author: Nykole Hodges
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1636610218
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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MsUnderstood By: Jerry “Nykole” Hodges On October 10, 1956, a baby was born to a middle-class family in Mobile, Alabama. The couple, Steve Edmond Ray and Lois Arlene Mott-Ray, already had two other children, Lila Louise and Doyle Edmond. They were a happy family. However, their third child’s life would not be an easy one. Being born as a hermaphrodite, intersex, brought forth many struggles in her life. From a young age, Jerry “Nykole” Hodges always had female tendencies, like playing with paper dolls, wearing her sister’s dresses, and even attending ballet class. Throughout her sixty-four years of life, Hodges has faced abuse, physical, emotional, and sexual, from churches, classmates, and people in her everyday walks in life. After a marriage to a woman for twenty-seven years failed, Hodges began to live as a woman. She is now married to Charles Hodges, and even her husband has felt the ridicule and abuse thrusted upon him for his relationship with her. In the past, Hodges struggled with suicidal thoughts, but with major help from her husband and God, she is able to find comfort. Hodges’ hope in writing her story is to help others like her. While it is not easy, there is hope in faith, walking with God, and those family and friends who are supportive. Please know there are others out there who can share in your pain and who can help guide you to a better life living as your true self.
Author: Sheila Hinnenkamp
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504984420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Journeys of the Mind is a fictional collection of four short stories with the basis of each being a different mental illness. The people in the book intentionally have not been named, because it is the author's hope that the reader will identify them with someone in their own lives. My hope is that Journeys of the Mind will instill empathy in the reader for those who are not classified as normal by society's norms. So take a journey into the minds of four different characters who suffer from depression and delusions, dissociative identity disorder (schizophrenia), Alzheimer's, and codependency.
Author: Robbie Rogers
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698168054
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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A history making memoir of the first openly gay professional athlete in North America, now the producer of Fellow Travelers and My Policeman “Rogers made history.” —Sports Illustrated Robbie Rogers knows better than most that keeping secrets can crush you. But for much of his life Robbie lived in paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career as a professional soccer player. So he never told anyone what was destroying his soul, both on and off the field. While the world around Robbie was changing with breathtaking speed, he knew that for a gay man playing a professional team sport it might as well be 1958. He could be a professional soccer player. Or he could be an out gay man. He couldn’t do both. Then at the age of twenty-five and after nearly stepping away from a brilliant career—one that included an NCAA Championship, winning the MLS Cup, and competing in the Olympics—he chose to tell the truth. But instead of facing the rejection he feared, he was embraced—by his family, by his teammates, and his fans. In Coming Out to Play, Robbie takes readers on his incredible journey from terrified teenager to a trailblazing out and proud professional soccer player for the L.A. Galaxy, who has embraced his new identity as a role model and champion for those still struggling with the secrets that keep them from living their dreams.
Author: Donna Mac LCPC
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504339177
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder, and its currently one of the most misunderstood, under-diagnosed, and undertreated mental health conditions. When children with selective mutism feel expected or pressured to speak in social situations, they become terrified. Therefore, their level of anxiety significantly increases, but by remaining silent, their anxiety level slightly decreases, obtaining some relief for themselves. For these children, remaining silent is actually an ineffective coping mechanism, or a maladapted solution to create a sense of safety within themselves. Hence, their mouths freeze, and they are silent. This is temporary relief, but longitudinally, these children suffer in silence. Due to the fact that many children will display normative shy behavior or even socially anxious behavior at times, it can be challenging to discern if the childs behavior falls within normal limits or if the child actually demonstrates clinically significant behavior, signifying a selective mutism diagnosis. This can be confusing for parents, teachers, and even clinicians. This manual is meant to help clarify this distinction and will also assist you in figuring out how to seek help, ask the right questions, and what you can expect from early intervention services, school-based services, and holistic, therapeutic, and psychiatric services.
Author: Walt Heyer
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 160034156X
Category : Gender nonconformity
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Author: Kelly Fleming
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458221873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
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My Friend Mia is a journey inside the mind of Abby, a college student who has struggled with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and anxiety for years. Follow alongside Abby as she takes you back to the places in her childhood where her disorder developed and in her higher education, wherein by studying political philosophy, she finds the tools from an unlikely place to begin a recovery processthat is, what Immanuel Kant would call an infinite process of gradual approximation.
