Celebrating Ourselves
Celebrating Ourselves

Author: Daryl Russell Grigsby

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 1608447987

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Celebrating Ourselves demonstrates how baseball is intricately woven in the fabric ofAfrican-American family, social and political life. Beyond the significant accomplishments on the diamond, well-recounted here, baseball knitted generations, taught perseverance, demonstrated economic independence and been a forum for civil rights and equality. From Moses FleetwoodWalker in 1884 to the founding of the Negro National League in 1920; from Jackie Robinson in 1947 to today's Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities (RBI); the game is connected with personal achievement, community advancement, economic independence and social equality. This book discusses baseball from three perspectives; from the player, the fan and the family.Alongside statistics and accomplishments on the field, we read of the perseverance and dedication of the African-American baseball fan.Much has been made of the decline in baseball's popularity among black Americans. When observers ask, 'Where is the African- American fan?' this book boldly responds, 'Right here '

Celebrate Yourself
Celebrate Yourself

Author: Dorothy Briggs

Publisher: Main Street Books

Published: 1986-05-18

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0385131054

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From the author of Your Child's Self Esteem, a practical step-by-step guide to building a positive self-image that will enhance every area of life and create new joy and satisfaction.

Perfectly Imperfect Teens: Celebrating Self-Love and Unique Beauty in a Digital Age
Perfectly Imperfect Teens: Celebrating Self-Love and Unique Beauty in a Digital Age

Author: Dizzy Davidson

Publisher: Pure Water Books

Published: 2024-04-07

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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Dive into the pages of “Perfectly Imperfect Teens” and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and acceptance. This engaging guide is tailored for today’s teens navigating the complex digital landscape, offering wisdom and strategies to foster self-love and confidence. Discover the Art of Self-Love: Learn to appreciate your unique beauty and embrace your true self. Navigate the Digital World: Gain insights on managing your digital footprint with grace and confidence. Cultivate Mindfulness: Explore mindfulness techniques that anchor you in the present and foster inner peace. Build Unshakeable Confidence: Develop the tools to stand tall in your imperfections and shine. Real Stories, Real Inspiration: Be moved by powerful stories of teens who have triumphed over self-doubt. Create Your Positive Echo: Learn how to spread positivity and make an impact in the digital realm. This book is a beacon for all teens seeking to find their place in a “Perfectly Imperfect World,” reminding them that their unique qualities are not just to be accepted but celebrated.

Our Mothers, Our Selves
Our Mothers, Our Selves

Author: Karen J. Donnelly

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1996-04-30

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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Finally, we have an inclusive collection that brings motherhood into the fold of feminism. As we accede to our universal origins in the mother, we witness the infinite variety of experiences awarded the offspring. Spectrums of gender, race, age, religion, class, and nation give voice in Donnelly and Bernstein's anthology as more than 80 writers contribute poetry, essays, memoirs, and short fiction. Some of the artists are well-known, including Maya Angelou, Galway Kinnell, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, and Robert Bly, while others are less known. All attest to the experience of motherhood as primal. Writing as mothers, as children to their mothers, and as close observers, women and men create selections that fall into three trimesters of involvement: the experiences of going beyond the self, beyond reflection, and, finally, beyond the whole. The many shades of emotional experience, from ecstasy to horror and all points in between, are portrayed in words and photographs. As images take shape, nightmares are relived, emotions flow abundantly, and details come into focus as the cathartic effect of the writing builds. Painting motherhood as much more than just a pretty picture, the editors' purpose is clearly to bring us all together under a multi-faceted umbrella of empathy and to unite us in the diversity of the experience of motherhood.

Focus on the Good Stuff
Focus on the Good Stuff

Author: Mike Robbins

Publisher: Wiley + ORM

Published: 2010-12-07

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1118041089

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The author and professional coach teaches readers to find greater happiness through gratitude in this book of personal stories and practical advice. Before he became a successful author and professional coach, Mike Robbins was a professional baseball player. But at twenty-three years old, he suffered an injury that ended his promising career as a pitcher. Instead of quitting, Mike took stock of the good things in his life and began a new path. In Focus on the Good Stuff, Mike offers a step-by-step program with exercises for overcoming negative influence and obstacles, creating a truly grateful approach to life, and establishing an environment that can support success and peace of mind. Filled with passion, authenticity, and humor, this guide will teach you to move beyond the cycle of negativity and discover the happiness you deserve.

Imperfect Spirituality
Imperfect Spirituality

Author: Polly Campbell

Publisher: Cleis Press

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1936740184

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Discusses how to render everyday moments and challenges into opportunities for spiritual growth, describing how to build a traditional spiritual life on top of a modern routine by engaging in short meditations and mindfulness.

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!)
Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!)

Author: Sonya Renee Taylor

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1641520280

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A body-positive guide to help girls ages 8 to 12 navigate the changes of puberty and grow into women Puberty can be a difficult time for a young girl—and it's natural not to know who (or what) to ask. Celebrate Your Body is a reassuring puberty book for girls that encourages them to face puberty and their body's changes with excitement and empowerment. From period care to mysterious hair in new places, this age-appropriate sex education book has the answers young girls are looking for—in a way that they can relate to. Covering everything from bras to braces, this body-positive puberty book for girls offers friendly guidance and support for when it's needed most. In addition to tips on managing intense feelings, making friends, and more, this book provides advice on what to eat and how to exercise so your body is healthy, happy, and ready for the changes ahead. PUBERTY EXPLAINED: Explanations on what happens, when it happens, and why the body (and mind) is amazing in every way. SOCIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT: Help your young girl discover how to use her voice to stand up to peer pressure, stay safe on social media, and keep the right kind of friends. SELF-CARE TIPS: This body book for girls 9-12 helps them discover how to choose the right food, exercise, and sleep schedule to keep their changing bodies at their best. This inclusive puberty book for girls is the ultimate guide to facing puberty with confidence.

Self Celebration
Self Celebration

Author: Olly Sanya

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2014-09-03

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1452591849

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Self-celebration will really inspire you. It will provide you with words of comfort and enable you to praise and encourage yourself. It has a very positive tone and contains sound advice that will help you throughout the day. It promises to bring happiness into your life. Self-celebration covers topics such as self-belief, viewing your mistakes as opportunities, knowing your future is bright, keeping your joy, overcoming fear, making use of your gifts and talents, remembering that you've tried, hoping more, building a positive self-image, and viewing yourself as powerful. Self-celebration will help you see yourself as special; it will help you feel contented regardless of your imperfections and mistakes. Self-celebration will really enable you to continually work towards excellence in the different areas of your life. It will help you to understand timings and believe that there is still enough time left for you to achieve what you haven't yet achieved. It will help you to understand that there is a time for everything. Self-celebration will help you build positive relationships that will pour love and happiness into your life. It will help you not to focus on the unfortunate events of the past. Self-celebration will help you to speak and confess great and powerful words into your life that will bring the best out of you. Self-celebration will protect you from the imperfect and negative things people are saying to you; instead you will honor yourself, remain focused, and keep enjoying your life.

Free Within Ourselves
Free Within Ourselves

Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes

Publisher: Main Street Books

Published: 2010-03-31

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0307434141

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A Bird by Bird for the African-American market--A top-notch writer's guide filled with practical guidance, essays, and journal exercises for the African-American writer including advice from E.Lynn Harris, Charles Johnson, and Yolanda Joe. In her introduction, Jewell Parker Rhodes writes: "Never (in four years of college or five years of graduate school) was I assigned an exercise or given a story example that included a person of color...While the educational system and the publishing world have become progressively more welcoming of African-American authors, there is still little attention to educating, supporting, and sustaining the writing process of African-American authors. Free Within Ourselves is a solid first step--it is the book I wished I had when I started out as a writer. It is meant to be a song of encouragement for African-American artisits and visionaries. Free Within Ourselves is a step-by-step introduction to fictional technique, exploring story ideas, and charting one's progress, as well as a resource guide for publishing fiction." For the legions of people who have a novel stuck in their word processors, help is finally on the way! Free Within Ourselves is an excellent guide to all the elements necessary to crafting fiction: character development, point of view, plot, atmosphere, dialogue, diction, sentence variety, and revision. Writing techniques are taught using exercises, journaling, story examples, and analyses of famous writing fragments, as well as several complete stories (including those of James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Edwidge Dandicat, among others). The book is further enhanced by inspirational advice from successful contemporary black writers (such as Bebe Moore Campbell, Rita Dove, Henry Louis Gates, John Edgar Wideman, and others), a bibliography, and a guide to workshops, journals, magazines, contests, and fellowships supportive of black arts.