Truth Has a Different Shape
A family built, a family lost. This is the story of the power of love and compassion. Despite trying to escape it, Kari found herself right back in the lap of loss as an adult and had to discover how to truly, profoundly care for those she loves without putting herself at risk.
Happy, Healthy Teens: Why Focusing on Relationships Works
This book offers clear, actionable ways for parents and educators to create and strengthen relationships with teens during a key time of growth and development. With an emphasis on mindfulness, non-violent communication, and rooted in what we know about brain and social development during the adolescent years, this book is a great resource for anyone who is struggling to understand how to support and connect with young people. It includes practical information and activities designed to help spur adults to reflect on their goals as well as unearth their hidden biases about teens and how to direct them. Happy, Healthy Teens focuses on small ways to make a big difference in how teens see themselves and experience their interactions with us and it will help you be more intentional in your choices as you navigate the challenges of the adolescent years. Creating strong, foundational relationships with young people during these years has an enormous, lasting impact on their ability to become adults who are confident, compassionate, and part of a healthy community.
One Teenager at a Time
This book is a social-emotional education
manual for middle and high school educators. The curriculum contained in this book is innovative, creative, and draws on the most current research in education, mindfulness, and adolescent brain development.
Anthologies
- Grown & Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults
- Get Out of My Crotch! Twenty-One Writers Respond to America’s War on Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health
- What’s Cooking, Mom? Narratives About Food and Family, Demeter Press
- Have Milk, Will Travel: Adventures in Breastfeeding, Demeter Press
- The Cancer Poetry Project 2: More Poems by Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them
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