Hop in the minivan for a rocky, laugh-filled romp on the road to enlightenment, joy, and spiritual rebirthright in the suburbs. Between diaper bag duty, room parent patrol, and carpool chaos, one mom is busy juggling details and working diligently to keep it together for everyone in the house. So what happens when it all falls apart in an absurd tumble from perfection and ends in a dramatic full-life meltdown? Join Jenna Sinclair on her outrageous and witty stumble to enlightenment. Mystic in a Minivan is a modern-day parable for women about the most important journey of our livesthe trip within. Accept this invitation from the Universe and transform your life from the inside out. Get on board the hilarious road to enlightenment with Mystic In A Minivan, Kristen Whites brilliant out of the doldrums of meaninglessness, into the joy of spirit story. Yes, it really can happen ... even in the suburbs! -Sonia Choquette, Trust Your Vibes and Traveling at the Speed of Love/NY Times Best-Selling Author Have you ever felt youve lost sight of your true self? Are you defined by whats for dinner and what your kids expect from you? Then Mystic In A Minivan is for YOU! Follow Jenna as she navigates suburban life and eventually finds herself in the process. -Denise Linn, Best-Selling Author of Soul Coaching
Whether it's catching yourself counting likes on someone else's posts or thinking, "She's way better at that than I am," we all struggle with comparison. It's hard to make it through the day without looking at friends who seem stronger, prettier, and smarter than us. We joke, "You make me sick," but it's not funny-- comparison is infecting our hearts. Beyond Compare, a discipleship book written especially for young women, will help you find confidence in God's love for you.
A step-by-step guide to developing equitable literacy instruction by adapting curriculum to support diverse learners. In Teaching with Literacy Programs, Patricia A. Edwards, Kristen L. White, Laura J. Hopkins, and Ann M. Castle present a model that allows educators to address educational inequity through the critical and adaptive use of existing literacy curriculum materials. In this accessible work, they advise educators on ways to combine common classroom materials, such as basal readers and core reading programs, with instructional practices that provide high-quality, responsive instruction to all students. Edwards, White, Hopkins, and Castle credit literacy instruction as a core part of overall educational equity, and they recognize the crucial role that educators play in translating materials into instruction that benefits all learners. Here they offer teacher education in support of this essential role, deftly guiding educators through a four-part development process, CARE, an acronym for cultivating critical consciousness, analyzing materials, reconstructing curricula, and evaluating instruction reflectively to advance equity. Built upon culturally relevant, sustaining, and antiracist pedagogy, CARE enables teachers to provide literacy instruction that meets the range of needs and performance levels in classrooms, supporting students in attaining academic achievement, cultural competence, and critical consciousness. The approach outlined in this work, which can be put into immediate practice, helps educators to provide literacy instruction that builds on students' multiple literacies and reduces educational inequity.
Whitewashing the South is a powerful exploration of how ordinary white southerners recall living through extraordinary racial times—the Jim Crow era, civil rights movement, and the post-civil rights era—highlighting tensions between memory and reality. Author Kristen Lavelle draws on interviews with the oldest living generation of white southerners to uncover uncomfortable memories of our racial past. The vivid interview excerpts show how these lifelong southerners reflect on race in the segregated South, the civil rights era, and more recent decades. The book illustrates a number of complexities—how these white southerners both acknowledged and downplayed Jim Crow racial oppression, how they both appreciated desegregation and criticized the civil rights movement, and how they both favorably assessed racial progress while resenting reminders of its unflattering past. Chapters take readers on a real-world look inside The Help and an exploration of the way the Greensboro sit-ins and school desegregation have been remembered, and forgotten. Digging into difficult memories and emotions, Whitewashing the South challenges our understandings of the realities of racial inequality.
Patricia Edwards is the recipient of the 2019 AERA Scholars of Color Distinguished Career Contribution Award Chapter modules cover common challenges teachers face in a variety of situations, including conducting honest parent–teacher conferences, dealing with discipline issues, responding to confrontational parents, and educating neurodiverse students. Each module includes questions, worksheets, and background information for developing asset-based approaches that consider caregivers’ and students’ underlying needs. “This book is a trove of treasured stories about how to communicate with diverse families to support student success in school. Teachers will keep this reference handy because they will meet similar challenges.” —From the Foreword by Joyce L. Epstein, Johns Hopkins University “If you’ve ever been confused or discouraged about building partnerships with families, this book provides research-based, practical strategies.” —Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University “This is a gem of a resource for supporting the development of teachers who can work in responsive, thoughtful partnership with all families.” —Judy Paulick, University of Virginia “This book is a must-read for everyone involved in education. The modules are comprehensive and the case scenarios are realistic and engaging.” —Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert, TextProject
Chapter modules cover common challenges teachers face in a variety of situations, including conducting honest parent-teacher conferences, dealing with discipline issues, responding to confrontational parents, and educating neurodiverse students. Each module includes questions, worksheets, and background information for developing asset-based approaches that consider caregivers' and students' underlying needs.
Sometimes it feels like we have two left feet. In one area of life or many, we stumble, get off-beat, and possibly even trip the "dancers" around us. In this book, we want to help you trade those two, tired, clumsy, left feet for the skilled, smooth movements of an expert dancer AND the carefree, spontaneity of a dancing child. Here's how: * Covering each of the main areas needed for holistic success in life, including the mind, body, heart, relationships, work and finances; * Explaining the 3 most critical tips for success in each area; * Providing actual exercises for application and practice. As two clinical psychologists who have lived, taught, and walked others through these places, we're ready to help you dance toward true holistic success and happiness today!
Sometimes it feels like we have two left feet. In one area of life or many, we stumble, get off-beat, and possibly even trip the other “dancers” around us. Through this book, you can finally find the smooth expertise and carefree spontaneity you've always wanted in the dance of life. You can gain the skill of a master and the abandon of a child as the authors:~Cover each of the main areas needed for holistic success in life, including the mind, body, heart, relationships, work and finances;~Explain the 3 most critical tips for success in each area;~Provide actual exercises for application and practice.As two clinical psychologists who have lived, taught, and walked others through these places, Dr. Puff and Dr. White are ready to help you dance toward true holistic success and happiness today!
This is a book about bringing us together; about finding common ground so that we can address the grave challenges we face as a nation. It explores the sources of our current discord and disarray and offers a path to resolultion of the entrenched economic and political differences that are immobilizing us as a nation. The mere election of new politicians, or the creation of new political parties, whether they promise more government action, or less government interference, will not move us forward if they are products of the same broken system. And our democracy is badly broken. America Adrift offers new thinking and new approaches so that we can unite, regardless of party or polemic, to restore the promise of our democracy and ensure a brighter future for all of our citizens.
Permission Granted! Cure Your Invisibility... Step into the Spotlight and Share Your Message with the World. Communication technology is exploding and new media channels are coming on the scene to meet the growing demand of a world hungry for information and inspiration! This quantum shift has created an amazing opportunity for those who have a passionate message to share. Experts today can broadcast, publish, promote and publicize their content without restriction. The only obstacle is in the mindset of the individual. What do you have to say? Who do you want to be? What are you destined to do? FIND YOUR VOICE. LET'S START A RIPPLE! This Book is for You if You Want to... Become a recognized thought leader in your area of expertise Create your own TV or radio show and broadcast it to the worl d Make a lasting impact on the planet with your message Release mental and emotional blocks to living your life purpo se Overcome fear of being the recognized expert in your field Unlock your charisma and become a magnetic voice attracting m illions
When rent increases put a teen mom at risk of losing her home, she resorts to a dangerous game to keep her family afloat. But all games have consequences, and this isn't one she can afford to lose. A gripping story about race, income instability, and the strength it takes to survive from a critically acclaimed author. "Kristen R. Lee is a miraculous story weaver"-Mahogany L. Browne, author of Vinyl Moon B’onca always knew how to get by. And then her daughter is born. She wouldn’t trade Mia for anything, but there is never enough cash to go around. When their gentrifying Memphis neighborhood results in higher prices and then an eviction notice, B’onca’s already fragile world spirals. Desperate to make things right, B’onca forges a risky plan to help pay the bills. But one wrong move could cost B’onca—and her family—everything. From the celebrated author of Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman comes a compelling story about a teen mom navigating income disparity and racial inequality, and defying challenges to protect those she loves.
Faith Frisbee fled Mustang, a small western town, years ago after a devastating event that could have broken her. Now she has returned, a strong, independent, and compassionate woman, and she's brought with her a flock of unwanted and orphaned children she's collected the way other women gather flowers by the roadside to raise as her own on her remote farm. Joe Condie is intrigued by this tough, independent woman and her boys and, after numerous rejections, finally wins Faith's resistant heart. But with Joe's marriage proposal, Faith feels vulnerable all over again. Faith has forgiven and healed from the terrible wounds of her past, and she wants to be Joe's wife, but not until she can trust him with her darkest secret. When Faith gets up the courage to reveal what happened in her past and that the man who caused her troubles is still freely walking around Mustang, Joe must find it in himself to forgive and let go of his anger before it drives a wedge between him and the love he's fought so hard to win.
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