Books with author Elizabeth Gray Vining

This book is also available in paperback format, which includes lined pages for journaling.Our six book series is designed to empower girls to navigate their way through life with confidence, self-esteem, compassion, creativity, collaboration and joy through the thoughtful contemplation and expression of their own unique perspectives, ideals and experiences. Each book is excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool in a group setting for writing and discussion. Topics are particularly relevant today, such as, "Cookie Cutter." Journal entries do not talk down or issue simple edicts, but respect the intelligence and individuality of every girl. Society's definition of beauty is a myth. Use the notes space in this book to explore, identify and discover your own personal brand of beauty. Cookie Cutter They call them cookie cutter housesEach looks the same as every other oneLike cookies cut from a moldThey are so similarThat it's difficult to tell them apartThe message seems to be That each should appear Exactly as the othersAs though conformityEquates to qualityBut I am not A cookie cutter girlWho designs herselfTo be like everybody elseI want to be like one of those housesOn an interesting streetThat draws your attentionBecause it is different in a wayThat intrigues youAnd makes you wishYou could take a peek insideI don't want to build a houseThat is so like the restThat I can't even tell which is mineI want to build something Different than the restBecause I am not A cookie cutter girlOther Titles in Our Girls' Series: I am Enough: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am the Change: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am Successful: Journal Affirmations for GirlsBecoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 1Becoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 2

Our series for girls is designed to empower them to navigate their way through life with confidence, self-esteem, compassion, creativity, collaboration and joy through the thoughtful contemplation and expression of their own unique perspectives, ideals and experiences.Each book is excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool in a group setting for writing and discussion. Journal entries do not talk down or issue simple edicts, but respect the intelligence and individuality of every girl.What does it mean to be enough? It means that you are complete just as you are. You do not require fixing. You are worthy. You are intelligent. You are beautiful. Use the notes pages to journal your thoughts as you affirm this truth. You are Enough.

An affirmation on its own is a powerful thing. However, flexing the muscle of an affirmation with the conscious expression of your own words, thoughts and experiences is a transformative thing. Use this affirmational journal to not only absorb the powerful messages in each affirmation, but to accentuate them tenfold by the expressions of your own creation. Excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool to use in a group setting for writing and discussion. Each entry covers a different topic and then allows space for the reader to do their own writing. Topics are particularly relevant today. Doesn't talk down or issue simple edicts, such as "love yourself," but takes a different approach, which respects intelligence and individuality. There is an emphasis on empowerment, self-esteem and personal accountability.

This book is also available in paperback format with space for journaling.Our six book series is designed to empower girls to navigate their way through life with confidence, self-esteem, compassion, creativity, collaboration and joy through the thoughtful contemplation and expression of their own unique perspectives, ideals and experiences. Each book is excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool in a group setting for writing and discussion. Topics are particularly relevant today, such as, "Gifted with Grit." Journal entries do not talk down or issue simple edicts, but respect the intelligence and individuality of every girl. The only way to recognize your own success is to understand that it cannot be measured nor determined by any outside source. Use the notes pages to journal your thoughts as you explore, identify and celebrate all the areas of success in your life.Gifted With Grit We hear the term giftedAnd we equate it with guaranteed successBecause the gifted individualHas the advantageOf some special intelligenceThey're ahead of the gameBut I am among the luckiest of girlsFor I am gifted with gritI am gifted with the resolveTo never give upNo matter how long it takes meTo get where I want to goI am gifted with tenacityWhen you tell me I am not capableYou'll witness me prove you wrongI am gifted with courage to forge aheadEven when I am certain to failSeveral times before I succeedThe gift of grit is perhaps more powerfulThan any other gifted advantageAnd why is that so?Because a person with gritMakes up for any weaknessBy the sheer resolve of willAnd a person who refuses to give upThough challenged in the most monumental waysCan overcome any obstacleI refuse to be limited by any labelThat describes me as anything but giftedBecause I most certainly am giftedGifted with gritOther Titles in Our Girl's Series:I am Beautiful: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am the Change: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am Enough: Journal Affirmations for Girls Becoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 1 Becoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 2

This book is also available in paperback format, which includes lined pages for journaling.Our six book series is designed to empower girls to navigate their way through life with confidence, self-esteem, compassion, creativity, collaboration and joy through the thoughtful contemplation and expression of their own unique perspectives, ideals and experiences. Each book is excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool in a group setting for writing and discussion. Journal entries do not talk down or issue simple edicts, but respect the intelligence and individuality of every girl. What does it mean to be enough? It means that you are complete just as you are. You do not require fixing. You are worthy. You are intelligent. You are beautiful. Use the notes pages to journal your thoughts as you affirm this truth. You are Enough.I am not a measurementA set of numbersTheir relevance determined by othersIn a society that seeks constant judgmentA computation of my proportionsAgainst garish standardsDividing the good and the badAccording to some scaleCreated in absurdityIn some strange twist of fateA crooked line in humanity's developmentI am not a computation on a bell curveA dot on a graphI refuse to be measuredOn any scaleNot wrought of my own designThe dial turningThe arrow pointingIn a direction of my choosingAnd mine aloneFor there is no equationCapable of measuring meMy complexities surpass the abilityTo be analyzed by numbersMeant to fit inside boxesI reject the propositionThat places me on any scaleI am not a measurement

This book is also available in paperback format, which includes lined pages for journaling. Our six book series is designed to empower girls to navigate their way through life with confidence, self-esteem, compassion, creativity, collaboration and joy through the thoughtful contemplation and expression of their own unique perspectives, ideals and experiences. Each book is excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool in a group setting for writing and discussion. Topics are particularly relevant today, such as, "Lovely Girls." Journal entries do not talk down or issue simple edicts, but respect the intelligence and individuality of every girl. Take a step back from the bombardment of all those outer imprinting sources. Now take some time to focus on you as you explore, identify and celebrate all the qualities that make you unique.Lovely Girls Let the competition stop right now The comparisons end today Never more will I look at another girl And wonder which is better fit Which of us is trimmer Who deserves more praise For their sense of style We are all of us lovely girls Let me forever forward Notice what I find unique about each What charming quality I easily take note of As I look upon them with More admiring eyes Today I will consciously endeavor To see the beauty all around me In every shape and size Every wisp of hair And each unique tone of skin What could be more beautiful Than the exquisite truth Of our perfect individuality? Let me forever celebrate The beauty in every girl around me For we are all of us Lovely girls Other Titles in Our Girls' Series: I am Beautiful: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am the Change: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am Enough: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am Successful: Journal Affirmations for GirlsBecoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 2

Breaking the bullying cycle through journaling. This book is also available in paperback format, which includes lined pages for journaling. Most books about bullying are written for those being bullied, which is obviously of critical importance. But this is not one of those books. This book is for those who have engaged in or are showing signs of a tendency towards engaging in bullying. The bullying epidemic will never end until we treat all sides with deepest care and deliberation. This book is meant to be one tool toward this healing process through the use of honest introspection, reflection and the therapeutic process of transmuting thoughts to the written word.Excellent as a journal for one individual or as a tool to use in a group setting for writing and discussion. Each entry covers a different topic and then allows space for the reader to do their own writing.That KidWhen I focusWith sincerityAnd clear intentionI can take myself backTo memories of myselfWhen I was differentIt was a time beforeLife had given meAll the experiencesThat resulted inMy transformation toThe me I am todayAnd if I'm honestI really liked the kidI used to beThat good heartThe crazy imaginationThe innocenceThe optimismI wonder what that kidWould think of me nowWonder what I would sayTo that kid nowIf I had the chanceWonder if there'sEven the slightest possibilityThat I could figure out a wayTo move my lifeIn some directionTo make that kid proudBecause that kidDeserves it

This book is also available in paperback format, which includes lined pages for journaling. Our six book series is designed to empower girls to navigate their way through life with confidence, self-esteem, compassion, creativity, collaboration and joy through the thoughtful contemplation and expression of their own unique perspectives, ideals and experiences. Each book is excellent as a journal for one girl or as a tool in a group setting for writing and discussion. Topics are particularly relevant today, such as, "Lovely Girls." Journal entries do not talk down or issue simple edicts, but respect the intelligence and individuality of every girl. Take a step back from the bombardment of all those outer imprinting sources. Now take some time to focus on you as you explore, identify and celebrate all the qualities that make you unique. I Believe in Me What a difference it makesWhen someone believes in youTo be told you can do itTo be told you are worthyTo be told you've got what it takesThat sure does make a differenceAnd I am gratefulWhen support like that Comes my wayFueling my fire to succeedBut when it comes right down to itAll the praise in the worldGrand though it may beWill never be enoughUnless I believe in me Because nothing elseWill ever make up for thatAnd my belief in myself does not meanI am free of fear and insecurityIt means that despite those thingsI have an unwavering faithIn my ability to achieve my dreamsIt means that even when I feelThat I am the only one in the worldWho believes in meThat is enoughBecause every goal I want to accomplish In my lifeHas its genesis not from any outside sourceBut from within meAnd that is whyI believe in me Other Titles in Our Girls' Series: I am Beautiful: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am the Change: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am Enough: Journal Affirmations for GirlsI am Successful: Journal Affirmations for GirlsBecoming Me: Journal Affirmations for Girls Vol 1