101 Ways to Build Self-esteem and Teach Values

A practical and inspiring guide to building self-esteem for people of all ages. Offers an encyclopedia of hands-on exercises, charts, heartwarming stories, poetry, and quotes to help parents and children learn basic tools for cultivating mutual respect, recognition, and independence. The mother and daughter authors write with the premise that "self-esteem is like good nutrition – the more our children have it, the healthier and stronger they become." Making profound ideas playful and practical, they draw on their own life experiences to offer advice on topics such as creative storytelling, using affirmations, and finding heroes, as well as innovative tools such as: One-Minute Love Connections, Esteem Themes, The Paying Attention Game, The Story of You, Be Here Now Holiday.

Diana Loomans is the creator of The Laughing Classroom programs, and has been a pioneer in the field of innovative learning for more than twenty years. As a college teacher, she has developed and taught numerous cutting-edge programs for various universities, and has cultivated a reputation as a dynamic presenter - leaving participants inspired, roused and highly motivated. She is the author of several bestsellers including, The Lovables, Positively Mother Goose, and Full Esteem Ahead, and has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows as a nationally recognized speaker and author. She is the director of Global Learning and The Quantum Success Coaching Institute in Los Angeles.

Julia Loomans wrote the excerpts for this book at ages fifteen and sixteen. Her short stories have appeared in Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul, Chicken Soup for the College Soul, and Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Teen.