Synopsis
14th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards FINALIST - 2020 / Endorsed by the National Anger Management Association - "Michael A. Brown's children's book, What I Tell Myself FIRST, is a great contribution to the development of all children. It is especially beneficial for kids with a history of trauma, mistrust of adults, or who had early childhood losses and didn't develop healthy emotional self-regulation. This book has a lot of great lessons and I like every well illustrated page." - Dr. Rich Pfeiffer President, National Anger Management Association (NAMA)
★★★★★ "...an excellent source of support as questions and self-doubt may arise throughout early childhood and into early adolescence. The author has thoroughly analyzed all possible situations and handed readers fantastic phrases to recite in preparation to meet their challenges head-on. From friendships to the stresses of school, from work ethics to bullying, Brown includes phrases that are easy to commit to memory and inspiring in every way." - Literary Titan.
★★★★★ "Crucial life lessons and empowering personal affirmations for young children overflow on the vibrant pages of What I Tell Myself First by author Michael A. Brown, with illustrations by Zoe Ranucci. Unlike many other motivational books directed at younger readers, this book addresses both the good and the bad, presenting realistic, optimistic, and self-driving ideas that can help to shape developing minds. Beautifully illustrated with a clear vision of childhood challenges, What I Tell Myself First is an honest and original take on positivity and self-help for youngsters." Self-Publishing Review Written by a US military veteran, What I Tell Myself FIRST: Children's Real-World Affirmations of Self-Esteem, based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, is a book of real-world affirmations that highlight the various abilities and attributes of the reader while exposing readers to realistic possibilities of rejection of difference in various forms. What I Tell Myself FIRST then enables readers to form mental frameworks to surmount those forms of rejection of difference and achieve positive self-actualization. This book is to readers what the AED is to a heart: it instills the defibrillator of self-esteem so powerful that it addresses bullying, body-shaming, hate, learning abilities, failure, and outside attacks on the self by other people who may need the very same help themselves.
About the Authors
An artist since childhood, Zoe lives in Belmont, NC and never had to ponder the question "what do I want to be when I grow up?" After graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1993 Zoe moved to Cleveland, Ohio to start her career. She worked for 7 years as an Art Director for GR&A Advertising until moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2002 and took the opportunity to begin her freelance venture. Currently, Zoe runs an independent graphic design and illustration studio and is enjoying great success. Zoe has enjoyed the wonderful opportunity to transition to more illustration along with her graphic and web design projects. She attributes a great deal of her inspiration from her husband Alex, two daughters, Mila and Giada, and her two hound dogs, two cats, two fish and one bearded dragon! You can learn more about Zoe and her work at www.gooddharma.com.
Born in Chicago, IL, Michael Brown served in the United States Army, in various communities as a police officer and currently serves as an anger management specialist, nonviolent crisis intervention instructor, and collegiate / career occupational educator in multiple criminal justice-related disciplines. He is the father of four beautiful children and believes raising them into the best strong, capable, productive, responsible, and most importantly, happy human beings they can be is his life's mission. Mr. Brown is an advocate of education and is a graduate of Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, having been conferred a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminal Justice, Psychology and Philosophy) in 2006 and a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice in 2012.
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