Wisdom Nuggets for Relationships: Wherever You Grow I Want You To Know

The intention of this book is to show, wherever we grow, humans have quite similar ideas about the best way to maintain healthy relationships. We may look, talk, and eat differently, but the ways to love and respect one another have strong, universal threads. Jackie Adrian's first wisdom nugget book (As You Grow I Want You To Know) reminds us of the universal wisdom of self-love. This book expands our collection of wisdom nuggets by exploring the world (quite literally) of relationships.

Each of the 15-page spreads show a) a grown up and child in different parts of the world, b) a wisdom nugget, and c) an interesting fact or cultural phrase pertaining to the country visited on the page spread (and loosely to the featured wisdom nugget as well). Culture changes quickly, by meters or minutes. This text took many measures to be inclusive and correct by soliciting many cultural experts to help verify each page's accuracy, but please keep the changing nature of culture in mind as you enjoy each page.

The wisdom nuggets all start with the phrase, "Wherever you grow, I want you to know," to connect the reader with the idea that these wisdom nuggets are universally true for all humans. In our current world that could benefit from more positivity, celebration of diversity, and understanding of each other, this book will give families and schools a resource for promoting healthy boundary work in little, digestible nuggets. The book is illustrated with original, hand-painted, collage art.

Jackie Adrian is an author and illustrator who creates work focused on celebrating human connection. She currently resides in the suburbs of DC but has lived in six different states and has traveled to more than 30 countries. This slightly nomadic existence has affected her work, giving her perspective on the stabilizing or "root"commonalities we can find in different cultures and landscapes. Her art and writing aim to celebrate this with vivid color combinations and uplifting words of affirmation. Her art is playful while her words are soul-stabilizing.After earning a degree in Marketing, and then an MBA, she worked in marketing and business development for 20 years. The shift to art kept calling, so in 2021 she started drifting toward her artistic visions. Connect with the author by visiting www.jackieadrian.com or following along on Instagram @jackieadrian_art.