Self States

Explore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. In this affirmations audiobook created for Black girls, M. J. Fievre tackles topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes. By reflecting on these themes, you confront the issues that can hold you back from discovering your inner Black joy. Embrace authenticity and celebrate who you are. Finding the courage to live as you are is not easy, so Badass Black Girl is designed to help you nurture creativity and positive self-awareness.

Can hearing about the Battle of Gettysburg improve your day? Your life? Here's a truly original approach to America's most famous battle that proves you're already a leader. If you enjoy fast-paced story-telling that inspires self-discovery, this book is your daily companion.

Will Self is one of the most important British novelists of his generation, and he is as acclaimed in the UK for his outstanding, daring journalism as he is for his fiction. Now finally available in America, Junk Mail is an original selection of pieces from Self's nonfiction and journalism that will introduce American listeners to Self as a literary journalist par excellence.

For years, Marianne Williamson has been offering weekly lectures based on A Course in Miracles. These lectures are profound, insightful, and compelling with an always-relevant message.

This is the remarkable true story of a young man's journey to shake the hand of Nelson Mandela. With a spirited determination, Willman set out to discover both himself and others. In the process he has had the privilege of meeting and interacting with many great leaders, musicians and artists, and those on the periphery of society. Willman's single minded determination to shake the hand of Nelson Mandela, started him on a journey few could ever have imagined. Matthew Willman is a photographer, story teller, documentarian, and unconventional adventurer all rolled into one.

Black girls, you are supposed to rock and you are magic. This book is to help you blossom, bloom, and become the ultimate version of yourself, and that starts with self-help, self-care, and most importantly, self-love. So many of you may think that this is just about pampering nights, but that's just the beginning. The truth is, there is no one-size-fits-all way to take care of you. This book will help you discover the key ingredients of self-care so that you can whip up your self-love recipe. So, what are you still waiting for?

At some point, we have to admit when we’re living a life less than the one we know we were meant to live. If even the smallest voice inside connects with that statement, then Decision Permission is what you’re seeking. That same voice challenged the author to lead a more fulfilling life by choosing divorce, surviving the fall out, and rising from the rubble more herself than she had ever been before. Her storytelling is anchored in her experience, but the lessons she imparts are universal.

Is your child anxious daily? Does your child’s anxiety leave them feeling isolated or even depressed? As a parent, witnessing our children overcome the hurdles our lives present us with is already a challenge. Having a child or teen with a possible anxiety disorder can be even more challenging, and that is where is audiobook can help.

Holly Rouillard Johnson’s path to make feeling good a priority manifested in her childhood and high school years. She discovered running, which led her on a 27-time marathon journey starting at age 34. She credits her accomplishments in racing and life to her feel-good mentality, including a proven formula on sustaining a feel-good state for as long as possible both along marathon courses and life’s paths.

In this revealing and beautifully written memoir, Mark Obama Ndesandjo recounts his complex relationship with his older half brother, President Barack Obama, including their first meeting in Kenya over 20 years ago. The book also offers the author's inspiring personal story about identity and multiculturalism.

The 3 Effective Steps to Rebuild Your Life talks about three important principles that can help a person rebuild their life as part of their personal development. Whether we find ourselves in a situation where we have experienced the death of a loved one, divorce, the break-up of a love relationship, the loss of a job, or starting a new life in a host country, we need to rebuild ourselves and move forward. In order to rebuild one's life for whatever reason, it is imperative to make peace with one's past, to update one's state of mind, and finally to feed one's appetite.

Success depends on your ability to trust yourself, generate effective solutions and steer towards successful outcomes. The foundation of all success relies on a healthy and positive mindset. Your frame of mind can determine how well you bounce back from setbacks and how well you handle the pressures of business and personal challenges.

Think Before You Think is about why you do what you do. It is about: why you are happy in one moment, miserable the next, and elated in another; why the rich get richer, sick get sicker, and lucky get luckier. It is about: understanding how you live in an artificially created reality; how to exit the matrix that your mind creates by thoughts and emotions; and much more.

Are you looking for an easy, accessible way to improve your health and help you live a longer, fulfilling life? You need look no further than positive thinking. No matter what stage of life you’re at, positive thinking won’t cost you anything and you can do it from anywhere. This book will teach you the benefits of positive thinking, how it affects the mind, and how it can be combined with healthy habits to live a long and enriching lifestyle.

Resilient Black Girl is a must-listen in young-adult nonfiction books for Black girls. As a social justice book for teens and a book about racism, it provides Black teen girls a better understanding of the effects of racism and equips them with skills for navigating spaces in their daily lives.

Drawing from his own experiences of rural childhood poverty in Texas, to prominent roles as a government official, and now as an acclaimed educational leader, Dr. Ivery demonstrates his motivational gifts, as he seeks to inspire young men to live lives of purpose and integrity.

Every president started out as a kid! Forget the legends, tall tales, and historic achievements - before they were presidents, the future leaders of the United States had regular-kid problems just like you. John F. Kennedy hated his big brother. Lyndon Johnson pulled pranks in class. Barack Obama was bothered by bullies. And Bill Clinton was crazy clumsy (he once broke his leg jumping rope). Kid Presidents tells all of their stories and more in these hilarious biographies. History has never been this much fun!

Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then-president Barack Obama’s hair, Weatherford’s powerful text is an ode to all the things that make Black and brown kids beautiful. Young listeners will learn about many inspiring figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy as they learn.

VICTORIOUS in the War of American Independence, Alexander Hamilton and the founding fathers built the first successful democratic government. They'll forever go down in history as having changed the rules of leadership and redefined what it means to ignite change in people.

Have you ever had a goal that you tried to accomplish but wound up failing for reasons you couldn’t comprehend? Did you have the motivation to attack this goal only to lose that motivation almost as quickly as it appeared? Well, I want to tell you that you are not in the minority of folks who have had trouble getting started attaining their goals. All over the world, there are people who have the desire to better their lives but just can’t seem to find the needed ingredient to go out and make it happen.