118 pg, paper, ‘08

Foreword by Joan Jacobs Brumberg author of The Body Project and Fasting Girls
This is an interactive workbook for girls, ages 9-14, to help reinforce that who they are is more important than how they look. It has activities, stories, and words of wisdom about issues like body confidence, coping with stress, culture and peer pressures, healthy eating attitudes, deceptive images, exercise, mindfulness and more.

CONTENTS:

I Am Beautiful
A Promise to Myself
1 – Self-Esteem and Body Confidence
2 – Food as Fuel
3 – Way to Go!
4 – Get Moving
5 – Five Lessons from a Highly Effective Teenage Drama Queen
6 – Beautiful Girls
7 – Do I Really Feel Bad About? Or did I just finish reading a teen magazine
A – My Daily Food Journal
B – My Daily Activity Journal
C – My Hunger and Fullness Scale
D – My Problems and Coping Skills Journal

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Gina Scarino-Osila, PhD, is a New York State licensed psychologist with 13 years’ experience working with young women and adults. She has appeared on Fox News and in a variety of TV/radio/print media.

Kim Dever-Johnson, MA, LMHC, NCC, is a certified Elementary School Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who administers health/wellness therapy for children and adults as hospitals and private medical facilities.

REVIEWS:

“The concept and the exercises are great. This workbook helps a girl hold up a thoughtful, healthy mirror to her interior life as a young teen. You Grow Girl! is perfect for those who worry about obsession with body image…interactive exercises provide practical, easy tools for a healthy pathway through adolescence.”
— Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author, The Body Project and Fasting Girls

“This inspiring and insightful collection of activities, stories, and words of wisdom helps girls learn to accept, appreciate, and love their bodies…to be at peace with their identities…so they can lead healthy and happy lives. You Grow Girl! teaches that inner beauty is what counts and that the media sends out confusing and misleading messages.”
— Caryn Honig, RD, LD, professor University of Houston, owner of the Healthy Weigh, and founder/organizer of Beautiful Me!