Journey Girl is a story about motherhood and a memoir about secrets-- more specifically, it is about breaking them. First-time author Hajec unfolds her journey of becoming a courageous family secret breaker and defeats her fears that she will pay a price to do so. Her quest is to disintegrate the generational silences that surround the death of her mother shortly after her own birth and explore the mysterious childhood memories that still linger as she reaches adulthood. As the author unwinds a tightly-held but harmful family silence, she also introduces to the reader simple, ordinary, and helpful types of silences they can use in their everyday life to bring them peace and balance, not harm and mystery.These are the Islands of Silence that begin each chapter before continuing her own story.

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My Body Journey is a Health & Fitness eBook focusing on the fundamentals of fitness, nutrition and wellness for females. We envisioned creating a lifestyle program to help empower, encourage and motivate women-alike, ultimately bettering them from the inside out. We believe we have created the perfect formula to help stimulate a positive lifestyle. Whether you are looking to lose weight, increase confidence and motivation, or improve yourself, the #FirstJourney has you covered. Go to mybodyjourney.com for even more information! The Ebook contains: 8 Weeks of Workouts Exercise Index Nutritional Guide Dietary Guide Motivation Goal Setting Wellness #JourneyGirl Tips The #FirstJourney breaks down strength requirements, focusing on common weak points, muscular imbalances and postural issues helping build strength from the ground up. This progressive guide is perfect for your fitness journey, as it takes you step-by-step through: Strength Work: Basic Compound Bodyweight Work Weak Points, Muscular Imbalances & Postural Issues Progressive Overloading Recovery Protocols Nutrition: Basic Nutritional Components How to approach nutrition Tracking progress and its ‘rights vs wrongs’ No ‘one size fits all’ approach Tips & Tricks Recovery: Sleep Recovery Water Motivation Action Plan Join us on the #FirstJourney to find a better you!

Born in Nebraska in 1875, Kate Barnard spent most of her childhood in Kansas, where family dislocation and financial failure darkened her early life. After Barnard and her father moved to Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s, Kate had unsatisfying stints as a schoolteacher and a stenographer before she discovered her life work in politics and social reform. One Woman’s Political Journey: Kate Barnard and Social Reform, 1875—1930 details the life’s work—including the political successes and failures—of a complex and courageous woman who appreciated that she was on the cutting edge of new and novel opportunities for women. Crusading for the disadvantaged, Barnard became a spokeswoman for child labor laws, a compulsory school attendance law, a juvenile justice system, and a modern penal structure. In 1907, at age thirty-two, she became the first woman in the nation elected to a state post—Commissioner of Charities and Corrections, a post created specifically for her by Oklahoma’s constitutional convention. Her dramatic rhetoric and favorable publicity attracted national attention and the admiration of Oklahomans. Convinced that women could effect positive change, she encouraged them to move into the public arena and embrace social justice reform. She also formed a coalition of farmers and laborers that led to the creation of Oklahoma’s Democratic Party. In her first term, Barnard persuaded Oklahoma’s all-male legislature to pass reforms announcing state responsibility for the welfare of children and forced changes in the state’s humanitarian institutions. In her second term, she sought protection for property rights of American Indian children. But Barnard’s career was not without obstacles. Her lack of control over budgets and personnel, along with her frequent clashing with male politicians limited her effectiveness and fueled her growing discouragement with politics. Named by Oklahoma Today as one of the fifty most influential Oklahomans in the past one hundred years, Kate Barnard is finally the deserved focus of a full-length scholarly biography.

"Lady Emily's Exotic Journey is a fun tale of desire, adventure, enticing characters. A sexy and wildly entertaining romance."—Addicted to Romance For a man whose only mistress is travel, can Lucien Chambertin change his loveless ways for the enchanting Emily Tremaine? Safe in the embrace of her loving family, Lady Emily Tremaine longs to feel more intensely alive. Surely the magic and mystery of Assyria and the fabled ruins of Nineveh will bring about the transformation she seeks. Scarred by his past and estranged from his noble grandfather, French adventurer Lucien Chambertin desires neither a home nor the chains of emotional attachment. He seeks only to explore the far reaches of the world. But he did not know the world contained the likes of Lady Emily—whose curiosity and sense of wonder match his own. Victorian Adventures Series: Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures (Book 1) Lady Emily's Exotic Journey (Book 2) A Scandalous Adventure (Book 3) Praise for Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures: "Lively Victorian adventure...wonderfully different and colorful...sure to charm readers." —RT Book Reviews "A simply delightful tale of love, passion, and family." —Fresh Fiction

The journey of broken women is a collection of stories that are touching and heartwarming and inspirational.These are women who went through struggles, brokenness, the hurts and the suffering many of us face today.These remarkable stories contains teachings, important lessons and even divine wisdom from these courageous women.As I began to chronicle their lives and faith, I saw how God took them from nothing, walked them through their trials of life, and use it all to create something beautiful out of nothingness. I began to understand that no matter what, God loves us. You too can rise above that pain, you too can rise above that brokenness.Honor goes above the pain, you can soar like an eagle and rise above that storm. God loves you, and he can help you to climb out of your own pit of despair, he can make that broken life whole, you were not build to break. (2nd cor 4:8-9) TO GOD BE THE GLORY Emily Maloisane is a best selling author and a speaker, she is a speaker at church events and Christian women events. Her passion is to teach women about the unconditional love of God and how you can be transformed.For information about Emily or how to purchase her book visit Xulon press website at: www.xulonpress.com.

With the increasing focus on the critical importance of mentoring in advancing Black women students from graduation to careers in academia, this book identifies and considers the peer mentoring contexts and conditions that support Black women student success in higher education. This edited collection focuses on Black women students primarily at the doctoral level and how they have retained each other through their educational journey, emphasizing how they navigated this season of educational changes given COVID and racial unrest. Chapters illuminate what minoritized women students have done to mentor each other to navigate unwelcome campus environments laden with identity politics and other structural barriers. Shining a light on systemic structures in place that contribute to Black women’s alienation in the academy, this book unpacks implications for interactions and engagement with faculty as advisors and mentors. An important resource for faculty and graduate students at colleges and universities, ultimately this work is critical to helping the academy fortify Black women’s sense of belonging and connection early in their academic career and foster their success.

Are you a woman in search of a warm volume offering inspiration for self-healing and reflection and an invitation to pause and feel? In The Woman with the Elephant Heart, author Deborah Friedson provides just that. Through uplifting statements and observations, she tells the story of her personal journey to self-discovery and healing, a path that might be walked by any woman-an individual trek that too many women feel they are walking alone. This inspirational guide, featuring original paintings, presents encouraging and motivating text extending validation and support to women on journeys of self-healing. "This is a deeply spiritual book that would appeal to anyone open to learning about themselves. Deborah Friedson has captured the myriad of emotions and reactions that we all experience in our life's journey. It is a wonderful book that has you discovering new thoughts each time you open it." -Dr. Joanne Porter, Pediatric Oncologist/Hematologist