Podcasts about what i like about me

Create a "What I Like About Me" list... Too many missionaries, moms, and rm's are creating lists of all their weaknesses, shortcomings, and imperfections. This is never a good idea. Not only is this an unhelpful practice, but it also has negative effects on our self-esteem and mindset. Let me explain why... Our brains operate like filing cabinets, with multiple rooms containing boxes of thoughts and beliefs. When we write a list of our weaknesses or inadequacies, our brains automatically search for evidence to support those beliefs. This is known as confirmation bias. We begin to see our lives through the lens of those negative thoughts, automatically magnifying every instance that reinforces them. For example, if we believe we are not good enough teachers, our brain will constantly point out every moment we stumble while teaching. This is why it's crucial to shift our focus toward positive thoughts and beliefs. Creating a "What I Like About Me" list is not just about wishful thinking or naive optimism. It's about redirecting the power of our brains to find evidence of our strengths and qualities. By consciously choosing to notice and appreciate positive aspects of ourselves, we open up new rooms in our mental filing cabinet.  So, if any of you have a list of reasons you feel you're falling short or not measuring up, it's time to crumple and throw them away. These lists only create limiting beliefs and emotions, holding us back from recognizing our true potential. Trust me when I say that focusing on our strengths and building up ourselves and others will lead to incredible results.  Remember, what we pay attention to grows. Let's choose to pay attention to our strengths, and watch our lives transform.   Website | Instagram | Facebook   Get the Full Show Notes HERE   Free Training for Preparing Missionaries:  Change Your Mission with this One Tool   Free Video Series:  3 Tools to Help RMs in Their Transition Home   Free Guide:  5 Tips to Help Any Returning Missionary   Free Strategy Call:   Click Here

Welcome to This Glorious Mess Big Kids. A twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is - confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises! Are you trying to find a good book for your kids this summer?  Maybe you've got a keen reader who reads just about everything? Or a kid who never picks up a book? Today Holly and Andrew are joined by Allison Tait, bestselling author and podcaster to share her summer read recommendations for kids of all ages, interests and levels. Plus this week's parenting mentor's question, what to do when your kid is starting at a new school?  THE END BITS You can hear more of Allison on her podcast, Your Kids Next Read and join the Your Kids Next Read Facebook community here. LINKS ALL THE BOOKS WE MENTIONED (AND MORE)  Picture books Searching for Cicadas by Lesley Gibbes, illustrated by Lesley Watson 4+ (read together or 7+ read alone) Somebody's Land by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing. Illustrated by David Hardy (read together or 7+ read alone) Book of Curious Birdsby Jennifer Cossins The Encyclopedia of Peculiar Pairs by Sami Bayly Junior fiction (Ages 5 - 8)  School of Monsters by Sally Rippin (series) (5+) What Zola Did by Melina Marchetta (seres) (6+) Sporty Kids  and Besties by Felice Arena and illustrated by Tom Jellett  (6+) The First Scientists by Corey Tutt, illustrated by Blak Douglas Junior Fiction (Ages 8 - 10)  Click and Clash graphic novel series by Kayla Miller  The Book Of Australian Trees by Inga Simpson and illustrated by Alicia Rogerson The Australia Survival Guide by George Ivanoff Junior Fiction (Ages 9 -13) Graphic novels Sisters, Ghosts, Babysitters Club by Raina Telgeimeir Pie In The Sky, Pawcasso,Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai Verse novels The Little Wave by Pip Harry Mina And The Whole Wide World by Sherryl Clark, art by Briony Stewart Strong storylines Kensy and Max series by Jacqueline Harvey Missing And The Book of Chanceby Sue Whiting Twitch by M. G. Leonard The Fire Star by A. L. Tait Escape Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Catby Monica McInerney Eliza Vanda's Button Box by Emily Rodda Elsewhere Girls by Emly Gale and Nova Weetman Funny Kid series by Matt Stanton The Right Way To Rock by Nat Amoore Pippa's Island by Belinda Murrell. Outdoors Your Wild Journal by Brooke Davis Young Adult  Illuminae (series) and Aurora Cycle (series) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina  Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix The Boy From The Mish by Gary Lonesborough  You Were Made For Me and What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillame Can't Say It Went To Plan by Gabrielle Tozer Social Queue by Kay Kerr  How To Repaint a Life by Steven Herrick  The F Team by Rawah Arja  GET IN TOUCH Feedback? We're listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at tgm@mamamia.com.au CREDITS Hosts:Holly Wainwright & Andrew Daddo Guest: Allison Tait Audio Production: Rhiannon Mooney Producer: Mikayla Floriano  Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading our articles or listening to our podcasts, you're helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We're currently funding 300 girls in school every day and we aim to get to 1,000. Find out more at mamamia.com.au  Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this festive bonus episode, we share some Christmas reads.  Michelle's recommendations One Day in December by Josie Silver: A sweet rom-com about missed opportunities and love at first sight. Dracula by Bram Stoker: If you're experiencing a winter Christmas or dreaming of one, then experience the classic that inspired a thousand stories. Caitlin's recommendations Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan: Cute YA rom-com set in New York. Delightful and magical! The Gift by Cecelia Ahern: Did we mention we interviewed Cecelia Ahern? https://betterwordspodcast.com/episodes/freckles-cecelia-ahern (Listen here)! Anyway, this is a lovely Christmas book to take your mind off the state of the world.  Bonus recommendation: For the summer Christmas fans, check out What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume. What we want to read this Christmas A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle by Matt Cain (https://betterwordspodcast.com/episodes/break-up-revenge-queer-friendships-and-anti-running-propaganda-with-laura-kay (recommended by Laura Kay when we interviewed her here))  This Winter by Alice Oseman (https://betterwordspodcast.com/episodes/asexual-pride-and-publishing-as-a-teenager-with-alice-oseman (who we interviewed in 2020)) Movies we want to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles The Santa Claus I, II, III Books and other things mentioned The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Oseman The Appeal by  Janice Hallett Home Alone (film)

Kelly and Hannah answer listener requests for book recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! SHOW NOTES Short story collection. Preferably fiction and/or fun/uplifting Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet; Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan; Take the Mic edited by Bethany C. Morrow; Snow in Love; Hope Nation edited by Rose Brock; The Radical Element edited by Jessica Spotswood. A gift for my brother who isn’t a big reader. He’s in college, loves soccer and video games, and hasn’t enjoyed a book since reading Holes in middle school. Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith; Slay by Brittany Morris; The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry; Booked by Kwame Alexander; Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez; Warcross by Marie Lu; Feed by MT Anderson. New, contemporary, socially conscious, diverse. Yes No Maybe So by Aisha Saeed and Becky Albertalli; The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert; Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusuf Salaam; Running by Natalia Sylvester; We Didn’t Ask For This by Adi Alsaid; Dear Justyce by Nic Stone. Diverse body positive books. What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume; Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter; My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann; Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero; If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann; Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy edited by Kelly Jensen. YA dealing with survivors of sexual abuse/pedophilia/other childhood trauma: some of my favorites that I’ve read are Sadie, Girl in Pieces, Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls, Perks of Being a Wallflower and Speak. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson; Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough; The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith; Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn; How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringyimana; Wrecked by Maria Padian; Infandous by Elana K. Arnold; In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. A YA book to get my friend who doesn’t really read….p.s. she really likes Disney. Disney’s Twisted Tales; Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige; Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo; Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee. One of my high school students likes mysteries and fantasy novels, but doesn’t like any “kissing” (i.e. lots of romance or a focus on a relationship). What suggestions could I give her? Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit by Lilliam Rivera; Endangered by Lamar Giles; Jennifer Lynn Barnes; Karen M. McManus; Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn. A book for my 16 year old nephew who is a very particular reader. Used to love Rick Riordan but has moved on. Beyond Riordan, the only books I’ve sent him that he has actually called begging for the sequels is Scythe. He likes Agatha Christie “because it makes him think” (to figure out what is going on). I’ve tried AS King and Going Bovine, but have not gotten a reaction and all the fantasy tried and trues. Would love an idea from you! Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore; The Future will be BS-free by Will McIntosh; The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah; Warcross and Legend by Marie Lu. A contemporary with some magic and some romance, but the story does not center grief. Now and When by Sara Bennett Wealer; Displacement by Kiku Hughes; Lobizona by Romina Garber. I am looking for a fantasy novel with romance that ideally is part of an almost finished or finished series. I have already read many of the popular ones, so I guess I am looking for those that were a bit more under the radar. I have read/started the Folk of the Air Series, A Court of Thorns and Roses Series, Red Queen Series, all of Cassandra Clare, etc. and loved them all! Looking for something in that realm. Blythewood by Carol Goodman; Lost Voices by Sarah Porter; The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd; Brooklyn Brujas by Zoraida Cordova. Warm fuzzy story about family (chosen, biological, adopted, whatever) with winter holiday(s) (not necessarily Christmas, but Christmas ok) as a backdrop and a happy ending. Something wintery and hopeful. (At least something that leaves the reader with some hope.) I like a variety of things. Some writers whose work I’ve enjoyed: Katie Henry, Karen McManus, Tomi Adeyemi, Jenny Han, Nina LaCour, and too many names to list. A few books I’ve read and enjoyed because of this podcast: Agnes at the End of the World, We Are the Perfect Girl, and Orpheus Girl. 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston; The Kid Table by Andrea Seigel; The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody. A feminist book like Rules for Being a Girl. Girls Like Us by Randi Pink; The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann; Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina; Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan. Books for a 13 year-old. She loves the Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare and anything written by Rick Riordan. Recently, I loaned her my copy of With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (one of my favorite YA authors ever) and she loved it. I’d really like to give her books in a genre she loves and one that will expand her reading material. Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert; New Kid/Class Act by Jerry Craft; Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden; Akata Witch/Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor. Something that will make me laugh, but also teach me something. The Go-Between by Veronica Chambers; Cherry by Lindsey Rosin; Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan; We Are The Perfect Girl by Ariel Kaplan. I’m looking for at book for my niece (18 years old). She is not an avid reader out side required reading in school. She’s not that into fantasy and Sci fi, she likes contemporary fiction better. She might like a short story collection because 40 pages is not as daunting as 350 pages (or more if it’s a series) for a story. Books she had liked recently: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera and Broken Things by Lauren Oliver. Try Margarita Engle, Nikki Grimes, Stephanie Hemphill, Kwame Alexander as an alternative to short stories but still with a lot of white space, as it may be less intimidating; Toil and Trouble edited by Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe; Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. I’m interested in spooky tales, thrillers, science fiction, and non-WWII fiction. No dystopias or urban fantasy, please! The most important thing to me as an aromantic asexual person is that’s there’s no significant romantic element. I don’t want the main character to have any romantic partners or to spend several pages daydreaming about their crush(es). Thanks! Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke; Dread Nation by Justina Ireland; Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham; The Blood Confession by Alisa M. Libby; The Girl From The Well by Rin Chupecho; Jackaby by William Ritter; Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour. A book for my 19 year old sister who loves Wilder Girls and The Poet X. She is a fan of feminism, horror, and queerness in books. The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters; Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge; The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis; Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez; We Are The Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian; The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus. A book for my daughter. She recently told me that she is gay. I want to show her how much I love her and accept her. She loves graphic novels and has read many of the most popular ones featuring same sex relationships. Everything Noelle Stevenson! Lumberjanes, Nimona, The Fire Never Goes Out; Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John Barker and Julia Scheele; Skim by Mariko Tamaki; Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu; Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw; Moonstruck by Grace Ellis and Shae Bragl. Something heavily folklore-based (Maggie Stiefvater or higher level of “heavily”) and LGBTQ+ please? European and Asian folklore are my favorite but I’ll be happy to dive into any other as well. Anna-Marie McLemore; A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Elsie Chapman and Ellen Oh; Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco; A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha; Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao; Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardost. A fantasy or science fiction novel, preferably action-packed. Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger; The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline; Cut Off by Adrianne Finley; Orleans by Sherri L. Smith. An awesome ghost story. The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco; Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn; Horrid by Katrina Leno; The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring; Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour; Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby; Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. School for Good & Evil read-alikes for 14-year-old reluctant reader. Thanks! Carry On by Rainbow Rowell; The Irregular at Magic High School manga series by Tsutomu Sato; The Black Mage by Daniel Howard Barnes; Supermutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki; A Blade so Black by LL McKinney; Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim; Liz Braswell’s Twisted Fairy Tales series; Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

with Angela Stephenson!  Where we talk about: Angela's job at the library; Drive-Thru Trick or Treat; Library samplers and book box prizes; Garters by Pamela Morsi; James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl;While You Were Sleeping; Die Hard; Grosse Pointe Blank; The Little Mermaid;The Parent Trap (original); Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume; https://lithub.com/the-50-greatest-coming-of-age-novels/ ; Ray vs. The Meaning of Life by Michael F. Stewart; The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; How to Make Out by Brianna R. Shrum; Solstice by Lorence Alison;In Five Years by Rebecca Serle; What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume; Dumplin' by Julie Murphy;The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins;Watchmen (show);13 Reasons Why (show); The Vow (documentary series);WandaVision;Down to Earth with Zac Efron; Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone; and more!

Join host Cyrus Webb as he welcomes author Jenna Guillaume to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her literary journey and hew new book WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME. 

Jenna Guillaume's debut novel, What I Like About Me, is a YA romantic comedy set at that most Australian of settings: the daggy caravan park. This week, Stephanie is joined by Jenna to discuss romance, body positivity, beauty pageants, Twitter, Dirty Dancing, and why all dresses should have pockets.   Jenna's Twitter account is @JennaGuillaume and her novel What I Like About Me is available at all good bookshops now. 

To celebrate the release of What I Like About Me, we welcome author and journalist Jenna Guillaume. We discuss her journey to publication, the wonderful character of Maisie, rom coms, Dirty Dancing, body positivity and more. Michelle and Caitlin also discuss the Oscars, catching up on movies and the Jonas Brothers.

Australian author Jenna Guillaume talks to Rhi about her novel What I Like About Me, the story of a young girl's quest to have the perfect summer.

Australian author Jenna Guillaume talks to Rhi about her novel What I Like About Me, the story of a young girl's quest to have the perfect summer.