Wilderness Ventures: Teen Summer Camps

If you’re searching for traditional Teen Summer Camps or Teen Adventure Programs, you’ve come to a place where traditional turns into Exhilarating! Since 1973, Wilderness Ventures has been conducting unique Teen Summer Camps in many of the finest areas for teen summer camp activities in the world. Our teen summer camps and international adventure programs for teens combine an enriching group living experience with Outdoor Adventure and leadership skill training in a fun, non-competitive Wilderness Camp environment.

As the pioneering teen summer camp, Wilderness Ventures has been conducting adventure tours in the American West for 39 years. We conducted our first teen summer camp in 1973, visiting all of the most splendid wilderness areas in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest. Today, we take great pride in running the best teen adventure camps in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and in several international destinations, including Central and South America, Europe, Australia and the South Pacific. Because of our vast teen adventure experience, our exclusive destinations, and the enviable degree of control that we have over the quality of our adventures, we are largely considered the best teen summer camp available to today's teens.

Learn more at www.wildernessventures.com and watch their video here.

Codependency for Dummies

By Darlene Lancer

Codependency is much more widespread than originally thought. You don’t even have to be in a relationship. Codependents have trouble accepting themselves, so they hide who they are to be accepted by someone else.

Codependency for Dummies is the most comprehensive book on the topic to date. It describes the history, symptoms, causes, and relationship dynamics of codependency and provides self-assessment questionnaires. The majority of the books devoted to healing and lays out a clear plan for recovery with exercises, practical advice, and helpful daily reminders to help you know, honor, protect, and express yourself.

It clarifies deep psychological dynamics that underlie codependency, yet is written in a conversational style that’s easily understandable by everyone.

You will learn:

• How to raise your self-esteem
• The difference between care-giving and codependent care-taking
• The difference between healthy and dysfunctional families
• How to set boundaries
• How to separate responsibility for yourself and for others
• How to overcome guilt and resentment 

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Tale of a Baseball Dream

By Jerry Pearlman

Tale of A Baseball Dream is the fictitious story of Dusty Hunter, a young boy that grew up with a love to play baseball. Dusty was small in stature, but proved to have a “big heart,” as he overcame many obstacles and disappointments, in his efforts to become a great baseball player.

When Dusty’s dream appeared that it would end in disappointment, Dusty tromped through the mud to the baseball field where he and his dad had spent many days practicing, and in all of his anger and frustrations, he proceeded to toss baseballs in the air and began hitting them with a vengeance.

By fate, destiny, or miracle, Will Parker, an elderly professional scout for the New Jersey Force baseball team, happened to almost get knocked down by a ball that Dusty hit! Will Parker was only there that day, by the coincidence that he had boarded the wrong flight, and was completely lost.

Mr. Parker was nearing retirement, and had previously been thought of as a “failure,” since he had never discovered a star player for the New Jersey Force.

The New Jersey Force were known as the team haunted for almost a century, by the legendary “Curse of The Great Brutester!”

Tale of A Baseball Dream evolves into a magical tale which will inspire all young readers!

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Unstoppable in Stilettos: A Girl's Guide to Living Tall in a Small World

By Lauren Ruotolo

How to Live Large Every Day and Kick Butt Along the Way!

 How does a girl who was originally predicted to live a wheelchair-bound existence become adventurous, self-assured, successful, and . . . unflappable? Standing 4 feet 2 inches tall in flats (which she would never be caught dead in, anyway), Lauren Ruotolo has spent her thirty-four-ish years seeing the world from a unique angle—upward facing. Lauren was born with McCune-Albright syndrome, a mysterious and rare genetic disease that researchers say occurs in anywhere between 1 in 100,000 and 1 in 1 million people. Some people with the condition tend to go the wheelchair route, but that was never a road Lauren wanted to travel. Her preferred method of transportation, instead, includes stiletto heels. Lauren has avoided the label of 'disabled' through uniquely discovering who she really is, and now you, too, can learn the secrets to living life in a big way.

In Unstoppable in Stilettos, Lauren offers you 'Lauren's Lessons,' in which she shares her hard-earned wisdom and life experiences to offer you a unique brand of life philosophies that you can apply to any of the rights of passages you may be experiencing as a Twenty-first Century Woman, including:

• Navigating social pressures
• Avoiding the label game
• Overcoming insecurities
• Combating career confusion
• Turning rejection and obstacles into triumph
• Dealing with toxic people
• Discovering true self-expression
• and so much more.

With Unstoppable in Stilettos you will have the tools to carve out your own path to self-confidence, success, and individualism . . . and have a blast along the way.

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Sue Scheff: Be Special to Yourself for Teenagers

Be Special to Yourself for Teenagers

By Ronit Baras

"At Last! A Collection of Teen Stories That Inspire, Encourage, Educate and Motivate Our Teens"

Introducing "Be Special, Be Yourself for Teenagers"


Inspirational Teen Stories By Ronit Baras

Who else wants to discover morale-boosting, confidence-building teen stories that uplift the soul and inspire young adults to be responsible and motivated?

Forget about computers or TV and throw out lecturing your teens about respect, health, success, motivation and confidence.

"Be Special, Be Yourself for Teenagers", a collection of inspirational teens stories that does the job for you!

Read more and order this amazing book today!  Click here.

Sue Scheff: Your Body Image - End Fat Talk - Take the Pledge

Fat Talk Free® Week (Oct 19 – 23, 2009) is an international, 5-day body activism campaign that draws attention to body image issues and the damaging impact of the thin ideal on women in society. This annual public awareness effort was borne from Tri Delta’s award-winning body image education and eating disorders prevention program, Reflections: Body Image Program™.

Learn more at http://www.endfattalk.com/ and http://rosalindwiseman.com/2009/10/12/end-fat-talk-now-please/

Sue Scheff: The Self-Esteem Trap

The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance

By Polly Young-Eisendrath

This groundbreaking new book clarifies the misplaced but well-meaning intentions that have produced a generation of young adults...

>Who are unable or unwilling to imagine a life that’s anything but extraordinary.
>Who are stymied by the ordinary challenges of adulthood.
>Who are restless and unhappy with their desirable circumstances.
>Who suffer prematurely from angst and disillusionment with the world as it is.
>who have no patience for developing talents over time.
>Who are reticent to share or collaborate.
>Who feel pressure to be and have the very best.
>Who fear humiliation above all else.
cannot escape the negative self-preoccupations of the self-esteem trap.

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Sue Scheff: "Hey Josh" Teen Motivational Speaker

“The Dear Abby for teens” -CosmoGIRL Magazine

Josh Shipp is dedicated to one thing: entertaining, inspiring, and empowering teens. He’s written books, shared the stage with Bill Cosby, appeared on MTV’s TRL, Comedy Central, NBC, FOX, TLC, and in the LA TIMES . And he’s already established an international reputation as an inspiring youth speaker with a simple and entertaining, yet challenging message.

Abandoned and abused as a child, Josh was able to triumph over the tragedy, and he continues to encourage everyone to overcome struggles and live life to the fullest. And he does so through the power of laughter. Josh is animated and hilarious, and his speaking style is challenging and thought-provoking. Josh has spoken to more than one million people about how his opportunities in life have made him who he is today. For over eight years, he has inspired, empowered, and entertained audiences all over the world. Josh’s ability to connect with the audience is a rare gift and is one you don’t want to miss.

Hey Josh is a website that provides advice, entertainment and community to teens through the web, films, live events and published books. Based on the old-school principles of Dear Abby, Hey Josh provides digital advice to a digital generation that is “in your face, but on your side”.

Josh is a spokesperson for National Foster Care Month, a marathon runner and a guitar hero.

Learn more in an interview with Shara Lawrence Weiss on Examiner.com.

Contact Josh:

Site for Teens: http://www.heyjosh.com/
Site for Grownups: http://grownups.heyjosh.com/
877-HEY-JOSH

Sue Scheff: How To Raise Your Parents

By Sarah Burningham

A Teen Girl's Survival Guide

Being a teen (or the parent of a teen) doesn't have to be so hard. How to Raise Your Parents will help teens and their parents navigate those years between training bras and keys to the family car. In a voice teens will relate to and parents will appreciate, author Sarah O'Leary Burningham offers smart advice about negotiation and parental hot buttons and a little insight about what the world looks like from a parent's point of view.

Buy the book today on Amazon - type the book title or author's name in the Amazon Box on the sidebar.

Learn more about Sarah Burningham at http://sarahburningham.com/ - and check out her new Advice Column for ABC.

Follow Sarah on Twitter at @sarahburningham

Sue Scheff: Kids Are Heroes

As my Book and Website Blogs keeps growing, I really enjoy bringing new sites I am finding with great Children and Parent Advocates helping all of us through educational articles, parenting tips, advice and inspiration!

Check out this engaging and encouraging website targeted at helping your kids grow in a positive direction!

KIDS ARE HEROES

Kids are indeed heroes and each one has the power to change the world. This website is dedicated to them. Are you a kid looking for ideas on how you can make a difference? Are you a parent looking for ways to inspire your children?

If either of those descriptions fits you then you've come to the right place!

To see how kids are making a huge difference, click on "Lily's Heroes".

If you think your child should be featured here click on "Nominate a Kid".

Check out the other menu items above - let us know how we can help YOU become a hero!

Sue Scheff: Love Your Body, Love Your Life

By Sarah Maria

Coming Soon! Pre-order today!

Sarah Maria is a body-image expert who can help you discover the beauty that you already are so that you can create a body and a life that you truly love. Read Sarah Maria's story of Transformation

She combines ancient wisdom with modern science and shows you, step-by-step, how to pacify your mind, heal your heart, befriend your body, and transfrom your life.

CLICK HERE TO BE NOTIFIED as soon as Sarah Maria's Life-changing book Love Your Body, Love Your Life is available for purchase.

Sue Scheff: You' Be So Pretty If.... by Dara Chadwick

By Dara Chadwick

I grew up listening to my mom bemoan everything from the size of her thighs to the shape of her eyes. So you can imagine my dismay the first time someone exclaimed, 'You look just like your mother!'

So begins You'd Be So Pretty If...: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies -- Even When We Don't Love Our Own (Da Capo Lifelong Books, May 2009), former Shape magazine columnist Dara Chadwick's guide to breaking the mother-daughter cycle of bad body image.

With humor and compassion, Chadwick uses her own story -- as well as those of the women and girls she interviewed -- to reveal everything from what girls learn when mom diets to the trigger words that can set off a body image crisis.

You'd Be So Pretty If... offers fresh and useful strategies to help you build a strong body image foundation for your daughter -- even if your own body is far from what you'd consider "perfect."

Learn more on Amazon (type book title or author in Amazon Box) or visit Dara Chadwick at http://www.youdbesoprettyif.com/

Always Looking Up! The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

By Michael J. Fox

There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson's disease.

Michael's exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time-and the inspiration-to open up new doors leading to unexpected places. One door even led him to the center of his own family, the greatest destination of all.

The last ten years, which is really the stuff of this book, began with such a loss: my retirement from Spin City. I found myself struggling with a strange new dynamic: the shifting of public and private personas. I had been Mike the actor, then Mike the actor with PD. Now was I just Mike with PD? Parkinson's had consumed my career and, in a sense, had become my career. But where did all of this leave Me? I had to build a new life when I was already pretty happy with the old one..

Always Looking Up is a memoir of this last decade, told through the critical themes of Michael's life: work, politics, faith, and family. The book is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention, and a testament to the consolations that protect him from the ravages of Parkinson's.

With the humor and wit that captivated fans of his first book, Lucky Man, Michael describes how he became a happier, more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday life.

My Feet Aren't Ugly by Debra Beck

In this funny, honest book, teen expert and mentor Debra Beck provides in-depth examples and exercises to develop the tools you need for self-confidence. Learn how to have fulfilling relationships, make good decisions for yourself, respect yourself and others, and love yourself for who you are.

Type the title in the Amazon Box and find out more! Order Today!

Sue Scheff: Teenage Acne

"Chronic Acne Sufferer Finds A Scientifically Proven Way To Permanently Clear Skin In Just Three Days, And Finally Reveals The Unbelievably Easy, Step-By-Step Actions You Could Already Be Taking To Look Better, Feel Better, And Have A Renewed Sense of Self-Esteem!"

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Source: http://teenage-acne.net/

Sue Scheff: Thin Club - by Kim Tennant

Thin Club - What a great book for tweens and parents alike to read and discuss. I loved the book and finished it in a short time.

Mandy has the perfect life and is the perfect student; now she wants to have the perfect body and be beautiful, thin and graceful like the models and movie stars she sees in magazines and on television.

One day, when her friends tell her she looks fat in a new dress, she decides to diet just like everyone else. What Mandy doesn't know is her extreme dieting lands her into all sorts of trouble.

Body Image and Teens

As schools open - many teens, especially girls will stress over their appearances and body image. Sarah Maria is a specialist in this area, as a teen she suffered with low self worth that lead to a eating disorder.

Today she is helping many with their self image and building confidence. Read more and learn more to better help your teenager with today's peer pressure on their looks. http://www.breakfreebeauty.com/teens.php

Beautiful Women Project Book by Nancy Bruno

A wonderful gift book containing additional insights and photographs of the women.

-- Endorsed by the Women's Media Center, Lance Armstrong Foundation, and Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand --

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Body Image in Teens

Sarah Maria is a body-image expert and personal empowerment specialist who helps people love their bodies no matter how they look. She leads workshops internationally and works one-on-one in consulting sessions to assist people in overcoming hatred and dissatisfaction with their bodies using holistic healing and spiritual principles. She's a certified meditation teacher, Yoga instructor, and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor. Contact her at Contact her at sarah@breakfreebeauty.

Be sure to sign up for her Newsletters and Radio Show at http://www.breakfreebeauty/ - you won’t want to miss how you can start believing in yourself and empowering yourself and your teen to feel good about who you are.

Thin Club by Kim Tennant

I listed this book earlier, and just finished it. I highly recommend it for any parent with pre-teen girls especially. It is all about body image and the peer pressure they (young girls) endure from other kids as well as the media.

It offers parents an awareness to what our girls are going through with all the pressure from TV, Models and the desire to be thin - too thin!

Remember, type the book title into the Amazon Box on the sidebar for more information.