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Soul Searching: A Girl's Guide to Finding Herself
An updated, indispensable guide to empowerment and self-discovery for teens.While fashion magazines, television programs, and websites emphasize the superficial and foster insecurities, Sarah Stillman directs teen girls to a healthy place where a strong sense of self and direction take center stage. Originally written when the author was just sixteen, Soul Searching has be...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
January 3rd 2012
by Simon Pulse/Beyond Words
(first published 2000)
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Oct 25, 2012
Written Melodies
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Pre-Teen/Teenage Girls; Anyone working with teenage girls
Won a signed copy from publisher.
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Originally published in 2000 by the author at age sixteen, Soul Searching provides young girls ways to stave off self-destructive behaviors through self-discovery. Author Sarah Stillman began her soul searching journey at the tender age of sixteen. The book begins and ends explaining soul searching is a never ending journey. The book explores aromatherapy, personal space setting, dream interpretat...more
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Originally published in 2000 by the author at age sixteen, Soul Searching provides young girls ways to stave off self-destructive behaviors through self-discovery. Author Sarah Stillman began her soul searching journey at the tender age of sixteen. The book begins and ends explaining soul searching is a never ending journey. The book explores aromatherapy, personal space setting, dream interpretat...more
The author was 16 when she wrote this guide for girls. It explores several methods for getting to know yourself and how to be true to your own values and beliefs in a commercial, material world. Looking at yoga, meditation, dream analysis, journaling, philosophy, and several other ideas, teen girls can put practical advice into place almost immediately. The author strives to be unbiased and considerate of a variety of cultural and religious beliefs. Could be a companion or an alternative to Cove...more
Dec 30, 2012
Dana Davis-avants
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult-non-fiction
This book was first written by Stillman at the age of sixteen (2000). She has updated this version by also looking at the effects of new technology on teenage lives. Soul Searching encourages teen girls to look within themselves and find their own inner spirit and not to let modern media define who they should be. It addresses many tools such as journaling, yoga and exercise, healthy diet, relaxation and meditation, spirituality that can be used to make the teenage years more tolerable. She stre...more
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What I found interesting was that Sarah wrote this original when she was 16 and this edition has some updated sections involving sexting, interest, etc. But for a 16 yr old to write for other teens a soul searching guide, I have a difficult time grasping that she had already achieved it. However, she does state that you never are completed with the task and 10 years later she still uses the techniques mentioned in her book.
From dream analysis, journaling to yoga and feng shui this guide takes you on a journey to follow your dreams, increase confidence in yourself, greater creativity, better communication, peace, stress relief and self discovery. (Reviewer 8)
I also recommend this title for the list--it is very accessible and interesting.
(Reviewer 9)
I also recommend this title for the list--it is very accessible and interesting.
(Reviewer 9)
Actually, a second edition of a book from 2000, the author (who was 16 at the time of original publication) has such simple, sensible advice focused on helping young women figure out what they want, what they value, and what they think. It feels remarkable agenda-less and has fascinating chapters on interpreting dreams, understanding the major philosophers, and the basics of the major religions.
I skimmed through this book as I found after the first few pages it would work more for my granddaughter then for me. I believe that this will work excellently for her. She is really excited. It was a goodreads book and is a book which helps teenage girls to find answers to problems they may have in finding answers.
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Available from OCLS in print.
Imagine That! (Teen Summer Reading Program 2012) recommended book
Available from OCLS in print.
This had some interesting ideas, but I found it to be a little immature.
May 08, 2013
Beaman Library
marked it as beneath-the-surface
Feb 15, 2013
Kristen Altenberger
marked it as to-read
Sep 04, 2012
Moreau Catholic High School Library
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An inspiring example of what a self-confident teen can achieve, Sarah Stillman graduated from Yale with simultaneous Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Anthropology before pursuing her PhD at Oxford.
Active in the international global justice movement, she has worked with migrant factory workers in southern China, refugees in rural Guatemala, and HIV/AIDS patients in Thailand.
In 2008, she was embed...more
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Active in the international global justice movement, she has worked with migrant factory workers in southern China, refugees in rural Guatemala, and HIV/AIDS patients in Thailand.
In 2008, she was embed...more
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