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Ophelia's Oracle: Discovering the Healthy, Happy, Self-Aware, and Confident Girl in the Mirror

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Thank you Donna and Tina for creating such an important book for empowering and inspiring girls to live their Brilliance and to share it with the world! Even as an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this beautiful book! - Karen Mehringer, author of Sail Into Your Dreams

A friend of my recommended this book to me for my 12 year old daughter. I am so glad I took their advice. My daughter loves this book. She has recommended it to all of her friends and they even get together to do the activities together. Her and her friends seem to get along better now with less fighting. I feel that since she has gotten this book she seems to be able to handle difficult situations more effectively. Thanks to the authors for this helpful book for teenage girls.

I bought this book for my daughter and she absolutely loves it. However, I have to say I think I love it as much as she does. We have had so much fun with the activities, but mostly I feel like my daughter has been given tools to help her get more smoothly through the trying teenage years.

From her Japanese grandmother, twelve-year-old Ophelia learns the stories of strong women from Japanese and Chinese legends. From her horseback riding teaching, she learns the Celtic myth Rhiannon. The Greek goddess Artemis comes to her in a quiet moment. Through these stories of powerful women making difficult choices to be true to themselves, Ophelia learns to make difficult but empowering choices in her own life.

This is the story woven throughout Ophelia's Oracle by Donna DeNomme and Tina Proctor. But the book includes so much more. Filled with self-examination exercises, poetry, drawings, and real-life stories of girls accomplishing big things, Ophelia's Oracle is also a workbook for young girls and early teens.

There are lots of issues for moms and girls to discuss as they read through Ophelia's story and work on the exercises, including overcoming fears, dealing with problems with friends, handling sibling issues and learning how to find peace within yourself. Ophelia's Oracle has won several awards, including a Gold Mom's Choice Award 2010 in the category of Young Adult Inspirational/Motivational. The authors also lead an ongoing mother-daughter group using many of the activities. More information can be found at [...]