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Book details
  • Genre:SELF-HELP
  • SubGenre:Affirmations
  • Language:English
  • Pages:119
  • eBook ISBN:9780986285707

Live Life Beautiful

Affirmations for Girls of Color

by Donnamaria Culbreth , Julie Jung-Kim and Ada Elizabeth Culbreth

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Overview

The most important focus for girls of color is to believe, with every fiber of their being, that the color of their skin is not a determining factor of what they can or will achieve in life. The power to live life beautiful is within all girls of color. If they think it and believe it, they will achieve it! Live Life Beautiful: Affirmations for Girls of Color contains 250 positive affirmations and explanations written specifically for girls of color as a self-help/motivational guide to live life beautiful. Affirmation topics include colorism, hair, standards of beauty, cultural identity, cultural pride, diversity, ethnicity, education, friendship, making good choices, self-love, self-esteem, self-respect, self-pride, self-identity, and STEM among other topics. By thinking, believing, and applying positive thought processes, the lives of girls of color will be transformed and as their inner beauty begins to radiate on the outside, they will live life beautiful.

Description

The most important focus for girls of color is to believe, with every fiber of their being, that the color of their skin is not a determining factor of what they can or will achieve in life. The power to live life beautiful is within all girls of color. If they think it and believe it, they will achieve it! Live Life Beautiful: Affirmations for Girls of Color contains 250 positive affirmations and explanations written specifically for girls of color as a self-help/motivational guide to live life beautiful. Affirmation topics include colorism, hair, standards of beauty, cultural identity, cultural pride, diversity, ethnicity, education, friendship, making good choices, self-love, self-esteem, self-respect, self-pride, self-identity, and STEM among other topics. By thinking, believing, and applying positive thought processes, the lives of girls of color will be transformed and as their inner beauty begins to radiate on the outside, they will live life beautiful.

About the author

Dr. Culbreth is the founder and CEO of The Intraracial Colorism Project, Inc., a project dedicated to addressing colorism. She is also the founder of I Am Beautiful Global, Inc., an organization that focuses on girls of color learning to love and embrace the color of their skin. Recently, she created the National Girls and Women of Color Council, Inc. (NGWCC) which will be a worldwide organization for women and girls of color. The mission of NGWCC is to bring together girls and women of color worldwide to address race, color, collaborate, discuss, and take action to eliminate the numerous barriers that continue to stagnate the psychological, emotional, physical and social growth and well-being of women and girls of color. NGWCC will officially launch in 2015. Dr. Culbreth believes in empowering girls and women of color to reach higher ground in life. She focuses on encouraging them to embrace being beautiful on the inside and outside, the importance of positive thought processes, embracing diversity, to live life beautiful by focusing on the foundation elements of beautiful, to dream in color as they reach for the stars, and to believe in themselves. She focuses on girls of color defying stereotypes and breaking down skin color and racial barriers and biased standards of beauty that continue to ignore the diversity of girls of color.