Sarah Stillman

Soul Searching Journal: a Guide to Self-discovery for Girls Sarah Stillman

Publisher Marketing: Believe it or not, most girls are interested in things deeper than make-up and the latest boy band. How about meditation, dream analysis, protesting their favourite causes? Girls today are hungry for a book that will encourage them to move beyond what the magazines and TV shows are telling them to be. SOUL SEARCHING is the book for girls who want to bring some meaning to their world, discover who they truly are, what their real dreams are, and how they can achieve those dreams. Sixteen year-old Sarah Stillman points them in the right direction. This book features fun quizzes, quotes, and other entertaining activities to help girls discover their true selves, and includes sections on how to: * Deconstruct your myths - label and dispel the myths that surround your identity * Write a letter to yourself - what experiences do you most want to remember? * Be grateful - list 5 things for which you are thankful each day * Define your philosophy - write a mission statement and form your own world view * Find your creative side - create a collage with drawings, quotes and poems. Girls are sure to love the fact that this book is written by someone just like them. Contributor Bio:  Stillman, Sarah 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 embedded with the 116th Military Police Company in Iraq as a foreign correspondent for "Truthdig", following which New York University named her the inaugural recipient of The Reporting Award and her article about it was selected for publication in the "New Yorker" in 2011. Stillman currently works as a fellow at Yale's Morse College, where she co-teaches a course on the Iraq war with a U. S. Army captain.