Why you need to stop putting pressure on yourself and how to release it.

Lucy Mettler, a 17-year-old high school student from Charleston, South Carolina, launches her debut book, Treasures of the Tide (Elyon Press), a heartwarming story for elementary school children who may be coping with the loss of a loved one. 

Mettler’s lyrical picture book tells the story of a boy whose passion for shell hunting and boundless curiosity connects him with his departed father, who also loved searching for the ocean’s hidden treasures. Mettler also hopes to empower young readers to discover the magic of the natural world, which is often drowned out by digital distractions. Mettler, who grew up near the water, is a firm believer that every child should have the opportunity to discover the magic that exists in nature. 

Mettler is partnering with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief to provide the book as a resource to grief professionals and children. She donated 500 books to attendees of the Alliance’s 26th annual symposium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

“My hope is that this tale inspires wonder and offers comfort to children who may be missing a family member or friend,” says Mettler. “Even as I near adulthood, I still miss my grandparents, who passed away when I was younger. I want children to know they are not alone, and that our loved ones are still with us in spirit and through special memories.”

The story of exploration and family is complemented by the whimsical illustrations of award-winning artist Nathaniel Eckstrom. Eckstrom is one of Australia’s leading children’s illustrators and has illustrated more than 26 titles, including Meg McKinlay’s Duck! and Eddie Jaku’s The Happiest Boy on Earth.

“Last summer, I worked at a summer camp in order to earn money to pay for the illustrations. The job also gave me the wonderful opportunity to interact with young children, who are my audience for the book,” says Mettler. “But even though the book is geared toward elementary-aged children, I wanted to create a story that parents would enjoy too. It’s really a book for people of all ages.”

Treasures of the Tide is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and through lucymettler.com.

The book launch follows Lucy’s reading to students attending Montgomery Knolls Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. The event was held in partnership with Linkages to Learning program, a community-school program that provides at-risk students and their families with educational resources and support. 

Celebrating your wins not only makes you feel good, but it also boosts your confidence and motivates you to keep going. When you acknowledge your achievements, you're sending a message to yourself that you're capable and amazing. So, don't be shy to celebrate your victories and keep being amazing.
In this episode, you will learn how to celebrate all the brave things you do by creating a WIN journal. 

I also talk about my new book, "Skip the Bad Songs".  Head over to skipthebadsongs.com and sign up for updates about the book, events, and contests. Enter our latest contest for a chance to win a pair of Bluetooth wireless headphones. learn more at SkipTheBadSongs.com! 

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You gotta start romanticizing your life.  And because I love looking at the bright side of things, I was immediately drawn to this.  In this podcast I will share several ways you can romanticizing your life today! Enjoy, Jen

In today's episode of the GIRLBRAVE podcast, I am talking to Eva. Eva is in her first main stage musical production, Rudolph Jr,  at the Lincoln Community Playhouse. She loves reading and writing.  She’s even written two books and is starting on her third! Eva has such a glowing personality, I can't wait for you to meet her!

Today on the show I have Presley. She is 10 years old and love to hike with her Cub Scout troop, draw all the candies from Harry Potter and she makes and sells earrings! Let's chat with Presley and learn more about her! 

Join me as I guide you through a 4 minute breathing exercise to lower your stress and increase your self-esteem. This exercise is taken from the book The Mindfulness Journal by Corrine Sweet.

Teresa Melvin shares her favorite ProCreate brushes, tools she uses to stay organized and what her definition of being BRAVE! She is speaking on international NFT conference stages, selling NFTs and doing her 8th grade homework! 

https://www.instagram.com/teresamelvinart/

You can find the video of our conversation at:
https://pincurlgirls.com/pages/girlbrave-podcast-season-3

Sara Mora was born in Costa Rica, and immigrated to New Jersey with her family when she was three years old. Sara began her activism in her teen years by sharing her story of being an undocumented immigrant. She interviewed the President of Costa Rica about DACA. DACA, is an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It protects around 800,000 young people — known as “DREAMers” — who entered the United States unlawfully as children. The program does not grant them official legal status or a pathway to citizenship, but it does allow them to apply for a driver’s license, social security number, and work permit. 

Sara uses social media to create content using her camera on her phone and launched POP Mic. Population MIC is a media platform and resource that she uses like a virtual diary and to host conversations around immigration.

Sara has become a sought-after voice in the work of social change. She has collaborated with brands like, Levi’s, MTV, Adobe, Always, the Body Shop, Banana Republic, UNICEF and many more.

Today, Sara is a speaker, an immigrant rights activist and working in digital media strategy, consulting on how storytelling can change the world. Sara is dedicated to being a symbol of hope and courage in the face of adversity. Let’s jump in and meet Sara! 

Jen Landis: So before we get into talking about technology, and I know you're into space, which is really cool tell me the first memory, you have of really like thinking technology or coding or space was cool like how old were you and what was that story.

Elsbeth Magilton: So I loved science and technology at a really young age, and then sort of lost it for a while and came back to it but. At a really young age, I was in a group and maybe they still exist, I don't know, but it was called odyssey of the mind or OM. And it was parent lead, but it was this like a national organization and they would give these teams of kids creative challenges, and it was really science, technology and arts.

And I remember having to solve this challenge of like how we put together like 10 minute presentation on something that had to have like a fictional narrative, but we also had to build the set and design the set ourselves and make it mobile, so we could pack it into a certain size box like I don't remember exactly what all the parameters of the challenges were.

But I remember my dad was our leader and there was like four of us were like I don't know fourth graders and just geeky out like I just love that intersection of creativity and language arts with science and technology challenges and definitely definitely caught the bug then.

I did you know I think like a lot of particularly young women, but a lot of young people generally kind of lost my love for stem it a midpoint and then thankfully had some excellent professors in college and got back to it.

Listen in to hear more from Elsbeth, her knowledge fascinates me!