GETTINGREAL... takes you on a Journey of self-discovery. It helps you
identify who you are, your beliefs, thought patterns and personal issues. By
working with this book you can gain clarity about your life and the Journey you
are on.
GETTINGREAL... is environmentally friendly. It is printed on paper made from sugar cane fibre and uses soy bean inks. A large format magazine style book, 232 pages and colour throughout. RRP AUD$40.
GETTING REAL... about growing up!... is full of practical suggestions and things to do.
TeenSpeak, is an integral part of the book. It's inspiring to hear the opinion of young people. Anecdotes and stories make GETTING REAL... about growing up! enriching and spiritually uplifting.
Getting Real...for young people helps them weather the storms of growing up:
Raging
hormones - bodily changes and unpredictability. Confusion
- body image, self-esteem, loneliness and depression. Asserting
independence – how to deal with conflict, making and keeping agreements. Social
pressure from friends and the media to be sexually active too soon, take
drugs, drink, act dangerously. Family issues
- tension, inherited belief systems, divorce, loss of parent(s). Intimate
relationships - sensuality, sexual feelings, contraception, love.
Getting Real... for parents Offers a lifeline, as children move into
and through the turbulent teens – giving insights, understanding and practical
suggestions.
Getting Real... for youth workers and teachers
has activities, processes and things to do that can be easily translated into
classroom and group situations.
Getting Real... for adults invites you to re-engage in your
adolescent experience. Acknowledge that what you went through to become who you
are now, served you! Forgive yourself for any mis-takes you may have made while
growing up.
By using this book you
can reclaim parts of yourself that were not recognised by those around you.
Shining Sun and Running Water is the story in Getting Real that speaks of another way to be together in community. Go here to read it!
