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  • What I Tell Myself First

  • Children's Real-World Affirmations of Self-Esteem
  • By: Michael Brown
  • Narrated by: Michael A. Brown
  • Length: 29 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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What I Tell Myself First

By: Michael Brown
Narrated by: Michael A. Brown
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Written by a US military veteran, this children's audiobook, based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, will instill in children the answer to bullying, body-shaming, hate, and attacks on the self through daily affirmations.

Author Mike Brown has learned many life lessons and hopes to convey some of those lessons acquired from public and private service in the Army, as a police officer, anger management specialist, nonviolent crisis intervention instructor, and educator, as well as the real-world wisdom accumulated so far, to everyone that listens to this audiobook. Teaching a sense of self-love as well as self-acceptance and giving a framework for both parents and children to help build their lives into sturdy and happy homes is his goal.

What I Tell Myself First: Children's Real-World Affirmations of Self-Esteem is to listeners what the AED is to a heart: It instills the defibrillator of self-esteem so powerful for when times are tough and your mind is under attack. Mike hones in on his military past and the methodology behind why service members say creeds in various forms and military occupational specialties.

This audiobook will serve its purpose not for when times are good, but for when times are bad, when one is on that dark road and it feels like no one is there. It will serve as the proverbial jump pack to the battery of the mind. Like the hug that you needed but did not get. Like the words you needed to hear but did not hear. This audiobook of reality-based daily affirmations is the "I wish I had this" of books. We must instill in our children the answer to bullying, body-shaming, hate, and attacks on the self through daily affirmations.

A lot of adults have dark roads. Started from when they were young. The hug they didn’t get. The pain they didn’t learn to manage because mom and/or dad patched mostly all of their wounds and fought mostly all their battles. Travelling through life, hearing, "You’re fat." "You’re slow." "You’re not like us." "You’re ugly." "I felt disrespected when he said..." "No one loves me." "I fell for this person because I needed love. Who knew that he’d (or she’d) be..." "It’s your job to make me feel like..." "Why don’t you want me?!" If only we'd learn very early on that these things were our jobs to perform.

©2019 Michael A. Brown (P)2019 Michael A. Brown
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Amazing book for adults and children!!!

I originally got the book for my young daughter but quickly realized I needed it as well! We all have known some trauma and this book is a valuable tool to be used on the road to complete healing and that does start with what you tell yourself first. This book is a roadmap to becoming self-aware, self-assured, and self-actualized. I am inspired and motivated. I vow to be more selfish so I can me more selfless! (You will understand when you read the book!) I wish this book was available when I was younger but it is never too late to start the heaing process!

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