Step Into Your Power

Thoughtful~ Powerful ~ Attractive ~ actionable

tl;dr: You are your best ally. 

This short how-to book is about learning to be your best you. Each section is chocked full of activities and experiences to help you hone your personal power. The text is combined with quotes and great colorful illustrations. I loved the way this book was written. Super supportive, no preaching, actionable, enjoyable, accessible, and wonderful. Would make a great grad gift for high school and college students. 

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a wonderfully presented and inspiring information book. The colours and content is engaging and and inspiring.

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This little book left me surprised and amazed. The writer gives some caring advices in order to help children, but even adults, to learn to love themselves and anchieve their dreams.
I loved the concept behind this "Step Into Your Power". The illustrations are very beautiful, colorful and help you focus on some important sentences.
I would have loved to read this book when I was younger and at school. It could have been of so much help. But I'm happy to have read it now, it is still helpful.

This is an amazing book both for young activists, as well as though just thinking about what they want to do with their lives a this point.

The subtitle sort of says it all. How to live your best life.  This is not only for you, and your self care, but also for your life in your community.

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Some self-care advice you don't realize until later in life.   As the book says, "Be you, not perfect."

Good for all young people, but mainly aimed towards women, who often could use this kind of advice.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This colorfully illustrated book is aimed at tweens and teens. There are pep-talks and activities that will help young people define their goals and learn to love themselves.

This book makes empowering yourself fun – with the right combination of language that does not preach or speak down to the reader and illustrations that pop out of the page with bright colors that appeal to the all.

Imagine having your personal mentor and cheerleader with you always. You can, with ‘Step Into Your Power‘!

Empowering you, the reader, to be the best You through exercises, action-plans, and stories to encourage and inspire, this book has it all.

For example, it talks about learning to speak up. And I love how the book goes into teaching the right way to speak up – to arm yourself with facts and discuss your opinions on things; to understand that it is ok to disagree with the people around you but to learn to do it the right way too.

Side-note: This reminds me of the times I tell my kids to learn the difference between speaking up and talking back! I am sure they disagree with me on this but that is ok 🙂 We are all learning together to bridge that gap!

Elsewhere, it teaches to say No, and teaches this again in wonderful ways (like saying no to bad habits, among other similar examples!)

The book also explores making your own path when you feel like you don’t fit in. Jamia teaches through her words of wisdom to learn to appreciate yourself – be the shining outlier, not the outcast.

These are just a few of the ways, each one simple but easily actionable, that Jamia teaches you – the reader – to Step Into Your Power. Andrea Pippin’s pop-out-of-the-page illustrations and bright backdrops are the perfect partner to Jamia’s words.

In Summary:
While this book can work for any age-group, I think it can have a lot of impact on 9 to 13 year olds. As a mom to a just-turned-teen-girl, I try to impart many of these lessons to my daughter, and this book is definitely going to help make it so much easier!

Giftable? Yes, totally. So ahead and buy ‘Step Into Your Power‘ for yourself or for that person who will love it.

Rating: 5/5
Reading Level: 9 to 13 years (and above as well!) 

Disclaimer: Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the eARC of this book. The opinions expressed are my honest thoughts as I read the book.

Do you have a little one who you just know will move mountains? Or, maybe a class full of budding activists? A student you want to inspire? I fully recommend adding Step Into Your Power to your library to empower all the students (and even the adults) in your life!

Read the rest of the review here: https://colorfulpages.org/2019/03/26/empower-your-students-with-step-into-your-power/


Thanks for the read, NetGalley and Jamia Wilson!

I am reviewing this book for Jamia Wilson, Quarto Publishing and NetGalley who gave me a copy of their book for an honest review
A great book for all classrooms to have - it is a book which can help inspire them to do something good - to empower them to be great and make a difference

Really cute read, lovely, inspirational anc will post my full review on the blog very shortly. Really enjoyed.

Just like it says right there on the cover: 23 lessons on how to live your best life

Step Into Your Power is just a great read to give yourself that GO! That power, that pep talk you just feel like you needed, or didn't know you needed.

This is a powerful little book for pre-teens and teens. I think it would be a great companion for any girl and it will help them accept themselves and not fall pray to the media (although media is also changing for the better).

Inspiring book!