Lets Be Friends!: Meet new friends from around the world discovering their character strength (1) (Discovering Character strengths in children.)

What character strengths do you want your children or students to have? How can you teach resilience in a way that carries them through the tough times?

Enter Let's Be Friends: Meet New Friends from Around the World! Join the main character, Damien, as he meets real-life children from all corners of the earth. Each new friend describes a different character trait, and talks about how they live out that trait in their real lives.

Children learn best from one another, and our beautifully diverse friends from around the world have so much to teach us!

Character strength concepts include:

Having a growth mindset
Building self-esteem
Using a positive response to a difficult situation
Focusing on tasks
Having hope
Mindfulness
Perseverance
And so much more!

Scientifically researched benefits from focusing on character strengths include:
Resilience building
Decrease in bullying behaviors and tolerance for bullies
Increased academic success
Discovery of talents
Building a strong positive identity and sense of self
Creating a "toolbox" of positive emotions and mindset to tap into during times of trouble
And many more!

Perfect for the home or the classroom, with a focus on diversity and the character strengths that can be found in all of us, Let's Be Friends stirs the imagination and pushes kids to find the strengths that they possess. Pick up your copy today and let the worldwide adventure begin!

Donna Martire Miller, www.HappilyEverActions.com a Connecticut-based business that caters to the whole person. The skills taught are universal. The mission is to enable people to engage in and live a life worth living.
"Happily, Ever Actions" is a business that applies cutting-edge research in positive psychology creating concrete tools that will increase your happiness and wellbeing in all areas of life.
Donna holds a master's degree in Counseling and Organizational Human Resource Development. She is a graduate of the Positive Psychology Program (the Science of Happiness) at Kripalu/ Wholebeing Institute and has worked as a teacher's assistant to WBI and Tal Ben Shahar, the renowned Harvard Professor, and author. She is also post master's certified in Positive Psychology Coaching and Teaching for Transformation, Mindfulness, and Strength-based practices, as well as certification in Women's Wellness and Meditation.
Donna has an adjunct professorship where she teaches Wellness, Perspectives of Happiness, and other Human Services-related courses. Donna held The Executive Director position for 30 years at HELP FOR KIDS a positive parenting, family system-strengthening Center where she recently received a lifetime achievement award for strengthening over 10,000 families. She claims most of her knowledge in parenting from raising her 5 kids and 7 grandchildren! She is an international keynote speaker, trainer, and workshop presenter. She is an expert in positive parenting education but will be the first to tell you that everything she has learned was from her wonderful children and grandchildren! She is a happiness, well-being life coach. Donna finds joy in singing rhythm and blues and teaching let your yoga dance! She is a published author, included in "Transformation 2020, A ladies Power Lunch Anthology" which has reached bestseller status on Amazon. Currently her book "The View From Within- Spiritual Pathways to Unshakeable Happiness" is available for order from the website www.happilyeveractions.com. which is the first in a trilogy on sustainable happiness. She is collaborating and authoring the next two books in the trilogy with her team of professionals working together towards Unshakeable happiness, by applying science-based Happily Ever Actions (TM) Joseph Bologna became interested in photography watching his father take pictures of the family and developing them himself at home. He purchased his first camera in 1964 when he was 13. His thought was to photograph life extensively in order to "freeze time". He was also an avid reader. As he grew into his teens, he discovered that he had two things that piqued his interest, reading about worldwide travel and music. He honed his photography skills while embarking on a career as a rock and roll performing artist. He captured the events as he toured the country with name acts. His love of photography became more aesthetic when he became a father in the '80s. He embraced a new system of image creating that captured a more intimate portrait very detail-oriented. His work was beginning to be noticed by many people in the community. He became an event photographer for schools, the Housatonic Counsel in CT, for weddings, portraits, and the like.
In 2005 he began his travels around the world as a photographer. His first trip was to Acapulco Mexico. He is meticulous in his approach to his art form. He would learn the lay of the land, the people's interests, their cultural norms, and etiquette. Joseph began to love the people he met. He would find that the stresses of everyday life would disappear as he engaged in his photoshoots and captured the spirit of those he met along the way. To date, he has visited 26 countries and has taken over 90,000 photos. He has had a gallery on National Geographic. His work can be seen in travel magazines, private companies, and businesses. He was an instructor and has held photography classes. He has been peer awarded over 9,000 times and is considered a top 10 popular photographer in View Bug and has held that position since his enrollment as a member in 2016. He won the summer of 2020 People's Choice award, the 2020 Top Shot, and the Elite award. He has co-authored an Amazon bestseller "Redefining Masculinity" and is currently collaborating on a 3-book series featuring selected photographs and original writings.