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Over her fourteen-month bicycle tour, Winkler-Morey discovers US regions that are unique in beauty and culture, but similar in the things that ail them: historical trauma, unsustainable economies, inequities, and crippling fears of people outside their borders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinkler-Morey is not physically or mentally prepared for the ride. She wants to leave behind the emotional baggage of a past trauma, but even as she rides, it climbs into her panniers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Winkler-Morey finds ways to talk back to her ghosts, she discovers that national allegiance is manufactured, but attachment to place is real. 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She carefully walks readers through the steps needed to become a professional life coach and offers a clearly conceptualized introduction to core knowledge, principles, and methods for her Supportive Youth Coaching Model. I SUPPORT YOUth! is chockfull of helpful coaching hints and tips as well as hands-on illustrations that bring youth coaching to life for readers. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in catching the fire and becoming a youth coach or has an interest in seeking a youth coach for oneself or for a young person in one's life.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Malekoff,\u003c\/strong\u003e MSW Executive Director and CEO, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, New York Author of Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice, 3rd Ed (Guilford Press); Editor-in-chief of the professional journal, Social Work with Groups\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Young people face many challenges, not least school, peers, and hormones. Coaching is an excellent tool for helping young people develop a stronger understanding of themselves so that they can explore the consequences of alternative courses of action, helping them develop greater personal responsibility. Sandi's book is an excellent resource for those working with young people and who want to move from a directive to a facilitative style of communication and through that help young people become the best they can be.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Jonathan Passmore\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Evora, Portugal\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Sandi Lindgren has compiled a much needed and powerfully impactful book for coaching youth and empowering the next generation of adults to be more prepared for life's ups and downs, challenges and opportunities. Coaching during the formative years of adolescence and beyond is crucial. Sandi includes theory and practical application for professionals and also offers tips for parents to become more coach-like with their own children. This book, I SUPPORT YOUTH! And its training opportunities, should be considered for every school to have coaches available for students, maybe as an additional training for licensed counselors.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Patrick Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e Master Certified Coach, Board Certified Coach\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I SUPPORT YOUth! is a must-read for all youth coaches. Sandi Lindgren's Supportive Youth Coaching Model breaks down the significant areas of training required to understand and effectively provide coaching that meets the needs and the varying emotional maturity levels of youth clients. As a coach trainer and passionate advocate for ethical standards in youth coaching, I appreciated the in-depth discussion on proper coach education and adherence to rigorous ethical guidelines for all youth coaches.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJodi Sleeper-Triplett\u003c\/strong\u003e, MCC, BCC Founder and CEO, JST Coaching \u0026amp; Training; Author of Empowering Youth with ADHD\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Sandi is a mission-driven pioneer on the 'coaching for youth' global stage. Her message and practical insights and application are a must read for any coach who shares her passion for helping youth today via coaching. It is also a read for any young person who wants to show up like she did in her own youth—paving the way for what the coaching profession is today. 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Chapter by chapter the author undermines the false assumptions that prop up the roles society teaches us to play 'as man' or 'as woman.' He urges us to throw out the old maps that caused us to lose our way and suggests some very practical guidelines for the journey towards discovering our own unique, human gifts.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eRev. Mel White\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pretend for a moment that you're an educated man or woman and an editor came to you and asked that you write a book covering every aspect of gender conditioning in America, yet rather than urging you, the writer, to follow your own road map the editor insisted that you keep in mind basic common denominators--or ground zero--while preparing the text....Minor believes that 'straight' is not really heterosexual, since even people who identify as non-heterosexual by orientation, are taught to value and conform to the 'straight' role.' 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