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Shaking Behind the Microphone Press Release

November 15, 2013
Shaking Behind the Microphone

Introducing Shaking Behind the Microphone. Fear of Speaking in Public is Equal to Falling Into a Pit Full of Snakes

Three out of four people suffer from brain freeze, a quivering voice, and a racing heart, which are signs of glossophobia. In her anthology, Shaking Behind the Microphone, Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking, author Jill Ammon Vanderwood tells her story about going skydiving to overcome her fear of public speaking.

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Radical Parenting

February 1, 2011
Radical Parenting

Vanessa is the founder of Radical Parenting and the author of “You’re Grounded,” which she wrote when she was 17. She is now traveling around the world to interview families for her new book, “Parenting is Flat.”

She is headed to South America for five weeks to interview forty-five families. She has interns all over the world. She recently worked with Tokyo Interns to interview families in that country. The main question on her mind—Does the Internet Bring Families Closer? This book is not yet published, but the topic is showing a growing interest from people around the world.

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Help for Parents

February 1, 2011
Al Anon Logo

Finding Serenity Through Al-Anon

My son Fred is a recovering heroin addict. The journey our family started

When he was in his late teens spanned 19 years of deception, discovery, recovery, and setbacks. I am not a substance abuser, but as the wife of a functioning alcoholic and mother of two sons with addictions, as well as being an adult child of an alcoholic, I almost lost myself trying to keep everyone afloat. I spent twenty-one years in counseling and attending Al-Anon meetings to help me recover from abuse, blaming myself, and enabling the addicts in my life.

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Take a Green Leap for Literacy!

September 12, 2009
Leap for Literacy

What: Jill Ammon Vanderwood, author of What’s It Like, Living Green? Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way They Live, will take a Leap for Literacy by skydiving from 12,500 feet in Ogden Utah. This event will help support two literacy programs, and it will be the kickoff for the Leap for Literacy school recycling program.

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