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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2023 · 10 MIN

Ofosu Jones Quartey The Book Love Your Amazing Self

from Young Adult Authors Unplugged From Arroe Collins · host Arroe Collins

LOVE YOUR AMAZING SELF – meditation teacher and hip-hop musician - OFOSU JONES-QUARTEY – offers a unique entry point to mindfulness and self-empowerment for kids ages 7 and up. The book is a unique collection of lyrical meditations that call out to be spoken, recited, or sung aloud. Jones-Quarterly also knows as the recording artist - BORN I – has been teaching mindfulness and meditation for more than 10 years and working with kids and families to bring mindfulness and positivity into practice in daily life. As the recording artist BORN I, Jones-Quartey combines his meditative philosophy with hip-hop and electronic music. He is also the male voice of the mindfulness app – Balance – and is available for interviews on November 30. “The world has its ideas of who you are/ but you don’t need them,/ to be the person you really are inside/ is Freedom.” These are the empowering lyrical verses of meditation teacher and hip-hop musician - Ofosu Jones-Quartey – who also goes by the recording artist name of Born I. The verses appear in the new book: LOVE YOUR AMAZING SELF- a unique collection of lyrical meditations for kids ages 7 and up that encourages mindfulness and inspires confidence. With words written to be read, sung, and recited aloud, Jones-Quartey shares original verses that celebrate the ever-important values of joy, resilience, empowerment and self-compassion. Accompanied by the vibrant illustrations of Ndubisi Okoye, each verse in Love Your Amazing Self carries a theme that encourages kids to affirm the positive in themselves and their lives, including: Be True to Yourself, Find Your Magic, Stand up for Kindness, Embrace Impermanence, and Ask for Help. Short reflections and activities accompanying each verse help kids embody the messages, strengthen their self-confidence, and bring greater joy into their own lives and those around them.

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