Did you know you have and need a sandbox? Whats a sandbox? Its your comfort zone. So, why and when should you step out of yours? Step Out of Your Sandbox! answers these and many more questions about how to get unstuck and move into your dream life. Six steps are all it takes to smash barriers so you finally break free of self-limiting beliefs: Embracing Aloneness Loving Quirky Reaching Crossroads Surmounting Obstacles Building Bridges Living Passionately Could you get excited about no longer being chained to your sandbox and instead living with zest each day? You can! Heres your Formula for Success: Accepting Yourself (1) + Mastering Your Growth Edge (2) = Living Passionately (3) Accepting Yourself. A sanctuary in your imagination and an actual retreat carved out in your home, your sandbox supports your right to alone time. Daily renewal anchors your unshakeable individuality. How great would it be to embrace your uniqueness including even your foibles? Live out loud! Mastering Your Growth Edge. When your oasis gets too cozy you must open to new possibilities. Your sandbox has become a self-created jail. Demons like doubt, fear and anxiety will raise ugly heads. You created them. You have the power to dismantle them. If you dont, youll die with the music still inside. That cant happen! Living Passionately. Once you leave behind your old security blanket, youre up for higher challenges. All those potholes sidestepped, you heal into wholeness and build bridges to different sandboxes. You fully reclaim your Essence. You deliberately shout a resounding yes to life itself! Bring it on! Its never its too late to realize your every hope. You hold the key to stepping out of your sandbox. Are you ready to embark on your journey?

Do you know what your God-given talents are? Maybe you have discovered them but covered them up with sand because of your attitude, inability to communicate effectively, or the stress of trying to use your gifts. Brush the sand off those talents (and you do have talents )and use them. Life will be more rewarding. Begin with reading this book. Most of us need a little push to be the person God created us to be. "Discover What's in Your Sandbox is an enjoyable read with sound advice on the importance of faith, family and friendships. Carol uses stories from her life to walk the reader through lessons well-learned. I found myself relating to her experiences, and was reminded of where I need to refocus in my own life. Like a conversation with a good friend, Discover What's in Your Sandbox is uplifting and empowering." Karl Mecklenburg, Former NFL All-Pro, Author of Heart of a Student Athlete, Motivational and Inspirational Speaker Carol Odell is executive director of the Southern Colorado Better Business Bureau. Carol began her career as an intern writer for Better Homes and Gardens while a student at the University of Missouri. After graduation, she worked at Ladies Home Journal as an associate editor in the food department in New York. Carol and her husband Marshall raised their children Andy and Denise in Colorado Springs and owned a manufacturing company for 13 years. During that time, Carol received a masters in sociology and in counseling. Carol has worked at the Bureau for the last 19 years, which included writing a business column for 10 of those years for the Colorado Springs newspaper, The Gazette.

When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in Maggie's sandbox, Maggie becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch and in the process she learns about these unique animals and their struggle for survival.

The summer before her junior year, paleontology geek Natalie Page lands a coveted internship at an Ice Age dig site near Austin, Texas. Natalie, who’s also a plus-size fashion blogger, depends on the retro style and persona she developed to shield herself from her former bullies, but vintage dresses and designer heels aren’t compatible with digging for fossils. But nothing is going to dampen her spirit. She’s exactly where she wants to be, and gets to work with her hero, the host of the most popular paleontology podcast in the world. And then there’s Chase, the intern, who’s seriously cute, and Cody, a local boy who’d be even cuter if he were less of a grouch. It’s a summer that promises to be about more than just mammoths. Until it isn’t. When Natalie’s paleontologist hero turns out to be anything but, and steals the credit for one of her accomplishments, she has to unearth the confidence she needs to stand out in a field dominated by men. To do this, she’ll have to let her true self shine, even if that means defying the rules and risking her life for the sake of a major discovery. While sifting through dirt, she finds more than fossils—she finds out that she is truly awesome.

Torn between two lovers: which man is the right one? Sweet-natured computer geek Larry Leavis is a recent college graduate, in his first job as an app developer on South Beach. But he's not as confident as his roommates about looking for love-- he's six foot six, skinny as a rail, from a poor, conservative family. So he doesn't know what to do when two men show interest in him. Client Victor Kunin spins a dark web to trap him, challenging Larry's feelings about his body and what he wants to do with it. Handsome entrepreneur Julian Argento, has to learn to trust again before he can be Larry’s Mr. Right. But which will Larry choose-- the angel or the devil? Another sexy look at the search for love and career success on South Beach from the author of the “Love on” series.

An accessible guide to understanding what qualifies as sexual harassment and how to combat it, using the simple rules children learn on the playground. One of today’s most hotly discussed topics is sexual harassment in the workplace: what it looks like, how to prevent it, and what to do about it. So many people don’t realize that they have been victims of sexual harassment or that they have a right to speak up and demand different treatment. Many don’t realize that they are committing it, thanks certain behaviors being dismissed, forgiven, or ignored for many years when they should have been corrected long ago. In the heat of today’s #MeToo movement, Brigitte Gawenda Kimichik, JD, and J.R Tomlinson take things back to basics by applying the rules we all learned on the playground to the modern-day workplace, thus making clear to everyone what is and what isn’t OK. Play Nice: Playground Rules for Respect in the Workplace is an indispensable resource—both for empowering those who wish to reassert their boundaries and for teaching allies how to help in this fight. Praise for Play Nice “Chock full of smart, strategic advice to help anyone suffering from toxic behavior in the workplace. When you finish this book, you will realize that equal rights for women is not some far-off ideal but a reality that that soon can be achieved.” —Skip Hollandsworth, Executive Editor, Texas Monthly “For real change to occur, it is imperative that we all start holding ourselves responsible for ensuring everyone is treated respectfully. Play Nice is a giant step in the right direction. This book should be mandatory reading for all organizations and parents.” —Vanessa Fox Corp. VP, Chief Development Officer, Jack in the Box “This is a must-read for any human resources executive, any woman embarking on her professional career, and any bystander (male or female) who is not sure what to do when faced with bad behavior.” —Joel L. Ross, former General Counsel of Trammell Crow Company and retired partner of Vinson & Elkins LLP