I think of this confidence collection for children as personal growth support masquerading as children’s books. There is a transformational lesson here for every child as well as every adult.

As a parent, I realized how critical confidence was to my children in aging well while they were growing up. You too may have discovered that confidence is critical to your child’s resilience, peace of mind, comfort in doing new things, and happiness in the process. Confidence is a gift that’s precious.

And that’s why building confidence is the mission for every book written by this author.

Whether the children’s growing up story is about

• a bear who envies his friends for their special traits before finding faith in his own unique traits,

• or a lost dog who becomes aware of natural instincts and intuition for guidance,

• or a little girl who gains comfort in doing new things by trusting in her natural strengths and talents,

• or a rock who gets chipped away by hard knocks and becomes resilient through tough times and thankful for the lessons learned that transformed him into his best self.

There is a confidence character emerging from every story along with an interactive game at the end that pulls your child into the transformation as well.

For adults, the books focus on building confidence in aging well from an emotional/spiritual aspect as well as from a physical one.

REFIRE is the first book in this Aging Well series for growing older.

REFIRE provides six practices each tied to the letters in REFIRE. The six practices will help you plant seeds of…

• Calm over chaos

• Discipline over distraction

• Possibilities over fear

• Joy over regret

• Living over reacting

• And hope over resignation

The second confidence-building book in this Aging Well Series for mid-lifers and Seniors is called REWIRE.

This book is about rewiring your physical strategy with steadier habits and a longer health span. It covers how we eat, move, manage stress, find meaning, sleep deeply and stay socially connected. REWIRE is your lifestyle re-design to add joy, growth, contribution and meaning to this stage in life.