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A mother’s urgent true story of restraint, trauma, and the resolve to create safer, more dignified support for young people of every ability.
BOOKS BY MARYA
The complete catalog,
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Browse Marya’s books and creative companions by collection.
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Neurodiversity
All About Me
A guided keepsake for children to celebrate their identity, strengths, preferences, and the qualities that make them wonderfully themselves.
Be a Pink Dolphin Journal for Tweens
A confidence-building journal for tweens that encourages individuality, positive reflection, and the courage to stand out.
Daily Gratitude, Encouraging Affirmations & Positive Coping Skills for Boys
A video-game-inspired journal filled with gratitude practice, affirmations, coping tools, doodling, and coloring—created with neurodivergent boys in mind.
The You Got This with Doses of Love & Encouragement Along the Way Cause Some Days We Need a Hug Journal for Caregivers
A warm, honest self-care journal offering caregivers encouragement, reflection, and room to breathe on the hard days.
Autism Love Self-Care Journal
A gentle self-care journal for reflection, encouragement, and honoring the love, labor, and everyday realities of autism caregiving.
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Anthologies
LRG Nation
An anthology of courage, growth, and belonging told through the voices and experiences of the Live Reality Games community.
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Children’s Books
Time to Dance
A joyful children’s story about a girl searching for a friend to dance with—and learning to recognize the moment when it is time to begin.
Small Big Gifts
A playful story about the joy of giving, with conversation starters and simple ideas that help children discover how small gifts can carry big love.
What If My Pieces Don’t Fit?
Khalil worries about fitting in as he navigates anxiety and autism, then discovers tools for coping and the deeper freedom of loving all of himself.
Ruby’s Big Swim
Ruby, a pink dolphin with sensory differences, searches for belonging in the deep blue sea in a tender story about empathy and finding your place.
A Soft Place to Land: Joon’s Big, Loud Day
When the world feels too big and loud, Joon’s story offers children a compassionate path toward safety, understanding, and a soft place to land.
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Nonfiction
Memoir & Personal Writing
I Was Listening
A literary memoir of love, legacy, loss, and becoming—tracing the voices and moments that shape a life when we finally learn to listen.
It’s Time to Dance
Personal reflections on grief, faith, and the fierce resolve to move forward with intention, purpose, and joy.
Playing in the Dirt & Still Loving It!
Twenty-one lessons from a father’s garden about growth, healing, faith, and choosing to thrive in every season.
Into the Water
A seven-part grief devotional offering space to reflect, pray, create, and move gently through loss without prescribing a single path to healing.
Faith, Devotionals & Workbooks
It’s Time to Dance
Personal reflections on grief, faith, and the fierce resolve to move forward with intention, purpose, and joy.
Playing in the Dirt & Still Loving It!
Twenty-one lessons from a father’s garden about growth, healing, faith, and choosing to thrive in every season.
Out of the Water
A baptism devotional journal for reflecting on faith, renewal, and the meaning of stepping into a new season with God.
Prayer and Self-Care for Black Women
A guided journal created for Black women to make room for prayer, honest reflection, restoration, and intentional self-care.
Prayer and Self-Care for Black Men
A guided journal created for Black men to make room for prayer, reflection, renewal, and intentional self-care.
Prayer & Self-Care Journal for Women
A floral guided journal that brings prayer and self-care together in one inviting daily practice.
Prayer & Self-Care Journal for Women
An ocean-inspired edition of the guided journal for prayer, reflection, renewal, and meaningful self-care.
Prayer and Self-Care for Men
A practical guided journal for men seeking a consistent rhythm of prayer, reflection, and self-care.
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Journals & Creative Companions
Plant Journals
Plant Lover in Blue Journal
A calming botanical journal for notes, reflections, lists, and everyday inspiration.
Plant Lovers Journal
A pink botanical journal for plant lovers to write, reflect, plan, and grow.
Plant Lovers Journal
A green botanical journal for plant lovers to write, reflect, plan, and grow.
Crazy Plant Lady
A playful plant-lover journal with a black-and-white interior and coloring pages.
The Plant Lovers Journal
A creative companion for recording plant notes, observations, ideas, and reflections.
Plant Lovers Journal
A dramatic black botanical journal for notes, reflections, lists, and plant-care inspiration.
Plant Lovers Coloring Book
A large-print coloring book with 44 pages of relaxing botanical artwork for plant enthusiasts.
Animal-Lover Journals
Dog Lover’s Journal
A dog-themed journal with space to write, create, color, and celebrate a beloved companion.
Cat Lover’s Journal
A cat-themed journal with writing space and coloring pages for feline-loving creatives.
Horse Lover’s Journal
A horse-themed journal with writing space and coloring pages for equestrian dreamers.
Homeschool Reading & Literacy
Reading Log & Book Journal
A guided reading log for summaries, reflections, story elements, and creative responses—ideal for homeschoolers, classrooms, and independent readers.
Reading Log for Homeschoolers
A bright homeschool reading log for tracking books, responses, progress, and favorite discoveries.
Reading Log for Homeschoolers
A blue-and-purple homeschool reading log for tracking books, responses, progress, and favorite discoveries.
Book Club Journal for Readers
A reading companion for capturing reactions, discussion notes, memorable passages, and book-club conversations.
My Time to Dance Journal
A colorful children’s journal and creative companion inspired by the joy and confidence of Time to Dance.
Magical Moments with Unicorns Journal
A whimsical devotional journal inviting children to notice wonder, practice gratitude, and reflect on meaningful moments.
Decorative and Inspirational Journals
Butterfly Bliss Journal
A vibrant butterfly journal for capturing ideas, dreams, notes, and moments of transformation.
Mermaids: Black Girl Magic Doodle Journal
A 7 × 10 doodle journal celebrating Black girl magic through imaginative mermaid artwork and creative space.
Mermaids: Black Girl Magic Doodle Journal
A compact 6 × 9 doodle journal celebrating Black girl magic through imaginative mermaid artwork and creative space.
I’m Just a Girl Who Loves Shoes Journal
A stylish journal for shoe lovers to capture plans, dreams, lists, and everyday thoughts.
Just a Girl Who Loves Shoes
A playful shoe-lover journal that combines writing space with coloring pages.
Sunny Days
A cheerful floral doodle journal for notes, sketches, reflections, and bright ideas.
Glimpses of Hope in the Universe
An inspirational journal for noticing light, recording hope, and holding on to possibility.
Time to Dream
A whimsical unicorn journal for young dreamers to write, imagine, and create.
Trackers
Just in Case I Forget
A discreet floral password tracker available with black-and-white or color interior options.
Holiday Books
Family Christmas Traditions
A holiday keepsake for preserving the memories, music, meals, rituals, and stories that make each family’s Christmas its own.
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Courses, Workbooks & Resources
For Writers
Taste Notes for the Art of Storytelling
A 14-week creative-writing course and workbook that uses the language of taste to help writers develop vivid, unforgettable stories.
Taste Notes
Ten honest, practical lessons on finding your voice, trusting your creative instincts, and carrying a story all the way to completion.
Every Crown Has a Story
A guided writing book filled with prompts that invite readers to name, preserve, and share the stories behind their crowns.
Writing for Healing & Growth
Write, Release, Repeat
A guided journaling experience that uses writing to release what weighs us down, reclaim our stories, and make room to heal, grow, and thrive.
Write, Release, Repeat for Teens
A teen-focused journaling guide for processing emotions, finding a voice, and using writing to heal, grow, and shape what comes next.
Personal Growth & Family Resources
Not-So-Random Acts of Kindness
A family resource of thoughtful ideas, activities, and crafts for making kindness intentional and love visible.
The Gratitude, Grace, & Growth One Year List Journal
A yearlong list journal that turns gratitude, grace, and personal growth into a simple, sustainable reflective practice.
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