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Tim Jordan

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Dr. Tim Jordan MD
- Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician who counsels girls from grade school through college
- Owner Camp Weloki for Girls
- author of 4 books including:
Letters from My Grandfather: Timeless wisdom for a Life Worth Living
Sleeping Beauties, Awakened Women: Guiding the Transformation of Adolescent Girls
- blog (drtimjordan.com/blog) and podcast (Raising Daughters)
- media consultant
- married for 37 years with 3 adult children and one grandson
- love sitting in circles with girls and young women helping them navigate the challenges of growing up ...more

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What Your Middle School Daughter Needs From You

In this new podcast, Dr. Jordan describes the emotional roller coaster experienced by today’s middle school girls. Learn about girl’s emotional overload symptoms, the cost of having so little alone, quiet, down time, and how […]

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	Food Fights and Bedtime Battles: A Working Parent's Guide to Negotiating Daily Power Struggles 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeping Beauties, Awakened Women 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeping Your Kids Grounded When You're Flying by the Seat of Your Pants by Tim Jordan (Goodreads Author), Sally Tippett Rains 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters from my Grandfather: Timeless Wisdom For a Life Worth Living really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SHE LEADS: A Practical Guide for Raising Girls Who Advocate, Influence, and Lead 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better

by David Epstein (Goodreads Author)

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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

by David Epstein (Goodreads Author)

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The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong

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great stories & research in easy-to-read style, highly recommend
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funny take on parenthood from one of my fav. authors
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“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

tags: change, life, storm, turbulence

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