And I think the first-person affirmations truly helped her get to where she's at.' 'And I would say that those affirmations got her to that point, because there's so many things in the world for our young people to want, to aspire to be something else, to look different, to sound different, to dress different. '' There's things that, you know, I obviously didn't love about myself growing up, but as a young adult, there's nothing that I would change about myself,'' Simon said. But Kennedy, who is now wrapping up her freshmen year at Northwestern University, said there was nothing she would change. When Kennedy graduated from high school, Simon asked if there was anything about herself that she didn't like and encouraged her to talk about it. 'She knows that outside of everybody else, this is who I am, and I've heard this for 16 years,' Simon told Yahoo! Life. It features affirmations such as 'I am important,' 'I am loved' and 'I am enough' that Simon says shaped how her 18-year-old daughter Kennedy sees herself. The book tells children about 'the magic of self-love and standing firm, regardless of outside voices and doubt,' encouraging them to believe in themselves, according to publisher Penguin Random House. Our hope is that at least one child can walk forward boldly knowing the truth about who and what they are! We hope you love it as much as we loved writing it.' 'Today is a very special day in the Hill House as REPEAT AFTER ME: Big Things to Say Everyday is OUT! This book has a very special place in our heart! Like most things, it was inspired by our children. 'Book Birthday Alert,' Hill and Simon posted together Tuesday on Instagram. (Your move, Snoop Dogg.)įollowing up her 2022 book 'The Most Perfect You,' which was inspired by conversations with her daughter, Simon and 'The Wonder Years' star are bringing their co-parenting and co-authoring energy to the pages of ' Repeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day,' illustrated by Shamar Knight-Justice.

'Pysch' co-stars Dulé Hill and Jazmyn Simon have turned the daily affirmations they recite with their kids into a children's book. We can do this.Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill have written a book of affirmations for children titled 'Repeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day.' (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press) But it was basically just an all-hands-on-deck, go-for-it situation, which if you've never done it before probably feels crazy and daunting, but for us it was like, 'We shot a musical in the same amount of time it takes to shoot two episodes. It was like trying to find the stopping point so that we didn't lose momentum and everything felt as rich as possible leading up to it. Once we saw where we were going to be doing-which is a pretty cool half-found and half-built set-it was just a matter of getting in there and filling out the space, and I remember this was a big point of contention, how far do we take it on the first day, because we shot it over two days. But I think it's the journey that we've been on for all of these years is the reason we felt like we could pull it off. It was like 11-12 pages long, one location, the entire cast essentially at different points. So in a way, I think we reverse-engineered an entire Psych movie out of this sequence. RODAY RODRIGUEZ: I think this sequence was the genesis for the movie, and Steve had in his mind the clearest from jump.

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