Cynthia Black is the president and editor in chief of Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. She oversees the editorial and publicity aspects of the company and has been active in developing and promoting the importance of spiritual lifestyles and global wisdom for the past twenty-nine years.Laura Carlsmith is a freelance writer and editor who believes strongly in the power women have to inspire and encourage each other. She is the editor of numerous nonfiction books and a contributor to The Unsavvy Traveler: Women’s Tales of Comic Catastrophe.

"In rich, ripe essays and poems, more than 30 grown-up girls share the ah-ha! moments when they "got it."...The editors are to be commended for bringing out these stories that promise to resonate with many a grown-up girl."—Napra Review

Cynthia Black is the president and editor in chief of Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. She oversees the editorial and publicity aspects of the company and has been active in developing and promoting the importance of spiritual lifestyles and global wisdom for the past twenty-nine years.Laura Carlsmith is a freelance writer and editor who believes strongly in the power women have to inspire and encourage each other. She is the editor of numerous nonfiction books and a contributor to The Unsavvy Traveler: Women’s Tales of Comic Catastrophe.

"In rich, ripe essays and poems, more than 30 grown-up girls share the ah-ha! moments when they "got it."...The editors are to be commended for bringing out these stories that promise to resonate with many a grown-up girl."—Napra Review