Shaylene King

Cultivating Kindness in a Mean Girl World

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About Shaylene

I have the most awesome privilege of sharing my faith and the power of a living God through the pain of my past, the struggle of enduring years with a brain disease and my platform as an anti-bully activist.

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The Mean Girl Extinction Project

It is our hope this campaign to fight the “mean girl” phenomenon in a positive way can rid our schools, social circles, and community of “mean girl” behavior altogether.

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My Book

Liberty Lane and the One-Girl Rebelution
American Idol meets the bible in this modern retelling of the book of Esther re-imagined through quirky thirteen-year-old Liberty Lane O’Shea.

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Latest From the Blog

Rumor Weeds

by In: Bullying, Cyber-bullying Tagged: , , ,

Last weekend my husband and I were doing yard work we had severely neglected since moving to our new home here in Tennessee. I actually like yard work. It gives me time to myself without distractions. I put on my headphones, click a favorite playlist and off I go. On this particular day, I was thinking about an up coming speaking engagement I had just accepted in  November to speak at a leadership conference for 250 student leaders in Lawrence County, Tennessee. As I began pulling weeds, I attempted to outline in my message in my head. Stooped over my… 

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Beauty and your reflection…Motivation Monday

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It is so easy to look to our reflection and and compare what we see by what society tells us is beauty. When we focus on our physical beauty, we are helping only ourselves. But when we spend our time and focus on our inner beauty (our heart) through our attitude, behavior and actions, we have the ability to help anyone and everyone. What an impact we can make in the world with a beauty that will last longer than a pretty face. And our inner beauty will cost us nothing financially. It will never need makeup, botox or anti-aging… 

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55 Books Your Child Can Read About Being Bullied

by In: Bullying

Harper Collins Publishers has put together a great resource on bullying from their authors. I have personally read several of them, given some of them away and share often this link with teachers, students and friends who have issues or concerns with bullying. Most are fiction books. Some deal with bullying head on while others characters experience it. I love how students can relate to the issue through fictional characters. One of my favorites is the Guardian Herd series by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez and her newest series Riders of the Realm coming out May 1st. I love in the first… 

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Are The Apps Your Child Using Dangerous?

by In: Bullying Tagged: , , , , , ,

As an educator and parent of two teenagers with smart phones,  I am acutely aware there are apps out there that are dangerous and easily accessible to them. It’s not that I  think the creators of these apps are purposely out to harm our children but  I realize any app can be dangerous in the wrong hands. One thing I was naive to early on was the idea that apps were only dangerous if kids interacted with a “predator.” But what I would soon realize when my daughter returns from a cheer team sleepover, horrified by what one of the girls… 

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You know you are a writer when…

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You know you are a writer when you are,” in the zone,” your words easily flowing from your finger tips onto the page  and you have to stop. It’s not because you want to, but because  you have been writing for days and your neck and shoulders are screaming at you. They continue to burn with anger, punishing you for not giving them a break. You ignore them…you even take a pain pill to buy yourself some time,  but their assault is relentless and you have to wave the white flag of surrender. #amwriting #amediting #authorlife