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Mayim Bialik Wrote a Book And It’s AWESOME!

By Heather Wells Posted on May 22, 2017March 8, 2019 11 Comments 1337 views

If you are not sure who Mayim Bialik is, you may not have been a young girl growing up in the 90’s watching Blossom dancing on your TV screen listening to her on screen brother Joey say “Whoa!”

You are more than likely familiar with her role as Sheldon’s love interest Amy on the Big Bang Theory. What you MAY not know however is that she is a scientist in real life. Like a really real scientist with a B.S. in neuroscience.

She also created a site called GrokNation which caters to women and includes wide-ranging topics such as religion, popular culture, parenting, and Hollywood. Man this lady has a lot going on – including launching a brand new book!

Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular looks to be an amazing book and one I will likely be purchasing for my daughter. It tackles a lot of issues for little girls from a scientific perspective breaking down many of the things that as a little girl I wondered about.

Hell, some of them I still wonder about.

The book has 6 chapters:

  1. How Our Bodies Work
  2. How We Grow
  3. How We Learn
  4. How We Love
  5. How We Cope
  6. How We Matter

And that last chapter is one that I am so very excited to read to my daughter.

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Fair Warning:

Now, fair warning this book DOES talk about things like genitalia and sex and other various topics that you may or may not feel your child is ready for. Depending on when  you are ready to have “the talk” or if you have already have had it, I felt it still important to make you aware of that little detail.

It is all covered in a very scientific way and tastefully but as a mom I figured you may want that heads up so you don’t end up shocking yourself and your kid when you first open the pages. lol.

The one thing that really made me excited to see this book is that it is a book that not only covers many things that some little girls never really feel they can talk about. From what I have seen of it so far Mayim wrote it in such a way that it promotes confidence in who they are. That being a girl means being strong and that we are important, not just because we are pretty but for everything that we contribute.

I think so many little girls grow up in this world of pre-defined beauty that they don’t feel secure in who they are. My daughter recently accidentally shaved off part of her own eyebrow because some YouTube video told her what she needed to do to make her eyebrows on ‘fleek’.

I won’t even get into how much I hate that word.

My daughter is also concerned about her weight a lot lately. She is 10! When I was 10 I don’t remember even CARING what my weight was. But now it seems that the societal pressures are creeping in at an early age. And it terrifies me.

Mayim Bialik wrote a book called Girling Up and it's awesome!

So anytime I can bring something into my daughter’s world that encourages using her brain, developing those high self esteem muscles and truly finding her own power I am all for it!

I am so excited to get my copy of this book for my daughter. You can use the link to grab your own copy of Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular as well.

(Disclaimer: this link is an affiliate link and will not change the price you pay for the item, but it does give me a little something for the click.)

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Heather is a single mother living in beautiful Colorado. She has 3 wonderful children; twin 20 year old young men and a 13 year old daughter. She has lived in Colorado for the better part of her life and is a stay at home work at home mother. She started her own business over 12 years ago and is happily, albeit precariously, balancing her work and personal lives. She spent over 8 years struggling financially and emotionally as a single parent before discovering how shifts in mindset and attitude can bring forth amazing changes in her life. Now her mission is to help other single moms stop the constant struggle and start creating success in their lives through the Single Mom Blog and Podcast.
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11 Comments
  • Anuj Agarwal
    June 3, 2017

    Hi Heather Team,

    My name is Anuj Agarwal. I’m Founder of Feedspot.

    I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog The Single Mom has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Single Mom Blogs on the web.

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  • Vicki Law
    June 11, 2017

    I love Mayim Bialik! I follow GrokNation so I think she is awesome. Will have to read her book.

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  • Cassie
    June 11, 2017

    Wow! Mayim is really fascinating and this book sounds perfect for kids! I think I’ll purchase a copy for my niece!

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  • Abby
    June 12, 2017

    Thanks for sharing this interview and book. Sounds like a great read!

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  • Mica
    June 12, 2017

    It sounds like an awesome book! 🙂

    I’m one of those people who only know Mayim through her Big Bang Theory role so it’s always nice to read more about her successes outside of the show – what an interesting background she has!

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  • Cindy's Travel Diaries
    June 12, 2017

    Great article !! 🙂

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  • Susanne
    June 12, 2017

    I don’t think I missed a single episode of Blossom! I did know she was a scientist, but didn’t know she had written a book. I will definitely have to check it out for my granddaughters…I may have to keep it for a few years before I share it with them!

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    • Heather Wells
      June 13, 2017

      Yeah depending on their age, if they are younger you may choose to read it to them, only certain chapters and then save the others for when they are a little older.

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  • Stacey
    June 13, 2017

    It drives me nuts that kids these days are put under so many pressures. I didn’t care what I looked like at 10 or 13 even. It wasn’t until much later that I really copped that sort of rubbish. I can’t even imagine what being a girl in todays’ society would even be like. I am really pumped though that such an awesome chic as Mayim Bialik has written a book, I seriously love her. I mean damn, she is ultra smart, beautiful and incredibly talented!! What else do you need to look up to really (even at my age! haha).

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    • Heather Wells
      June 13, 2017

      I know! I feel the same way. Having a daughter who just turned 10 she is so worried about so many things that didn’t even cross my mind when I was her age. I was still climbing trees and getting dirty, I could care less about make up or boys or any other nonsense.

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  • katriza
    June 13, 2017

    So I love the Big Bang Theory and when I first saw the name, I knew it was familiar! This girl is an inspiration because she truly is a scientist! I would love to read something she’s written 🙂 Definitely something for me to look into!

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