Atara was inspired to write the Curlee Girlee book series by her young daughter, whose own curly hair made her feel different—not in a good way. Atara wanted her daughter to love her hair exactly as it was and not ever feel second best because she didn’t look like everyone else.
Her Curlee Girlee books have sparked a movement and she was selected as a TODAY Show Style Hero alongside notables like Tyra Books, Pink, Bobbi Brown and Faith Hill to name a few. Atara’s Curlee Girlee book was selected for inclusion in both the Grammy and Everybody Wins OScar gift bag 2x in a row. Atara has been interviewed on CNN, Today, Huffington Post, Parade magazine and countless other publications.
Atara now hosts her own podcast with a fellow curlee girlee and owner of thebabypsot.com, Grace Cross, it is called Curlee Girlee’s Crackin the Kid Code and debuted to a top 20 listing on itunes.
So many wonderful things have stemmed from the Curlee Girlee journey, an adorable moment: Recently, Atara’s eleven-year-old son said, “Mommy, you were a lawyer and then one day you decided to be a writer. Now, everybody is reading your books! You’ve taught me that if I want to do something, I should just do it.”
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Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…
02:52 Atara shares how her youngest child’s struggles inspired her to write Curlee Girlee.
07:15 Passion projects do not feel laborious. Atara describes how she got Curlee Girlee published and the impact the book has had on her family.
10:38 – Atara talks about all of the ways you can interact with the Curlee Girlee universe and her plans to do even more to help children foster a positive inner dialogue.
14:06 – Becoming a Today Show Style Hero had a snowball effect for Atara. She tells me about this unexpected media attention and how her book ended up in the Grammy and Oscar gift bags.
18:10 – How does she manage it all? We discuss the impact of Curlee Girlee on Atara’s professional life and how she takes care of herself.
23:05 – Atara talks about her approach to the “not-so-good” moments in her journey and shares sage advice about how to handle disappointment.
25:00 – “Let all men count with you, but none too much…” Atara shares the story of her relationship with If–Rudyard Kipling’s most popular, inspirational poem.
26:38 – Brass Tacks: The lightning round of concrete advice and tips.
Quotable quotes:
“We’re living in a world where straight hair became very much the ideal.”
“When you feel passionately about something, it becomes something that’s much easier to do.”
“If you believe in something, just go for it and make it happen.”
“I think that it’s important to understand that we can never expect adult women to wake up and love their hair.”
“The more people that you meet, the more you realize how we’re all the same.”
“Let’s just look forward because I can’t change the past. I can learn from it and then I need to move forward to the next thing.”
“I don’t want to get bogged down in what I could have done better. Let’s just do better now.”
Links to Resources
Join us in our private Facebook Group, The Working Mother’s Mentor Community
Curlee Girlee’s Crackin’ the Kid Code (podcast)
Curlee Girlee (book) by Atara Twersky
Curlee Girlee’s Got Talent by Atara Twersky
