Getting Ready: Your Journal to Help You Deal with and Heal from Sexual Harassment is a proactive resource to help women and men prepare for their best response in that inevitable moment when they experience gender-based harassment, for the first time, or over time. It is a great graduation gift from parents to their children entering college or the workforce, especially from fathers to daughters. It is also a resource for book clubs and HR representatives who seek an alternative way to help their peers deal with these issues. Using 52 real-life scenarios, this journal prompts each of us to explore what we might say and do in response to sexual harassment, not only with ourselves and to our harasser, but also with the witnesses, our supervisors and HR representatives. It also prompts us to recognize where we are strong and "ready" to meet this interpersonal challenge, and where we might need to grow in order to "get ready." With this journal you will be able to: Anticipate the kinds of gender-based harassment you might encounter in your workplace Practice, in advance, how you want to respond (not react!) when those moments happen Tap your community resources so that you have a team of people supporting you when you choose to respond Improve your workplace culture by being and leading the change you want to see in it

Author Biography

Sara Jones is the founder of Plum Blossom Creations, a San Diego-based firm invested in the growth of women and small businesses. Having been there and done that, she writes a blog called Stories from Athena's Garden (www.storiesfromathenasgarden.com) to start the discussion on ways to deal with and heal from sexual harassment and the retaliation that often comes from standing up against it. Ms. Jones holds a B.A. in Renaissance Studies from Yale University, an M.Ed. from Harvard's Graduate School of Education, in Administration, Planning and Social Policy, an MBA from UCSD's Rady School of Management and 1st degree Black Belt in the art of Go Zan Ryu Tengu Ninjitsu. A native of San Diego, she has lived in the U.S., France and Brazil and has traveled to Western Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Japan and China. She is a daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She has been an educator, emergency manager and marketing executive as well as a volunteer with the American Red Cross and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. A life-long learner, she continues to teach and help people get from where they are to where they want or need to be. In her spare time, she swims in the ocean and hikes the trails that rise up to meet her. Getting Ready: Your Journal to Help You Deal with and Heal from Sexual Harassment is her first book.