Since founding Green Ivy Educational Consulting,

Ana has become a nationally recognized innovator of motivational organization and time-management strategies for junior high and high school students. She is a frequent presenter to teachers, parents and students at schools around the nation and abroad on how to incorporate organization, time-management, personal purpose and overall wellness into the classroom and school environment. She talks about the intersection of technology, socialization and learning in today's school culture, and it's effects on teens and young adults. Ana is a graduate of Duke University, and also holds a Masters in Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services Credential from the University of San Francisco.

"An essential book... The Myth of the Perfect Girl challenges both girls and the adults who care about them to deeply reflect on the most important issues girls will face as they reach their full potential."
- Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes
"A smart, funny and engaging study on how to give girls the tools to figure out what they really want - and how to get it. A must-read for girls, mothers, educators and anybody who wants to understand half the population."
- Susan Shapiro, author of Unhooked: How to Quit Anything and Only as Good as Your Word
"Whether you're the parent of an adolescent girl or a savvy young woman yourself, the insights in this book could just change your outlook — and make the turbulent teen years a little less of a pressure-cooker. Ana Homayoun is the counselor, expert, and friend every parent — and girl — needs."
- Michele Borba, Ed.D., author of The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
"Offering fresh insights and vivid examples, Ana Homayoun makes sense of the enormous pressures facing girls today. More important, she shows what parents and educators can do to help girls navigate these turbulent years with confidence and purpose. A great addition to the field."
- Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Girls
"That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week provides an innovative and practical approach to helping boys find success. Ana Homayoun presents straightforward, easily implementable solutions that will help transform the lives of boys and parents. A wonderful read!"
- Michael Gurian, Author of The Wonder of Boys and The Minds of Boys
"Filled with practical advice for the parents of disorganized boys (and that's an awful lot of young boys), Ana Homayoun's That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week teaches us how to help our sons navigate through a school environment that is less than kind to distracted and disorganized young men."
- Madeline Levine, Author of The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well

The Myth of the Perfect Girl

With honesty, empathy, and a fresh perspective, The Myth of the Perfect Girl presents advice to empower both parents and girls themselves to discover what true success and happiness means to them - and how to work to achieve it.

That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week

That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week

At last, the solution for getting disorganized boys back on track. Missed assignments. Lack of focus and enthusiasm. Falling grades. For too many boys and their frustrated parents, these are the facts of life. But they don't have to be.

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