Kasey Crawford Kellem,
Award-Winning Author
Kasey Kellem, a School Counselor and former Special Education Teacher, has devoted her life to helping children facing adversity be resilient. Kasey created Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) books to teach children skills to overcome life’s challenges. She has earned a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Special Education and an Educational Specialist Degree in Counseling. She is a devoted wife, stepmother, sister, daughter and counselor.

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Don’t Stop Believing: Our Journey with Cancer
Don’t Stop Believing: Our Journey with Cancer, is a memoir about a husband and wife’s 2 ½ year experience with terminal prostate cancer. Despite the prognosis, this couple embraced life, surrounded themselves with family and friends, and celebrated every milestone. This book is to inspire anyone facing an illness, along with their caregiver, so they may still live life to the fullest with faith, gratitude, perseverance and courage.

Bella Eve (Believe) The Bounce-Back Dog
Bella-Eve is a sweet and friendly pit bull/terrier rescue dog who has experienced abuse, challenges and loss in her two short years of life. Despite it all, Bella perseveres thanks to her resiliency skills! She believes she will get through each challenge, is surrounded with loving family and friends, finds way to relax and have fun, and is following her dream to be a therapy dog. This book filled with real life photos of Bella, demonstrates how Bella's resiliency factors have allowed her to enjoy life to the fullest despite her hardships. Children of all ages can benefit from learning Bella's story as an aid to help them get through their own issues and difficult experiences.

Dream
Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) Books are geared towards preschoolers to help them learn how to be resilient. Life comes at us fast and children have to be prepared with the right tools to face the challenges, adversity and obstacles that may become a part of their lives. DREAM is the last of five books emphasizing the important factors for resiliency. In this book children will learn to DREAM about the many possibilities in life and to follow those dreams. These books are also designed to be decorations on bookshelves, night stands, or desks in a child's bedroom or playroom, which will serve as a constant resiliency reinforcement. Look for other Mind Over Matter Books: BELIEVE, LOVE, RELAX and LAUGH.

Laugh
Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) Books are geared towards preschoolers to help them learn how to be resilient. Life comes at us fast and children have to be prepared with the right tools to face the challenges, adversity and obstacles that may become a part of their lives. LAUGH is the fourth of five books emphasizing the important factors for resiliency. In this book children will learn to LAUGH at funny things and people, including themselves. These books are also designed to be decorations on bookshelves, night stands, or desks in a child's bedroom or playroom, which will serve as a constant resiliency reinforcement. Look for other Mind Over Matter Books: BELIEVE, RELAX and LOVE. Also coming in 2016: DREAM.

Believe
Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) Books are geared towards preschoolers to help them learn how to be resilient. Life comes at us fast and children have to be prepared with the right tools to face the challenges, adversity and obstacles that inevitably will become a part of their lives. Believe is the first of five books emphasizing the important factors for resiliency. In this book children will learn to BELIEVE in their possibilities. These books are designed to also serve as decorations in a child's bedroom or playroom on book shelves, nightstands, or desks which will serve as constant resiliency reinforcement. Look for additional M.O.M. books: LOVE; LAUGH; RELAX and DREAM.

Love
Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) Books are geared towards preschoolers to help them learn how to be resilient. Life comes at us fast and children have to be prepared with the right tools to face the challenges, adversity, and obstacles that may become a part of their lives. LOVE is the second of five books emphasizing the important factors for resiliency. In this book children will learn to LOVE the people in their lives and themselves. These books are also designed to be decorations on bookshelves, nightstands, or desks in a child’s bedroom or playroom, which will serve as a constant resiliency reinforcement. Look for additional M.O.M. books: BELIEVE. Coming soon: LAUGH; RELAX; and DREAM.

Relax
Mind Over Matter (M.O.M.) Books are geared towards preschoolers to help them learn how to be resilient. Life comes at us fast and children have to be prepared with the right tools to face the challenges, adversity and obstacles that inevitably will become a part of their lives. RELAX is the third of five books emphasizing the important factors for resiliency. In this book children will learn to RELAX in a variety of ways. These books are also designed to be decorations on bookshelves, nightstands, or desks in a child´s bedroom or playroom which will serve as constant resiliency reinforcement. Look for additional M.O.M. books: BELIEVE; and, LOVE.