A personal trainer for more than 20 years, Cecil Hassell, it’s safe to say, knows how to help people feel confident about what they’re seeing on the outside. But he recently turned his attention to helping people—and more specifically, kids—feel confident about what’s on the inside, too. With his children’s book, The Adventures of the Bald-Headed Bear, he tells the story of (you might have guessed) a bear with no hair who takes a journey to learn more about self-love.
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