Stress Less: Mindfulness for Teenagers
Adam Avin
Adam Avin is a strong believer that mindfulness is the key to coping with stress, pressure and the strong emotions that the teenage years often bring. And he would know – he’s not only a teen himself, but he’s a mindfulness expert and the founder of Wuf Shanti, an organisation that teaches kids of all ages to be more mindful. In ‘Stress Less’, Adam walks you through the reasons why stress and pressure are bad for your body and mind. He will teach you what mindfulness is and how to develop a mindful mindset so that you can be in the moment and focus on the present, rather than worrying about the past or the future.
The Body Confidence Book
Phillippa Diedrichs and Naomi Wilkinson
In this groundbreaking book for teens, research psychologist Professor Phillippa Diedrichs empowers us to respect our bodies and disrupt the harmful societal pressures we experience every day. Providing you with the information, positivity, and encouragement to accept and respect yourself, this book will give you the power to challenge appearance stereotypes and feel at home in your body.
Let’s Talk
Jessie Yendle
This is an empowering and confidence-boosting book for young people on how to live your best life and get over hurdles that slow you down. On a mission to fight her debilitating stammer after the pandemic, Jessie set herself a challenge on TikTok: to film herself openly ‘having a go’ ordering at drive-throughs, starting conversations with people and sharing her experience with the world. Her videos have received millions of views with overwhelmingly positive reactions. ‘Let’s Talk’ is an empowering book for teens and young adults on how to live their best lives and overcome life’s hurdles.
Be Confident, Be You
Becky Goddard-Hill
This positive and insightful guide gives you the tools to build your confidence, eliminate negative feelings and boost happiness in all areas of your life. Being a teenager has its own unique challenges, but it’s also the perfect time to shape your own mental wellbeing and happiness. Scientists reckon 40% of your happiness is within your control, that’s A LOT of happiness and this book will help you to harness it.
Cliques: Como ser a sua melhor versão online
Natasha Devon
This is the perfect guide for young people navigating the digital world. There are three billion people online. Each of those people has their own biases, agendas and issues. It’s little wonder when young people step into the digital world and are bombarded with ‘hot takes’, calls to cancel ‘problematic’ individuals, trolls, fake news and celebrity sales pitches they’re likely to find it overwhelming and confusing.
This book will teach young people how to see and evaluate all sides of an argument, spot fake news, and explain their ‘take’ persuasively.
The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing
Tanya Goodin and Rae Goddard
Digital wellbeing is all about finding the balance between the digital world and the real world – and making sure we use smartphones and other digital devices in a healthy way, while living fulfilling lives beyond the screen. This guide helps tweens and teens do exactly that, inspiring them to set their devices aside (sometimes anyway!) and start living in the here and now. Written by digital wellbeing expert Tanya Goodin, it’s packed with positive prompts, thought-provoking science, and hands-on activities to encourage healthy habits around screen use – including nostalgic crafts, retro tech scavenger hunts, and phone-free nature excursions, plus practical tips on how to deal with digital challenges like comparison culture, cyberbullying, trolling, and much more.
Yes You Can
Natasha Devon
Secondary school can seem overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be. Ace school without losing your mind with this one-stop, inspiring and empowering guide. In Yes You Can: Ace Your Exams Without Losing Your Mind, mental health campaigner and exam expert Natasha Devon uses her expertise to show you not just how to stay calm in the face of exams, but also how you can absolutely smash them.
How to Be Body Happy: Feel Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Olivia Kirkby
Do you wish you could be body positive but can’t stop thinking about all your perceived imperfections? Join Olivia Kirkby on her journey to accepting herself as perfectly imperfect and learn how you can too. In this inspiring book for teenage girls aged 13+, Olivia talks openly and honestly about growing up with body issues, low self-worth and an unhealthy relationship with food. By setting herself free from society’s beauty ideals, she learned to appreciate and love her changing body.
Positively Teenage: A Positively Brilliant Guide to Teenage Wellbeing
Nicola Morgan
Full of practical, proven strategies for physical and mental health, Positively Teenage will show you lots of ways to flourish physically and mentally – from doing things you enjoy to learning new skills; looking after your diet, exercise and attitude to being healthy online; getting great sleep to understanding your personality – allowing you to take control of many areas of your life. With these new strengths and skills, you can survive any storms and thrive on the challenges of your exciting life.
Open Your Mind: Your World and Your Future
Gemma Cairney
Full of honest and practical advice from Gemma Cairney and a whole host of trained professionals and real people, Open your mind is the best friend of a book everyone needs. From stress, trauma, and anxiety, to your place in the world and everything in between. It includes chapters on anxiety, depression, addiction, politics, our natural world, and feminism.
Gemma Cairney is an important advocate for young people. Her personal insight and time as Radio 1’s resident agony aunt on The Surgery makes her perfectly placed to offer advice to young people questioning what life’s all about.
Ten Ways to Build a Brilliant Brain
Nicola Morgan and Risa Rodil
Build a brilliant brain with this fun and practical guide for young people from award-winning well-being expert Nicola Morgan. From the benefits of the right food, sleep and exercise, to how to be creative, curious and resilient, discover the incredible science and top advice to make your brain the best it can be. Packed with fascinating facts and brain boosting activities, this illustrated guide gives you the power to build your brilliant brain!
The Teenager’s Guide to Life, the Universe and Being Awesome
Andrew Cope, Darrell Woodman, Jason Todd and Andy Whittaker
This book shows you how to think big, prepare for your future with confidence and make a dent on the universe. The mix of science, personal development and humour in this book is fun and easy to read but practical and equally useful to you, your parents or your school – anyone who wants to understand what it’s like to be a teenager – or already gets it, and wants to get better!
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Back On Track
Matthew Burton
Are you feeling a little frazzled? Like you can’t be bothered? That everything is just pointless? We all feel like that from time to time. But there are things you can do to get back your mojo, find a bit of hope and get back on track.
From establishing routines, handling setbacks and dealing with anxiety, to skills for beating school stress and tapping into your potential, this is the one-stop guide for students who are in need of a bit of hope, some warm words of advice and a good old pep talk to get them going in school again.
Whether facing assessments, a big change or having to make up for lost time, this book is crammed with advice so that whenever school feels hard, readers will soon be back on track and raring to go.
Main Character Energy
Jordan Paramor
It’s time to harness your main character energy! Stop overthinking and start living with this step-by-step guide to becoming that girl. You know her. The one who is confident, assertive and always the leading lady in her life. You already are her; you just need to unlock your potential and remind yourself of your self-worth.
This book will take you on a journey of self-development with tips on how to be a #CottageCoreQueen – from creating your dream home aesthetic to finding your unique style, #RomanticseYourLife – from spending more time in nature to planning the perfect day, and harnessing your #MainCharacterEnergy by learning how to be more confident and saying yes to adventure.
The Awesome Power of Sleep: How Sleep Super-Charges Your Teenage Brain
Nicola Morgan
Late nights, addictive technology and minds racing with exam stress and friendship worries: it’s no wonder the teenage stereotype is tired eyes and sleeping through the weekend. Just like adults, teenagers are sleeping less now than ever before, yet sleep is crucial to our health and well-being. Internationally renowned expert on the teenage brain, Nicola Morgan, tackles this essential subject – asking why teenagers so desperately need a good night’s sleep, exploring what a lack of sleep does to their developing brains, and explaining how to have the best sleep possible.
Failosophy For Teens: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong
Elizabeth Day
Welcome to ‘Failosophy For Teens‘, a warm, practical and empowering guide to those moments when life doesn’t go to plan. Using personal experience and stories shared by guests on her award-winning podcast, How to Fail, Elizabeth Day gently encourages readers to shake off embarrassment, talk openly about failure and celebrate the resilience of surviving failure.
Failing better is the key to learning, growing and ultimately loving yourself as the truly AWESOME human being you are. Failosophy For Teens will challenge your self-perception and change your life!
Be Resilient: How to Build a Strong Teenage Mind For Tough Times
Nicola Morgan
Some events in life will always be out of our control, whether it’s a global crisis or a traumatic event at home – but Be Resilient shows that the power to cope is in our hands. Discover how to develop the skill of mental resilience in this fascinating guide from award-winning author and teenage brain expert Nicola Morgan. From building a support network to building optimism, find positive, practical advice for preparing for, coping with and bouncing back from the toughest of times. Authoritative and backed by the latest science, this is a reassuring companion for teenagers everywhere.
How to Not Lose It: Mental Health Sorted
Anna Williamson
It’s not just your body that should be fit and healthy – your mind needs to be, too! How Not to Lose It is the go-to guide for achieving a balanced mind and strong emotional well-being. This is the go-to guide for achieving a balanced mind and strong emotional well-being. With immediate, heart of the matter advice and a chatty yet honest tone, Anna Williamson addresses all of the key issues affecting children and teens today.
Mind Your Head
Juno Dawson
Covering topics from anxiety and depression to addiction, self-harm and personality disorders, Juno and Olivia talk clearly and supportively about a range of issues facing young people’s mental health – whether fleeting or long-term – and how to manage them, with real-life stories from young people around the world.
You Got This: A Fabulously Fearless Guide to Being You
Bryony Gordon
Sharing 10 crucial life lessons, from self-respect and esteem to body confidence and mental health, this is the ultimate guide to growing up happy for teenage girls.
Abra seu coração: aprenda a amar sua vida e a amar a si mesmo
Gemma Cairney e Aurélia Lange
Repleto de conselhos honestos e práticos da tia Gemma Cairney, especialista em cirurgias, e de uma série de profissionais treinados e pessoas reais, "Abra Seu Coração" é um livro de grande ajuda. De desilusões e sofrimentos à imagem corporal e tudo o mais, ele ajudará você a aprender a amar seu corpo, seus amigos e sua família, e lhe dirá o que fazer se as coisas derem errado.
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