Description

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Awesome affirmations for teens to boost their mindset and mood

The teenage years can be tricky to navigate. Between school pressures and social media, it's easy for kids to feel anxious and insecure. Adopting a practice of mindfulness and positive thinking can really help them quiet their nerves.

You Be You offers a great starting place. Teens can page through the book at their own leisure and discover:

• Over 100 affirmations—From trusting their gut to handling social drama, the affirmations in the book can be used to calm the mind and lift the spirit.
• Inspiring anecdotes—Teens will get energized and motivated as they read short stories about their peers overcoming obstacles to enact positive change.
• Notable quotes—Wise words from role models like Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou offer guidance for traversing the teen years.

Help teens train their brains to think positively with You Be You.

About the Author

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Joy Hartman, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who has worked with children and families for over 30 years. She’s passionate about empowering teenagers and helping them build the resiliency needed to become confident adults. Joy regularly blogs about mental health issues on her website, JoyHartman.com.

Praise For…

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"Our teens are constantly bombarded with outside messaging that makes them question and doubt their self-worth. Hartman's book of positive affirmations is an amazing, easily accessible tool for your teen to turn to. We all need more positive self-talk in our lives. This is an easy and fun way to make it happen!" —Casey Krueger, middle school educator and mom of 3 teens

"As a therapist in the mental health field working primarily with teens, this book is a welcome resource. Teens gravitate to simple opportunities to help make life easier, and this book does just that. The affirmations are so important to teens, and this is a great book to reference and add positivity to their life. It is visually appealing, which teenagers love too! A perfect book to have at a therapy office or for a parent who has teens at home." —Candace Wendlick, psychotherapist, school-based therapy coordinator

"You Be You: Affirmations for Teens has been used to successfully treat adolescents with low self-esteem, depression, and other mental health conditions. Joy's new book is uplifting and sure to help many teenagers 'rewire' their minds to think more positively!" —Paul Hamilton, PhD, director, Clinical Psychology Associates

"At a time when adolescents are struggling with enormous mental health challenges, this book offers timely and helpful ideas that can be absorbed one at a time. Joy is an experienced therapist specializing in working with adolescents. Her writing offers something for everyone, inspiring teens to develop resilience and strength." —Dr. Martha Jackson Oppeneer, licensed marriage and family therapist