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• Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Teens

  Simple Skills to Balance Emotions, Manage Stress & Feel Better Now

  Garcia, Debra Moreno,

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  Learn effective methods for coping with stress and improving your overall well-being. You’ll discover the four core skills of DBT—mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—and find ways to put…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie

  Infinite Identities Around the World

  Wind, Lee,

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  While many people identify as men or women, that is not all there is. The idea that all humans fall into one of two gender categories is largely a construct created by those who benefit from that belief. The reality is that gender is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Manage Your Eco-anxiety

  An Empowering Guide for Young People

  Grose, Anouchka,

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  Also available as an eBook. Understand and face your eco-anxiety with ten accessible steps. A “tool kit” at the end of each step shows you ways to build on that knowledge and take action. You’ll finish this book feeling equipped with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's Totally Normal!

  An LGBTQIA+ Guide to Puberty, Sex, and Gender

  Mehta, Monica Gupta,

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  Also available as an eBook. Mother and teen duo Monica and Asha Mehta work together to answer your most pressing questions. Combining expert advice with the personal experiences of teens all over the world, prepare to plunge into the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trauma and Adversity Workbook for Teens

  Mindfulness-based Skills to Overcome and Recover From Prolonged Toxic Stress

  Chambers, Breanna,

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  Also available as an eBook. Written by an expert in teen mental health, this healing workbook offers powerful skills to help you overcome the effects of toxic stress, trauma, and adversity using mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and emotion…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Path to the World

  Becoming You

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  Also available as an eBook. What does it mean to be yourself? To be born here or somewhere else? To be from one family instead of another? What does it mean to be human? Collected by Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, A Path to the World showcases…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Emotionally Intelligent Teen

  Skills to Help You Deal With What You Feel, Build Stronger Relationships & Boost Self-confidence

  McNally, Melanie,

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  Also available as an eBook. In this friendly guide, psychologist Melanie McNally offers proven-effective tools to help you cultivate emotional intelligence—the ability to identify and express your emotions in healthy ways. You’ll gain a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Self-confidence Workbook for Teens

  Mindfulness Skills to Help You Overcome Social Anxiety, Be Assertive & Believe in Yourself

  Vigil-Otero, Ashley,

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  Also available as an eBook. You’ll learn how to ease feelings of self-doubt, and quiet that pesky inner critic who says you aren’t good enough, smart enough, or attractive enough. Most importantly, you’ll find tools to help you cultivate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Action Mindset Workbook for Teens

  Simple CBT Skills to Help You Conquer Fear & Self-doubt & Take Steps Toward What Really Matters

  Alvord, Mary Karapetian,

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  Packed with simple and easy-to-apply skills drawn from cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), this workbook will help you cultivate an action mindset, reduce worry, and take the steps needed to solve problems—rather than avoid them. You’ll also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Know, Sex

  Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things!

  Silverberg, Cory,

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  Also available as an eBook. You Know, Sex grounds sex education in social justice, covering not only the big three of puberty-hormones, reproduction, and development-but also power, pleasure, and how to be a decent human being. Centering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Getting Comfortable With Uncertainty for Teens

  10 Tips to Overcome Anxiety, Fear & Worry

  Negreiros, Juliana,

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  Available as an eBook. In this friendly guide just for teens, you’ll gain a greater understanding of how uncertainty can trigger feelings of anxiety, fear, worry, and self-doubt. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eat Well and Feel Great

  the Teenager's Guide to Nutrition and Health

  Lond-Caulk, Tina,

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  Shows you how simple changes can have profound effects on your self-confidence and well-being, helping you to: improve your mood, reduce stress and anxiety, sleep better and focus more, maintain a healthy weight, have a fresher complexion…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rising Troublemaker

  a Fear-fighter Manual for Teens

  Ajayi Jones, Luvvie,

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  Also available as an eBook. In this young readers edition of her New York Times bestseller Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie Ajayi Jones uses her honesty and humor to inspire teens to be their bravest, boldest, truest selves, in order to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mindful Breathing Workbook for Teens

  Simple Practices to Help You Manage Stress and Feel Better Now

  Dewar, Matthew D.,

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  Also available as an eBook. Learn breathing skills rooted in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), so you can stay grounded, find calm, and shift out of bad moods quickly. By developing your own internal strategies for managing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Social Survival Guide for Teens on the Autism Spectrum

  How to Make Friends and Navigate Your Emotions

  Sterling, Lindsey,

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  Learn how to handle situations like managing anxiety, starting a conversation, understanding sarcasm, and dealing with conflict. Build stronger social skills and take care of your emotional health at the same time. This guide can help you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gender

  a Graphic Guide

  Barker, Meg-John, 1974-

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  In this unique illustrated guide, Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele travel through our shifting understandings of gender across time and space - from ideas about masculinity and femininity, to non-binary and trans genders, to intersecting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wait, What?

  a Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up

  Corinna, Heather,

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  Provides information in graphic novel format on puberty, gender, crushes, dating, consent, sexual activity, sexual identity, and related topics, and offers puzzles and suggestions for finding support.

• Sex

  An Uncensored Introduction

  Hasler, Nikol,

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  Also available as an eBook. Discusses all aspects of sexuality and sexual behavior, including sexual orientation, masturbation, birth control, and sexually transmitted diseases, and answers teenagers' questions on sex in a straightforward…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• S.E.X.

  the All-you-need-to-know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties

  Corinna, Heather,

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  Whatever your gender or sexual identity, whether you've already been actively exploring your sexuality or are only just getting curious, S.E.X clearly spells out what you need and want to know--no shame, no judgement, just comprehensive…Read moreRead more of this annotation