A still quiet place for teens : a mindfulness workbook to ease stress & difficult emotions / Amy Saltzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saltzman, Amy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stress management--Juvenile literature.

Stress management.

Mindfulness (Psychology)--Juvenile literature.

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : Instant Help Books, 2016.

Summary:

Being a teen in today's fast-paced, media-saturated world is difficult, and it's easy to get overwhelmed or stressed out. To help, Amy Saltzman--author of A Still Quiet Place--offers a comprehensive workbook to help teens manage daily stressors and challenges in their lives, whether at home, school, or with friends. Using proven-effective mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques, teens will learn to balance emotions, stay focused, and experience the natural quietness that lives within.

Contents:

Intro

Welcome and Congrats!

part 1

taking a rest, taking a breath

chapter 1

Practice: Rest

chapter 2

Reflection: What Was It Like to Rest?

chapter 3

Activity: What Stresses You Out?

chapter 4

Basic Concept: The Benefits of Mindfulness

chapter 5

Basic Concept: The Importance of Support

chapter 6

Activity: How Do You Know When People Are Listening?

chapter 7

Practice: Listening to Sounds

chapter 8

Practice: Listening to Music

chapter 9

Practice: Listening to Yourself

part 2

beginning again

chapter 10

Activity: Pleasant Events

chapter 11

Practice: Mindful Eating

chapter 12

Reflection: How Did It Feel to Eat Mindfully?

part 3

thought watching and unkind mind

chapter 13

Practice: Thought Watching

chapter 14

Reflection: How Did It Feel to Watch Your Thoughts?

chapter 15

Basic Concept: Head in the Game

chapter 16

Activity: Nine Dots

chapter 17

Activity: Thinking Outside the Box

chapter 18

Activity: Boxes and Others

chapter 19

Basic Concept: If You Spot It, You Got It

chapter 20

Activity: Facing Challenges

chapter 21

Activity: Unkind Mind

chapter 22

Basic Concept: Getting Real

part 4

feelings and unpleasant events

chapter 23

Activity: Finger Yoga

chapter 24

Practice: Befriending Feelings

chapter 25

Reflection: How Did It Feel to Befriend Your Feelings?

chapter 26

Basic Concept: Befriending Feelings

chapter 27

Activity: Befriending Feelings

chapter 28

Activity: Expressing Feelings

chapter 29

Activity: Having Your Feelings Without Your Feelings Having You

chapter 30

Basic Concept: Dealing with Feelings

chapter 31

Basic Concept: Emotions Beneath Boredom

chapter 32

Activity: Unpleasant Events

chapter 33.

Basic Concept: Suffering = Pain x Resistance

chapter 34

Activity: Calculating Your Suffering

part 5

emotions, responding vs. reacting

chapter 35

Activity: Understanding Emotion Theory

chapter 36

Basic Concept: Refractory Period

chapter 37

Activity: Watching Your Emotional Waves

chapter 38

Activity: Emotional Improv

chapter 39

Basic Concept: Wave Theory and Emotional Physics

chapter 40

Practice: Stretch and Balance

chapter 41

Activity: Exploring Common "Holes" and "Different Streets"

chapter 42

Basic Concept: Responding Vs. Reacting

chapter 43

Activity: Choosing a Different Street

part 6

responding and communicating

chapter 44

Basic Concept: Almost Moments

chapter 45

Basic Concept: You Will Always See

chapter 46

Practice: Body Scan

chapter 47

Reflection: Body Scan

chapter 48

Activity: Difficult Communication

chapter 49

Practice: Difficult Communication with Parents

chapter 50

Practice: THINK! Before Texting or Posting

chapter 51

Basic Concept: Acceptance, or We Can't Always Get What We Want

part 7

choice and kindness

chapter 52

Basic Concept: Impulses

chapter 53

Activity: Impulses

chapter 54

Activity: Choosing How to Respond to Impulses

chapter 55

Activity: Hook Report

chapter 56

Activity: Aikido

chapter 57

Basic Concept: Aikido

chapter 58

Practice: Responding in the Moment

chapter 59

Practice: Loving-Kindness

chapter 60

Reflection: Loving-Kindness

part 8

the end of the out-breath

chapter 61

Activity: Understanding Self-Esteem

chapter 62

Activity: Practicing Self-Compassion

chapter 63

Practice: Mindfulness in Daily Life

chapter 64

Practice: Flashlight

chapter 65

Activity: Letter to a Friend

Congrats Again!

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2017).

ISBN:

9781626253773

1626253773